Programming note: During the day on Monday, January 13, 2020, I will be traveling to Austin, Texas, where on Monday evening I’ll be participating in part one of a two-day Education Planning Committee meeting for the 2020 Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit, which will be taking place in Austin November 12-15, 2020. When the meeting concludes late morning on Tuesday, we will have selected the likely program topics for this year’s Summit.
As a result, new posts will not appear here until either late Monday afternoon or Monday evening. As always while I am traveling, more frequent appellate-related retweets will appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.
At 9:30 a.m. eastern time on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue an Order List, which you can access online via this link very soon after its issuance.
“Murder Suspect Gets No Relief for Ambiguous Request for Counsel”: Brian Flood of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued on Thursday.
“Sixth Circuit Restricts Habeas Rights, Opening Split With Fourth”: Mike Leonard of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued last Thursday.
“Security Guard Injured in 2015 Terrorist Attack Appeals Suit Against FBI; Undercover FBI agent texted one attacker telling him ‘Tear up Texas'”: Todd Shepherd of the Washington Free Beacon had this report back in May 2019.
On Friday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued this decision affirming the lawsuit’s dismissal.
“Appeals court upholds temporary ruling barring discharge of HIV-positive service members”: Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has this report.
Denise Lavoie of The Associated Press reports that “Ruling barring discharge of HIV-positive airmen upheld.”
Caroline Kelly of CNN reports that “Appeals court upholds ruling blocking Air Force from discharging HIV-positive service members.”
Tal Axelrod of The Hill reports that “Federal court upholds block keeping Air Force from discharging HIV-positive service members.”
And Erika Williams of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit Blocks Discharge of HIV-Positive Airmen.”
You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
“U.S. appeals court upholds dismissal of lawsuits over missing Malaysia Air flight”: David Shepardson of Reuters has this report.
And Julie Steinberg of Bloomberg Law reports that “Malaysia Airlines Crash Suits Must Be Litigated in Malaysia” (subscription required for full access).
You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.
