2020 Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
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Allstate Ins. Co. v. Michael Stack

Date: December 31, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1061

Walter Vargo, Jr. v. D & M Tours, Inc.

Date: December 31, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3380

Monclova Christian Academy v. Toledo-Lucas County. Health Department

Date: December 31, 2020

Docket Number: 20-4300

Justia Opinion Summary: The Health Department issued a resolution closing every school in the county—public, private, and parochial—for grades 7-12, effective December 4, to slow the spread of COVID-19. In the same county, gyms, tanning salons,…

United States v. Timothy Dennis Gowder

Date: December 30, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5894

United States v. Anwar Mithavayani

Date: December 30, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5911

United States v. James Combs

Date: December 30, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5943

United States v. Pete Anthony Tyndale

Date: December 30, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6032

United States v. Shannon Hixon

Date: December 30, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6378

Karen Leisring v. Clerk of Hamilton Cnty. Mun. Court

Date: December 30, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3395

Dorsa v. Miraca Life Sciences, Inc.

Date: December 30, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5007

Justia Opinion Summary: Dorsa, a Miraca executive, learned of a purported scheme to defraud the government. Dorsa filed a qui tam action, alleging violations of the False Claims Act (FCA). Dorsa was fired and added a claim for FCA retaliation,…

Meyers v. Cincinnati Board of Education

Date: December 29, 2020

Docket Number: 18-3974

Justia Opinion Summary: Gabriel Taye, an eight-year-old Carson Elementary student, tied a necktie to his bunk bed and hung himself. Two days earlier, another Carson student attacked Taye in a school bathroom, knocking Taye unconscious for more…

United States v. Jamar Garrison

Date: December 29, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5753

United States v. Dionte Thompson

Date: December 29, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3760

Dennis Black v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

Date: December 28, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1419

Willie Wimberly v. Jack Kowalski

Date: December 28, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2121

Sarah Cochran v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Date: December 28, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5519

United States v. Alford Robinson

Date: December 23, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6482

Abudufatah Abdulla v. Kenneth Cuccinelli

Date: December 23, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1576

United States v. Silvestre-Gregorio

Date: December 22, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5801

Justia Opinion Summary: Silvestre-Gregorio, then age 16, entered the U.S. illegally in 2001. He was detained within weeks. At his removal hearing, he did not have an attorney but was assisted by an interpreter and a social worker. The…

Jessica Jones v. David Wiseman

Date: December 22, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5105

Outdoor Venture Corp. v. Philadelphia Indemnity Ins.

Date: December 22, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5306

Perna v. Health One Credit Union

Date: December 21, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1965

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1971, Perna was hired by Health One, a federally-insured, Michigan-chartered credit union. Perna signed an employment agreement with an arbitration clause; it was set to expire in 2015. In 2014, the state concluded…

United States v. Michael Mack

Date: December 21, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3991

Jeffrey Deaner v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Date: December 21, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5113

Tony Odigie v. Nationstar Mortg.

Date: December 21, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5750

Eric Hopson v. Connie Horton

Date: December 18, 2020

Docket Number: 18-1876

John Collins v. James David Green

Date: December 18, 2020

Docket Number: 18-5380

United States v. Henry

Date: December 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2445

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2013, Henry was convicted of three counts of bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. 2113(a), and three counts of using or carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, 18 U.S.C. 924(c), each related to the associated bank robbery…

United States v. Mahaffey

Date: December 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6061

Justia Opinion Summary: Mahaffey and another were arrested at the Cincinnati Airport for suspected drug trafficking. Each possessed luggage containing about 40 pounds of vacuum-sealed marijuana. Hidden within one of Mahaffey’s marijuana parcels…

Fras Audi v. William Barr

Date: December 18, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3196

Donovan v. FirstCredit, Inc.

Date: December 18, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3485

Justia Opinion Summary: Donovan received from FirstCredit a letter demanding payment of a purported medical debt. The letter's envelope had two transparent glassine windows on its face, taking up most of the left half of the envelope. Because…

EEOC v. HP Pelzer Auto. Sys.

Date: December 18, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5288

Eberline v. Douglas J. Holdings, Inc.

Date: December 17, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1781

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs attended licensed Michigan cosmetology schools, each of which includes a clinic salon where students work toward the state’s 965-hour practical experience requirement. The salons are open to the public.…

Plaintiff v. Defendant

Date: December 17, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5230

United States v. Saloman Martinez

Date: December 17, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5965

United States v. Tony Silva

Date: December 17, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1240

John Heykoop v. Mich. State Police

Date: December 16, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1688

PNC Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. Legal Advocacy, P.C.

Date: December 16, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2381

United States v. Ronald Jackson, Jr.

Date: December 16, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4206

Theriot v. Vashaw

Date: December 16, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1029

Justia Opinion Summary: Theriot drove the vehicle from which Matthews shot an AK-47, killing a pregnant woman and injuring three others. Theriot admitted to getting the gun, which he illegally owned. One witness testified that Theriot made the…

David Avery v. Jocelyn Benson

Date: December 16, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1124

United States v. Freddie Wilson

Date: December 16, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1191

United States v. $68,812.00 in U.S. Currency

Date: December 16, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3189

Andrea Drake v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.

Date: December 15, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4074

Steven Johnson v. William Drake

Date: December 15, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4075

Pamela Harris v. City of Akron, Ohio

Date: December 15, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4101

United States v. Kevin Turner

Date: December 15, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1477

Hale v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

Date: December 15, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3412

Justia Opinion Summary: Hale, employed by Morgan Stanley since 1984, was disciplined on several occasions between 2013 and 2016. Hale initiated an arbitration action and requested damages for his claims of negligence, defamation, breach of…

Eva Lemeh v. Carlton Ditto

Date: December 15, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5495

Conti v. Arrowood Indemnity Co.

Date: December 14, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1172

Justia Opinion Summary: Conti attended the University of Michigan, 1999-2003, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in musical arts. Conti obtained private loans from Citibank totaling $76,049. Conti’s loan applications are all expressly “[f]or…

Cornelius Berry v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co.

Date: December 14, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1255

3799 Mill Run Partners, LLC v. City of Hilliard, Ohio

Date: December 14, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3700

Clabo v. Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc.

Date: December 14, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5168

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003, Clabo underwent surgery to correct pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence. Clabo’s doctor implanted her with a TVT transvaginal mesh sling device that the Defendants manufactured. By 2006, she began…

Foster v. Board of Regents of the University of Michigan

Date: December 11, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1314

Justia Opinion Summary: Foster and the respondent were classmates at the University of Michigan’s executive MBA program based in Los Angeles. Students participated in monthly, weekend sessions at a hotel. Foster developed a friendship with the…

United States v. Christopher Rishell

Date: December 11, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2440

United States v. Marty Tuttle

Date: December 11, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5956

United States v. Terry Michael

Date: December 9, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1696

United States v. Hill

Date: December 9, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2229

Justia Opinion Summary: Hill drove Henderson, to a controlled drug buy, where Henderson sold an undercover officer 83.5 grams of methamphetamine. Two weeks later, Henderson met an undercover investigator at a hotel for another controlled…

Ronald Ogle v. Sevier Cnty. Reg'l Planning Comm'n

Date: December 9, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6327

James Fitzpatrick v. Bridgestone Retail Operations

Date: December 9, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1481

United States v. Shuntario Johnson

Date: December 9, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5141

United States v. Curtis Scott

Date: December 8, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1733

United States v. Danny Bedwell

Date: December 7, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5225

Walter Smith v. Union Ins. Co.

