Escape Media Group (Escape) operates an Internet service called Grooveshark through which users may upload and retrieve digital music files. UMG Recordings, Inc. owns an extensive music catalog that includes songs by such artists as Buddy Holly, The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, and The Who. In 2010, UMG sued Escape in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, alleging Escape infringed on copyrights a... More...   $0 (05-14-2014 - CA)

Defendants Stephen Edward Hajek and Loi Tan Vo were convicted of the 1991 murder of Su Hung (Pen. Code, § 187)1 as to which lying-in-wait and torture-murder special circumstances were found true (former § 190.2, subd. (a)(15), (18)). Additionally, defendants were convicted of four counts of premeditated attempted murder (§§ 664/187), one count of kidnapping (§ 207, subd. (a)), three counts o... More...   $0 (05-05-2014 - CA)

A jury convicted defendant Calvin Dion Chism of the first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a) (count one))1 and attempted robbery (§§ 211/664 (count two)) of Richard Moon, and the second degree robbery of Jung Ja Chung (§ 211 (count three)).2 The jury found true the special circumstance allegation that the murder was committed during the attempted commission of a robbery (§ 190.2, subd... More...   $0 (05-05-2014 - CA)

On January 25, 2012, Cung Hnin (“Hnin”) filed a four-count Complaint against his former

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employer TOA (USA), LLC (“TOA”) alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000, et seq., pursuant to the district court’s original jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1331, and two state law claims pursuant to the dis-trict court’s suppleme... More...   $0 (05-05-2014 - IN)

Dr. Armand Santoro appeals the district court’s order granting the motion by Accenture Federal Services, LLC (Accenture) to compel arbitration. Because we agree with the district court that the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank) does not invalidate the arbitration agreement between Accenture and Santoro, we affirm.

I.

Santoro began hi... More...   $0 (05-05-2014 - VA)

Charles Davis has been employed as a custodian with Unified School District No. 500 (“USD 500”) since 1991. In 2007, the school board considered a recommendation to terminate his employment when he was found lying naked on his stomach, sunbathing on the roof of the elementary school where he worked. Instead, the Board decided upon a suspension without pay for thirty days and demoted him from h... More...   $0 (05-05-2014 - KS)

In this action alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654, plaintiff-appellant Scott Bellone appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of his former employer, the Southwick-Tolland Regional School District. He argues, among other things, that the district court overlooked several genuine issues of material fact, misap... More...   $0 (05-02-2014 - MA)

Dismissal of a civil complaint is said to be voluntary when requested by the plaintiff and involuntary when ordered by the court. A dismissal may be partial, as in this case, where plaintiff Maureen deSaulles (Employee) agreed to dismiss two of her seven causes of action with prejudice in exchange for a payment of $23,500 from defendant Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (Employer). A ci... More...   $0 (05-02-2014 - CA)

Plaintiff and appellant Gregory Saffer worked for Washington Mutual Bank (WaMu) between May 2007 and January 2008. In September 2008, WaMu failed. In short order, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was appointed as receiver for the bank, and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPMC) purchased some of WaMu’s assets and liabilities. The FDIC published notices informing creditors that claims ... More...   $0 (04-29-2014 - CA)

After a suspicious death in a New Mexico prison cell, police eventually identified Paul Smalls, the victim’s cellmate, and two other men as the perpetrators of murder. Their scheme was to smother the victim, and then claim he died of an asthma attack. At trial, the government pointed to “signature quality” evidence that Smalls had threatened his asthmatic ex-wife in a similar fashion five mo... More...   $0 (04-28-2014 - NM)

The only issue before us is whether defendant John Lynn Tirey is statutorily barred under Penal Code section 4852.01, subdivision (d), from petitioning for a certificate of rehabilitation. (All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise noted.) We agree with defendant that the statute barring persons convicted of crimes under section 288, subdivision (a), from petitioning ... More...   $0 (04-25-2014 - CA)

Patricia Banks sued her former employer, the Chicago Board of Education, and her former supervisor, Florence Gonzales, alleging race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related violations of federal and state law. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on all of Banks’s claims. Twenty‐nine days after the district<... More...   $0 (04-24-2014 - IL)

Plaintiff-Appellant Scott Wolfe (“Wolfe”) appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee BNSF Railway Company (“BNSF”) on Wolfe’s claims under Montana Code Annotated (“MCA”) § 39-2-703. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDU... More...   $0 (04-23-2014 - MT)

EUGENE, OR – On Wednesday, April 16, 2014, U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Mark Timothy Ellis, 38, of Oregon City, Oregon, for making a fraudulent claim to the United States and for filing a false lien against a federal employee to serve 12 months and one day in prison and three years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay $311,459 in restitution.

