2023 First Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

US v. Perez  
Date: December 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1121

Justia Opinion Summary: The case concerns the appeal of Gilbert Perez, who sought to have his federal drug conviction overturned on the basis that the United States District Court for the District of Maine had incorrectly denied his motion to…

Cappello v. Restaurant Depot, LLC  
Date: December 28, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1368

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reviewed an appeal concerning personal jurisdiction in a case centered on foodborne illness. Anthony Cappello, a resident of New Hampshire, had consumed a salad…

Espinoza-Ochoa v. Garland  
Date: December 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1431

Justia Opinion Summary: After a gang stole livestock from his Guatemalan farm and threatened his life, Juan Jose Espinoza-Ochoa fled to the United States and sought asylum based on his status as a landowning farmer. The Immigration Judge (IJ)…

Cruzado v. Alves  
Date: December 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1027

Justia Opinion Summary: In November 2010, Mario Cruzado was brought in for questioning by Boston police regarding the death of Frederick Allen III, a gay, African-American man. During the interview, Cruzado used a racial slur when referring to…

Ward v. Schaefer  
Date: December 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1547

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Virginia Cora Ward, as the administratrix of the estate of Edmund Edward Ward, brought a case against AlphaCore Pharma, LLC (ACP) and Bruce Auerbach. The decedent, Edmund Ward, was a participant in a…

Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Andersson  
Date: December 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1359

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Defendant-Appellee Martin Andersson purchased an insurance policy for his vessel from Plaintiff-Appellant Great Lakes Insurance SE. The vessel ran aground off the coast of the Dominican Republic, and Great…

US v. Leach  
Date: December 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1878

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Gary E. Leach was convicted of cyberstalking and extortion and subsequently sentenced to a term of forty-two months in prison, followed by thirty-six months of supervised release. The supervised release…

Boston Parent Coalition for Acad. Excellence Corp. v. The School Committee of the City of Boston  
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-1303, 22-1144

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves the Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp., which challenged the temporary admissions plan for three selective public schools in Boston. The admissions plan was based on students' grade…

US v. Walker  
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1929

Justia Opinion Summary: Shaun Walker appealed his 36-month sentence for participating in a failed Hobbs Act conspiracy to rob a home business. Walker raised four objections to his sentence, including challenges to enhancements for economic loss…

Zurich American Insurance Co. v. Medical Properties Trust, Inc.  
Date: December 19, 2023
Docket Numbers: 23-1167, 23-1180

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit had to decide whether rainwater that accumulated on a parapet roof one or more stories above the ground is considered "surface waters" under…

United States v. Facteau  
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-1080, 21-1082

Justia Opinion Summary: Former executives of medical device manufacturer Acclarent, Inc., William Facteau and Patrick Fabian, were found guilty of multiple misdemeanor violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) for…

United States v. Valdez  
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-1543, 22-1552

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the defendant-appellant, Augusto Valdez, who appealed from his guilty plea and conviction for which he received 120 months' imprisonment, followed by a five-year term of supervised release. Valdez…

Montoya v. CRST Expedited, Inc.  
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-1125, 21-1482

Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, a collective of long-haul truck drivers, led by Juan Carlos Montoya, contended that their employer, CRST Expedited and CRST International…

US v. Cowette  
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1534

Justia Opinion Summary: In a drug trafficking case, the defendant, Amanda Cowette, appealed the district court's denial of her motion to suppress statements she made to law enforcement officers on July 16 and 17, 2018. Cowette argued that she…

US v. Menendez-Montalvo  
Date: December 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1687

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Ángel Menéndez-Montalvo, while serving a term of supervised release arising from his conviction for a federal firearm offense, violated the conditions of his release by breaching Article 3.1 of Puerto…

US v. Cardona  
Date: December 7, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-1415, 22-1416

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the convictions of Rafael Cardona Sr. and Isaac Cardona for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin. Isaac…

SEC v. Sanchez Diaz Monge  
Date: December 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1290

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Luis Jimenez Carrillo for securities violations he allegedly committed well after his divorce from Yolanda Sanchez-Diaz. Sanchez-Diaz was named as a relief…

Torres-Estrada v. Cases  
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1521

Justia Opinion Summary: A plaintiff, Elvin Torres-Estrada, brought claims against several Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents and the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and Bivens, alleging violations of his…

ST Engineering Marine, Ltd. v. Thompson, MacColl & Bass, LLC, P.A.  
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1844

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, a law firm, Thompson, MacColl & Bass, LLC, P.A. (TM&B), was sued by its former client, ST Engineering Marine, Ltd. (STEM), for professional negligence. STEM owned a vessel that was arrested due to several…

Smith v. Prudential Insurance Company of America  
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1168

Justia Opinion Summary: Brian Smith, a Rhode Island resident, sued Prudential Insurance Company of America for breach of fiduciary duty after the company terminated his long-term disability benefits under an insurance policy. The policy stated…

Tyngsboro Sports II Solar, LLC v. National Grid USA Service Co., Inc.  
Date: December 6, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1391

Justia Opinion Summary: In this dispute, two renewable-energy generating companies, Tyngsboro Sports II Solar, LLC and 201 Oak Pembroke Solar LLC, appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit after their class-action…

US v. Flores-Gonzalez
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 19-2204
US v. Carvajal
Date: December 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1207
US v. Flores-Gonzalez
Date: December 4, 2023
Docket Number: 19-2204
Gibson Foundation, Inc. v. Norris  
Date: December 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1837

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Gibson Foundation, a charitable arm of Gibson Brands, sued Rob Norris and The Piano Mill Group, alleging that they breached a contract and bailment when they refused to return a piano that had been used…

Martin v. Somerset County
Date: December 4, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1021
Milton, MA v. FAA  
Date: November 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1521

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Town of Milton, Massachusetts, petitioned for a judicial review of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) final order authorizing a new flight procedure at Boston's Logan International Airport. The…

Ciarametaro v. City of Gloucester  
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1700

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court granting summary judgment to Defendants, several city officials of the City of Gloucester, Massachusetts, in this First Amendment action brought by Plaintiff,…

Singh v. Garland  
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1665

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the immigration judge's (IJ) denial of Petitioner's applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the…