Date: December 7, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5601

United States v. Amaris Wyman

Date: December 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2036

United States v. Miller

Date: December 3, 2020

Docket Number: 18-5578

Justia Opinion Summary: When a Google employee views a digital file and confirms that it is child pornography, Google assigns the file a hash value (digital fingerprint). It then scans Gmail for files with the same value. Google learned that a…

United States v. Tyquez Ursery

Date: December 3, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5218

Victor Taylor v. Thomas Simpson

Date: December 2, 2020

Docket Number: 14-6508

United States v. Walter Powell

Date: December 2, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6461

Progressive Rail Inc. v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

Date: December 2, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5378

Justia Opinion Summary: Siemens shipped two electrical transformers from Germany to Kentucky. K+N arranged the shipping, retaining Blue Anchor Line. Blue Anchor issued a bill of lading, in which Siemens agreed not to sue downstream Blue Anchor…

United States v. Kevin Bish

Date: December 1, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4079

United States v. Anthony Hayne

Date: December 1, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3367

United States v. James Sherrill

Date: December 1, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5206

United States v. Willis

Date: December 1, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5229

Justia Opinion Summary: Willis was charged in Kentucky state court with murder, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, and first-degree possession of a controlled substance. The gun charge was severed from the other charges before trial.…

Maur v. Hage-Korban

Date: December 1, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5301

Justia Opinion Summary: Dr. Korban and his medical practice Delta, practice diagnostic and interventional cardiology. In 2007, Dr. Deming filed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729(a)(1)(A)–(C), (G) against Korban,…

Danville Christian Academy Inc. v. Beshear

Date: November 29, 2020

Docket Number: 20-6341

Justia Opinion Summary: On November 18, 2020, in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases, Kentucky Governor Beshear issued Executive Order 2020-969, prohibiting in-person instruction at all public and private elementary and secondary schools;…

Walid Abdulahad v. William P. Barr

Date: November 25, 2020

Docket Number: 18-4191

Thompson v. Skipper

Date: November 25, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1779

Justia Opinion Summary: Thompson sold heroin to a confidential informant. After the second controlled buy, police obtained a warrant to search the apartment where the transactions occurred. On their way to execute the warrant, police…

Walid Abdulahad v. William P. Barr

Date: November 25, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3496

Pollini v. Robey

Date: November 25, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5131

Justia Opinion Summary: While burglarizing a garage, Pollini was confronted by Zeigler and fled. Zeigler alerted Pruitt that a burglar was in the area. Pollini had left his tools in Zeigler’s garage. Plank drove him back to the garage. Pruitt…

United States v. Nathan Wagoner

Date: November 25, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5954

United States v. Budzynski

Date: November 25, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1264

Justia Opinion Summary: Budzynski pleaded guilty to five counts related to fraudulently obtaining Social Security benefits totaling $48,306 in overpayments. She was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay restitution and a…

Hernandez-Serrano v. Barr

Date: November 24, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3175

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2015, Hernandez-Serrano, age 16, entered the U.S. without inspection and was placed in removal proceedings. A year later, a Tennessee juvenile court made findings that rendered Hernandez-Serrano potentially eligible…

RJ Control Consultants, Inc. v. Multiject, LLC

Date: November 23, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1009

Justia Opinion Summary: Rogers owned RJ Control. Elder owns Multiject, which engineers and sells accessories for plastic injection molding. In 2008, the parties entered into an oral agreement. Rogers developed a control system for injection…

DeAngela Solomon v. CARite Corporate, LLC

Date: November 23, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1020

United States v. Kwasi Oppong

Date: November 23, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3132

United States v. Cortezes Diming

Date: November 23, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3152

Alyssa Portnoy v. Nat'l Credit Sys., Inc.

Date: November 23, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3271

United States v. Ryan Gaston

Date: November 23, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3769

In re William Harold Thomas

Date: November 23, 2020

Docket Number: 20-8002

United States v. Jesus Inzunza-Arenas

Date: November 20, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3830

United States v. Charles Goode, Jr.

Date: November 20, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4169

Myra Huls v. Mark Davis

Date: November 20, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6196

United States v. Jones

Date: November 20, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3701

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2019, Jones pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base and was sentenced to the mandatory minimum of 10 years’ imprisonment. Jones filed a pro se emergency motion, seeking…

United States v. Jacqueline Key

Date: November 20, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5231

Alan Trowbridge v. Jeffrey Woods

Date: November 19, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1434

United States v. Dominique Harris

Date: November 19, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1968

United States v. Donnell Davenport

Date: November 19, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2442

Walter Melara Martinez v. Christopher LaRose

Date: November 19, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3908

United States v. Daniel Parker

Date: November 19, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3909

Davis v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co.

Date: November 19, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6091

Justia Opinion Summary: Davis, insured under a Hartford long-term disability policy, began missing work due to chronic back pain, neuropathy, and fatigue caused by multiple myeloma. Relying on the opinion of Davis’s oncologist, Dr. Reddy,…

April Fakhoury v. John O'Reilly, Jr.

Date: November 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1571

United States v. Tisdale

Date: November 18, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-1901, 19-1903, 19-1944

Justia Opinion Summary: Tisdale, Davis, and Hill held prominent positions in Detroit's "Playboy Gangster Crips," which committed hundreds of home invasions. On January 31, 2017, Tisdale and other gang members approached a house on Stout Street,…

United States v. Dangelo Davis

Date: November 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1903

United States v. Winston Hill

Date: November 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1944

Lawrence Wohleber, Jr. v. Jennifer Skurko

Date: November 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3223

Lawrence Wohleber, Jr. v. Jennifer Skurko

Date: November 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3225

United States v. Thomas Elliott

Date: November 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6368

United States v. Thomas Elliott

Date: November 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6369

United States v. Thomas Elliott

Date: November 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6370

United States v. Thomas Elliott

Date: November 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6371

Alemarah v. General Motors, LLC

Date: November 18, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1346

Justia Opinion Summary: Alemarah sued her former employer, GM, in both state and federal court, claiming employment discrimination based upon identical factual allegations. The state suit asserted state claims, the federal suit, federal claims.…

Anas Elhady v. David Pekoske

Date: November 17, 2020

Docket Number: 18-3582

Anas Elhady v. David Pekoske

Date: November 17, 2020

Docket Number: 18-3799

Anas Elhady v. David Pekoske

Date: November 17, 2020

Docket Number: 18-3970

United States v. Stanford Coleman

Date: November 17, 2020

Docket Number: 18-5323

United States v. Levar Lemont Elliott

Date: November 17, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2113

Ishan Al-Koorwi v. William P. Barr

Date: November 17, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3075

United States v. Marcus Boyd

Date: November 17, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5999

United States v. Mukes

Date: November 17, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5134

Justia Opinion Summary: Mukes was arrested after a dispute with his girlfriend, Davis. He pled guilty as a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). Davis claimed that Mukes had fired the gun into the air four times. Mukes denied…

Amir Shabo v. William P. Barr

Date: November 16, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4109

United States v. Jeffery Stokes

Date: November 16, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5934

Zirbel v. Ford Motor Co.

Date: November 16, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1149

Justia Opinion Summary: Donna’s former husband, Carl, retired from Ford in 1998 and participated in Ford’s retirement plan. “In the event of an error” in calculating a pension, the plan requires a beneficiary to return the overpayment “without…

United States v. Deontae Wilson

Date: November 16, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3256

United States v. Matthew O'Neal

Date: November 16, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5006

Johnson v. City of Saginaw

Date: November 13, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1208

Justia Opinion Summary: Johnson’s Saginaw restaurant was rented out for a birthday party. A gang-related fight began inside Johnson’s building and became a gunfight in the street. City officials suspended Johnson's business license and water…

United States v. John Simer II

Date: November 13, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3784

United States v. Caleb Lambert

Date: November 13, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3711

Bank of the Ozarks v. Perfect Health Skin & Body Center

Date: November 12, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2040

United States v. Grant

Date: November 12, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3824

Justia Opinion Summary: Federal prisoner Grant was detained at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center NEOCC while awaiting sentencing for armed robbery. NEOCC, a privately owned and operated prison, contracts with the U.S. Marshals Service to…

United States v. Edward Lightning

Date: November 12, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4059

Altin Shuti v. William Barr

Date: November 12, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4224

United States v. Clancy

Date: November 12, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6367

Justia Opinion Summary: Clancy and a partner went to rob a Memphis store. Clancy wore a white hoodie, red pants with white letters, red shoes, a black mask, black gloves, and had a gun. His partner wore a black hoodie, black pants, a black…

Flowers v. WestRock Services, Inc.

