Where a defendant challenged his convictions and sentence for aggravated identity theft because the statute does not cover theft of a dead person’s identity, defendant’s ...
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Revocation; Sentencing
Where credible evidence showed that a defendant on supervised release had driven a car toward a deputy and the defendant admitted that he had violated ...
Read More »Wrongful-Death Action; Dischargeability; ‘Willful Injury’
Where a wrongful-death action was filed against the mother of a child who died after being abused by the mother’s boyfriend, the debt was dischargeable ...
Read More »Class Action; Securities; Pleading Requirements
Where plaintiffs brought a securities class action claiming that a corporation and directors made false or misleading statements about development of a computer technology, the ...
Read More »Excessive Force; Inmate Suit; Pepper Spray
Where an inmate brought a civil rights action for excessive force against prison officials, claiming he was restrained to a bench for 24 hours to ...
Read More »Asylum; Timeliness; Withholding Of Removal
Where petitioners from Hungary failed to apply for asylum within one year of entering the United States and failed to show extraordinary circumstances excusing the ...
Read More »Treaty Provisions; Plea Agreement
Where a Lithuanian citizen who pleaded guilty in the U.S. to conspiracy and counterfeiting offenses filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus claiming ...
Read More »Inmate Transfers; Residential Placement
Where the District Court denied petitions for writs of habeas corpus brought by inmates who sought transfer to a residential re-entry center, the claims of ...
Read More »Enhancement; Aggravated Felony
Where a District Court applied an eight-level sentencing enhancement to a defendant convicted of illegal reentry following deportation based on a prior conviction for an ...
Read More »Confirmation of Plan; Standing; Aggrieved Party
Even though the bankruptcy appellate panel approved a plan proposed by debtor, the debtor was an aggrieved party and had standing to appeal the plan’s ...
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