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Rioting at a Correctional Institution a Violent Felony Under ACCA
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Plus Ruling in Action Claiming Deprivation of Due ProcessIn US v. Johnson, No. 08-5245, the court of appeals affirmed defendant's sentence for being a felon in...
Professional Malpractice Claims "Arise in" Bankruptcy Case, and Habeas Matter
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Baker v. Simpson, No. 09-3848, concerned plaintiff's appeal from the denial of his motion to remand his legal malpractice action from a bankruptcy court to...
Dismissal for Failure to Serve Defendant Partially Affirmed, and Criminal Matter
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Gerena v. Korb, No. 09-2594, involved an action arising from an alleged dorm room sexual and physical assault, wherein plaintiffs' appealed from a dismissal of...
Child Pornography Sentence Vacated
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In US v. DeSilva, No. 09-2988, the court of appeals vacated defendant's child pornography sentence, on the ground that the district court committed procedural...
Injunction Against Enforcement of Taxicab Lease Rate Increases, and Civil Rights Matter
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Zalaski v. City of Bridgeport Police Dep't., No. 08-3671, a civil rights action based on the allegedly unlawful breakup of an animal rights demonstration,...
Action To Enforce German Bearer Bonds
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Mortimer Off Shore Servs., Ltd. v. Fed. Repub. of Germany, No. 08-1783, involved an action to enforce bearer bonds valued at $400,000,000 against the Federal...
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