Date: November 12, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1230

Justia Opinion Summary: Flowers worked as a pipefitter and welder for 30 years at Graphic before retiring. A few years later, WestRock was looking for pipefitters. WestRock’s online application included sections titled “Required Skills and…

Ronald Lisan v. Robert Wilkie

Date: November 12, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3134

1701 Express, INC v. HHS

Date: November 12, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3155

Write Start Early Christian Educ. Center v. National Fire & Marine Ins.

Date: November 12, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3456

Mendy Barnett v. Dep't of Children's Services

Date: November 12, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5010

Mendy Barnett v. Dep't of Children's Services

Date: November 12, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5032

United States v. Michael Berenson

Date: November 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1550

United States v. Robert Cechini

Date: November 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2339

United States v. Hall

Date: November 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5329

Justia Opinion Summary: Hall was convicted of 11 counts of bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. 1344(1), and one count of identity theft, 18 U.S.C. 1028A(a)(1). During her trial, Hall admitted that she signed her children’s, niece’s, and sister’s names and…

Bryan Ennis v. State of Tennessee

Date: November 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6334

United States v. Curtis Jordan

Date: November 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6494

Kruti Desai v. Charter Communications

Date: November 9, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5466

Kruti Desai v. Charter Communications

Date: November 9, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5467

Robert Davis v. Detroit Public Sch. Cmty. Dist.

Date: November 6, 2020

Docket Number: 18-2304

Henry Navas-Medina v. William Barr

Date: November 6, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3986

Island Creek Kentucky Mining Co. v. William Belt

Date: November 6, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4098

In re Glenview Health Care Facility, Inc.

Date: November 6, 2020

Docket Number: 19-8028

Justia Opinion Summary: Glenview, a Glasgow, Kentucky nursing home, jointly owned by Bush and Howlett for over 30 years, filed a voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. The Official Creditors Committee was formed and filed an application to…

United States v. Alebbini

Date: November 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3647

Justia Opinion Summary: FBI agents arrested Alebbini, a Jordanian national who immigrated to the U.S. in 2009 and became a permanent resident in 2014, at the Cincinnati Airport, suspecting that he was attempting to travel to Turkey and then…

United States v. Malachi Scurry

Date: November 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4038

United States v. Daemonte Sims

Date: November 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4058

United States v. Daemonte Sims

Date: November 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4094

Bobbie Jo Kooman v. Boulder Bluff Condominiums

Date: November 5, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1219

Tenley Good v. BioLife Plasma Services, L.P.

Date: November 5, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1236

United States v. Leonard Overmyer, III

Date: November 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2448

Basim Al-Saedi v. William Barr

Date: November 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3128

United States v. Bryan Goins

Date: November 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6319

David Gearhart v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

Date: November 4, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3222

David Bohler v. City of Fairview, Tenn.

Date: November 4, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5016

Pogue v. Principal Life Insurance Co.

Date: November 4, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5133

Justia Opinion Summary: Pogue, believing that he had a severe anxiety disorder that prevented him from practicing as a family doctor, submitted a disability claim to his long-term disability insurers: Northwestern Mutual and Principal Life.…

Brittany Bryant v. Robert Wilkie

Date: November 4, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5253

United States v. Denver Lee

Date: November 3, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2054

United States v. Ruffin

Date: November 3, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3599

Justia Opinion Summary: An informant told the DEA that Ruffin planned to drive to Columbus to purchase heroin from Mexican drug traffickers. She described the SUV, provided the license plate number, and stayed in contact throughout the trip.…

Ryan v. Blackwell

Date: November 3, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6447

Justia Opinion Summary: Ryan, a tenured professor of journalism at the University of Kentucky, was accused of misusing department resources to make a larger profit off a textbook he had authored. He was asked to resign but refused to do so.…

Crystal Thomas v. Aaron Bauman

Date: November 3, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1182

Mario Reyes-Romero v. William P. Barr

Date: November 2, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3783

Quincy Saenz v. Kohl's Department Stores

Date: November 2, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1517

FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.

Date: November 2, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3322

Bribiesca v. Barr

Date: October 30, 2020

Docket Number: 18-3948

Justia Opinion Summary: Morales became a lawful U.S. permanent resident in 2001. In 2006 she traveled to Guadalajara and stayed for several months. She flew to Tijuana and called her cousin, Guadalupe, a U.S. citizen living in California. …

United States v. David Garcia

Date: October 30, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1496

United States v. Miguel Garcia

Date: October 30, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1498

United States v. Javier Robles

Date: October 30, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2050

United States v. Kenneth Calhoun

Date: October 30, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2284

United States v. Jesse Gray

Date: October 30, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5951

Stockdale v. Helper

Date: October 30, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5269

Justia Opinion Summary: Williamson County District Attorney Helper told other officials that she distrusted Fairview Police officers Stockdale and Dunning and that she would not “take their cases.” Helper wrote to the city manager (Collins):…

Alison O'Donnell v. University Hospitals Cleveland

Date: October 29, 2020

Docket Number: 18-3397

United States v. Hazelwood

Date: October 29, 2020

Docket Number: 18-6023

United States v. Heather Jones

Date: October 29, 2020

Docket Number: 18-6101

United States v. Scott Wombold

Date: October 29, 2020

Docket Number: 18-6102

Waskul v. Washtenaw County Community Mental Health

Date: October 29, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1400

Justia Opinion Summary: Community Mental Health modified the methodology through which it allocated funding to individuals with disabilities receiving community living support services under a Medicaid waiver received by Michigan. Individuals…

Timothy Finley v. Mandi Salmi

Date: October 29, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2294

Gatewood v. United States

Date: October 29, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6297

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1997, Gatewood was convicted of two counts of kidnapping and one count of robbery affecting interstate commerce. The court determined that Gatewood’s four prior Arkansas robbery convictions qualified as serious…

Borror Property Management, LLC v. Oro Karric North, LLC

Date: October 29, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3146

Justia Opinion Summary: Oro contracted for Borror to manage Oro’s residential apartments. Each management contract stated: “If either party shall notify the other that any matter is to be determined by arbitration,” the parties would proceed to…

Troutman v. Louisville Metropolitan Department of Corrections

Date: October 29, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5290

Justia Opinion Summary: Troutman, a daily user of heroin and methamphetamine, committed suicide in pretrial detention after LMDC jail officials placed him in solitary confinement despite a recent suicide attempt while in LMDC custody. A…

United States v. Payton

Date: October 28, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1811

Justia Opinion Summary: On July 24, 2020, the district court denied Payton’s motion for compassionate release or a reduction of his sentence under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A). A notice of appeal, dated August 9, was filed in the district court on…

Tennial v. REI Nation, LLC

Date: October 28, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5358

Justia Opinion Summary: After Tennial’s mortgage company foreclosed on her home, she filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition. Her petition triggered an automatic stay of any further action against her home, allowing her to continue living there,…

Golden Living Center v. HHS

Date: October 27, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3755

Marathon Petroleum Co. v. Noil Petroleum Corp.

Date: October 27, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3228

United States v. Joshua Ewing

Date: October 26, 2020

Docket Number: 18-6318

Yatinder Singhal v. Basil Simon

Date: October 26, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2079

United States v. Anthony Wallace

Date: October 26, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2177

United States v. Fletcher

Date: October 26, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3153

Justia Opinion Summary: Fletcher was convicted of importuning a minor under Ohio law. Under the terms of his probation, Fletcher “[a]greed to a search without warrant of [his] person, [his] motor vehicle or [his] place of residence by a…

United States v. Phillip Blough

Date: October 26, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3170

Seth Taylor v. Davidson Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't

Date: October 26, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5627

United States v. Jeffrey Carter

Date: October 26, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5289

Valhalla Investment Properties v. 502, LLC

Date: October 26, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5464

United States v. Ruffin

Date: October 26, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5748

Justia Opinion Summary: Ruffin was convicted for a drug-trafficking scheme. The court calculated Ruffin’s guidelines range as 30 years’ to life imprisonment. Ruffin had a blood disorder that had caused him to suffer four strokes. He regularly…

American Freedom Defense Initiative v. Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation

Date: October 23, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1311

Justia Opinion Summary: SMART manages a public-transportation system for the counties in and around Detroit. For a fee, parties may display advertisements on the inside and outside of SMART’s buses and bus shelters. SMART guidelines prohibit…

United States v. Wilson

Date: October 23, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3394

Justia Opinion Summary: Wilson was arrested after he ran from a routine traffic stop. Police searched the area where Wilson was apprehended and discovered two baggies of cocaine and a loaded handgun. Wilson, with previous convictions for…

United States v. Andrew Davison

Date: October 23, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3594

United States v. Jusean Foster

Date: October 22, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3555

Dennis Richard v. Caliber Home Loans, Inc.

