Daily Opinion Summaries for U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals - 06/02/2011

Daily Opinion Summaries U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals June 02, 2011 FindLaw.com Daily Opinion Summaries Newsletter Quick Links Cases & Codes Careers LawBrain Legal Market Center Lawyer Directory Lawyer Marketing Table of Contents LATEST SUMMARIES Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure • Mlodzinski v. Cormier Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing • US v. Rios-Hernandez Get free FindLaw Case Law Feeds - Auto Notifications From 80+ Courts! FindLaw's case summaries are copyrighted material and are not intended for republication without prior approval. You may, however, freely redistribute this e-mail in its entirety. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. SPONSOR LATEST SUMMARIES Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure Mlodzinski v. Cormier, No. 10-1966, 10-1967 In a Section 1983 dispute alleging that defendants-police officers used excessive force against plaintiffs while executing search and arrest warrants, judgment of the district court denying defendants' motions for summary judgment and defense of qualified immunity is affirmed in part and reversed in part where there are material issues of disputed facts but officers, in light of Mena, are entitled to qualified immunity. Read more... Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing US v. Rios-Hernandez, No. 09-2545 Plea conviction and sentencing of defendant for hijacking a car in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 2119 is upheld where defendant fails to meet his burden of plain error in his appellate challenge based on: 1) the invalidity of a waiver-of-appeal provision in the plea agreement, and 2) an impermissibly enhanced sentence he received because he was designated as a career offender. Read more... SPONSOR SPONSOR Feedback We value your comments! Please take a moment to tell us what you think by sending us an e-mail. Subscription Information Click here to subscribe to a FindLaw Newsletter. To unsubscribe, click here. Advertising Information For more information about advertising in FindLaw Newsletters, click here. 800 W. California Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086

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