United States Second Circuit - November 2012 Opinion Summaries

US v. Robinson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In appeal from conviction on two counts of sex trafficking of a minor, judgment is affirmed, where: 1) the court concludes, in a matter of first...

US v. Coplan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In appeal from convictions on charges of conspiracy to defraud the Government, tax evasion, obstruction of the IRS and false statements to the IRS...

Ackerson v. City of White Plains

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In action alleging false arrest, malicious prosecution and 1983 claims following arrest for 3rd degree menacing, summary judgment for defendants is...

Kachalsky v. Cty. of Westchester

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Civil Rights
In appeal challenging New York's handgun licensing scheme which requires an applicant to demonstrate proper cause to obtain a license to carry a...

Gusler v. City of Long Beach

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In plaintiff's civil rights suit against various city officials alleging he suffered retaliation for speaking out about issues involving his employer,...

US v. Marin Moreno

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In appeal from conviction for heroin related crimes, judgment is affirmed because the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to...

US v. Siddiqui

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence, International Law
In appeal by defendant, a Pakistani national, from conviction that included attempted murder and armed assault of U.S. nationals, officers and...

McElwee v. County of Orange

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In appeal from summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's claims under the American with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, judgment is...

Barbour v. City of White Plains

Civil Rights, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In appeal by defendant-city and defendant-officers of attorneys' fees award to plaintiffs in connection with entry of judgment for plaintiffs in 1983...

US v. Gupta

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In appeal from conviction for immigration fraud, judgment is vacated and remanded where, under the particular circumstances of this case, the district...