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Every decision we've filed under Constitutional.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability to a state prisoner seeking to challenge his convictions. The court dismissed the matter because the petitioner failed to argue against the district court's procedural rulings.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the defendant's conviction for possession of an unregistered firearm while vacating a portion of the written judgment due to a clerical error. The court ordered the written sentence to be amended to match the district court's oral pronouncement regarding concurrent sentencing.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal in Adams v. Collins by order. The dismissal was granted because the parties agreed to settle the proceedings.
The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court judgment that had granted habeas corpus relief to a state prisoner challenging his first-degree murder conviction. The panel held that the state court's summary denial of the prisoner's claims was not objectively unreasonable under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the convictions and mandatory minimum sentence of Shabnam Dawn Pilisuk. The court also narrowed the scope of a supervised release condition to align with First Amendment protections.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability to Jestin Tafolla, a state prisoner seeking federal habeas relief. The court dismissed the appeal after finding no substantial showing of a denial of constitutional rights across all asserted claims.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit remanded a veterans benefits case to the Veterans Court. The appellate court found the lower court erred by declining to review clear and unmistakable error claims without first determining if they were properly raised.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court order dismissing a federal prisoner's habeas corpus petition for lack of statutory jurisdiction. The court held that the petitioner must pursue his claims through a motion under Section two thousand two hundred fifty-five rather than a petition under Section two thousand two hundred forty-one.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court order denying a defendant's motion for sentencing credits. The court held that the authority to compute and apply such credits lies exclusively with the Bureau of Prisons.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner's civil rights action challenging his continued incarceration. The court held that such challenges must be brought through a habeas corpus proceeding rather than a Section nineteen eighty-three lawsuit.