Defendants contended that Schaefer was frequently absent and that she was fired because her work performance was unsatisfactory (JA 786-792). Id., at 531. 2. Of particular significance here, "the torture must be `inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official acting in an official capacity or other person acting in an official capacity.'" If an appeal is taken to the US Supreme Court, if there is a remand, it is usually back down to the Circuit Court of Appeal (but there are occasional cases where the remand is back down to the District Court). Id. (Emphasis added). HlN wFw 21kLy EG0Y2_F8lu;0VVT`K. WebOPINION filed : REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion, decision not for publication pursuant to local rule 206. We retain jurisdiction. The Court vacates the judgment below so that the Seventh Circuit may reevaluate the allegations as a whole, considering whether petitioners have plausibly alleged a violation of the duty of prudence as articulated in Tibble under applicable pleading standards. Further, will a failure to sufficiently discuss the particulars of the cumulative-effect review automatically mean that the matter must be remanded to the agency for further proceedings? Disclaimer | En Espaol. endstream endobj 90 0 obj<> endobj 91 0 obj[1/hyphen 2/space 3/space] endobj 92 0 obj<> endobj 93 0 obj<>stream 1101(a)(42)(A)). To reach its verdict for Schaefer, the jury had to find either that (1) defendants fired Schaefer because she had diabetes or (2) Schaefer, because of her diabetes, was entitled to a reasonable accommodation to use her sick leave as it accrued for her appointments to see her doctor, and defendants refused to modify their sick leave accrual policy as it applied to Schaefer to accommodate that request (JA 759-760). Even if the employer's perception is erroneous, it could constitute a "negative reaction[] * * * to the impairment" which could be "as handicapping as * * * the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment." Diabetes Mellitus is an incurable medical disorder that impedes the body's ability to move glucose from the bloodstream into the cells, thus affecting the body's metabolism of carbohydrate, protein, and fat. As it turned out, the prosecutors DID decline to retry Marcus on the sex trafficking charge. users found this answer helpful, A: Rep. No. Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742, 765-766 (1998). In brief, the Supreme Court held that the Second Circuit had used the wrong legal standard with respect to Marcus Ex Post Facto Clause challenge. The court's instruction to the jury that, as a matter of law, plaintiff was a person with a disability, was premised on the now erroneous view that mitigating measures should not be considered in determining whether Schaefer's diabetes substantially limited a major life activity. PAIGE R., Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant. Remand was not necessary because there was nothing that the District Court was required to do. Basically, it's a semantic nod to federalism. Given the clear congressional purpose to protect persons with diabetes, the Court's decision in Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc., 119 S. Ct. 2139 (1999), cannot be read to hold that diabetes can never be a disability. of Nassau County v. Arline, 480 U.S. 273, 284 (1987). The plans are defined-contribution plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), under which each participant chooses an individual investment mix from a menu of options selected by the plan administrators. Indeed, when summarizing his findings, the IJ expressly stated that he "evaluate[d] the nature of each claim the respondent presents in support" of past persecution and concluded that "in every instance what the respondent may have experienced was nothing greater than discrimination focused on him.". n. ebRaska, appellee, v. s. had. at 1213. Contact the Webmaster to submit comments. Although the adverse effects of diabetes can often be mitigated through the measures discussed above, the disease is never cured. 1683, 1692 (2020). (Web site) Remands Therefore, a remand is appropriate to enable the Arbitrator to clarify the basis of his award. Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. 82 0 obj<>stream I. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary print goes to press. 829, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 1001 etseq., ERISA plan fiduciaries must discharge their duties with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims. 1104(a)(1)(B). Rep. No. When charged as removable pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Her condition was sufficiently severe that she was hospitalized twice. Hosp., 57 F.3d 1446, 1454 (7th Cir. >*H In such cases, unless remand would be an "idle and useless formality," we remand if the petitioner shows the existence of a legal error. 