Universal Trading & Investment Co. v. Bureau for Representing Ukrainian Interests  
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1499

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing all breach of contract claims brought by Universal Trade-in & Investment Company (UTICo) against Ukraine, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office…

United States v. Irizarry-Sisco  
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 19-1763

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence for one count of transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on his…

Martin v. Somerset County  
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1021

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court ruling that the underlying suit was time barred as to all defendants in this action brought by Plaintiff under 42 U.S.C. 1983 on behalf of her late son's…

Castro v. Scanlan  
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1902

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing the suit brought by Plaintiff seeking to enjoin the New Hampshire Secretary of State from "accepting or processing" the "ballot access…

Manguriu v. Garland  
Date: November 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1220

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit dismissed the petition for review brought by Petitioner, a Kenyan national, of the decisions of an immigration judge (IJ) and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) regarding whether Petitioner was…

M.L. v. Concord School District  
Date: November 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1830

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Appellees - School Administrative Unit 8 and the Concord School District - under Title IX of the Education Amendments of…

Hernandez-Mendez v. Garland  
Date: November 15, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1789

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied a petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the decision of the immigration judge (IJ) to deny Petitioner's application for withholding of removal and…

United States v. Royle  
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 20-2143

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction for possession of child pornography, holding that the district court did not err in denying Defendant's motion to suppress or to dismiss the indictment and that the…

Dixon-Tribou v. McDonough  
Date: November 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1696

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in this lawsuit alleging disability discrimination, hostile work…

Varela-Chavarria v. Garland  
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1780

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioner's petition for review challenging the denial of her application for asylum and withholding of removal, holding that Petitioner failed to establish a connection between her past…

Wiener v. MIB Group, Inc.  
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1907

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit reversed the order of the district court dismissing this case at the pleading stage for lack of standing, holding that Malcom Wiener had Article III standing to sue Defendants, MIB Group, Inc. and its…

United States v. Flores-Gonzalez  
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 19-2204

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court sentencing Defendant following his guilty plea to a charge of illegally possessing a machine gun, holding that Defendant's upwardly variant sentence…

Der Sarkisian v. Austin Preparatory School  
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1040

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court granting summary judgment for Defendant on Plaintiff's claims for disability discrimination, in violation of Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act…

Thiersaint v. Dep't of Homeland Security  
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1213

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part the district court's grant of summary judgment to the United States on Petitioner's claims brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and to the Suffolk County…

Gulluni v. Levy
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1862
United States v. Ramos-Baez  
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Numbers: 20-1240, 20-1275, 21-1641, 20-1287, 20-1276, 20-1283

Justia Opinion Summary: In these consolidated appeals brought in connection with a federal investigation of an organization that operated in Puerto Rico's prisons and was allegedly involved in carrying out murders-for-hire and trafficking…

Quintanilla v. Marchilli  
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1496

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Petitioner's petition seeking habeas relief on ineffective assistance of counsel claims, holding that there was no error in the proceedings…

United States v. Anonymous Appellant  
Date: October 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1597

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court determining that Anonymous Appellant (AA) should be civilly committed upon the expiation of his prison sentence, holding that AA was not entitled to relief on…

Littlefield v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior  
Date: October 31, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1197

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to take two parcels of land in Massachusetts into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, holding that the…

Owens v. City of Malden  
Date: October 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1674

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit reversed the judgment of the district court concluding that the City of Malden had violated the Massachusetts Wage Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, 148 (the Wage Act) and Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, 53C (the…

Gulluni v. Levy  
Date: October 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1862

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Joshua Levy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, in this case challenging the denial by the…

Quinones-Pimentel v. Cannon  
Date: October 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1307

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting Defendants' motions to dismiss the underlying lawsuit seeking money damages pursuant Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of…

Grace v. Board of Trustees, Brooke East Boston
Date: October 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1742
Ablordeppey v. Walsh
Date: October 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1833
United States v. Carvajal  
Date: October 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1207

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court sentencing Defendant to 120 months in prison in connection with his conviction of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl, holding…

United States v. Cahill  
Date: October 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1763

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction of one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and his sentence of seventy-two months in prison, varying upward from the applicable guideline sentencing…

Roman v. US
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1295
Ablordeppey v. Walsh  
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1833

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing the complaint brought by Appellant, a certified nursing assistant at Soldiers' Home, a state-funded healthcare facility housing veterans, alleging…

Ayala v. Alves  
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1924

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the judgment of the district court granting Plaintiff's petition for a federal writ of habeas corpus on his claim that his state court trial counsel was ineffective, holding that the district…

M.S.C. v. Garland  
Date: October 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1496

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioners' petitions seeking judicial review of two decisions by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) - one affirming an immigration judge's (IJ) denial of their application for asylum,…

United States v. Colon-De Jesus  
Date: October 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1528

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's twenty-four-month sentence for violating conditions of his supervised release, holding that the sentence was neither procedurally nor substantively unreasonable. In 2014, Defendant…

Grace v. Board of Trustees  
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1742

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit reversed the decision of the district court granting summary judgment for Appellants on their claim brought under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, holding that the district court should not…

United States v. Donald  
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1723

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant on federal drug- and gun-related charges, holding that the district court erred by failing to suppress incriminating statements Defendant…

United States v. Buoi  
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1518

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant, following a jury trial, of four counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, and one count of making false statements to a…

Burt v. Bd. of Trustees of University of R.I.  
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Numbers: 23-1188, 23-1192

Justia Opinion Summary: In this action arising out of the curtailment of classes and services at the University of Rhode Island (URI) during the COVID-19 pandemic, the First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing some of…

Shash v. Biogen Inc.  
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1773

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing Investors' securities fraud claims, with one exception with respect to one particular statement for which the Court concluded that Investors'…

Caz v. Garland  
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1108

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioner's petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the decision of the immigration judge (IJ) to deny Petitioner's application for asylum,…

US v. Mendoza-Flores
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1338
Brox v. Woods Hole  
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1267

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part the judgment of the district court denying Appellants' request for preliminary injunctive relief from the COVID-19 vaccine policy of Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard…

Hernandez v. Shove  
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-9005

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the bankruptcy court denying Debtor a discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 727(a)(3) for Debtor's failure to keep or preserve records and declined to decide whether a denial was…

