This case is a consolidated appeal from five petitioners—Timothy Koons, Kenneth Jay Putensen, Randy Feauto, Esequiel Gutierrez, and Josea Gadea—who have all been previously convicted of methamphetamine conspiracy offenses. United States v. Koons, 850 F...
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In 2002, Efrain Lora was trafficking narcotics in the Bronx. United States v. Lora at 1. In collaboration with four co-conspirators, he decided to kill Andrew Balcarran, a rival drug dealer, over threats Balcarran had made towards Lora and his co-...
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In 1967, Congress passed the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) “to protect older workers from ‘arbitrary age discrimination in employment.’” Guido v. Mount Lemmon Fire District at 3, 5. Originally, the statute—which applies to “employers,”—...
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Petitioner Charles Murphy was an inmate at Vandalia Correctional Center in Vandalia, Illinois. Murphy v. Smith, 844 F.3d 653, 655–56 (7th Cir. 2016). On July 25, 2011, Respondents Robert Smith and Gregory Fulk, both correctional officers, physically...
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This case involves three respondents, all who immigrated to the United States as children. Preap v. Johnson (9th Cir.) at 7–8. Respondent Mony Preap was born in a refugee camp after his family escaped the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and has been living in...
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Overbreadth is a term used in the context of Constitutional Law to describe a statute or regulation that reaches beyond the scope of the subject matter it was originally intended to cover, causing it to cover activity that it was not intended...
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Wescley Fonseca Pereira (“Pereira”) came to the United States from Brazil in June 2000 on a non-immigrant visitor visa that allowed him to stay in the country until December 21, 2000. Pereira v. Sessions, 866 F.3d 1, 2 (1st Cir. 2017). Pereira...
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Hamid Mohamed Ahmed Ali Rehaif is a citizen of the United Arab Emirates. United States v. Rehaif at 3. Rehaif applied and was accepted to the Florida Institute of Technology (“FIT”). Id. The United States issued Rehaif an F-1 nonimmigrant student visa...
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This case consolidated four actions brought by Richard Culbertson, who represented claimants Katrina Wood, Celalettin Akarcay, Bill Westfall, and Darleen Schuster, each of whom was denied disability benefits by the Commissioner of Social Security (“...
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In April 2011, Apple sued Samsung for infringement of design and utility patents, trademarks, and trade dress. See Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co. Ltd., No. CV 5:11-cv-01846, 4 (Fed. Cir. 2015). Apple alleged that certain Samsung products copied Apple...