Petitioner appealed from the district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief after finding that he did not derive citizenship from his father. The district court ruled that petitioner was not in his father’s “legal custody” when his father naturalized…. Continue reading
Plaintiff alleged that Chase willfully and maliciously provided false information about his finances to Equifax, a consumer credit reporting agency. Chase removed the suit to federal court and moved for dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6), arguing that plain… Continue reading
Plaintiff filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(1)-(3), seeking to recover funds that were erroneously removed from his pension fund account and credited to that of his former wife. The district court e… Continue reading
The government appealed from two interlocutory orders. The first order suppressed cocaine seized from defendant’s person incident to his warrantless arrest, as well as statements made by defendant, based on a lack of probable cause to support the arres… Continue reading
Claimant appealed from a judgment of the district court ordering the forfeiture to plaintiff United States, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 401(a), of certain communication-jamming devices, to wit, the defendant-in-rem Jammers, owned by claimant and a company of… Continue reading
Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that recently-enacted amendments to the New York City Administrative Code, commonly known as the “pay-to-play” rules, violated the First Amendment by unduly burdening protected political spe… Continue reading
Petitioner, wanted in his native Greece on charges related to the kidnapping and murder of a minor, was certified extraditable after a hearing in the district court, notwithstanding certain arguments he made regarding Greece’s compliance, vel non, with… Continue reading
Plaintiff appealed from a judgment of the district court dismissing her disability discrimination claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq., as untimely. The court concluded that the 90-day limitations period provid… Continue reading
Defendant appealed from a conviction of 16 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false federal income tax returns and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 41 months incarceration, three years’ supervised release, and restitution and a sp… Continue reading
Plaintiff appealed from the dismissal of its complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and from the district court’s order denying its motion for reconsideration. Plaintiff asserted, inter alia, claims against defendants under the First and Fou… Continue reading