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Where a juvenile argued that the trial court plainly erred by allowing a juvenile officer to file an amended petition, claiming that the receiving court of the transfer of his case must dispose of the case based on the prior ...

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  Where appellant challenged the grant of adverse summary judgment in a suit brought by the government to reduce tax assessments to judgment and to enforce a tax lien, the appeal is dismissed because the appellant as a non-lawyer may ...

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Where appellant challenged the dismissal of an action that claimed the violations of her rights stemming from a divorce and from state criminal proceedings against her, the district court properly dismissed the action. Judgment is affirmed. Meyer v. Pfeifle (MLW ...

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Where appellant challenged the dismissal of her disability-discrimination action, the dismissal was proper for failure to exhaust the administrative remedies. Judgment is affirmed. Thomas v. Ameren U.E. (MLW No. 74427/Case No. 18-3506 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th ...

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Where plaintiffs, who were Arkansas residents, sued a California resident and his California-based business in Arkansas in a dispute involving an investment agreement, the dismissal of the case for lack of personal jurisdiction is reversed because the defendants had sufficient ...

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Where an appellant in a diversity action challenged the denial of her motions to recuse, the dismissal is affirmed because the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motions. Judgment is affirmed. Caranchini v. Peck (MLW No. ...

Tagged with: Failure To State Claim Motion to Recuse

Where appellant challenged a trial court order dismissing respondent as a party in a dispute involving corporate assets and liability, the Fair Labor Standards Act and the state’s minimum-wage law required the application of the economic realities test and the ...

Tagged with: Dismissal of Party Economic-Realities Test FLSA

Where appellant challenged the dismissal of his pro se action against several federal actors, the district court did not err in dismissing the case. Judgment is affirmed. Kumar v. Barr (MLW No. 74328/Case No. 19-2493 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court ...

Tagged with: Federal Defendants Pro Se Action

Where a parent sought attorneys’ fees in an action arising under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the district court properly found that the appellant was not a prevailing party entitled to fees. Judgment is affirmed. Wofford v. North Little ...

Tagged with: Attorney's fees Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Prevailing Party

Where a tenant in a commercial-lease agreement challenged an adverse judgment for the landlord on the landlord’s breach of lease and guaranty claims, under the lease provisions the parties clearly intended rents from reletting to offset any damages owed by ...

Tagged with: Alterations to Premises Commercial Lease Disgorgement of Attorneys’ Fees

Where appellant challenged the dismissal of her complaint, the judgment is affirmed because there was no basis for reversal. Judgment is affirmed. Richter v. Campbell (MLW No. 74300/Case No. 19-2814 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per ...

Tagged with: Civil Case Dismissal