Taibu Grant appeals the District Court s denial of the habeas petition he filed under 28 U.S.C. 2254. We granted a certificate of appealability to allow Grant to appeal the District Court s rejection of his claim of prosecutorial misconduct without holding an evidentiary hearing and his claim...   MORE>>

On August 3, 2010, the respondent (the IRS) issued a notice of deficiency to the petitioner, Mr. Diep N. Hoang. The notice determined a deficiency of $5,188,587 in federal income tax for 2006, a section 6651(a)(1) addition to tax of $1,297,533.50, and a penalty under section 6662(a) of $1,037,717.40...   MORE>>

Objectors Kimberly Schratwieser and Theodore Frank (Objectors) appeal the district court s orders granting final approval to a class action settlement between Hewlett- Packard Company (HP) and a nationwide class of consumers who purchased certain HP inkjet printers between September 6, 2001 and Se...   MORE>>

Victor Hugo Tapia Madrigal, a former member of the Mexican military, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying him asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Because the BIA s decision employed incorrect legal st...   MORE>>

This case touches on critical and sensitive issues of tribal membership that are generally beyond our review because [a] tribe s right to define its own membership for tribal purposes has long been recognized as central to its existence as an independent political community. Santa Clara Pueb...   MORE>>

Ron Ron Ron Collins participated in a drug-distribution conspiracy stretching from Mexico to Milwaukee that involved mass amounts of cocaine. For his role, Collins was found guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, in violat...   MORE>>

This is a false arrest and excessive force case following an altercation between Reynaldo Ramirez ( Ramirez ) and Deputy Jose Taser Joe Martinez ( Martinez ) in Jim Wells County, Texas. Martinez appeals the district court s denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity on Ra...   MORE>>

Plaintiff-Appellee Wellogix, Inc. alleged that Defendant-Appellant Accenture, L.L.P, misappropriated its trade secrets. After a nine-day trial, a jury returned a unanimous verdict against Accenture, awarding Wellogix compensatory and punitive damages. After a careful review of the record, we find th...   MORE>>

In connection with a proposed surface coal mine adjacent to Reylas Fork (a stream) in Logan County, West Virginia, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection ("WVDEP") issued Highland Mining Company a permit under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act ("SMCRA") to do the minin...   MORE>>

These claims brought under 42 U.S.C. 1983 raise the issue whether certain actions taken by South Carolina prison officials after an inmate s suspected receipt of contraband, including suspension of the inmate s visitation privileges for two years, violated his constitutional rights. We conclu...   MORE>>