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  • Johnson v. City of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Matey
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    Case Number: 20-1074

    City not liable for fire department's negligence to advise responding firefighters of the presence of 911 callers who had been instructed by operators to remain inside their burning apartment building, as such negligence constituted an omission rather than affirmative act and could not rise to the level of deliberate indifference. Order of the district court affirmed.

  • United States v. Jabateh

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Matey
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    Case Number: 20-1039

    Appellant challenged his conviction for fraud in his immigration documents in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1546(a) and perjury in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1621 based on his 2011 interview and court found the best reading of §1546(a) showed it applied to material false statements made in a document under oath and not to oral statements but under the plain error standard, reversal was not warranted. Affirmed.

  • United States v. Johnman

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Matey
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    Case Number: 20-0142

    District court correctly imposed a $15,000 special assessment on appellant under the justice for victims of trafficking act, 18 U.S.C. §3014, because the text and its context meant a separate assessment applied to every qualifying count of conviction. Affirmed.