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Federal Courts -
11th Circuit Court of Appeals - April 4, 2007
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Ashnurov v. United States AG, No. 06-12114 Non-Argument Calendar, No. 06-12115 Non-Argument Calendar,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, April 4, 2007, Decided , April 4, 2007, Filed
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Overview: A petition for review was denied since the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying a motion to reopen; the alien's evidence of changed country conditions in the Ukraine was substantially the same as the evidence presented to the immigration judge during the asylum hearing, and the discrimination alleged did not rise to the level of harassment.
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Chayegan v. L'Oreal, S.A., No. 05-15691,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, April 4, 2007, Decided , April 4, 2007, Filed
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Overview: In an employment discrimination case, the judgment of the district court was affirmed because, inter alia, the jury's rejection of the employee's termination arguments necessarily meant that the jury rejected his argument that the employer discriminated against him and that the promotion offer was a sham designed to induce his resignation.
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Darwin v. Nicholson, No. 06-13990 Non-Argument Calendar,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, April 4, 2007, Decided , April 4, 2007, Filed
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Overview: A federal employee's Rehabilitation Act suit was properly dismissed on summary judgment based in part on her deposition testimony in which she admitted that her deafness was alleviated by a hearing aid; the deposition was admissible because she waived objection to its contents under Fed. R. Civ. P. 32(d)(3)(B), (4), by failing to seasonably object.
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Dixon v. Toole, No. 06-13612 Non-Argument Calendar,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, April 4, 2007, Decided , April 4, 2007, Filed
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Overview: In a § 1983 case, a district court's entry of summary judgment was affirmed because a pro se state inmate's Eighth Amendment excessive force and unsafe confinement conditions claims failed since, inter alia, his claim for monetary damages failed under 42 U.S.C.S. § 1997e as there were only a de minimis injury.
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Folan v. McDonough, No. 05-13675 Non-Argument Calendar, No. 06-14391 Non-Argument Calendar,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, April 4, 2007, Decided , April 4, 2007, Filed
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Overview: A district court's dismissal of a 28 U.S.C.S. § 2254 petition as untimely was affirmed because a pro se state inmate's second untimely Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850 motion was not properly filed and did not toll the limitations period, and the inmate's law of the case doctrine and stare decisis arguments both failed.
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SEC v. Merchant Capital, LLC, No. 06-10353,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, April 4, 2007, Decided , April 4, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Registered limited liability partnership interests were investment contracts under 15 U.S.C.S. §§ 77b(a)(1), 78c(a)(10), because partners had no real ability to remove the managing general partner firm and were completely inexperienced in the industry; a contrary finding against the SEC and in favor of the firm and its principals was reversed.
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