Date: October 22, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4042

Dennis Richard v. Caliber Home Loans, Inc.

Date: October 22, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4088

United States v. Jeremy Roberts

Date: October 22, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6337

Raymond Shavers v. Almont Township, Mich.

Date: October 21, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1291

Priorities USA v. Nessel

Date: October 21, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1931

Justia Opinion Summary: Voter-advocacy organizations challenged Michigan statutes regulating absentee ballots and mandating that no one “hire a motor vehicle or other conveyance or cause the same to be done, for conveying voters, other than…

Phillip Roberts v. Coffee County, Tenn.

Date: October 21, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5194

Keahey v. Marquis

Date: October 20, 2020

Docket Number: 18-4106

Justia Opinion Summary: Keahey and McGill lived with their daughter and two boys, the product of McGill’s prior relationship with Hampton. Hampton came to the house, pulled out a knife, charged Keahey, and stabbed him in the back. Keahey and…

Mercy West v. William P. Barr

Date: October 20, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3841

United States v. Antwan Hutchinson

Date: October 20, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4003

Jamie Gilbo v. Agment, LLC

Date: October 20, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3287

United States v. John Brown

Date: October 20, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5003

Plaintiff v. Defendant

Date: October 19, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3051

Plaintiff v. Defendant

Date: October 19, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3052

Joshua Jones v. United States

Date: October 19, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5229

United States v. Matthew Boeve

Date: October 19, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1102

Maryville Baptist Church, Inc. v. Andrew G. Beshear

Date: October 19, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5427

Roberts v. Neace

Date: October 19, 2020

Docket Numbers: 20-5465, 20-5427

Justia Opinion Summary: Kentucky Governor Beshear, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, prohibited “[a]ll mass gatherings,” including faith-based events.” The order excepts “normal operations at airports, bus and train stations, . . . shopping…

Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute v. Hargett

Date: October 19, 2020

Docket Number: 20-6141

Justia Opinion Summary: Organizations involved in voter outreach in Tennessee and one individual Tennessee voter sued Tennessee government officials involved in election enforcement, challenging the Tennessee statutory scheme that governs…

EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Friedlander

Date: October 16, 2020

Docket Number: 18-6161

Justia Opinion Summary: A 1998 Kentucky law requires abortion facilities to obtain transfer agreements with local hospitals and transport agreements with local ambulance services, Ky. Rev. Stat. (KRS) 216B.0435; 2017 regulations imposed…

United States v. Darrell Mitchell

Date: October 16, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1984

Elizabeth Goodwin v. Richland County, Ohio

Date: October 16, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3243

United States v. Allen Keefer

Date: October 16, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4148

United States v. Eric Burrows

Date: October 16, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4155

United States v. $1,264,000.00 in U.S. Currency

Date: October 16, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4262

John Hankins v. City of Inkster, Mich.

Date: October 16, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1196

United States v. Margaret Temponeras

Date: October 16, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3192

United States v. Palos

Date: October 15, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4186

Justia Opinion Summary: Police searched Palos’s residence on suspicion of drug trafficking and found narcotics, drug paraphernalia, and a firearm. Palos admitted that he had purchased the firearm “off the streets.” It was later confirmed to be…

Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute v. Hargett

Date: October 15, 2020

Docket Number: 20-6046

Justia Opinion Summary: Tennessee voters must apply to vote absentee. The county administrator of elections determines whether the voter has established eligibility to vote absentee, and compares the signature of the voter on the request with…

United States v. Mark Hazelwood

Date: October 14, 2020

Docket Number: 18-6023

United States v. Heather Jones

Date: October 14, 2020

Docket Number: 18-6101

United States v. Wombold

Date: October 14, 2020

Docket Numbers: 18-6102, 18-6023, 18-6101

Justia Opinion Summary: Pilot Flying J, headquartered in Knoxville, operates hundreds of truck stops nationwide and sells billions of gallons of diesel fuel annually to trucking companies. Employees in Pilot’s direct-sales division falsely…

DaVita, Inc. v. Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan

Date: October 14, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4039

Justia Opinion Summary: Beginning in‌ ‌‌2017,‌ ‌DaVita‌ ‌provided‌ ‌dialysis‌ ‌treatment‌ ‌to‌ ‌Patient‌ ‌A,‌ ‌who was ‌diagnosed‌ ‌ with‌ ‌end-stage‌ ‌renal‌ ‌disease‌ ‌(ESRD).‌ ‌‌Patient‌ ‌A‌ assigned his‌ ‌insurance‌ ‌rights‌ ‌to‌ ‌DaVita.‌…

Fuerst v. Secretary of the Air Force

Date: October 14, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4139

Justia Opinion Summary: Fuerst fell at a military base, which left her disabled. She returned to work part-time. The Air Force removed Fuerst from service after determining that her ability to work only part-time was affecting the office’s…

United States v. Zyshonne Austin

Date: October 14, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3041

Mohlman v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

Date: October 14, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3257

Justia Opinion Summary: Mohlman became a licensed securities professional in 2001. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a not-for-profit member organization, regulates practice in the securities industry and enforces disciplinary…

James Saltmarshall v. Prime Healthcare Servs.

Date: October 13, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1898

United States v. Chesley Peyton

Date: October 13, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5883

Garrett Dwyse v. William Federspiel

Date: October 9, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2333

A. Philip Randolph Inst. of OH v. Frank LaRose

Date: October 9, 2020

Docket Number: 20-4063

United States v. Jennifer Moore

Date: October 9, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5014

United States v. Oscar Collado-Rivera

Date: October 8, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3638

United States v. Aesha Johnson

Date: October 8, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4000

United States v. Lee Blomquist

Date: October 7, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2111

United States v. Blomquist

Date: October 7, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-2112, 19-2111

Justia Opinion Summary: The warrant to search Blomquist's father's property permitted a full search of the property, including outbuildings. Officers encountered Blomquist walking out of a chicken coop. He waived his rights, took the officers…

En Hua Zhu v. William Barr

Date: October 7, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4102

United States v. Alfred Werman

Date: October 7, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4205

Ronald Ramos v. William Barr

Date: October 7, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3042

Jonattan Guerra-Canales v. William Barr

Date: October 7, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3144

McCormick v. Butler

Date: October 6, 2020

Docket Number: 17-6331

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2011, McCormick was convicted as a felon in possession of a firearm, which carries a 10-year maximum sentence. The district court sentenced McCormick under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e)(1),…

Rudd v. City of Norton Shores

Date: October 6, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1226

Justia Opinion Summary: Rudd alleged that his ex-wife abducted their sons with assistance from her attorney (Meyers), during a child custody dispute. Rudd called the police but alleges that they refused to help him because Meyers is married to…

Todd Courser v. Mich. House of Representatives

Date: October 6, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1840

United States v. Jeremiah Cheff

Date: October 6, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2065

United States v. Patrick Griffin

Date: October 6, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3572

Bennett v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

Date: October 6, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5818

Justia Opinion Summary: Bennett worked at the Metro Government Emergency Communications Center (ECC) for 16 years. On November 9, 2016, Bennett, a white woman, responded to someone else's comment on her public-facing Facebook profile, using…

United States v. Stephen Patterson, Jr.

