Posts in category “Weekly Roundup”

Last week produced a few decisions of note. The Sixth Circuit said that you don’t need a certificate of appealability to appeal a decision on habeas bail. The Eleventh Circuit refused to consider a district court’s post-appeal statements on the sentence it would have imposed had there been no error. Two courts addressed the order-designation requirement for notices of appeal.…

Last week, the Tenth Circuit tackled a bunch of appellate-jurisdiction issues before reversing the refiling restrictions that a district court had imposed on a plaintiff’s attorney. The Fifth Circuit rejected a defendant’s attempt to challenge the factual basis for a qualified-immunity denial. The Seventh Circuit once again explained district courts’ discretion to extend appeal deadlines due to excusable neglect or good cause.…

Last week saw a rare pushback against fact-based qualified-immunity appeals. Those appeals are both frivolous and common. Sanctions are rare. But the Sixth Circuit ordered some defendants to show cause as to why they should not be sanctioned for challenging the factual basis for an immunity denial. In other decisions, the Fifth Circuit applied Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(4) to appeals under the collateral-order doctrine.…

Last week, the Third Circuit illustrated one side of the split on whether courts must (or even can) address standing and other issues of subject-matter jurisdiction alongside interlocutory appeals. The Sixth Circuit vacated an improper partial judgment under Rule 54(b). The Ninth Circuit used the collateral-order doctrine to review an ERISA dispute that seemed to have stalled in the district court.…

There’s a lot to talk about from last week. The Federal Circuit said that it could use mandamus to review the decision to institute inter partes review in patent cases. Several decisions addressed the content requirements for a notice of appeal, including a Second Circuit decision on the failure of named class members to appeal alongside the class representatives.…

Last week saw the Tenth Circuit reject an attempt to dispute the factual basis for a qualified-immunity denial. There were also decisions on finality after dismissals without prejudice, pendent appellate jurisdiction in an injunction appeal, and the relation forward of a premature notice of appeal.…

Last week saw only two decisions of note, both involving appeals from remand orders. The Fifth Circuit held that § 1447(d) does not bar appellate review of abstention-based remand orders. And the Ninth Circuit dealt with an appeal from a bankruptcy remand that, while technically marking the end of an action, was too related to an ongoing bankruptcy proceeding to be deemed final.…

Last week saw another COVID-19 related appeal from a temporary restraining order. The Eleventh Circuit addressed the order-designation requirement for notices of appeal with mixed results. The Ninth Circuit held that it could not review a refusal to expedite criminal proceedings after a defendant allegedly violated the terms of his supervised release.…

Last week, the D.C. Circuit split over when a dismissal without prejudice became final. That court also addressed its jurisdiction to immediately review the denial of a Glomar response in a Freedom of Information Act case. The Tenth Circuit split on the finality of an exemption order in bankruptcy when the amount of the exemption had yet to be determined.…

What a week. Another court weighed in on Guerrero-Lasprilla’s effect on appeals from the denial of cancellation-of-removal. Several courts had to deal with potentially deficient notices of appeal. The Eleventh Circuit applied its new (and improved) law on the finality trap. The Third Circuit held that it lacked jurisdiction when the district court had not resolved the defendants’ cross-claims, even though those cross-claims were effectively moot.…