United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Ramos

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a prosecution of defendant for illegally transporting aliens in Charlestown, Massachusetts, district court's denial of defendant's motion to...

Julian v. Gonzalez-Rosario

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's civil rights suit against various corrections officers, claiming they used excessive force against him, district court's dismissal of...

Smith v. Holder

Government Law, Immigration Law
A Zimbabwean citizen's petition for review of a BIA's denial of his motion to reopen his removal proceedings is granted and remanded as the BIA...

US v. Ayewoh

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
Conviction and sentence of defendant for bank fraud are affirmed where: 1) defendant's claim that the government failed to offer sufficient proof of...

Ahern v. Shinseki

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by radiology technologists in the diagnostic imaging service at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center, under the Title VII...

Sepulveda-Villarini v. Dep't of Educ. of Puerto Rico

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a consolidated appeal of the district court's dismissal of two public school teachers' suits against the Puerto Rico Department of Education and...

Melendez-Garcia v. Sanchez

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Sanctions
In plaintiff's suit against various university officials pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Puerto Rican state laws, claiming that they failed to...

Faiola v. APCO Graphics, Inc.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer for wrongful termination on the basis of disability, district court's grant of summary judgment in...

US v. Mohamed

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress...

Analysis Group, Inc. v. Cent. Florida Inv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Remedies, Sanctions
In plaintiff's breach of oral contract claim against a defendant for failure to pay for an expert's expedited services in an underlying litigation,...