Date: October 6, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6187

United States v. Alberto Lopez Paniagua

Date: October 6, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6345

Zipkin Whiting, Co. v. Robert Barr

Date: October 6, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3300

United States v. Tyler Hall

Date: October 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3838

Consol of Ky., Inc. v. Allen Madden

Date: October 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4089

Brenda Paz-Martinez v. William Barr

Date: October 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4271

Martha Castellon-Vogel v. Int'l Paper Co.

Date: October 5, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3319

Vapor Technology Association v. United States Food and Drug Administration

Date: October 5, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5199

Justia Opinion Summary: The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA) allows the FDA to regulate tobacco products. Tobacco products that were not on the market in February 2007 or that were modified after that date must…

United States v. Kevin Foster

Date: October 2, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3523

Pineda v. Hamilton County

Date: October 2, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3839

Justia Opinion Summary: Pineda visited a Cincinnati nightclub that used private bouncers and off-duty Hamilton County deputies for parking lot security. Three deputies worked that night, in uniform. Around 2:30 a.m., a fight broke out. Pineda…

United States v. Robert Lawson

Date: October 2, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4255

United States v. Samuel Culp

Date: October 2, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6291

Howell v. Father Maloney's Boys' Haven

Date: October 1, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5122

Justia Opinion Summary: The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services regulates the placement of at-risk children in the Commonwealth’s custody. Father Maloney’s Boys and Girls Haven, a private, non-profit entity, educates, treats, and…

Freed v. Thomas

Date: September 30, 2020

Docket Number: 18-2312

Justia Opinion Summary: Freed owed $735.43 in taxes ($1,109.06 with penalties) on his property valued at about $97,000. Freed claims he did not know about the debt because he cannot read well. Gratiot County’s treasurer filed an in-rem action…

United States v. French

Date: September 30, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5104

Justia Opinion Summary: French, with two others, confronted the victim at gunpoint as she was driving, demanded that she exit her car and after she complied, drove away in her vehicle. Weeks later, the three men committed a second carjacking,…

United States v. Toriono Burton

Date: September 29, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4158

United States v. Mikhy Farrera-Brochez

Date: September 29, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6152

United States v. Samuel Gann

Date: September 29, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6287

Moussa Sow Bolo v. William Barr

Date: September 29, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3153

United States v. John Mobasseri

Date: September 28, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3792

United States v. Alston

Date: September 28, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3884

Justia Opinion Summary: Alston received a sentencing enhancement under U.S.S.G. 4B1.1 for his prior convictions under Ohio Revised Code 2925.03(A)(1), which criminalizes offers to sell drugs. Alston’s initial Guidelines range was 188-235…

Anthony Kuklinski v. TREA

Date: September 28, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5489

United States v. Kane Malone

Date: September 28, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6109

David Bohler v. City of Fairview, Tenn.

Date: September 28, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5016

United States v. Johnny Nixon, Jr.

Date: September 28, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5255

In re Ormet Corp.

Date: September 28, 2020

Docket Number: 20-8007

Kidis v. Reid

Date: September 25, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1673

Justia Opinion Summary: Kidis, driving home, after drinking heavily, caused a minor accident, exited his vehicle, and fled. Officer Reid attempted to arrest Kidis; he fled with a handcuff attached to his wrist. He jumped barbed-wire fences…

United States v. William Brown, II

Date: September 25, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2488

Celso Ajqui Gomez v. William Barr

Date: September 25, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3235

Chad Thompson v. Mike DeWine

Date: September 25, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3526

In re Nat'l Prescription Opiate Litig.

Date: September 24, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4097

In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation

Date: September 24, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-4099, 19-4097

Justia Opinion Summary: In multi-district litigation (MDL), the district court certified an opt-out “negotiation class” under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, consisting of all cities and counties (34,458 identified entities) throughout the…

United States v. Cruz

Date: September 24, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4160

Justia Opinion Summary: Cruz pleaded guilty to transporting a minor with intent to engage in sexual activity; receiving child pornography; and transporting child pornography. Cruz, then 37, had maintained a two-year online relationship with the…

United States v. Baker

Date: September 24, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5636

Justia Opinion Summary: Officer Render saw a new warrant to arrest Baker for receiving stolen property. A judge had issued this warrant on the ground that Baker had received a stolen Nextbook tablet. The subject who pawned the tablet revealed…

United States v. Snoddy

Date: September 24, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6089

Justia Opinion Summary: Trooper Malone stopped Snoddy for speeding and learned that there were Georgia warrants out for Snoddy’s arrest, including for drug crimes. Malone and another officer arrested Snoddy on the warrants. Malone suspected…

Hiller, LLC v. Success Group International Learning Alliance, LLC

Date: September 23, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6115

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1999, Hiller, the largest home-services company in Tennessee, became a paying “member” of Success Group, which offers management advice and customer-service training to home-services companies. Clockwork owned…

United States v. Dwayne Canada

Date: September 23, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6283

Jose Esparza-Espino v. William Barr

Date: September 22, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4203

Angelo E. Iafrate v. Angelo Iafrate, Inc.

Date: September 21, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1631

B & G Towing, LLC v. City of Detroit, Mich.

Date: September 21, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2089

United States v. Brandon Kelly

Date: September 21, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2244

Austin Griffith v. Franklin County, Ky.

Date: September 21, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5378

Austin Griffith v. Franklin County, Ky.

Date: September 21, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5438

Austin Griffith v. Franklin County, Ky.

Date: September 21, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5439

Griffith v. Franklin County

Date: September 21, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-5440, 19-5378, 19-5438, 19-5439

Justia Opinion Summary: Griffith was arrested after a failed robbery attempt and was held at Franklin County Regional Jail. Griffith suffered seizures six days into his detention. He was sent to a local hospital, where he suffered another…

United States v. William McGuire, Jr.

Date: September 21, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5649

United States v. Karl Hood

Date: September 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5979

Timothy Fox v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Date: September 18, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5332

United States v. Harvey Harris

Date: September 17, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2253

Dafinka Stojcevski v. Macomb County, Mich.

Date: September 17, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2266

United States v. Walter Brown, Jr.

Date: September 17, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3762

United States v. Mohamed Abdi

Date: September 16, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1782

Melanie Beckemeyer v. Gelco Corp.

Date: September 16, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3172

Chad Thompson v. Michael DeWine

Date: September 16, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3526

Ervine Davenport v. Duncan MacLaren

Date: September 15, 2020

Docket Number: 17-2267

Kevin Matthews v. City of Dearborn, Mich.

Date: September 14, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1592

United States v. Jacob Hollin

Date: September 14, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1797

United States v. Schrank

Date: September 14, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5903

Justia Opinion Summary: Schrank visited the dark web and downloaded “nearly 1,000 images of babies and toddlers being forcibly, violently, and sadistically penetrated.” After a government investigation identified Schrank, he confessed and pled…

Floyd Lofties v. Elizabeth Grabel SP567

Date: September 14, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3335

Simmons v. United States

Date: September 11, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1757

Justia Opinion Summary: Simmons pleaded guilty to drug charges. Simmons’s judgment became final on September 22, 2016, He had until September 22, 2017, to file a motion to vacate. On August 13, 2018, Simmons moved to vacate his sentence under…

Gerics v. Trevino

Date: September 11, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1955

Justia Opinion Summary: Gerics and Monahan were Flint, Michigan neighbors. Gerics was regarded as “unstable” and was notorious for occupying others’ property and digging holes. Monahan was the neighborhood association president. Gerics, over…

Hanover American Insurance Co. v. Tattooed Millionaire Entertainment, LLC

Date: September 11, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-5483, 19-5562, 19-5551, 19-5550

Justia Opinion Summary: The House of Blues music studio in Memphis suffered a burglary and arson in 2015. Brown owned House of Blues through TME. He and two tenants, Falls and Mott, submitted insurance claims to Hanover for the loss. Brown…

Hanover Am. Ins. Co. v. Tattooed Millionaire Ent'mt

Date: September 11, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5550

Hanover Am. Ins. Co. v. Tattooed Millionaire Ent'mt

Date: September 11, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5551

Hanover Am. Ins. Co. v. Tattooed Millionaire Ent'mt

Date: September 11, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5562

Dassault Systèmes, SA v. Keith Childress

Date: September 10, 2020

Docket Number: 17-2175

Dassault Systèmes, SA v. Keith Childress

Date: September 10, 2020

Docket Number: 17-2239

Dassault Systèmes, SA v. Keith Childress

Date: September 10, 2020

Docket Number: 17-2416

Quantum Sail Design Group, LLC v. Jannie Reuvers Sails, Ltd.