United States v. Davila-Reyes  
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number: 16-2089

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit granted the government's petition for rehearing en banc in these consolidated appeals regarding Defendants' 2016 convictions for violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. 70501 et seq.…

Milk Industry Regulatory Office v. Ruiz Ruiz  
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number: 20-9009

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit dismissed as moot the appeal brought by the Milk Industry Regulatory Office of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (ORIL) challenging two bankruptcy court orders, holding that the action became moot prior…

United States v. Quiros-Morales  
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1643

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's prisoner-initiated motion for compassionate release, holding that because the district court did not undertake an evaluation of the 18…

US v. Perez-Greaux
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1699
US v. Navarro-Santisteban
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1735
Field v. Sheet Metal Workers' Nat'l Pension Fund  
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1824

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court entering summary judgment for Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund (Fund) in this suit brought by David Field for plan benefits pursuant to ERISA…

United States v. Cheveres-Morales  
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1245

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated Defendant's new sentence after concluding that it could sua sponte consider a claim of error not timely raised by Defendant, holding that the district court committed plain error during…

United States v. Navarro-Santisteban  
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1735

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the decision of the federal district court revoking Defendant's term of supervised release and ordering him to return to prison for an additional two years, holding that resentencing was…

United States v. Perez-Greaux  
Date: September 28, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1699

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated Defendant's conviction for possession of a machine-gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and remanded the case for a new trial as to that count, holding that the jury should have been…

US v. Melendez-Hiraldo
Date: September 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1863
U-Nest Holdings, Inc. v. Ascensus College Savings Recordkeeping Services, LLC  
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1229

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court affirming U-Nest Holdings, Inc.'s motion for relief from judgment in a 2019 federal court action under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6), holding that the district…

United States v. Melendez-Hiraldo  
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1863

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the 194-month sentence imposed upon Defendant after he pled guilty to using, carrying, brandishing, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, holding that the sentence…

FOMB v. Hernandez-Montanez, FOMB v. Pierluisi-Urrutia
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Numbers: 23-1267, 23-1358, 23-1268
Merullo v. Amica Mutual Insurance Company
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1005
St. John v. Garland  
Date: September 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1695

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioner's petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision dismissing Sandra St. John's appeal from the judgment of the Immigration Judge (IJ) denying her statutory…

US v. Dexter
Date: September 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1793
DiCroce v. McNeil Nutritionals, LLC  
Date: September 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1910

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing Plaintiff's putative class action against McNeil Nutritionals, LLC and Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc. challenging certain statements on the…

United States v. A.R.  
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1700

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the order of the district court ordering A.R., who was adjudicated delinquent in a proceeding under the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act (FJDA), 18 U.S.C.…

TBL Licensing LLC v. Werfel  
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1783

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the tax court sustaining a notice of deficiency issued by the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) to TBL Licensing LLC for the 2011 tax year, holding that the Tax Commissioner…

Anvar v. Dwyer  
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1843

Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal arising out of a challenge to Rhode Island's liquor laws the First Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment for Defendants as to all claims,…

US v. Falcon-Nieves
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Numbers: 20-2189, 20-2190
US v. Munoz-Martinez
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1749
United States v. Reyes-Correa  
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1913

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated Defendant's statutory maximum thirty-six-month sentence that the district court imposed following a revocation of supervised release, holding that the district court's failure adequately to…

FOMB v. Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1092
Allstate Insurance Company v. Fougere
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1258
United States v. Vaquerano Canas  
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1202

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's 516-month sentence entered upon his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity (RICO), holding that there was no…

United States v. Poliero  
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-1343, 22-1344

Justia Opinion Summary: The circuit court affirmed Defendant's sentence, imposed in connection with his drug-related offenses, holding that the district court did not err by adopting a four-level role-in-the-offense enhancement when formulating…

United States v. Salvador Gutierrez  
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1157

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's sentence in his underlying criminal case, holding that the district court did not err in imposing a sentencing enhancement for the use or attempted use of a minor in the commission…

Allstate Insurance Co. v. Fougere  
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1258

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court entering summary judgment in favor of Allstate Insurance Company and dismissing the counterclaims brought by two of Allstate's former agents - James Fougere…

Ing v. Tufts University  
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1030

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Plaintiff's claims against Defendant, Tufts University, on summary judgment and refusing to alter to amend that ruling under Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e),…

Patel v. 7-Eleven, Inc.  
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1043

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit certified to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) the unresolved question of what is meant, in the context of a franchise agreement, by "performing any service," as that phrase is used in the…

United States v. Carrasco  
Date: August 28, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1396

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence for violating 18 U.S.C. 666, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on his allegations of error. Defendant was indicted on four counts of…

Rodgers, Powers & Schwartz, LLP v. Minkina  
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1624

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the order of the bankruptcy court rejecting the valuation method espoused in the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's (BAP) decision in Snyder v. Rockland Tr. Co., 249 B.R. 40 (1st Cir. B.A.P. 2000),…

United States v. Falcon-Nieves  
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number: 20-2189

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated in part and reversed in part the judgment of the district court convicting Defendants, sisters Ivonne Falcon-Nieves and Marielis Falcon-Nieves, on various federal charges relating to the…

Rivera-Rosario v. LSREF2 Island Holdings, Ltd., Inc.
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1533
United States v. Daniells  
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number: 19-2188

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated Appellant's conviction for willfully violating 18 U.S.C. 922(n) - the federal prohibition on the receipt of a firearm by someone "under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a…

United States v. Munoz-Martinez  
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1749

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit reversed Defendant's single-count conviction under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. 1962(c), holding that no rational jury could have found Defendant guilty of…

United States v. Williams  
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1493

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's sentence that he received in connection with a robbery committed in Maine, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on his allegations of error. On appeal, Defendant…

Financial Oversight & Management Bd. for P.R. v. Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito  
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1092

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the Title III court confirming a plan of adjustment that permitted the discharge of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from its obligation to pay Plaintiff the entire amount of a…

United States v. Potter  
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1579

Justia Opinion Summary: In this interlocutory appeal the First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court granting Defendant's motion to suppress items seized during a traffic stop, holding that the government was not entitled to…

