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   Federal Courts - 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals - March 10, 2006

  
Correspondent Servs. Corp. v. First Equities Corp., Docket Nos. 04-5561-cv(L), 05-0643-cv(CON), 05-0935-cv(CON), UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, March 10, 2006, Decided
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Overview: The court adopted the district court's reasoning in concluding that jurisdiction was lacking over plaintiff's declaratory judgment action because the claim failed to satisfy 28 U.S.C.S. § 1332's jurisdictional amount and, thus, the district court properly declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over defendants' state law cross-claims.

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Davidov v. Louisville Ladder Group, L.L.C., No. 05-1667-cv, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, March 10, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Evidence supported finding there was too great analytical gap between data in record and expert opinion proffered for former to underpin latter. Court was entitled to conclude opinion, rather than being product of reliable application of scientific theory to independently supported facts, was little more than speculation, Fed. R. Evid. 702.

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Ogbebo v. Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Servs., No. 04-5001-ag NAC, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, March 10, 2006, Decided
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Overview: BIA properly denied an alien's asylum and withholding of removal claims as a matter of law where the alien failed to allege any nexus between rebels' maltreatment of him and one of the grounds protected under INA. BIA determined that the alien's testimony and evidence did not prove eligibility for CAT relief by applying the wrong standard of law.

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Palomo v. Trs. of Columbia Univ. in N.Y., No. 05-4563, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, March 10, 2006, Decided
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Overview: A district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of an employer and two individuals was affirmed because the pregnancy discrimination, retaliation, constructive discharge, and hostile work environment claims of three employees all failed.

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Shahid v. City of New York, No. 05-4803, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, March 10, 2006, Decided
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Shao v. Gonzales, No. 04-3378-ag, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, March 10, 2006, Decided
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Overview: BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying alien's motion to reopen, under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(c)(1), where alien offered no new evidence that was material to the adverse credibility finding that underlay IJ's denial of his asylum application. Alien's motion for reconsideration was based on arguments that could have been made in the original appeal.

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United States v. Khawly, No. 03-1491, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, March 10, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Case was remanded to district court with instructions to vacate defendant's sentence, and conduct resentencing consistent with Booker where defendant's sentence was based on district court's belief that the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines were mandatory. District court erred in finding that USSG § 2X1.1 could not have been applied with USSG § 2B1.1.

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United States v. Rajotte, No. 05-3988-cr, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, March 10, 2006, Decided
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Overview: A district court's judgment of conviction and sentence was affirmed where there was no evidence that the district court failed to appreciate its discretion to depart, and there was no basis upon which to hold that the district court's sentencing decision was procedurally or substantively unreasonable.

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