Date: September 10, 2020

Docket Number: 18-2348

Marvin Gabrion, II v. United States

Date: September 10, 2020

Docket Number: 18-2382

Jacqueline Harrison v. Soave Enter., LLC

Date: September 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1176

United States v. Babubhai Rathod

Date: September 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1385

United States v. Babubhai Rathod

Date: September 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1453

United States v. Flores

Date: September 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6011

Justia Opinion Summary: A fight broke out between federal penitentiary inmates. When another inmate attempted to intervene, Flores and another inmate attacked the intervenor, stabbing him at least six times with prison-made “shanks.” The…

United States v. Leonard Glover

Date: September 10, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5126

Royal Truck & Trailer Sales & Service, Inc. v. Kraft

Date: September 9, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1235

Justia Opinion Summary: Royal employed Kraft and Matthews (Defendants) in its sales team. Royal’s employee handbook prohibited using company equipment for personal activities; unauthorized use, retention, or disclosure of any of Royal’s…

O.L. Matthews v. Harleysville Lake States Ins.

Date: September 9, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1994

United States v. Adam Wilson

Date: September 9, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3471

Adrienne Hood v. City of Columbus, Ohio

Date: September 8, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4048

Coleman v. Bradshaw

Date: September 4, 2020

Docket Number: 15-3442

Justia Opinion Summary: In January 1996, Coleman killed Stevens to keep her from testifying against him at his trial on charges of drug trafficking. A jury convicted him for aggravated murder (with a capital-specification for his killing a…

United States v. Lee

Date: September 4, 2020

Docket Number: 18-2391

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003, Lee, age 21, was convicted of second-degree criminal sexual conduct after he pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual activity with a 14-year-old whom he met at a bar that required patrons to be at least 18 years…

International Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Troy

Date: September 4, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-1151, 19-1399

Justia Opinion Summary: International, an outdoor advertising company, sought to erect digital billboards in two separate locations within the City of Troy. International's permit and variance applications were denied. International filed suit…

International Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Troy, Mich.

Date: September 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1399

Kurt Hammond v. Oakland Cty., Mich.

Date: September 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2366

Sysco Grand Rapids, LLC v. NLRB

Date: September 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2371

Sysco Grand Rapids, LLC v. NLRB

Date: September 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2421

Lipman v. Budish

Date: September 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3914

Justia Opinion Summary: Ta’Naejah, born in 2011, was in the custody of her mother, who severely abused her, including through repeated burnings and beatings. Ta’Naejah was hospitalized and interviewed by Cuyahoga County caseworkers, but…

United States v. Kimberly Jones

Date: September 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5673

Kirilenko-Ison v. Board of Education of Danville Independent Schools

Date: September 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5767

Justia Opinion Summary: Two nurses, employed by the Board of Education, claim that the School Board retaliated against them for advocating for the rights of students who are disabled within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act…

United States v. Duncan Burks

Date: September 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6010

Justia Opinion Summary: Burks was a Gangster Disciple member with leadership and enforcement responsibility. On November 3, 2012, another member, Hardison, went to a Clarksville, Tennessee club, where members of the rival “Bloods” attacked him.…

Mitchell v. Genovese

Date: September 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6070

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1986, Mitchell, a black man, was convicted by an all-white jury of raping two white women in Tennessee. It is undisputed that the prosecution’s decision to strike a black prospective juror violated the Supreme Court’s…

Anthony Hart v. Hillsdale Cty., Mich.

Date: September 3, 2020

Docket Number: 18-1305

Hart v. Hillsdale County

Date: September 3, 2020

Docket Numbers: 18-1307, 18-1305

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2011, Michigan narrowed the crimes covered by the Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) making Hart, who had been a juvenile offender, no longer a “sex offender.” Local officials required him to continue registering as…

United States v. Angel Cordero

Date: September 3, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3540

United States v. Velasquez

Date: September 3, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-3543, 19-3540

Justia Opinion Summary: Cordero and Velasquez, convicted of conspiring to commit murder for hire and conspiring to distribute one kilogram of cocaine, argued that their convictions were not supported by sufficient evidence and challenged the…

Gerald Hand v. Marc Houk

Date: September 3, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4007

Does v. Haaland

Date: September 3, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6347

Justia Opinion Summary: On January 18, 2019, the plaintiffs went with Covington Catholic High School classmates to Washington, D.C. to attend the March for Life. They later gathered near the Lincoln Memorial to await buses to return to…

Alicia Pedreira v. Sunrise Children's Services, Inc.

Date: September 2, 2020

Docket Number: 18-5680

United States v. Gary Hairston

Date: September 2, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1526

James Yarber v. M.J. Electric, LLC

Date: September 2, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2176

Pamela Burns v. Taurus Int'l Mfg.

Date: September 2, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6383

Detroit Unity Fund v. Gretchen Whitmer

Date: September 2, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1817

United States v. Bryan Bailey

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Number: 18-5607

United States v. Calvin Bailey

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Number: 18-5901

United States v. Bailey

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Numbers: 18-5903, 18-5607, 18-5901

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Sandra, Calvin, and their son Bryan Bailey of conspiring to commit healthcare fraud and other related crimes (18 U.S.C. 371, 1343, 1347; 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b). The three, working for medical equipment…

Johnny Phillips v. Anna Valentine

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Number: 18-6184

Billie McKinney v. Connie Horton

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1412

Black v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1419

Justia Opinion Summary: Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) creates an insurance program to protect employees’ pension benefits. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)—a wholly-owned corporation of…

Joyce Ramsey v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1579

Joseph Fortin v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1581

Michael Shoops v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1586

Anthony Hutchins v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1889

Vicky Harris v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1977

Columbia MHC East, LLC v. Melody Stewart

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3748

Flack v. Commissioner of Social Security

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-3886, 19-1579, 19-1581, 19-1586, 19-1889, 19-1977

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs sought Social Security disability and/or supplemental security income benefits. In each case, the application was denied, and an ALJ upheld the denial. The Appeals Council denied relief. The plaintiffs…

John Lowery v. Mike Parris

Date: September 1, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5809

Hurt v. Commerce Energy, Inc.

Date: August 31, 2020

Docket Number: 18-4058

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs were employed by Just Energy, a group of affiliated energy supply companies, as door-to-door solicitors. Just Energy paid them exclusively on a commission basis. Plaintiffs signed independent contractor…

Dimora v. United States

Date: August 31, 2020

Docket Number: 18-4260

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1998-2010, Dimora served as one of three Cuyahoga County Commissioners. An FBI investigation revealed that Dimora had received over $250,000 in gifts from individuals with business before the County, including home…

Faisal Khalaf v. Ford Motor Co.

Date: August 31, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1435

Khalaf v. Ford Motor Co.

Date: August 31, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1468

Justia Opinion Summary: Faisal Khalaf, Ph.D., who is of Lebanese descent, sued Ford, his former employer, and his former supervisors under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. 2000e, Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, and 42 U.S.C. 1981. He claimed…

Garza v. Lansing School District

Date: August 28, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1645

Justia Opinion Summary: Duval, a special education teacher in the Lansing district, was under the supervision of Bacon until 2011. Several teachers reported Duval’s physical abuse of students. Bacon apparently did not address those reports.…

United States v. Eric Todd

Date: August 28, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6074

West v. Kentucky Horse Racing Commission

Date: August 28, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6333

Justia Opinion Summary: In 144 years of the Kentucky Derby, only one horse to cross the finish line first had been disqualified. No winning horse had ever been disqualified for misconduct during the race itself. In 2019, at the 145th Derby,…

In re: Christopher Barksdale

Date: August 28, 2020

Docket Number: 20-8008

NLRB v. Roemer Indus., Inc.