United States v. Andino-Rodriguez  
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Numbers: 20-2129, 20-2183

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendants of drug conspiracy crimes for their roles in a drug-trafficking case, holding that Defendants were not entitled to relief on their…

United States v. Coplin-Benjamin  
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1737

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the sentence imposed upon Defendant in connection with his conviction of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance and conspiracy to import a controlled…

Melnyk v. Town of Little Compton
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1320
Klauber v. VMware, Inc.  
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1417

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the district court's order entering summary judgment in favor of Defendant with respect to Plaintiff's assertion that he was wrongfully deprived of thousands of dollars in commissions he…

Murillo Morocho v. Garland  
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1881

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit granted in part Petitioner's petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the denial of Petitioner's application for deferral of removal under the Convention…

Montoya-Lopez v. Garland  
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1036

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioner's petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the order of the immigration judge (IJ) denying Petitioner's application for asylum and…

US v. Perez Soto
Date: August 18, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1018
Rivera-Rosario v. LSREF2 Island Holdings, Ltd., Inc.  
Date: August 17, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1533

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing this case on res judicata grounds, holding that Plaintiff's malicious prosecution claim was precluded under the doctrine of res judicata. At issue…

Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. v. BAS Holding Corp.  
Date: August 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1296

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the judgment of the district court in favor of Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company in this action seeking a declaration that BAS Holding Corporation breached a condition of the parties'…

United States v. Perez Soto  
Date: August 16, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1018

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's convictions, entered after a jury trial, for distribution of controlled substances and possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, holding that Defendant was not…

Doe v. Volokh  
Date: August 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1525

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying intervenor Eugene Volokh's motion challenging the district court's decision allowing John Doe, a former New Hampshire police officer, to proceed…

Nahant Preservation Trust, Inc. v. Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Co.  
Date: August 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1967

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting United States Liability Insurance Group's (USLI) motion to dismiss this lawsuit brought by Nahant Preservation Trust, Inc. to secure insurance…

United States v. Sylvestre  
Date: August 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1057

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant, following a jury trial, of various firearm and controlled substance offenses, holding that none of Defendant's challenges on appeal had…

Sosa v. Mass. Dep't of Correction  
Date: August 14, 2023
Docket Number: 20-2051

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Plaintiff's request for preliminary injunctive relief challenging the restraint procedures used by the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC)…

United States v. McGlashan  
Date: August 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1421

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of wire fraud and honest services wire fraud, and aiding and abetting the same, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, 1346, and 2 (count seven)…

Guardado v. US
Date: August 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1713
Marcus v. American Contract Bridge League  
Date: August 14, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-1134, 22-1135

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the order of the district court in the underlying action originally brought by Peter Marcus against the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL), where Marcus was…

Roe v. Healey  
Date: August 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1740

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the order of the district court dismissing Plaintiffs' claims that the closure of in-person education due to the COVID-19 pandemic deprived children of the free appropriate public education to…

United States v. Diaz-Serrano  
Date: August 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1884

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court sentencing Defendant to 240 months imprisonment - double the statutory minimum - in connection with his plea of guilty to one count of knowingly carrying,…

Financial Oversight & Management Board for P.R. v. Hernandez-Montanez  
Date: August 10, 2023
Docket Numbers: 23-1267, 23-1358, 23-1268

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico on its action against the Governor of Puerto Rico seeking…

NuVasive, Inc. v. Day  
Date: August 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1339

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the rulings of the district court requiring Timothy Day to pay NuVasive, Inc., his former employer, more than $1.7 million in damages and attorney's fees for breach of contract and spoliation…

United States v. Gadson  
Date: August 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1444

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's prison sentence imposed in connection with his plea of guilty to crimes arising from his role in a bank fraud scheme and vacated in part the restitution order, holding that the…

President & Fellows of Harvard College v. Zurich American Insurance Co.  
Date: August 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1938

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Insurer in this insurance dispute, holding that the failure to give notice according to the terms and conditions of an…

Miller v. United States  
Date: August 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1348

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Appellant's petition for habeas review on the grounds that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance, holding that, although this Court's…

Vila-Castro v. Garland  
Date: August 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2011

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied the petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) brought by Petitioners, several Peruvian nationals who were ordered removed from the United States, holding that…

Guardado v. United States  
Date: August 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1713

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Petitioner's petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255 seeking to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence, holding that the district court did not…

Yoc Esteban v. Garland  
Date: August 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1778

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioner's petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his motion to reopen proceedings under 8 U.S.C. 1229a(c)(7), holding that the BIA neither…

Clapp v. Tobin
Date: August 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1350
Mancia v. Garland  
Date: August 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1599

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit granted Petitioner's petition seeking to have her removal proceedings reopened and vacated the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals rejecting her motion to reopen her removal proceedings…

Bazile v. Garland  
Date: August 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1767

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioner's petition for judicial review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision affirming the judgment of the immigration judge (IJ) rejecting Petitioner's application for deferral…

Molinary-Fernandez v. BMW of North America, LLC  
Date: July 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1394

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court against Plaintiffs on their action brought against BMW of North America, LLC claiming that a fire that occurred in their garage was the result of a…

United States v. Santiago-Lozada  
Date: July 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1661

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court sentencing Defendant to twenty-four months above the mandatory minimum of sixty months in an 18 U.S.C. 924(c) count arising from a carjacking, holding that…

R&D Master Enterprises, Inc. v. Financial Oversight & Management Bd. for P.R.  
Date: July 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1342

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing this lawsuit against the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (FOMB) and its executive director challenging the FOMB's alleged…

Housatonic River Initiative v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency  
Date: July 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1398

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioners' petition objecting to a permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and affirmed by the Environmental Appeals Board requiring General Electric Company (GE) to clean…

US v. Andino-Morales, US v. Folch-Colon, US v. Miranda-Montanez
Date: July 20, 2023
Docket Numbers: 19-2253, 20-1274, 19-2262
United States v. Rivera-Rodriguez  
Date: July 20, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1137

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the two district court rulings at issue in this case, one granting Defendant compassionate release from incarceration and the other denying the government's ensuing request for reconsideration,…

