DIFTCL: Federal Narrative Summaries

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 2:25-cv-01173-MMD-BNW The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction but remanded the case with instructions to narrow the scope of that order. The court held that the Plaintiffs were likely to succeed on their procedural due process claim because Clark County interfered w...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Turner Myer III’s complaint for failure to prosecute, upholding the United States Court of Federal Claims’ order entered pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims (RCFC). The court applied an abuse of discretion standard of...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 1:19-cv-04106-JPB The eleventh-circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the United States on the plaintiffs’ Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claims, holding that the discretionary-function exception under 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a) bars liability for the FBI agents’ planning...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 4:24-cv-00107-WMR The eleventh-circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Sergeant Wyatt McCall in a civil rights action brought by Steven Everett under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging malicious prosecution and Fourth Amendment violations. The court held that Sergeant McCall was entitle...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 1:23-CR-00371-CNS-2) The tenth-circuit granted the government’s motion to enforce an appeal waiver contained in the defendant’s plea agreement and dismissed the appeal. The court applied the standard set forth in *United States v. Hahn*, concluding that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived h...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 3:23-cv-00687-VC The ninth-circuit vacated the district court’s order granting class certification and remanded the case for further proceedings because the plaintiffs failed to provide a sufficiently reliable damages model capable of measuring damages on a classwide basis under Federal Rule of Civil Proced...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, holding that it cannot review factual findings or the application of law to facts by the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims unless a constitutional issue is raised. The court applied the standard of review under 38 U.S.C. § 7292, which l...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The third-circuit reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Sandoz regarding liability on its breach-of-contract claim and vacated the associated damages award, remanding for a trial because the Settlement Agreement provisions prohibiting UTC from impeding the launch of generic treprostini...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 Docket: 3:24-cv-00065-MMD-CSD The ninth-circuit reversed the district court’s denial of Jane Doe’s motion to proceed pseudonymously in her sex trafficking lawsuit against Nevada brothels. The appellate court held that the district court abused its discretion by committing clear errors of judgment in weighing...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The federal-circuit dismissed the appeal pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 42(b) upon agreement of the parties. The court ordered that each side shall bear its own costs. This procedural dismissal terminates the appellate proceedings without a decision on the merits, effectively leaving the judgment of the United States Cour...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The federal-circuit dismissed the appeal for failure to prosecute in accordance with the rules. The court’s stated basis was the appellant’s failure to file a corrected brief required by Federal Circuit Rule 31(d) within the time permitted. As a result of this procedural dismissal, the notice of appeal is t...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Federal Circuit affirmed the Veterans Court’s denial of Remegia G. Bautista’s petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to compel the Department of Veterans Affairs to assign an earlier effective date for her dependency and indemnity compensation benefits. The court applied the standard of review for abus...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The federal-circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision sustaining rejections of claims 1–8, 10, 13–15, and 18 as indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112(b) and denying a request for rehearing regarding newly rejected dependent claims 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 19, and 20. The court held that the appellant for...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The eighth-circuit dismissed Robert J. Manley, Jr.’s appeal from a 114-month sentence imposed for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl. The court held that the appeal was barred by the defendant’s valid plea agreement waiver of his right to appeal. Applying de n...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Sixth Circuit affirmed the convictions and life sentences of Nathan Goddard and Cahke Cortner for the murder of federal officer Jorge Del Rio and related drug-trafficking offenses. The court held that probable cause supported the search warrant executed at the defendants’ residence, rendering the motion to supp...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The eighth-circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing all claims brought by Curtis Pronk against the City of Rochester and its officials for age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), and the Equal Protection Clau...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Sixth Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment in favor of Trustees Main/270, LLC, holding that the commercial lessor satisfied its duty to mitigate damages under Ohio law by rejecting proposed replacement tenants from the defaulting lessee’s affiliates and securing a new tenant through an independe...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Sixth Circuit affirmed the convictions and life sentences of Nathan Goddard and Cahke Cortner for killing federal officer Jorge Del Rio during a drug-trafficking operation. The court rejected all challenges raised by the defendants, ruling that the evidence was sufficient to support their convictions under 18 U.S.C....

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The fifth-circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of Francisco Deras’s motion to reopen a case previously dismissed for failure to retain local counsel in violation of Northern District of Texas Local Rule 83.10(a). The court applied the abuse of discretion standard of review to the district court’...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Fifth Circuit granted the Government’s motion for summary affirmance and affirmed the district court’s judgment. The court held that the Defendant’s argument challenging the constitutionality of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is foreclosed by *Almendarez-Torres v. United States*, which permits judges to find th...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The fifth-circuit granted the Federal Public Defender’s motion to withdraw and dismissed the appeal after reviewing counsel’s Anders brief and the record. The court concurred with counsel’s assessment that the appeal presented no nonfrivolous issues for appellate review, applying the standard establishe...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The fifth-circuit dismissed Corey Johnson’s interlocutory appeal from a district court order restricting his ability to file pro se motions and letters attacking the jury verdict. The court held that it lacked jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 because the final judgment rule generally prohibits appellate review i...

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-10-07 The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment imposing a 72-month prison sentence for illegal reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326, along with an additional 14-month consecutive sentence for supervised release revocation. The court applied the “plainly erroneous” standard to review procedural reason...

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...