Court Rulings: Dismissals and Denials in Employment, Criminal, and Civil Cases

This column reports on several recent significant decisions from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of ...
SCOTUSblog

Court rejects broad interpretation of compassionate release statute

In Fernandez, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Elena Kagan, concurred in the result, relying on a narrower ground: a motion for compassionate release cannot justify a reduced sentence if it ...

Knox County man identified in court records as leader of UFC drone plot

Federal court records say 19-year-old Tycen Proper self-identified as a leader of the group planning an attack on the June 14 White House event.
The New York Times

Judge Orders Prosecutors to Testify

Judge Zahid Quraishi of U.S. District Court ejected a federal prosecutor from his courtroom and ordered the three leaders designated to run the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey to return to court ...

Federal court in Rhode Island strikes down Trump immigration freeze based on nationality

Federal policies that had halted asylum, work permits and green cards, left countless immigrants in the United States in ...
Morningstar

/C O R R E C T I O N — The United States District Court for the Northern District of California/

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Immigration advocates hail court rejection of Trump’s ‘unlawful’ immigration restrictions

Caribbean immigration advocates have welcomed a ruling by a United States federal district court judge that struck down ...