Lozada-Manzano v. United States  
Date: July 20, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1276

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of the United States in this civil action brought by Gabiel Lozada-Manzano and his parents against the government under the…

Vazquez-Velazquez v. PR Highway and Transportation Authority
Date: July 20, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1739
Doe v. Holly
Date: July 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1232
Sanchez v. Garland  
Date: July 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1815

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioners' petition for review of their asylum and withholding of removal claims and concluded that Petitioners waived any argument regarding relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT),…

G.P. v. Garland
Date: July 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2002
United States v. Dennison  
Date: July 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1727

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment against him on double jeopardy grounds after the district court declared a mistrial based on…

Vazquez-Velazquez v. P.R. Highway & Transportation Authority  
Date: July 12, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1739

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court in favor of the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) and its executive directors (collectively, Appellees) and dismissing this complaint…

United States v. Ford  
Date: July 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1276

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court sentencing Defendant to a downwardly variant sentence of twenty-four months' imprisonment in connection with her plea of guilty to conspiring to distribute…

Financial Oversight & Management Bd. v. Vazquez-Velazquez Group  
Date: July 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1829

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the determination of the Title III court, during the course of its confirmation of the Modified Fifth Amended Title III Plan of Adjustment (Plan) for the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation…

United States v. Andino-Morales  
Date: July 11, 2023
Docket Numbers: 19-2253, 20-1274, 19-2262

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the convictions of the three appellants in this case - Jose R. Andino-Morales (Andino), Jose J. Folch-Colon (Folch), and Anibal Miranda-Montanez (Miranda), holding that the evidence was…

Penate v. Sullivan  
Date: July 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1427

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment for the City of Worcester and several of its officers and dismissing Plaintiff's constitutional and tort claims, holding that the…

Mendez Esteban v. Garland
Date: July 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1215
US v. Monson
Date: July 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1612
AJ Mini Market, Inc. v. United States  
Date: July 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1348

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court entering summary judgment for the United States and rejecting the lawsuit brought by Appellant asking the district court to overturn the finding of the Food…

Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC  
Date: June 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1896

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the district court dismissing this putative action asserting various state law claims in relation to a data breach that allegedly exposed…

Camara de Mercadeo v. Emanuelli Hernandez  
Date: June 29, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1158

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting Defendants' motion to dismiss the underlying complaint in its entirety, holding that the district court did not err in finding that the challenged…

United States v. Monson  
Date: June 26, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1612

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction of fifteen counts of an indictment charging sexual exploitation of children and distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography and his sentence of 480 months'…

Markham Concepts, Inc. v. Hasbro, Inc.  
Date: June 22, 2023
Docket Numbers: 19-1927, 21-1958, 21-1957

Justia Opinion Summary: In this copyright action involving ownership rights to the board game, "The Game of Life," the First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court denying attorney's fees sought from the unsuccessful plaintiffs,…

United States v. Balser  
Date: June 16, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1813

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's motion to suppress evidence of drugs and entering judgment on Defendant's plea of guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to…

Odei v. Garland  
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1315

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioner's claim that he had a reasonable fear of persecution if repatriated to his native Ghana on account of his membership in a particular social group, holding that the Board of Immigration…

United States v. Garcia-Nunez  
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1419

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, holding that the district…

United States v. Fagan  
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1758

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's motion to suppress evidence showing that Defendant was carrying heroin with the intent to distribute it, holding that the district court…

Vitlloch Roque v. Metrohealth, Inc.
Date: June 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1415
Ferrari v. Vitamin Shoppe Industries LLC  
Date: June 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1332

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court granting summary judgment to Vitamin Shoppe and ruling that the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) preempted Plaintiffs' state law tort claims, holding that…

United States v. Sheehan  
Date: June 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1983

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's motion to suppress the seizure of his cell phone and its refusal to suppress evidence of child pornography,…

Powers v. Receivables Performance Management, LLC  
Date: June 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1500

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit dismissed the appeal in the underlying putative action removed from Massachusetts state court to the federal district court concerning a motion to compel arbitration, holding that the order was not a…

Vitlloch Roque v. Metrohealth, Inc.
Date: June 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1415
United States v. Munera-Gomez  
Date: June 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1473

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence for attempting to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, holding that Defendant's first three challenges on appeal were…

Haney v. Town of Mashpee  
Date: June 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1446

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing Matthew Haney's complaint, brought as the Trustee of the Gooseberry Island Trust, against the Town of Mashpee and its Zoning Board of Appeals,…

United States v. Saemisch  
Date: June 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1076

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the order of the district court applying the so-called "turnover" statute, 18 U.S.C. 3664(n), in this case regarding the disposition of the funds held in Appellant's inmate trust account,…

US v. Iwuanyanwu
Date: June 5, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-1297, 22-1609
BRT Management LLC v. Malden Storage LLC
Date: June 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1389
Duval v. U.S. Dep't of Veterans Affairs  
Date: June 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1650

Justia Opinion Summary: In this medical malpractice action brought against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. 1346(b), 2671-2680, the First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district…

U.S., ex rel. Nargol & Langton v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.  
Date: June 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1047

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court dismissing with prejudice Relators' qui tam suit brought under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729, against DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. and related…

United States v. Iwuanyanwu  
Date: May 30, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-1297, 22-1609

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful…

Portillo v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Security  
Date: May 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1383

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming Petitioner's order of removal and denying his application for adjustment of status, holding that a conviction under Mass. Gen.…

United States v. Cardozo  
Date: May 26, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1779

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case where Defendant was convicted of both cyberstalking and making interstate threats the First Circuit affirmed, as modified, the judgment of the district court ordering Defendant to pay restitution to the…

US v. Ruiz-Valle
Date: May 26, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1937
United States v. Rivera-Nazario  
Date: May 25, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1597

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court finding Defendant voluntarily absent and applying an obstruction of justice sentencing enhancement, holding that the district court did not err. Defendant's…

US v. Rivera-Nazario
Date: May 25, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1597
United States v. Gonzalez  
Date: May 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1007

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's request for immediate release and reducing his sentence from 240 to 180 months, holding that there was no error or abuse of…

Lowe v. Mills  
Date: May 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1710

