United States Sixth Circuit - July 2010 Opinion Summaries

De la Paz v. Holder

Government Law, Immigration Law
A Mexican citizen's petition for review of a reinstatement order by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is denied where: 1) the petition is...

McQueary v. Conway

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's suit challenging the validity of a Kentucky law placing limits on protests at military funerals, claiming that the law violated his...

US v. Lucido

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's denial of petitioner's motions to expunge all records of his federal money laundering charges and related proceedings held by the...

US v. Faulkenberry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Conviction of defendant for securities fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracies to commit these crimes is affirmed in part, reversed in...

Spengler v. Worthington Cylinder

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's age discrimination suit against his former employer under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Ohio's anti-discrimination...

City of Cleveland v., Ameriquest Mortgage Sec., Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
In City of Cleveland's public nuisance suit against twenty-two financial entities, claiming that defendants are responsible for a large portion of the...

Paige v. Coyner

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's section 1983 suit against a county official and two county entities, claiming that defendants retaliated against her by calling for...

US v. Hameed

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and for being a felon in possession of a firearm,...

US v. Horn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In proceedings arising from defendant's motion for resentencing based on Guidelines Amendment 709, arguing that he was not a career offender under the...

In re Siggers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's request for authorization to file a second/successive habeas relief from his first-degree murder conviction is denied as, considering the...