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United States First Circuit - February 2009 Opinion Summaries

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Espinoza v. Sabol

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's order dismissing plaintiff's habeas corpus petition is affirmed where: 1) the time at liberty doctrine cannot be applied to adjust...
02/27/2009 08-1712

Poirier v. Massachusetts Dept. of Corr.

United States First Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil rights action, district court's dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim is affirmed where enforcement of a...
02/27/2009 08-1290

First Specialty Ins. Corp. v. Am. Home Assurance Co.

United States First Circuit
Admiralty, Insurance Law
In an insurance dispute, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed where: 1) the joint operation of the barge and...
02/27/2009 08-1244

US v. Nutter

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for arson and mail fraud is affirmed where: 1) defendant failed to show there was plain error in instructing the jury on the...
02/26/2009 08-1279

Ordonez-Garcia v. Holder

United States First Circuit
Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of motion to reopen removal proceeding is denied as it the motion not filed within 90 days of a final order of removal.
02/26/2009 08-1250

US v. Rivera

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Direct appeal from sentence is granted where the district court may have underestimated the scope of its discretion to vary from the statutory...
02/26/2009 07-2687

US v. Glover

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where: 1) the prosecutor's closing statements were not improper; 2)...
02/26/2009 07-1983

US v. Perez-Cruz

United States First Circuit
Immigration Law
In a motion for reduction of sentence based on statutory sentencing guideline amendments, district court's denial is affirmed where even with the...
02/25/2009 08-1834

Scatambuli v. Holder

United States First Circuit
Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of Brazilian citizens application for asylum and withholding of removal is denied where there was substantial evidence...
02/25/2009 08-1584

Nadal-Ginard v. Holder

United States First Circuit
Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of motion to terminate removal proceedings and decision to pretermit application for a waiver of inadmissibility under...
02/25/2009 08-1550

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