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Usmani v. US Attorney Gen.

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of adjustment of status is denied where the Attorney General has the discretion to deny adjustment of status even...

CP v. Leon County Sch. Bd.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Health Law
In a suit alleging a violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, judgment for the defendant-school board is affirmed where: 1) the...

Christian Heritage Academy v. Oklahoma Secondary Sch. Activities Ass'n

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a private religious school's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming, in pertinent part, that Oklahoma's state-organized school activities...

Hood v. Encinitas Union Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Health Law
In an action brought by parents and their child claiming a school district violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by refusing...

Nat'l Wildlife Fed. v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Remedies, Water Law
In an environment dispute involving salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a district court's decision rejecting a 2004...

Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, A.C. v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, International Law, Water Law
In a dispute over a Bureau of Reclamation project to build a concrete-lined canal to replace an unlined portion of the All-American Canal, an...

Smith v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A denial of disability insurance benefits to claimant by the Social Security Administration is affirmed over her claims that the decision neither...

Greenhill v. Spellings

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving negative employment reference from former federal employer to a prospective federal employer, resulting in rescission of an offer of...

Kolender v. San Diego County Civil Serv. Comm'n

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving demotion of appellant from supervisor to technician position in detention processing unit, reversal of defendant-commission's order...

Gebreeyesus v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of a motion to reopen claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is...