William J. Kayatta Jr.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit circuit Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic) 28 signed orders read

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

United States v. Zapata-Vazquez
13-2170 · 2015-02-02
Appeal (appellant (defendant Giovanny Zapata-Vazquez)) Denied

“Finding no error, we affirm.”

Holder v. Sessions
15-1864 · 2017-02-17
Petition for review (petitioner (Keith Desmond Holder)) Denied

“Finding no proper basis upon which to disregard the force and logic of our holdings in Lawrence and Cruz-Bucheli, we dismiss Holder's petition for review.”

United States v. Dent
16-2005 · 2017-08-08
Appeal (appellant (defendant Christian Dent)) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the district court's denial of Dent's motion to suppress.”

Insurance Brokers West, Inc. v. Liquid Outcome, LLC
17-1372 · 2017-10-23
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Insurance Brokers West, Inc.)) Denied

“We therefore affirm the dismissal of IBW's complaint for failure to meet the amount-in-controversy requirement for diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1332.”

Keane v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
16-1045 · 2017-10-31
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff John A. Keane)) Granted

“The district court's denial of Keane's motion to vacate the prior order dismissing his case is reversed, the order dismissing the case is vacated, and the case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

United States v. Marte-De La Cruz
16-2152 · 2017-12-04
Appeal (appellant (defendant Santos Marte-De La Cruz)) Moot / procedural

“Because Marte-de la Cruz waived his right to appeal as part of his plea agreement, we dismiss his appeal.”

Hoover v. Harrington (In re Hoover)
15-2383 · 2016-07-05
Appeal (appellant (debtor John E. Hoover, III)) Denied

“The judgment of the district court, affirming the order of the bankruptcy court, is affirmed.”

McKeague v. One World Technologies, Inc.
16-2148 · 2017-06-08
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Todd McKeague)) Denied

“The district court acted well within its discretion in dismissing the instant case ... Affirmed.”

Camerano v. United States
16-2025 · 2017-04-19
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Peter Camerano, estate representative)) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, we affirm.”

United States v. Payne
17-1382 · 2018-01-31
Appeal (appellant (defendant Leon Payne)) Denied

“Accordingly, finding no clear error, we affirm the district court.”

United States v. Rosado-Cancel
17-2195 · 2019-03-05
Appeal (appellant (defendant William Rosado-Cancel)) Denied

“Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of the district court.”

United States v. Rodriguez-Rivera
17-1975 · 2019-03-11
Appeal (appellant (United States)) Granted

“Because we agree with the latter argument, we need not consider the former, and we reverse the order of dismissal.”

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