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First Circuit

Circuit Editor: Thomas J. Davis

• Recent Notes:
  

  Admission Not Binding Where Allegation Was Matter of Law, Not Fact

  Harrington v. City of Nashua

  No. 09-2275 (1st Cir. June 29, 2010)

Second Circuit

Circuit Editor: Sanford Hausler

• Recent Notes:
  

  Second Circuit Holds 9/11 Conspiracy Case Is Frivolous

  Gallop v. Cheney

  Docket No. 10-1241-cv (2d Cir. April 27, 2011)

Third Circuit

Circuit Editor: Robert A. Vort

• Recent Notes:
  

  Third Circuit Reviews All Issues, Even Those Not Specified

  MacFarlan v. Ivy Hill SNF, LLC

  No. 11-2307, 2012 WL 1034238 (3d Cir. Mar. 29, 2012)

Fourth Circuit

Circuit Editor: Meghan Skirving Thelen

• Recent Notes:
  

  Fourt Circuit Affirms Dismissal in Chinese Infant-Formula Case

  Jiali Tang, et al. v. Synutra Int'l, Inc.
  No. 10-1487, 2011 WL 3891934 (4th Cir. Sept. 6, 2011)

Fifth Circuit

Circuit Editor: Emma J. Hinnigan

• Recent Notes:
  

  Fifth Circuit Holds Administrators Can't Determine Sham Divorces

  Brown v. Continental Airlines, Inc.

  No. 10-20015, 2011 WL 2780505 (5th Cir. July 18, 2011)

Sixth Circuit

Circuit Editor: Brittany Parling

• Recent Notes:
  

  Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Review Revocation of Visa Petition

  Mehanna v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

  No. 11-1110, 2012 WL 1345627 (6th Cir. Apr. 19, 2012)

Seventh Circuit

Circuit Editor: Meaghan Gragg

• Recent Notes:
  

  Bankruptcy Judge Lacked Authority, Direct Appeals Dismissed

  In re Rene R. Ortiz, et al. (Ortiz v. Aurora Health Care, Inc.),
  No. 10-3465, 2011 WL 6880651 (7th Cir. Dec. 30, 2011)

  In re Kathy Bembenek, et al. (Bembenek v. Aurora Health Care, Inc.),
   No. 10-3466, 2011 WL 6880651 (7th Cir. Dec. 30, 2011)

Eighth Circuit

Circuit Editor: Matthew D. Simone

• Recent Notes:
  

  No Second Amendment Violation in Seizure of Specific Firearm

  Walters v. Wolf

  No. 10-3597, 2011 WL 5245456 (8th Cir. Nov. 4, 2011)

Ninth Circuit

Circuit Editor: Richard A. Derevan

• Recent Notes:
  

  Order Permitting Involuntary Medication of Inmate Is Appealable

  United States v. Loughner

  ___F.3d ___, No. 11-10339, 11-10504, 11-10432, 2012 WL 688805, 2012 U.S. App. Lexis 4489 (9th Cir. March 5, 2012)

Tenth Circuit

Circuit Editor: Vacant

• Recent Notes:
  

  Claim Splitting is Not Permitted Prior to Final Judgment

  Katz v. Gerardi

  655 F.3d 1212 (10th Cir. 2011)

Eleventh Circuit

Circuit Editor: James F. Bogan III

• Recent Notes:
  

  Appellant Must Demonstrate Facts Nullifying Consent Order's Consent

  Hofmann v. De Marchena Kaluche & Associados

  657 F.3d 1184 (11th Cir. 2011)

District of Columbia Circuit

Circuit Editor: Jason P. Kairalla

• Recent Notes:
  

  Award Reversed, "Logical and Precedential Force" Behind Removal

  Knop v. Mackall

  No. 10-7037, 645 F.3d 381 (D.C. Cir. May 13, 2011)

Federal Circuit

Circuit Editor: Vacant

• Recent Notes:
  

  Footnote in Supreme Court Opinion Reverses Long-Standing Circuit Test

  SanDisk Corp. v. STMicroelectronics

  ___F.3d___, 2007 WL 881008 (Fed. Cir. March 26, 2007)

Supreme Court

Circuit Editor: Lara O'Donnell and Jordan B. Cherrick

• Recent Notes:
  

  Supreme Court Rules Mother Nature Is Original Patent Holder

  Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.
  132 S. Ct. 1289 (2012)