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Every decision we've filed under Constitutional.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by Robert K. Decker. The court found no evidence of undue delay by the district court in ruling on his habeas corpus petition.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a North Carolina prisoner. The court found it lacked jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not filed within the required thirty-day window.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a federal prisoner's motion to vacate his conviction. The court held that trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to raise specific fraud precedents that were either inapplicable or abrogated by later Supreme Court rulings.
The First Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction sought by a church challenging a university's rescission of a property sale award. The appellate court held that the church failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on its claims that the university acted with unconstitutional religious animus.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in a federal drug case involving a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. The court rejected claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and challenges to the sentencing guidelines calculation.
The Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a federal prisoner seeking relief under Section twenty-eight U.S.C. Section two thousand two hundred fifty-five. The court denied a certificate of appealability because the appellant failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the criminal judgment against Ricky Grover Aaron while dismissing his appeal regarding funding for an expert witness. The court found that Aaron's guilty plea waived non-jurisdictional defects and that no meritorious grounds for appeal existed under the Anders standard.
The Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal from a federal prisoner seeking relief under the habeas corpus statute. The court held that the appellant failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right required to obtain a certificate of appealability.
The Ninth Circuit denied petitions for panel and en banc rehearing in a death penalty habeas case involving jury selection. The original panel had affirmed in part and vacated in part a district court ruling that denied federal habeas relief to a Nevada prisoner.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a ninety-six-month sentence for drug possession and distribution. The court rejected the defendant's arguments that acquitted conduct sentencing violated the Double Jeopardy Clause.