Date: August 27, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2356

NLRB v. Roemer Indus., Inc.

Date: August 27, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2397

Golf Village North v. City of Powell, Ohio

Date: August 27, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3920

Cecil Goff v. Nationwide Mutual Ins. Co.

Date: August 27, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4078

United States v. Abdalla

Date: August 27, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5967

Justia Opinion Summary: The Tennessee Judicial Drug Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration investigated Abdalla for suspected narcotics trafficking. The Tennessee judge who signed the warrant permitting officers to search Abdalla’s…

Kathleen O'Keeffe v. Continental Casualty Co.

Date: August 27, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3014

Gregg Fledderjohann v. Celina City School Bd. of Educ.

Date: August 27, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3021

Ded Rranxburgaj v. Chad Wolf

Date: August 26, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2148

Lowe v. Walbro LLC

Date: August 26, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2386

Justia Opinion Summary: Lowe, born in 1958, worked for Walbro for 41 years and was promoted several times, becoming the Cass City facility Area Manager in 2014. Cass City evolved from producing carburetors to focus on blow molding and…

Willman v. U.S. Attorney General

Date: August 26, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2405

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1993, Willman was convicted for violating a Michigan sexual assault law. He served 10 years in prison and completed parole. Willman registered on Michigan’s sex offender registry. Congress, in 2006, passed the Sex…

Ellen Abdur-Rahim v. City of Columbus, Ohio

Date: August 26, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4253

United States v. Williams

Date: August 26, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5803

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, Williams pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. 841(a). Williams’s PSR calculated a Guidelines range of 262-327 months' imprisonment. The government…

Debra Brusch v. United States

Date: August 26, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6308

Taylor v. Simpson

Date: August 25, 2020

Docket Number: 14-6508

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1984, two 17-year-old Caucasian students were car-jacked, sodomized, robbed, and murdered by Taylor and Wade, both African-Americans. A witness picked Wade from a line-up. Wade confessed, naming Taylor as the sole…

Effyis, Inc. v. Darren Kelly

Date: August 25, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2400

Thompson v. Marietta Education Association

Date: August 25, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4217

Justia Opinion Summary: The Marietta Education Association serves as the exclusive bargaining representative for the school district’s employees. After the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME (2018), Thompson sued the Association and…

Andre Hunt v. Frank Sunquist

Date: August 25, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4264

Milton Rhea v. W. Tenn. Crime & Drug Task Force

Date: August 25, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6284

Jeronique Cunningham v. Tim Shoop

Date: August 24, 2020

Docket Number: 11-3005

United States v. Christian Sherrill

Date: August 24, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5815

United States v. Eddie Poindexter

Date: August 24, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5817

United States v. Somerville

Date: August 24, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-5983, 19-5815, 19-5817

Justia Opinion Summary: Sherrill, Poindexter, and Somerville were indicted on multiple counts arising out of their attempted robbery of Edwards, a drug dealer, during which Edwards was killed. Following a jury trial, all three were convicted of…

Atkins v. Parker

Date: August 24, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6243

Justia Opinion Summary: Hepatitis C is a contagious, progressive virus that can lead to cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, and ultimately death. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C. Doctors previously treated the virus using interferons;…

Jason Ragland v. BM2 Freight Services, Inc.

Date: August 24, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6340

Kishore v. Whitmer

Date: August 24, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1661

Justia Opinion Summary: Kishore and Santa Cruz seek to have their names placed on the Michigan ballot as candidates for president and vice president, without complying with the state’s ballot-access laws. They contend that the ballot-access…

Jeronique Cunningham v. Tim Shoop

Date: August 24, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3429

Henkel of America, Inc. v. Craig Bell

Date: August 21, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1351

George Marvaso v. Richard Sanchez

Date: August 21, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1857

George Marvaso v. John Adams

Date: August 21, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1870

Marvaso v. Adams

Date: August 21, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-1882, 19-1857, 19-1870

Justia Opinion Summary: On May 8, 2013, a fire broke out in the kitchen of Plaintiffs' restaurant. Firefighters put out the fire, but a firefighter, Woelke, died from smoke inhalation. State Police offered to investigate, but the Wayne-Westland…

ECIMOS, LLC v. Carrier Corp.

Date: August 21, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-5436, 19-5519

Justia Opinion Summary: Carrier manufactures residential Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems. ECIMOS produced the quality-control system that tested completed HVAC units at the end of Carrier’s assembly line. ECIMOS…

ECIMOS, LLC v. Carrier Corp.

Date: August 21, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5519

American General Life Ins. v. Estate of Chad Jude

Date: August 21, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5950

Chase v. MaCauley

Date: August 20, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1202

Justia Opinion Summary: Chase was convicted of kidnapping, first-degree criminal sexual conduct, unlawful imprisonment, and assault with a dangerous weapon. In 2013, the Michigan court imposed two consecutive terms of 25-80 years’ imprisonment…

Bruce James v. Caterpillar, Inc.

Date: August 20, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1800

Richard Strong v. Noah Nagy

Date: August 20, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2426

United States v. Fleischer

Date: August 20, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3719

Justia Opinion Summary: Fleischer pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor (Victim 1), 18 U.S.C. 2551(a), and one count of receipt and distribution of visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct,…

Ladd v. Marchbanks

Date: August 20, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4136

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2016, the Ohio Department of Transportation began a construction project on a portion of Interstate Highway 75 near the Plaintiffs’ Hancock County properties. As a result of this construction, storm and groundwater…

United States v. Cody Swinnerton

Date: August 20, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4265

United States v. Eugene Fisher

Date: August 19, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1220

Appalachian Regional Health v. U.S. Nursing Corp.

Date: August 19, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5031

United States v. Montrell Welch

Date: August 19, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5026

Gerald Ostipow v. William Federspiel

Date: August 18, 2020

Docket Number: 18-2448

Stephen Nichols v. Wayne County, Mich.

Date: August 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1056

Beanstalk Innovation v. SRG Tech. LLC

Date: August 18, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3587

United States v. Herbert Graham

Date: August 18, 2020

Docket Number: 20-5164

Cooper v. Chapman

Date: August 17, 2020

Docket Number: 18-1391

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1978, McKillop was brutally murdered. In 2006, Lolley, McKillop’s former neighbor, told police that Cooper had confessed to killing McKillop. On March 3, 2010, after multiple interviews and while in custody, Cooper…

England v. Hart

Date: August 17, 2020

Docket Number: 18-6039

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2000, Lisa was found dead in her driveway. Investigators focused on McCary, Halvorson’s former boyfriend. After hearing of a $10,000 reward, Woodfork alleged that McCary had paid him and England to murder Lisa.…

Richard Kapuscinski v. City of Gibralter

Date: August 17, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1582

Stewart v. City of Euclid

Date: August 14, 2020

Docket Number: 18-3767

Justia Opinion Summary: Euclid Officers Rhodes and Catalani were dispatched to check on a “suspicious” vehicle in a residential area near a school. Stewart was sleeping in the car. Catalani shined his flashlight through the windows and saw…

Pirkel v. Burton

Date: August 14, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1349

Justia Opinion Summary: Pirkel committed 17 crimes in 2007. He was suicidal when he was arrested. Pirkel expressed reservations about entering a plea; he was given 90 minutes to read police reports. When the court reconvened, Pirkel pleaded…

United States v. Arvel Henderson, II

Date: August 14, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3076

United States v. Davis

Date: August 14, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3094

Justia Opinion Summary: Castro-White, age 23, was found dead in his bedroom with signs of an opiate overdose. The Lorain Police Department retraced Castro-White’s final hours and identified Davis as the dealer who sold the drugs that killed…

Wofford v. Woods

Date: August 13, 2020

Docket Number: 18-2367

Justia Opinion Summary: Wofford was found guilty of a 1993 murder in a Michigan court following the removal and replacement of a juror. While that juror was holding out against conviction at the time, the judge removed her for misconduct: she…

Vernon Proctor v. Karen Krzanowski

Date: August 13, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2347

First Choice Chiropractic, LLC v. DeWine

Date: August 13, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-4092, 20-3038

Justia Opinion Summary: Adopted in 2019, Ohio Revised Code 1349.05(B) states: No health care practitioner, with the intent to obtain professional employment for the health care practitioner, shall directly contact in person, by telephone, or by…

United States v. Melvin Rios

Date: August 13, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4243

Karla Parton v. Johnson & Johnson

Date: August 13, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6409

First Choice Chiropractic, LLC v. Mike DeWine

Date: August 13, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3038

Bay Shore Power Co. v. Oxbow Energy Solutions, LLC

Date: August 13, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3119

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1998, Bay and Oxbow entered into a limestone supply contract, agreeing to resolve any disputes according to specified “Dispute Resolution Procedures.” Oxbow began to provide lower quality limestone that posed a danger…

Tlapanco v. Elges

Date: August 12, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1392

Justia Opinion Summary: A.F., age 14, reported to police that she was being blackmailed by a user on the messaging application Kik. The perpetrator had obtained nude photographs from her phone and was threatening to release the images if she…

Vicki Linneman v. Vita-Mix Corp.

