United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Triestman v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of complaint brought under the Federal Torts Claim Act is vacated as the pro se plaintiff's submissions should be read to include a theory...

Healthcare Ass'n of NY State, Inc. v. Pataki

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, in suit for declaratory and injunctive relief from enforcement of New York Labor Law section 211a, which...

Fernandez v. Chertoff

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of Title VII employment discrimination claim for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, based on plaintiff's failure...

Makadji vs Gonzales

Administrative Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
Denial of application for asylum and withholding of removal is vacated as the agency erred in finding that petitioner "firmly resettled" prior to...

Travelers Ins. Co. v. Henry

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Judgment for defendant on the ground that first-party insurance policy proceeds are exempted from reimbursement to the workers' compensation carrier...

US v. Skinner (Acosta)

Criminal Law & Procedure
In case involving falsifying search warrants, armed robbery from drug dealers, and use of violent tactics against suspects, convictions of former...

Mosby v. Senkowski

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of habeas petition is affirmed over claims that petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of appellate counsel...

Bogle-Assegai v. Connecticut

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal of employment discrimination claims on grounds of lack of service of process, Eleventh Amendment immunity, and untimeliness, is affirmed...

Cassidy v. Chertoff

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim that defendant transportation company's practice of searching the carry-on baggage of randomly selected passengers and...

Chen v. Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Immigration Law
BIA order vacating IJ decision to grant application for asylum, deny application for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against...