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Every decision we've filed under Constitutional.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal prisoner's habeas corpus petition challenging his classification as a disruptive group member. The court held that federal courts lack jurisdiction to review the Bureau of Prisons' discretionary determinations under the relevant statute.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a habeas corpus petition challenging a Bureau of Prisons calculation of good conduct time credits. The court held that the Bureau of Prisons properly applied statutory guidelines to reduce credits for disciplinary violations even when the inmate was serving a life sentence.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court judgment granting summary judgment to the Patent and Trademark Office, holding that draft decisions and related emails circulated among administrative patent judges are protected from disclosure under the deliberative process privilege of the Freedom of Information Act.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court order extending a consent decree by one hundred eighteen days due to substantial noncompliance by immigration officials. The court reversed in part the lower court's order releasing hundreds of potential class members, holding that the government's mandatory detention authority under Section twelve hundred twenty-five does not apply to noncitizens unlawfully present within the United States.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court denial of summary judgment for campus police officers. The court held that a reasonable jury could find the officers retaliated against a plaintiff for protected speech on campus.
The Fifth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a Fourth Amendment claim regarding a police re-entry into a home after officers realized they were at the wrong address. The court affirmed the dismissal of an excessive force claim, finding that pointing a gun at a sleeping couple in this context did not violate clearly established law.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of a federal habeas corpus petition filed by a South Dakota death row inmate. The court rejected six claims challenging the constitutionality of habeas deference, procedural default, and ineffective assistance of counsel.
The Ninth Circuit granted a stay and abeyance to allow a death row inmate to present an ineffective assistance of counsel claim at sentencing to state court. The court held that the claim was not procedurally barred under Arizona law despite the petitioner's failure to raise it in a prior petition.
The Ninth Circuit granted a stay and abeyance to allow a death row inmate to present an ineffective assistance of counsel claim at sentencing to state courts. The court held that it was unclear whether Arizona law would bar the claim in a second postconviction petition.
The Ninth Circuit granted a stay and abeyance to allow a death row inmate to present an ineffective assistance of counsel claim at sentencing to state court. The court held that it is unclear whether Arizona procedural rules bar such a claim in a second post-conviction petition.