Posts in category “Weekly Roundup”

Last week, in a split, unpublished opinion, Seventh Circuit held that motions to reconsider the denial of First Step Act relief extend the time for appealing. The D.C. Circuit held that would-be intervenors seeking to unseal judicial records can immediately appeal the denial of permissive intervention. The Tenth Circuit addressed its jurisdiction to review an order adding entities to a receivership.…

There were lots of interesting decisions last week. The Third Circuit held that attorneys can immediately appeal from denials of motions to withdraw due to a conflict of interest. The D.C. Circuit heard an appeal from an administrative remand in a suit involving the rates paid to pilots on the Great Lakes.…

Last week saw a few decisions of note. There were three qualified-immunity appeals that raised jurisdictional issues. In one, the Tenth Circuit declined to address arguments that the defendants had failed to develop in the district court. In another, the Eighth Circuit dismissed the appeal because the defendants disputed the facts.…

Last week saw the last appellate jurisdiction/procedure decision for this year’s Supreme Court term. In Nasrallah v. Barr, the Court held that courts could review factual findings underlying denials of protection under the Convention Against Torture, even if the petitioner had been convicted of a crime. There were also several court of appeals decisions of note.…

Last week was eventful. The Fourth Circuit joined the recent chorus of opinions addressing appellate jurisdiction when parties dismiss some claims without prejudice. The Ninth Circuit addressed the scope of remand appeals under § 1447(d), adding a little more interest to the recent cert petition on the issue. Another court held that the denial of a COVID-19 related temporary restraining order was immediately appealable.…

Last week saw a few decisions of note. The Fourth Circuit cleaned up its law on appealing dismissals without prejudice, deeming its 2015 decision in Goode v. Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc. to be bad law. The First Circuit held that it could address whether the Board of Immigration Appeals deviated from its settled course of adjudication in reviewing the denial of sua sponte reopening.…

Last week saw the en banc Fourth Circuit’s decisions on immediate appellate review of various decisions in an emoluments action. Another party fell into the Fifth Circuit’s finality trap, making me wonder whether that court actually made things worse in its recent en banc decision. Another defendant flouted the limits on the scope of qualified-immunity appeals.…

There were a few decisions of note last week. The en banc Fifth Circuit addressed the finality trap in a case that I’ve been following for quite some time. The Second Circuit joined other circuits in cutting back the availability of Perlman appeals. And the Sixth Circuit heard two more appeals involving temporary restraining orders.…

Last week was an eventful one. There was another COVID-19 related appeal from a temporary restraining order, with the Fifth Circuit suggesting that an adversary hearing alone converts a TRO to a preliminary injunction for appeal purposes. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review issued a decision on its jurisdiction to review FISC decisions.…

Last week, the Supreme Court addressed the scope of review in appeals from inter partes review. Judge Hamilton of the Seventh Circuit gave an excellent explanation of abuse-of-discretion review. More defendants sought (with mixed success) immediate appellate review of temporary restraining orders. Plus a writ of mandamus to the EPA, an improper qualified-immunity appeal, appealing bankruptcy remands, pendent appellate jurisdiction, notices of appeal, and appeals in post-judgment enforcement proceedings.…