D. Michael Fisher

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit circuit Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican) 29 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

United States v. Simmons
22-2485 · 2023-06-01
Appeal (appellant (defendant Michael Simmons)) Denied

“For the reasons that follow, we will affirm.”

United States v. Rivera
21-3133 · 2023-03-17
Appeal (appellant (defendant Julio I. Rivera)) Denied

“For the reasons that follow, we will enforce the waiver of Rivera's right to appeal his sentence and affirm the judgment of the District Court.”

United States v. Minichella (M.M.)
20-2788 · 2021-12-02
Appeal (appellant (defendant M.M.)) Granted

“Because we hold the authority to amend a sentence under Rule 35(a) to be very narrow and conclude there was no clear error in the original sentence, we will vacate the revised sentence and remand.”

United States v. Brown
21-1510 · 2022-08-29
Appeal (appellant (defendant Justin Rashaad Brown)) Denied

“Because the state schedule matched the federal schedule in effect when Brown committed the federal offense triggering the ACCA enhancement, we will affirm his sentence.”

United States v. De Castro
21-2817 · 2022-09-27
Appeal (appellant (defendant Amin De Castro)) Denied

“We will affirm the District Court's denial of the coram nobis petition, but for the following reasons, we do so on different grounds.”

Iredia v. Attorney General
21-1379 · 2022-02-11
Petition for review (petitioner (Ocholi Ochala Iredia)) Denied

“We will deny the petition.”

Malik v. Attorney General
10-4302 · 2011-10-04
Petition for review (petitioner (Muhammad Saeed Malik)) Denied

“We will deny the petition for review.”

Syblis v. Attorney General
13-2063 · 2014-08-18
Petition for review (petitioner (Damian A. Syblis)) Denied

“Because petitioner has failed to meet his statutorily prescribed burden of demonstrating eligibility for relief from removal, we will affirm.”

Carvalho-Grevious v. Delaware State University
15-3521 · 2017-03-21
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Dr. Millicent Carvalho-Grevious)) Granted in part

“With respect to Dr. Grevious's contract revision claim against the University and Provost Thompson, we will reverse the District Court's order and remand for further proceedings. We will affirm in all other respects.”

Dougherty v. School District of Philadelphia
13-3868 · 2014-11-21
Appeal (appellants (defendants -- School District officials asserting qualified immunity)) Denied

“Appellants challenge the District Court's denial of their motions for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. We will affirm.”

Williams v. Jani-King of Philadelphia Inc.
15-2049 · 2016-09-21
Appeal (appellants (defendants Jani-King)) Denied

“We hold that the claims in this case are susceptible to class-wide determination and that the District Court did not abuse its discretion by certifying the class.”

Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing Co. v. Wood
09-1526 · 2010-01-15
Appeal (appellants (defendants Matthew Wood / Pyrotecnico)) Granted in part

“we will affirm the District Court's holding in those regards. However, because the District Court failed to require a bond in connection with the injunction, as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c), we will vacate the injunction and remand with instructions to impose such a bond should the District Court reissue the injunction.”

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