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part in this case brought against three Maine government officials in their official capacities (collectively, the State) and several healthcare providers (the…

Bonner v. Triple-S Vida, Inc.
Date: May 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1066
BRT Management LLC v. Malden Storage LLC  
Date: May 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1389

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the judgment of the trial court against Plaintiff and a third-party defendant, holding that because the parties were unable to establish that no defendant shared state citizenship with any…

Green Enterprises, LLC v. Hiscox Syndicates Limited at Lloyd's of London  
Date: May 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1542

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting a motion to compel arbitration in this insurance dispute, holding that the district court correctly granted the motion to compel arbitration brought…

Bonner v. Triple-S Vida, Inc.  
Date: May 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1066

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Triple-S Management Corporation and Triple-S Vida, Inc. (collectively, Triple-S) and dismissing this case brought by…

Sullivan v. etectRx, Inc.
Date: May 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1488
United States v. Fitzpatrick  
Date: May 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1367

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court refusing to extend safety valve relief to Defendant after finding that Defendant possessed a firearm during and in connection with a drug-trafficking crime,…

US v. Ruiz-Valle
Date: May 12, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1937
Foss v. Eastern States Exposition
Date: May 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1313
Eaton v. Town of Townsend, Eaton v. King
Date: May 12, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-1334, 22-1335
Michel v. Mayorkas
Date: May 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1465
Santos Garcia v. Garland
Date: May 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1535
Mendez Esteban v. Garland  
Date: May 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1215

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and the immigration judge (IJ) denying Appellant's applications for asylum and withholding of removal and denied Appellant's petition for…

Michel v. Mayorkas  
Date: May 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1465

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the rulings of the district court granting Appellants attorney's fees under the the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), which entitles a prevailing party in certain civil actions against the…

Sullivan v. etectRx, Inc.  
Date: May 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1488

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit reversed the judgment of the district court dismissing Plaintiff's breach of contract claim against Defendant, a digital health company, and affirmed the district court's dismissal of all other claims…

United States v. Abdelaziz  
Date: May 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1129

Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal arising from the prosecution of alleged misconduct related to college admissions the First Circuit affirmed John Wilson's conviction for filing a false tax return in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7206(1) and…

Foss v. Eastern States Exposition  
Date: May 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1313

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the judgment dismissing on claim preclusion grounds Plaintiff's claims against Eastern States Exposition alleging violations of federal copyright infringement law and the U.S. Visual Artists…

McCants v. Alves  
Date: May 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1206

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the order of the district court dismissing Petitioner's petition for habeas corpus on the grounds that it was time-barred, holding that there was no error. In May 1974, Petitioner was…

Eaton v. Town of Townsend
Date: May 9, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-1334, 22-1335
US v. Winczuk
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1190
Canales v. CK Sales Co., LLC  
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1268

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court denying Defendants' motion to dismiss the underlying case or, in the alternative, to compel arbitration under section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA),…

United States v. Ruiz-Valle  
Date: May 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1937

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the sentence of reimprisonment imposed upon the fourth revocation of Appellant's supervised release but vacated the subsequent term of supervised release to follow, holding that the district…

United States v. Winczuk  
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1190

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court sentencing Defendant to forty-five years of imprisonment in connection with his plea of guilty to one count each of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor…

G&J Fisheries, Inc. v. Costa  
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1359

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the district court's default judgment in a tort action brought against the owner of a boat that Plaintiff was working on at the time of his injury, holding that the district court did not err…

Mata-Cabello v. Thula  
Date: April 28, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1538

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the denial of Appellant's request for an award of attorney's fees and the costs of translation services, holding that there was no error. Appellant brought an action against her husband,…

Sharma v. Garland  
Date: April 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1496

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioner's petition challenging a final administrative removal order on grounds that Petitioner derived United States citizenship as a child, holding that there was no error. Petitioner, who…

Santos Garcia v. Garland  
Date: April 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1535

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioner's petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the immigration judge's (IJ) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal…

Posada v. Cultural Care, Inc.  
Date: April 26, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1676

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting in part and denying in part Cultural Care, Inc.'s motion to dismiss this putative class action alleging violations of Plaintiffs' rights under…

Mass. Laborers' Health & Welfare Fund v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass.  
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1317

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing this action against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) and dismissing the Massachusetts Laborers' Health and Welfare Fund's (Fund)…

Jose Santiago, Inc. v. Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp.  
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1491

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Jose Santiago, Inc.'s (JSI) motion for a preliminary injunction under Puerto Rico's Law 75, holding that the district court did not err in concluding…

SEC v. Sargent
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1596
US v. Rivera-Berrios
Date: April 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1681
Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Andersson  
Date: April 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1648

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit reversed the judgment of the district court ruling that Insured's claim of unfair claim settlement practices in violation of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176D and 93A was barred by the choice-of-law provision of…

United States v. Howard  
Date: April 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1111

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, holding that the district court did not err in denying Defendant's motion…

Kleiner v. Cengage Learning Holdings II, Inc.  
Date: April 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1451

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit reversed the judgment of the district court granting Defendant's motion to dismiss this lawsuit alleging unfair and deceptive business practices under Massachusetts law by intentionally obfuscating…

U.S. Securities & Exchange Comm'n v. Sargent  
Date: April 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1596

Justia Opinion Summary: In this civil enforcement action, the First Circuit affirmed the interlocutory order of the district court ruling that a violation of the right to poll each of the jurors individually under Civil Rule 48(c) is per se…

United States v. Morales-Cortijo  
Date: April 14, 2023
Docket Number: 19-1523

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence, holding that Defendant's arguments on appeal did not meet the exacting plain error standard. Defendant pleaded guilty to using a firearm during a…

Alzaben v. Garland  
Date: April 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1561

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit dismissed in part and denied in part Petitioner's petition for judicial review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the decision of the immigration judge (IJ) ordering…

United States v. Lilly  
Date: April 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1601

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction for possession of firearms by a felon and his thirty-month sentence, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on his claims of error. On appeal, Defendant…

Thompson v. United States  
Date: April 11, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1267

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Appellant's challenge to his sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255, holding that Appellant did not meet his burden of showing that his counsel's performance…

