DIFTCL: Federal Narrative Summaries

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The fifth-circuit affirmed the criminal sentence imposed on Edson Alexis Carrizal for illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326, as well as the consecutive revocation sentence for a prior offense. The court applied the “plainly erroneous” standard to review the procedural reasonableness of the 72-month...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Fifth Circuit granted the appointed attorney’s motion to withdraw and dismissed the appeal after reviewing the Anders brief filed by counsel and the defendant’s response. The court applied the standard established in *Anders v. California* and *United States v. Flores*, which requires counsel to demonstra...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Third Circuit denied the petition for review filed by Xin Kai Yu seeking to reopen his removal proceedings based on a claim of changed country conditions regarding religious persecution in China. The court held that the Board of Immigration Appeals did not abuse its discretion in denying Yu’s motion because he...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Fifth Circuit affirmed the jury verdict awarding Ruben Narro nearly $1.2 million in damages following a collision between an eighteen-wheeler and his car. The court reviewed the record and briefs to determine if reversible error existed regarding the defendant’s dispute over the extent of Narro’s injuries...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Third Circuit affirmed the District Court’s order dismissing Maurice Muhammad’s second amended complaint with prejudice. The court held that Muhammad failed to state a plausible claim for relief under the Sherman Antitrust Act, as his pleadings contained conclusory allegations insufficient to satisfy the...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Second Circuit denied the petition for review filed by Jose Humberto Sasaguay Lima, a native and citizen of Ecuador, challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision to affirm an immigration judge’s denial of his request for administrative closure. The court applied the abuse of discretion st...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a putative class action brought by utility customers in Texas and California against Bloomberg, L.P. and Bloomberg Index Services, Ltd., holding that the federal filed rate doctrine bars the plaintiffs’ state-law claims alleging that Bloomberg unl...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Second Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of defendant Marc L. Leonardis for receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A). The court rejected Leonardis’s challenges to his 168-month prison term on both procedural and substantive grounds. Regarding procedural reasonableness,...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Tenth Circuit granted the government’s motion to dismiss the petition for review and denied the petitioners’ motion to reinstate, ruling that the appeal was untimely. The court held that while the Supreme Court’s decision in *Riley v. Bondi* removed the jurisdictional bar to equitable tolling for th...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 4:20-cv-00219-RSB-CLR The eleventh-circuit affirmed the district court’s order confirming an arbitration award in favor of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, rejecting the appellant’s argument that the confirmation motion should have been filed in Ohio pursuant to forum selection clauses in the p...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The second-circuit dismissed an interlocutory appeal filed by police officer Kyle Long regarding a denial of his motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity in a civil rights action alleging Fourth Amendment violations for unlawful entry and excessive force. The court held that it lacked appellate jurisdicti...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 1:25-cr-20275-RKA-1 The eleventh-circuit affirmed Luis Dominguez Lopez’s 151-month prison sentence for the distribution of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)(viii). The court held that Lopez invited any alleged error regarding the reasonableness of his sentence by request...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 7:21-cv-00150-WLS-ALS The eleventh-circuit dismissed the portion of the appeal challenging the district court’s grant of summary judgment because the appellant failed to file a timely notice of appeal. The court held that under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1)(A), a civil appeal must be filed...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 2:24-cr-00084-MHH-JHE-1 The eleventh-circuit dismissed the appeal sua sponte for lack of jurisdiction because the case was moot. The court held that although the district court’s orders denying pretrial release were immediately appealable, McGhee had since been convicted, rendering it impossible for the...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 5:25-cv-00355-LCB The eleventh-circuit dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the case had become moot. The court applied the standard that it lacks jurisdiction over appeals where there is no live controversy for which it can grant meaningful relief, noting that intervening events can render a...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 5:25-CV-00672-J) The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Chad William Reed’s civil rights complaint without prejudice. The court held that the plaintiff’s claims for injunctive relief seeking a new trial were barred by *Heck v. Humphrey*, which prohibits federal civil action...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 8:23-cr-00385-VMC-CPT-1 The eleventh-circuit affirmed the 75-year (900-month) prison sentence imposed on Justin Ryan Culmo for multiple counts of production, distribution, and possession of child pornography. The court applied a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard to review the substantive reasonableness...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 6:25-CV-00077-JAR) The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of David Gray’s Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit against the United States, holding that the discretionary function exception to sovereign immunity stripped the court of subject-matter jurisdiction. The court applied th...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 1:24-CV-03174-PAB-STV) The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the Viegases’ civil rights complaint with prejudice and denied the request to impose filing restrictions against them. Regarding the dismissal, the court held that most of the Viegases’ constitutional challenges...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The eleventh-circuit vacated the district court’s order denying Charles Jones’s motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 and remanded the case for further consideration. This disposition follows a Supreme Court mandate that granted certiorari, vacated the court’s prior opinion in *J...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The tenth-circuit denied Otis Ray Whitehead, Jr.’s motion for a certificate of appealability (COA) to challenge the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion and dismissed the proceeding. To merit a COA, a prisoner must make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, demonstra...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Fourth Circuit granted a petition for a writ of mandamus, ordering the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to resolve the Federal Candidates’ pending Application for Review by 12:00 noon on October 9, 2026. The court held that the FCC has a clear, nondiscretionary statutory duty under 47 U.S.C. § 155(c)(4)...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 Docket: 3:24-cv-00389-LC-ZCB The eleventh-circuit vacated the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of Eddie Moultrie’s amended complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1) for failure to state a plausible claim and remanded the case for further proceedings. The court held that Moultrie, a pro se prisoner, suff...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 The Federal Circuit granted Google LLC’s petition for a writ of mandamus, vacating the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas’s order denying a motion to transfer venue and directing the district court to grant the transfer to the Northern District of California. The court applied th...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed: 2026-10-06 The federal-circuit dismissed the appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b) upon agreement of the parties. The court ordered that each side shall bear its own costs. As a result, the proceeding before the United States Court of Appeals is terminated, and no further action will be taken on this appeal. Do I...