Date: August 12, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-3993, 19-4249

Justia Opinion Summary: Some Vita-Mix blenders contained tiny flecks of polytetrafluoroethylene, a substance commonly used in kitchen appliances and used in the blenders' seals. Normal wear-and-tear caused tiny pieces to rub off from the seal…

Vicki Linneman v. Vita-Mix Corp.

Date: August 12, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4249

United States v. Kettles

Date: August 12, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5698

Justia Opinion Summary: Kettles first prostituted an 18-year-old, planning to build a prostitution “empire,” then prostituted a 13-year-old child to at least six different men. Kettles was convicted of one count of sex trafficking a child, 18…

United States v. James Peters, Jr.

Date: August 12, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5792

Judith Barrett v. Patricia Carter

Date: August 12, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1035

A. K. v. Durham School Services, L.P.

Date: August 11, 2020

Docket Numbers: 18-6008, 18-6020

Justia Opinion Summary: A.K., age 13, missed his school bus, which arrived at his stop seven minutes before its official scheduled time of arrival. A.K. ran home to retrieve his bicycle. A.K.’s father heard A.K. shout that he was going to ride…

A. K. v. Durham Sch. Servs., L.P.

Date: August 11, 2020

Docket Number: 18-6020

Joseph Gale v. Corrigan O'Donohue

Date: August 11, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1503

United States v. Chaka Castro

Date: August 11, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2300

Landreo Lurry v. United States

Date: August 10, 2020

Docket Number: 17-5941

Percy Squire v. Vickie Stringer

Date: August 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3987

Percy Squire v. Vickie Stringer

Date: August 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3990

Billy Byler v. Air Methods Corp.

Date: August 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4103

Beck v. Hamblen County

Date: August 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5428

Justia Opinion Summary: Beck claims he was assaulted by other inmates while detained at the Hamblen County, Tennessee jail. He sued Sheriff Jarnagin under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Jarnagin had no direct involvement in Beck’s detention; section 1983 does…

United States v. Jose Gomez-Colin

Date: August 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5616

United States v. Bradley

Date: August 10, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5985

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009-2015, Bradley ran a Tennessee drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed opioid pills. He pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering charges, the court sentenced him to 17 years in prison and…

Courser v. Allard

Date: August 10, 2020

Docket Number: 20-1038

Justia Opinion Summary: While in office, Courser, a former Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives, had an affair with another representative, Gamrat. The defendants were legislative aides assigned to Courser and Gamrat.…

Armstrong v. Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

Date: August 7, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2179

Justia Opinion Summary: The Randolph-Sheppard Act, 20 U.S.C. 107, requires government agencies to set aside certain contracts for sight-challenged vendors. States license the vendors and match them with available contracts. In 2010, Michigan…

Daniel O'Brien v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Date: August 7, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2441

United States v. Michael Meadows

Date: August 7, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3631

Karst Robbins Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs

Date: August 7, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3836

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1983, Rice sought benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 U.S.C. 901–45. The Department of Labor (DOL) looks to employers that employed the miner for at least one year and are capable of paying benefits.…

Cuevas-Nuno v. Barr

Date: August 7, 2020

Docket Number: 20-3034

Justia Opinion Summary: Cuevas-Nuno, a native of Mexico, entered the U.S illegally and was charged as removable, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A)(i). Cuevas-Nuno conceded removability but applied for cancellation of removal and successfully moved to…

United States v. Sophia Eggleston

Date: August 6, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1748

United States v. Kozerski

Date: August 6, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3949

Justia Opinion Summary: Kozerski owned two construction companies in Detroit. He formed the second one, CA, to bid on Veterans Administration contracts set aside for small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans. Kozerski does not have a…

Wingate v. United States

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 18-2381

Justia Opinion Summary: Wingate was charged with one count of bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. 2113(a); two counts of pharmacy robbery, 18 U.S.C. 2118(a); three counts of using or carrying a firearm during a federal crime of violence, 18 U.S.C. 924(c),…

Ehsan Ouza v. City of Dearborn Heights, Mich.

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1191

Ehsan Ouza v. City of Dearborn Heights, Mich.

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1211

Demetrius Edwards v. Sherry Burt

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1302

Bryant Royster v. Kevin Lindsey

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1304

Ouza v. City of Dearborn Heights

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-1393, 19-1191, 19-1211

Justia Opinion Summary: Ouza was arguing with her son, Hassan. Ouza’s daughter, Maysaa called her father, Mohamad. Mohamad went to Ouza’s house, in violation of Ouza's Personal Protection Order. Maysaa called the police. When Officer Dottor…

In re Flint Water Cases

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Numbers: 19-1961, 19-1975, 19-1983, 19-2000/, 19-2005, 19-2008, 19-2011, 19-2012

Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Flint and city and state officials allegedly caused, sustained, and covered up the poisoning of the people of Flint. Plaintiffs filed a 2017 “Master Complaint,” containing the allegations and claims made by…

In re Flint Water Cases

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1975

In re Flint Water Cases

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-1983

In re Flint Water Cases

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2000

In re Flint Water Cases

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2005

In re Flint Water Cases

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2008

In re Flint Water Cases

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2011

In re Flint Water Cases

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2012

ComForCare Franchise Sys. v. ComForCare Hillsboro

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2467

Ohio v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3500

Justia Opinion Summary: Ohio and Tennessee filed suit in 2015 to enjoin the Clean Water Rule, which purported to interpret the phrase “waters of the United States,” as used in the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1362(7), and, in 2018, sought a…

Haochun Sun v. William Barr

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4116

United States v. Thomas

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5529

Justia Opinion Summary: Thomas pled guilty to two counts of distributing a mixture containing heroin, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C). Thomas had several prior Michigan law drug convictions, including convictions for delivery of heroin and for…

United States v. Travis Suggs

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5942

United States v. Montgomery

Date: August 5, 2020

Docket Number: 19-6038

Justia Opinion Summary: The Sixth Circuit earlier held that the district court miscalculated the Sentencing Guidelines range for Mongtomery’s sentencing, but explained that “the record shows that the district court would have imposed its…

United States v. Paauwe

Date: August 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2071

Justia Opinion Summary: Beginning when G.L. was 15 years old, Paauwe, an elementary school teacher, engaged in an online relationship with G.L., a special needs girl living several states away. Paauwe persuaded her to perform sexual acts and…

Donald Richardson v. Scott Masteller

Date: August 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2233

United States v. Barry Cashin

Date: August 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-2325

Sexton v. Wainwright

Date: August 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3370

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1997, Sexton pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and aggravated robbery; an Ohio state court judge sentenced him to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. Sexton later argued that Ohio law required a…

Thomas Smith v. Woolace Electric Corp.

Date: August 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-3907

Juan Rogel-Rodriguez v. William Barr

Date: August 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4033

Richard Watkins v. Robert Wilkie

Date: August 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4045

Amer Faso v. William Barr

Date: August 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-4156

United States v. Cody Thomas

Date: August 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5525

United States v. Lamar Thornton

Date: August 4, 2020

Docket Number: 19-5953