Archive for the '1st COA' Category

Decisions In Criminal and Immigration Matters

US v. Weekes, 07-2209, concerned a challenge to a conviction of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm and a 15-year sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act.  In affirming the conviction and the sentence, the court held that the juror selection plan in effect at the time of defendant’s trial complied with [...]

Decisions In Criminal and Immigration Matters

US v. Weekes, 07-2209, concerned a challenge to a conviction of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm and a 15-year sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act.  In affirming the conviction and the sentence, the court held that the juror selection plan in effect at the time of defendant’s trial complied with [...]

Plaintiff’s ERISA Suit Not Supported By Lyme Disease Diagnosis

Gent v. CUNA Mut. Ins. Soc’y, 09-1703, concerned a challenge to the district court’s grant of a long-term disability insurance provider’s motion for summary judgment in plaintiff’s ERISA suit, claiming that the insurer had unlawfully terminated her long-term disability benefits after determining that plaintiff was subject to the “mental illness limitation,” in its policy.
After determining that [...]

Plaintiff’s ERISA Suit Not Supported By Lyme Disease Diagnosis

Gent v. CUNA Mut. Ins. Soc’y, 09-1703, concerned a challenge to the district court’s grant of a long-term disability insurance provider’s motion for summary judgment in plaintiff’s ERISA suit, claiming that the insurer had unlawfully terminated her long-term disability benefits after determining that plaintiff was subject to the “mental illness limitation,” in its policy.
After determining that [...]

Kennedy Family’s Civil Rights Suit, Plus 95-year-old Nazi Sympathizer Deported

In Zajanckauskas v. Holder, 09-1394, the First Circuit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, a ninety-five year old Lithuanian national’s petition for review of BIA’s affirmance of the IJ’s decision to order his deportation from the U.S., on the ground that petitioner participated in the Nazi liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw and misrepresented this [...]

Kennedy Family’s Civil Rights Suit, Plus 95-year-old Nazi Sympathizer Deported

In Zajanckauskas v. Holder, 09-1394, the First Circuit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, a ninety-five year old Lithuanian national’s petition for review of BIA’s affirmance of the IJ’s decision to order his deportation from the U.S., on the ground that petitioner participated in the Nazi liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw and misrepresented this [...]

Title VII Retaliation Suit Against USDA, Plus Immigration and Criminal Matters

US v. Celestin
Full text of Saysana v. Gillen
Full text of Galera v. Johanns

Title VII Retaliation Suit Against USDA, Plus Immigration and Criminal Matters

US v. Celestin
Full text of Saysana v. Gillen
Full text of Galera v. Johanns

Cable Competitor’s Suit Under the Cable Act, Plus Title VII Retaliation Action

San Juan Cable LLC v. Puerto Rico Tel., Co., Inc., 09-1965, concerned a private cable operator’s suit against a rival-competitor claiming that the defendant has transgressed section 541(b)(1) of the Cable Act by constructing a cable system over public rights-of-way and providing cable service without having obtained a franchise.  In affirming the district court’s judgment in [...]

Cable Competitor’s Suit Under the Cable Act, Plus Title VII Retaliation Action

San Juan Cable LLC v. Puerto Rico Tel., Co., Inc., 09-1965, concerned a private cable operator’s suit against a rival-competitor claiming that the defendant has transgressed section 541(b)(1) of the Cable Act by constructing a cable system over public rights-of-way and providing cable service without having obtained a franchise.  In affirming the district court’s judgment in [...]