According to court documen... More...   $0 (04-18-2014 - Or)

A jury found defendant Fred Edward Archuleta guilty as charged of possessing a controlled substance, methamphetamine, and active gang participation. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a); Pen. Code, § 186.22, subd. (a).)1 Defendant was arrested on December 5, 2008, after law enforcement officers found him in his garage in possession of methamphetamine and in the company of a gang member who ad... More...   $0 (04-11-2014 - CA)

Tina Gosey worked as a chef’s assistant at Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Believing that

* After examining the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on the briefs and the record. See FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2)(C).

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management harassed, refused to promote, and eventually fired her bec... More...   $0 (04-11-2014 - WI)

Tina Gosey worked as a chef’s assistant at Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Believing that

* After examining the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on the briefs and the record. See FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2)(C).

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management harassed, refused to promote, and eventually fired her bec... More...   $0 (04-11-2014 - WI)

A jury found defendant Fred Edward Archuleta guilty as charged of possessing a controlled substance, methamphetamine, and active gang participation. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a); Pen. Code, § 186.22, subd. (a).)1 Defendant was arrested on December 5, 2008, after law enforcement officers found him in his garage in possession of methamphetamine and in the company of a gang member who ad... More...   $0 (04-11-2014 - CA)

Mr. Eric Kamahele, Mr. Daniel Maumau, Mr. Kepa Maumau,1 Mr. Sitamipa Toki, and Mr. Mataika Tuai appeal their convictions arising from armed robberies and shootings in connection with the Tongan Crips Gang (“TCG”) in Glendale, Utah. In a jury trial, Mr. Kamahele, Mr. Kepa Maumau, and Mr. Tuai were found guilty of conspiring to commit a racketeering offense under the Racketeer Influenced and Cor... More...   $0 (04-08-2014 - UT)

The United States of America charged Jesus Marquez with retaliation against a federal judge or federal law enforcement officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1521.

Set forth below are some of the docket entries relating to this case:

04/02/2014 1 SEALED INDICTMENT (Redacted Version) filed Unredacted document sealed pursuant to E-Government Act of 2002 as to Jesus Marquez (1) count(s)... More...   $0 (04-02-2014 - TX)

IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE OKLAHOMA UNIFORM JURY INSTRUCTIONS - CIVIL (SECOND).

ORDER ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO OKLAHOMA UNIFORM JURY INSTRUCTIONS - CIVIL (SECOND)

¶1 The Court has reviewed the recommendations of the Oklahoma Supreme Court Committee for Uniform Civil Jury Instructions that proposed Instructions should be adopted. The Court finds that the revisions should be adopt... More...   $0 (03-24-2014 - OK)

Appellant Jerline Smith appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellee Carter BloodCare (CBC) on her hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. We will affirm.

1See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.

2

II. BACKGROUND

CBC is a nonprofit blood bank headquartered in Bedford. It collects, stores, processes, and tests blood before distributing it to hea... More...   $0 (03-17-2014 - TX)

Michael W. Lacey appeals the trial court’s orders granting the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education’s plea to the jurisdiction and granting the City of DeSoto’s motion to dismiss. The trial court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over the suit, and therefore we will affirm its order dismissing Lacey’s suit against the Commission. We will also affirm the tria... More...   $0 (03-14-2014 - TX)

Tim Lors sued his employer, the South Dakota Bureau of Information and Technology (BIT), and various state employees (collectively, "defendants"), alleging retaliation in response to a prior discrimination suit that he filed against the same defendants. Lors's complaint asserted jurisdiction under various federal statutes, including Titles I and V of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (AD... More...   $0 (03-13-2014 - SD)

Plaintiff Mark Laster appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants, the City of Kalamazoo and several named individuals, on Plaintiff’s race discrimination and retaliation claims. In his Complaint, Plaintiff alleges, inter alia, that Defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a) et seq. (“Title VII”), MICH. COMP. LAWS § 37.2101 et. seq. (“Elliot-Lars... More...   $0 (03-13-2014 - MI)