Andrade-Prado, Jr. v. Garland
Date: April 11, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1913
Ribadeneira v. New Balance Athletics, Inc.  
Date: April 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1831

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2013, New Balance entered into a Distribution Agreement with PSG to distribute its products in Peru. The Agreement contained an arbitration clause, which New Balance invoked in 2018. Also joined as respondents in this…

United States v. Cantwell  
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1186

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of extortionate interstate communications and threatening to injury property or reputation, holding that Defendant did not meet his…

Andrade-Prado, Jr. v. Garland  
Date: April 4, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1913

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioner's petition for review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing Petitioner's appeal of the decision of the immigration judge (IJ)…

Mirabella v. Town of Lexington, Mass.  
Date: April 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1153

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court entering summary judgment for Defendants on all of Plaintiff's claims in this wrongful termination case, holding that there was no error in the trial court…

Lopez-Hernandez v. Terumo Puerto Rico LLC
Date: April 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1363
Minturn v. Monrad
Date: April 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1200
United States v. De Jesus-Torres  
Date: March 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1916

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's sentence imposed upon his plea of guilty to five counts of carjacking and one count of attempted carjacking with a direct modification of the restitution order as specified in this…

Gilbert v. Kent County Memorial Hospital  
Date: March 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1118

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Kent County Memorial Hospital and Michael Dacey, M.D., in his individual capacity and as President of Kent Hospital, and…

Lopez-Hernandez v. Terumo Puerto Rico LLC  
Date: March 30, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1363

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the order of the district court granting Defendant's motion for summary judgment and dismissing Plaintiff's action alleging gender discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of…

US v. Spinks
Date: March 30, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1796
Gattineri v. Wynn MA, LLC
Date: March 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1117
Minturn v. Monrad  
Date: March 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1200

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the order of the district court granting partial summary judgment for Plaintiff and its subsequent judgment in Plaintiff's favor in this breach of contract case, holding that the plain language…

Back Beach Neighbors Committee v. Town of Rockport  
Date: March 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1485

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing the claim brought by the Back Beach Neighbors Committee alleging that the Town of Rockport, Massachusetts committed a class-of-one equal protection…

United States v. Abraham
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1660
United States v. Minor
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1903
United States v. Spinks  
Date: March 23, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1796

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit dismissed Appellant's appeal from the 115-month sentence imposed by the district court upon his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base…

Lawless v. Sadeck  
Date: March 22, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1251

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit reversed in part the order of the district court granting summary judgment rejecting Defendants' affirmative defense of qualified immunity against Plaintiff's procedural due process claim, holding that…

Relentless Inc. v. US Dep't of Commerce
Date: March 22, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1886
Walsh v. Unitil Service Corporation
Date: March 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1070
Gattineri v. Wynn MA, LLC  
Date: March 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1117

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case concerning the regulation of gambling licenses in the Commonwealth the First Circuit reversed in part the summary judgment for Defendants and certified questions of law to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial…

Douglas v. Hirshon  
Date: March 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1483

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court dismissing in part Plaintiffs' claims that a subset of Defendants participated in a conspiracy in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…

United States v. Santiago  
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1708

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction for distributing or possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on his allegations of…

United States v. Flores-Nater  
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1856

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the judgment of the sentencing court sentencing Defendant to an upwardly variant thirty-year sentence for his conviction for discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, holding…

Relentless Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Commerce  
Date: March 16, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1886

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court concluding that a rule promulgated by the National Marine Fisheries Services (the Agency) requiring vessels fishing for herring on certain fishing trips to…

Kong v. United States  
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1319

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit reversed the judgment of the district court dismissing Plaintiff's claims against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for false arrest, false imprisonment, and violation of the…

United States v. Teixeira  
Date: March 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1631

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court concluding that the government had shown by a preponderance of the evidence that Appellant had violated the conditions of his supervised release and…

United States v. Thompson  
Date: March 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1011

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit dismissed Appellant's appeal from his conviction and sentence, holding that Appellant's waiver of appeal in the plea agreement was valid and enforceable. Appellant was charged with drug- and…

United States v. Concepcion-Guliam  
Date: March 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1077

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence of a 108-month term of immurement for attempted possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, holding that Defendant was not entitled…

Rivera-Aponte v. Gomez Bus Line, Inc.  
Date: March 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1839

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the order of the district court entering a partial judgment dismissing Plaintiffs' claims against Defendants, holding that Plaintiffs were not entitled to relief on their claims of…

Crockett v. U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
Date: March 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1169
Fraga v. Premium Retail Services, Inc.
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1101
Omni Hotels Management Corp. v. Ultimate Parking, LLC  
Date: March 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1745

Justia Opinion Summary: In this dispute over indemnification arising from an underlying negligence case, the First Circuit vacated the decision of the district court as to a contractual crossclaim for indemnification, holding that the district…

United States v. Tucker  
Date: March 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1515

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of sex trafficking of a minor, use of an interstate facility to promote unlawful activity, and maintaining a drug-involved premises, holding…

US v. Akoto
Date: March 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1804
Botelho v. Buscone
Date: March 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-9001
United States v. Munoz-Fontanez  
Date: February 28, 2023
Docket Number: 18-2236

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the sentence imposed upon Defendant after he pleaded guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of marijuana with…

Crockett v. U.S. Railroad Retirement Bd.  
Date: February 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1169

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petition's petition for review of the decision of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (Board) to deny Petitioner a disabled child's annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act (Act), 45 U.S.C.…

United States v. Akoto  
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1804

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, three counts of substantive wire fraud, and two counts of aggravated identity theft,…

US v. Portell-Marquez
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1116
Kupperstein v. Schall  
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1287

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the order of the bankruptcy court determining that Donald Kupperstein knowingly and fraudulently omitted and misrepresented material facts in his Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition and related…

Botelho v. Buscone  
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-9001

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the rulings of the bankruptcy court in this adversary proceeding brought by Ann Tracy Botelho against her neighbor and business partner, Mary E. Buscone, during Mary's bankruptcy proceedings,…

Asociacion Puertorriquena de Profesores Univ. v. University of Puerto Rico  
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1690

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the Title III court dismissing this adversary proceeding for lack of jurisdiction, holding that the district court properly dismissed the action. The Financial Oversight and…

