The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a drug conviction, ruling that police had probable cause to conduct a traffic stop when a vehicle failed to stop before exiting a grocery store parking lot ont...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal by the State of Georgia seeking to obtain a 'limited remand' to state court to file a superseding indictment against two federal officers charged...
The Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of William Walls' second federal habeas petition as an impermissible successive challenge to his 2015 civil commitment as a sexually violent person, while sharply criticizing Ill...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a drug conviction, ruling that police had probable cause to conduct a traffic stop when a vehicle failed to stop before exiting a grocery store parking lot onto a public street.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal by the State of Georgia seeking to obtain a 'limited remand' to state court to file a superseding indictment against two federal officers charged with felony murder in the 2016 death of...
The Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of William Walls' second federal habeas petition as an impermissible successive challenge to his 2015 civil commitment as a sexually violent person, while sharply criticizing Illinois state courts for extraordinary del...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has entered judgment in a long-running habeas corpus case involving Alabama death row inmate Marcus Bernard Williams, with the state appealing a federal district court ruling.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to enhance a drug dealer's sentence based on possession of blue fentanyl pills marked 'M30' that mimicked legitimate oxycodone, ruling that marketing such pills constitutes misrepresentation even witho...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a 140-month sentence for drug possession, holding that police officers had reasonable suspicion to conduct a traffic stop based on an inconclusive insurance verification system response, despite conc...
The Fifth Circuit upheld summary judgment for the FBI in a Freedom of Information Act case brought by a pro se plaintiff seeking email header data from his criminal investigation, ruling that producing metadata would require creating new records beyond FOIA...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a defendant's enhanced sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm, ruling that his prior Oregon conviction for attempted first-degree assault constitutes a crime of violence under federal s...