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   Federal Courts - 7th Circuit Court of Appeals - March 27 - March 28, 2006

  
Bedford v. Neighborhood Connections, No. 05-3810, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: District court properly dismissed employee's employment discrimination action as consequence for failure to pay sanction because district judge permissibly concluded that employee attempted to deceive her by altering administrative complaint to make it appear he exhausted claims and employee failed to undercut finding of fraud.

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Estremera v. United States, No. 05-2278, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Summary judgment was affirmed in favor of government in grocery store owner's challenge to penalty for Food Stamp Program violation. Documents parties offered, including, bill of sale, real estate closing statement, and owner's affidavit attesting to sale, demonstrated there was sale; further, owner had notice that sale would result in penalty.

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Musabelliu v. Gonzales, No. 04-2286, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Because the officer was left in his post after passing his observations about smuggling up the chain of command, inter alia, substantial evidence supported the conclusion that the officer had not established that his decision to inform his superiors cost him his military career; he was not eligible for asylum under 8 U.S.C.S. § 1101(a)(42)(A).

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Qureshi v. Gonzales, No. 05-2009, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: IJ did not err in denying an alien's motion to terminate proceedings and in determining that jurisdiction was proper, despite the missing date on the certificate of service of a notice to appear (NTA), because the alien failed to object to the admission of the NTA and certificate, conceded removability, and pleaded to the charge.

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United States v. Goodwin, No. 04-1517, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 27, 2006, Decided
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United States v. Griffin, No. 05-2883, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Sentence imposed upon defendant's guilty plea to distributing "cocaine base," a violation of 21 U.S.C.S. § 841(a)(1), was affirmed because district court properly used preponderance of evidence standard in determining that drugs were crack and head of drug lab testified consistently with agent that drugs were crack.

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United States v. Lott, No. 05-1713, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Defendant was not entitled to a new trial because there was no abuse of discretion in the failure to dismiss the jury panel after a juror endorsed a police officer's credibility because the juror remarked that he did not agree with everything the officer said and the remaining venire members affirmed their ability to remain impartial.

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United States v. Abuserrieh, No. 04-1099, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, March 28, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Sentence was affirmed because the district court indicated after a limited remand that it would have imposed the same sentence post-Booker under the advisory guidelines and because defendant offered no argument to rebut the presumption of reasonableness that attached to his sentence, which was accurately calculated within the guidelines range.

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