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Criminal – Supervised release
Where a defendant received the statutory maximum sentence for violating the terms of his supervised release, the defendant must be resentenced because the lower court erroneously determined that the defendant’s violations fell within the most serious category of such transgressions.
Criminal – Downward variance – Child pornography
Where a defendant who pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography was sentenced to time served (21 days) and seven years of supervised release, the defendant must be resentenced because the district court did not adequately explain its basis for granting such an extraordinary downward variance.
Immigration – Hardship – Psychological report
Where applications for cancellation of removal were denied on the basis that the petitioners did not establish that their removal and relocation to Guatemala would impose “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” on their children who are United States citizens, a remand must be ordered because the Board of Immigration Appeals legally erred by failing to consider the findings in a psycholog[...]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
