United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Lyons v. City of Xenia

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 suit alleging the use of excessive force in the course of making an arrest, defendant-police officer is entitled to qualified...

Simasko v. County of St. Clair

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Public employees in "policymaking or confidential positions" may be terminated for politically-motivated reasons without violating the First...

Morales v. US

Injury & Tort Law
In an assault-and-battery action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, judgment in favor of the United States is affirmed where the district...

Ross v. Berghuis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Michigan recognizes assault with intent to rob while unarmed as a predicate offense for first-degree felony murder.

Pergega v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is granted where the Board of Immigration Appeals' reasons for concluding that plaintiff's testimony was not...

US v. Christopher

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's sentence for mail fraud is affirmed where the district court would have imposed the same sentence in the absence of mandatory sentencing...

Harries v. Bell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
The grant of a writ of habeas corpus, vacating defendant's death sentence, is affirmed due to ineffective assistance in the trial's sentencing phase.

US v. Brika

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for kidnapping is vacated and remanded for resentencing in a manner consistent with US v. Booker, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005).

Payne v. Bell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Death row inmate raises three meritless points of error on direct appeal.

Elia v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is denied over his claim that the immigration judge improperly found him ineligible for relief under the former...