Dennis Jacobs

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit circuit Appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican) 27 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Katel Ltd. Liability Co. v. AT&T Corp.
08-4104-cv · 2010-05-27
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff KATEL Limited Liability Company)) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the judgment of the district court.”

Pepe v. Newspaper & Mail Deliverers'-Publishers' Pension Fund
07-4293-cv · 2009-03-12
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Carmine J. Pepe)) Granted

“We conclude that the plan administrator's interpretation of one of the eligibility requirements for a Disability Retirement Pension was arbitrary and capricious. We therefore reverse the district court's dismissal and remand with instructions to return the case to the Fund for reconsideration in light of this opinion.”

Cavello Bay Reinsurance Ltd. v. Shubin Stein
20-1371-cv · 2021-01-25
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Cavello Bay Reinsurance Ltd.)) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.”

Behrens v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
21-2603-cv · 2024-03-13
Appeal (appellants (plaintiffs Bruce Behrens and other former Peregrine customers)) Denied

“We hold that a party may forfeit subject-matter jurisdiction by failing to invoke it timely. We accordingly AFFIRM.”

Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
20-3716-cv · 2022-03-11
Appeal (appellants (plaintiff investors led by Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System)) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, we AFFIRM the district court's grant of Bristol-Myers's motion to dismiss.”

Gorman v. Rensselaer County
17-1120-cv · 2018-12-06
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff John Gorman)) Denied

“The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.”

United States v. Houtar
19-3627-cr · 2020-11-13
Appeal (appellant (defendant Mahyoub Molhi Mohamed Houtar)) Denied

“We conclude that the IPKCA is not vague as applied to Houtar and that both sentencing enhancements were applied properly. Accordingly, we AFFIRM the conviction and the sentence.”

Barikyan v. Barr
18-354 · 2019-03-04
Petition for review (petitioner (Aleksandr Eduardovich Barikyan)) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED.”

Fernandez v. Capra
15-2313 · 2019-02-22
Appeal (appellant (petitioner Pablo Fernandez)) Granted

“Accordingly, the state court's rejection of Canela's recantation was an 'unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented,' 28 U.S.C. 2254(d); therefore, the state court unreasonably denied Fernandez's second motion for a new trial. ... we REVERSE and REMAND to the district court, with instruction to comply with our February 5, 2019 Order, directing the district court to issue a writ of habeas corpus to Fernandez.”

Scrimo v. Lee
18-2954 · 2019-08-20
Appeal (appellant (petitioner Paul Scrimo)) Granted

“We conclude that the State trial court's exclusion of evidence violated Scrimo's constitutional right to present a complete defense. Accordingly, we reverse without reaching Scrimo's ineffective assistance of counsel claim.”

Nappi v. Yelich
14-1188 · 2015-07-15
Appeal (appellant (petitioner Donato Nappi)) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, we reverse and remand the case to the district court. The court shall issue a writ of habeas corpus to Nappi by the thirtieth calendar day after the issuance of our mandate unless the state has, by that time, taken concrete and substantial steps to retry Nappi.”

Linares-Urrutia v. Sessions
14-4419 · 2017-03-07
Petition for review (petitioner (Jose Linares-Urrutia)) Granted in part

“Accordingly, we grant the petition in part and remand the case to the BIA to determine whether Linares-Urrutia's asylum claim was timely. We dismiss the petition as to the remaining claims.”

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