The Court issued 32 unpublished opinions this week:
Lapica v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. (disability insurance benefits, Medical Vocational Guidelines, vocational expert)
Smith v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. (disability insurance benefits, supplemental security income, mental health)
Glover v. City of Pensacola, Fla. (firefighters’ hostile work environment and disparate treatment claims)
Kinnett v. Strayer Educ., Inc. (securities fraud)
Skytruck Co. v. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. (tortious interference, bad faith, unjust enrichment)
United States v. Presley (Sentencing Guidelines, resentencing, crack offense, career offender)
United States v. Alcemius (reasonableness of sentence)
Feliciano v. United States (certificate of appealability, ineffective assistance of counsel, evidentiary hearing)
Ledlow v. Givens (state prisoner § 1983 claim, excessive force)
United States v. Tomlin (making false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of a department or agency of the United States, motion for acquittal, calculation of restitution)
United States v. Julian (cocaine distribution conspiracy, motion to suppress evidence)
United States v. Brown (felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, calculating amount of drugs for sentencing)
United States v. Hankins (wire fraud, sentencing)
United States v. Perez-Zuniga (illegal reentry, guilty plea, sentence above the applicable guideline range, variance, departure)
United States v. Russell (mail fraud, conspiracy)
Pan v. U.S. Attorney Gen. (Chinese citizen, Board of Immigration Appeals, reopen, changed country conditions, asylum)
In re Steffen (non-final bankruptcy court order)
Guerrero v. U.S. Attorney Gen. (Colombian citizen, immigration, asylum, UN Convention Against Torture)
Pantoja v. Edward Zengel & Sons Express, Inc. (ERISA, unpaid contributions to an employee 401(k) plan are not “plan assets” pursuant to the governing documents)
Pardo v. Palmer (Florida prisoner, death penalty, Eighth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, stay denied)
Milakovich v. USCIS – Orlando (lack of jurisdiction, failure to state a claim, Immigration and Nationality Act, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments)
Emmanuelli v. Priebus (Republican National Convention delegates, dismissal pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6))
McGowan v. Homeward Residential, Inc. (foreclosure, dismissal pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6))
United States v. Vega (possession and distribution of cocaine, sentencing, firearm enhancement, premises enhancement)
United States v. Stevens (Rule 36 motion to correct presentence investigation report, substantive not clerical correction: possession of cannabis, felony versus misdemeanor, career offender status)
United States v. Campbell (withdrawal of appointed appellate counsel, no arguable issues of merit)
Gilliard v. Ga. Dep’t of Corrections (disability discrimination, summary judgment for employer)
Wilson v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. (disability insurance benefits, supplemental security income, pain standard, credibility determinations)
United States v. Blanco (motion to withdraw guilty plea, assistance of counsel)
United States v. Blanks (withdrawal of appointed appellate counsel, no arguable issues of merit)
United States v. Trevino (withdrawal of appointed appellate counsel, no arguable issues of merit)
United States v. Denmark (withdrawal of appointed appellate counsel, no arguable issues of merit)
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