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Federal Courts -
11th Circuit Court of Appeals - April 5, 2007
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Pettus v. Astrue, No. 06-15667 Non-Argument Calendar,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, April 5, 2007, Decided , April 5, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Applicant for Social Security disability benefits based on mental retardation was properly denied Social Security disability benefits under 42 U.S.C.S. § 405(g) because substantial evidence supported an ALJ's finding that she lacked the required deficits in adaptive functioning necessary to satisfy 20 C.F.R. pt. 404, subpt. P, app. 1, § 12.05(C).
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Powell v. W&W Hauling, Inc., No. 06-12531 Non-Argument Calendar,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, April 5, 2007, Decided , April 5, 2007, Filed
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Overview: In an action to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff's son in an accident, resolution of Batson challenges was not clearly erroneous because plaintiff did not make a prima facie case of purposeful discrimination for two peremptory strikes of African American jurors and defendants provided a race-neutral reason for a third peremptory strike.
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Ray v. Equifax Info. Servs., LLC, No. 06-11644 Non-Argument Calendar,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, April 5, 2007, Decided , April 5, 2007, Filed
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Overview: In a case alleging violations of, inter alia, the FCRA, a district court's entry of summary judgment was vacated, and the case was remanded because the debtor was not provided with the notice required under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c); the debtor was an inmate and no one disputed the fact that he could not access the court's website from prison.
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United States v. George, No. 06-14762 Non-Argument Calendar,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, April 5, 2007, Decided , April 5, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Defendant's 70-month sentence for violating 18 U.S.C.S. § 922(j) was affirmed as he was not entitled to a minimal or minor role reduction, the district court correctly applied U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2K1.2(a)(4)(B), and it did not engage in double counting as his offense level arose under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2K1.2(a)(4).
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United States v. Smith, No. 05-11410 Non-Argument Calendar,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, April 5, 2007, Decided , April 5, 2007, Filed
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Overview: U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual app. C, amend. 599 (2000), did not require reduction to defendant's sentence because district court imposed five-level weapons enhancement on a group of charges consisting solely of a conspiracy count and conspiracy offense was independent of offenses forming basis of weapons convictions under 18 U.S.C.S. § 924(c).
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Velasquez-Funez v. United States AG, No. 06-15138 Non-Argument Calendar,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, April 5, 2007, Decided , April 5, 2007, Filed
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Overview: A petition for review was denied because the aliens' argument failed that one alien, a former Honduran police officer, was a member of a social group on account of which they both had been persecuted and would again be persecuted if returned to Honduras; the aliens were not entitled to asylum or withholding of removal.
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