Peltz-Steele v. Umass Faculty Federation  
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1466

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting Defendants' motion to dismiss this case arising from a labor dispute under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), holding that Plaintiff's constitutional rights…

United States v. Portell-Marquez  
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1116

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's sentence of twenty-four months in prison for violating the terms of his supervised release, holding that the sentence was both procedurally and substantively reasonable. After…

Barnica-Lopez v. Garland  
Date: February 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1313

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied in part and dismissed in part the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) upholding an immigration judge's (IJ) denial of Petitioners' request for asylum, withholding of removal, and…

Aguilar-Escoto v. Garland  
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 18-1590

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) rejecting Petitioner's claim for withholding of removal, holding that the BIA erred in failing properly to consider significant documentary…

Reyes-Ramos v. Garland
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 18-1830
McCoy v. Town of Pittsfield, NH  
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1907

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the order of the district court entering summary judgment for the Town of Pittsfield, New Hampshire and dismissing Plaintiff's allegation that the Town's zoning ordinance, as applied by the…

Medtronic Medical CR SRL v. Feliciano-Soto
Date: February 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1702
United States v. John  
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1862

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's motion to suppress evidence that he possessed an AR-15 assault rifle and many rounds of ammunition, holding that the district court…

Hernandez-Martinez v. Garland  
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1448

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the decision of the immigration (IJ) denying all three forms of relief sought by Petitioner, holding…

Diaz v. City of Somerville  
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1137

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court entering summary judgment against Plaintiff, a police officer with the City of Somerville, and dismissing his wrongful discharge claim, holding that there was…

US v. Bishoff
Date: January 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1487
US v. Jackson
Date: January 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1100
Sakab Saudi Holding Company v. Aljabri
Date: January 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1052
Walsh v. Unitil Service Corporation
Date: January 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1070
United States v. Pina-Nieves  
Date: January 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1421

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction for possessing firearms and ammunition as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), but reversed his conviction for possessing a machine-gun, in violation of 18…

Hernandez-Montanez v. Financial Oversight & Management Bd. for P.R.  
Date: January 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1581

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing this suit brought by Plaintiff in the District of Puerto Rico against the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (the FOMB) on…

Sakab Saudi Holding Co. v. Aljabri  
Date: January 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1052

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court determining that this case could not be adjudicated and dismissing the suit, holding that there was no error. Plaintiff, a foreign counterterrorism…

United States v. Gonzalez-Andino  
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 18-2155

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's sentence of seventy-eight months in prison in connection with his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug…

United States v. Nieves-Melendez  
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 19-1331

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, holding that Defendant's arguments…

United States v. Ramos-Carreras  
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1747

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the sentence the district court judge imposed after revoking Defendant's term of supervised release, holding that the district judge's use of alleged facts from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico…

United States v. Ochoa  
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1327

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the restitution order entered by the district court holding Defendant jointly and severally liable for all sums illicitly obtained by the charged conspiracy in this case, holding that the…

United States v. Boudreau  
Date: January 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1973

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit dismissed Appellant's appeal from his plea of guilty to two of thirty-four child pornography possession charges for which he was indicted, holding that Appellant's waiver of appeal was valid and…

Gattineri v. Town of Lynnfield, Mass.  
Date: January 23, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1729

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing Appellants' complaint against the Town of Lynnfield, Massachusetts and several of the town's agencies and employees (collectively, Lynnfield) in…

Conformis, Inc. v. Aetna, Inc.  
Date: January 23, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1951

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the district court dismissing Plaintiff's amended complaint bringing claims for product disparagement and related torts, holding that some of…

United States v. Jackson  
Date: January 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1100

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's two convictions for possessing a firearm as a prohibited person, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) and 18 U.S.C. 924(a)(2), holding that sufficient evidence supported the…

United States v. Rydle  
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-1016, 22-1351

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit dismissed these consolidated appeals involving the Defendant's request for retention of a seal of judicial records up until the expiration of his sentence, holding that the appeals were moot. Appellant…

United States v. Bishoff  
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1487

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court imposing two four-level enhancements and sentencing Defendant to sixty months' imprisonment, holding that there was no error in the specific components in…

Medicaid & Medicare Advantage Products Ass'n of Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Emanuelli-Hernandez  
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-1297, 21-1379

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court determining that Act 90, passed by the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico in 2019, was preempted by federal law, holding that the district court did not…

Medtronic Medical CR SRL v. Feliciano-Soto  
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1702

Justia Opinion Summary: In this suit brought under the Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), the First Circuit remanded this matter for further review, holding that the district court erred in dismissing the complaint…

Reyes-Ramos v. Garland  
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Number: 18-1830

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioner's petition for review of an immigration judge's (IJ) denial of his application for withholding of removal, holding that the Petitioner's arguments were unavailing. Petitioner, a…

US v. Mendez-Rodriguez
Date: January 12, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1354
In Re: Zofran (Ondansetron) Products Liability Lit v.
Date: January 12, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1517
Gottlieb v. Amica Mutual Insurance Company
Date: January 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1074
Walsh v. Unitil Service Corp.  
Date: January 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1070

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Unitil Service Corporation and dismissing the complaint brought by the Department of Labor (DOL) seeking overtime…

Perham v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC  
Date: January 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1517

Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal arising out of a multidistrict litigation concerning the pharmaceutical drug ondansetron hydrochloride, better known as Zofran, the First Circuit affirmed the order of the district court granting summary…

Unites States v. Melendez-Rosado  
Date: January 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1688

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's sentence imposed in connection with his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon, holding…

United States v. Qin  
Date: January 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1832

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of conspiracy to commit export violations, visa fraud, making false statements to federal agents, money laundering, and smuggling,…

US v. Benito Lara
Date: January 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1063
Andersen v. Vagaro, Inc.  
Date: January 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1471

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the federal district court dismissing Plaintiff's complaint alleging contract claims against Defendant, holding that Plaintiff insufficiently pled that her claims met the amount…

US Securities & Exchange Comm'n v. Lemelson  
Date: January 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1630

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court entering judgment upon the jury verdict finding Defendant liable for three undue statements of a material fact in violation of Section 10(b) of the Securities…

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