Federal Jurisdiction – Statutory Interpretation
The parties cast this case as one about arbitral immunity, which is the ground on which the district court dismissed the complaint.
1st Amendment Violation
Lorenzo Davis worked for Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority.
Securities Exchange Fees – SEC – Lack of Jurisdiction
In Citadel Securities, LLC v. Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., we held that “the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing [the] case [of certain securities firms] for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.”
Declaratory Judgment – Ordinance Violation – 1st Amendment
HH-Indianapolis, LLC (“HH”), intended to open a retail establishment in Indianapolis under the name “Hustler Hollywood.”
Voting Rights – Sex Offender
Plaintiff Brian Valenti is a convicted felon and registered sex offender.
ALJ Error – Disability
Claude Britt, now 55, applied for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income after a construction crane toppled over and smashed his big toe.
Sentencing Guidelines
Various statutes vest the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) with the authority to make decisions that affect aspects of a federal inmate’s sentence.
Sentencing Guidelines
This is Gill’s third time appealing his sentence after he pled guilty in 2011 to one count of conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute.
Removal Proceedings
Dudi Yahya petitions for review of the denial of his motion to reopen removal proceedings that concluded more than fourteen years ago.
Statutory Interpretation – Time-barred
Petitioner Jesus Arreola-Castillo was convicted of a federal drug crime.
Failure to State Claim
At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress created the Federal Housing Finance Agency (the Agency) and authorized it to place into conservatorship two critical government‐sponsored enterprises—the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 12 U.S.C. § 4617(a).
Disclosure of Electronic Investigative Techniques
This appeal concerns the use of a cell-site simulator to locate someone.
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