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SCOTUS News: Retro application of anti-stacking sentencing amendment rejected
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the First Step Act's anti-stacking amendment to 18 U.S.C. §924(c) does not justify retroactive sentence reductions.
Criminal- Drug conspiracy defendant’s compassionate release motion is denied
The EDVA denied Jose Fredy Delcid's compassionate release motion, finding no extraordinary or compelling reasons for sentence reduction.
Prisons – Prisoner’s sentence is reduced yet again
Kareem Allen Shaw’s sentence was further reduced to 175 months by the western district of virginia due to changes in career offender guidelines.
Criminal – Second motion for sentence reduction is denied
The 4th Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Christopher Smith's second motion for sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) in EDVA.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
- Premises Liability – Fall down stairs at resort results in injuries, death
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
- Medical Malpractice – Nursing facility patient dies after fracturing ankle in fall
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
Opinion Digests
- The Most Important Opinions, January-June 2026
- Criminal – Court of Appeals wrongly vacated murder conviction
- Tort – U.Va. prevails on former professor’s claims
- Constitutional – Company’s due process claim against county is dismissed
- Administrative – Plaintiffs’ effort to enjoin ITC proceeding fails
- Patent and trademark – Amazon patent infringement suit transferred to New Jersey
- Tort – Chesterfield County dismissed from wrongful death suit
- Consumer Protection – Lawsuit over kratom survives motion to dismiss
- Criminal – Defendant convicted of attempted sexual exploitation of a child
- Evidence – Motion to exclude transmission expert is rejected
- Damages – Court awards pre-judgment interest following parties’ acquiescence
- Employment – Court approves overtime wage collective action settlement