0000001296 00000 n See Diabetes Mellitus: A Fundamental and Clinical Text 251 (Derek LeRoith et al. Accordingly, we hold that the BIA must conduct a cumulative-effect review when assessing a petitioner's claim of past persecution and that the agency's purported failure to do so is a legal issue we decide de novo.1, Turning to the case before us, it is evident from the record that the BIA failed to conduct a cumulative-effect review. 0000001997 00000 n 2021) (quoting 8 U.S.C. See Diabetes Mellitus, supra, at 253; Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus, supra, at 195. Even in a defined-contribution plan where participants choose their investments, Tibble instructs that plan fiduciaries must conduct their own independent evaluation to determine which investments may be prudently included in the plans menu of options. Persons with diabetes have trouble secreting or using insulin, a crucial hormone that "drives" glucose from the bloodstream into the cells where it is metabolized. This Court addressed whether the plaintiffs nevertheless had identified a potential violation with respect to these funds. See Bragdon v. Abbott, 118 S. Ct. 2196, 2202 (1998). 0000002581 00000 n ATTENTION: COVID-19 Update: We are still taking cases please call for a phone consultation! The BIA, therefore, erred and we remand for it to apply the correct legal framework for evaluating withholding of removal's nexus requirement. 6. Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr., Partial Concurrence by Judge Wu. Ven host, vtme Vs na strnkch naeho rodinnho penzionu a restaurace Star mln v Roanech u luknova, kter se nachz v nejsevernj oblasti esk republiky na hranicch s Nmeckem. v. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY et al. See Physicians' Desk Reference 2496-2497 (53d ed. 358006 On August 10, 1979, Malloy suffered serious injuries including a traumatic brain injury from a motor vehicle accident. Divane v. Northwestern Univ., 953 F.3d 980, 983 (2020). Under that "highly deferential" standard, we must accept the BIA's factual findings as "conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary." at 156, 323. 2022). Here, the BIA applied the heightened "at least one central reason" nexus requirement to Salguero Sosa's withholding of removal claim. BILL LANN LEE Acting Assistant Attorney General, JESSICA DUNSAY SILVER TIMOTHY J. MORAN Attorneys Department of Justice P.O. at 293-294. 1999); Coates v. Sundor Brands, Inc., 160 F.3d 688, 692 (11th Cir. The BIA rejected Petitioner's withholding of removal claim on the view that since his asylum claim was denied, his withholding of removal claim necessarily failed. And by the time of trial, the Second Circuit had also held that whether a person is disabled should be assessed without regard to the availability of mitigating measures or self-accommodations. . prevailing at the time the fiduciary acts, 29 U.S.C. 1104(a)(1)(B), so the appropriate inquiry will be context specific. Though Salguero Sosa primarily relied on showing past persecution (and the rebuttable presumption it triggers), he alternatively argued that he could show future persecution because his two alleged PSGs are also disfavored groupsa related but separate showing. Rumburk s klterem a Loretnskou kapl. Secondly, if we accepted the government's argument, our treatment of cumulative-effect error would be an outlier in immigration and administrative law. 0000004120 00000 n ATTENTION: COVID-19 Update: We are still taking cases please call for a phone consultation! Sharma v. Garland,9 F.4th 1052, 1059 (9th Cir. Tibbles discussion of the duty to monitor plan investments applies here. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. %PDF-1.5 % It also held that Salguero Sosa did not have a well-founded fear of future persecution because he was not a member of a disfavored group. 1999). on Educ. Tibbles discussion of the duty to monitor startxref 3, supra, at 42. See id., at 529530. The court reversed the district court and remanded for further proceedings. 1998) (mitigating measures should not be considered); Matczak v. Frankford Candy & Chocolate Co., 136 F.3d 933, 937-938 (3d Cir. When it remands a case that came from a federal court of appeals, it does say See, e.g., Nasrallah v. Barr,140 S.Ct. Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court. Na sttn hranici je to od ns asi jen pl kilometru, a proto jsme tak nejsevernj certifikovan zazen pro cyklisty na zem cel esk republiky. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals and remand the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. Because some of the alleged criminal behavior took place prior to late 2000, Marcus argued that the jury may have unlawfully convicted him of non-criminal behavior. The judgment in 73 695 is reversed and the case remanded to the court of Appeals for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. Ibid. A remand goes only from a higher court to a lower court. __" refers to the page number of the Brief filed by the Appellants. Diabetes also sometimes adversely affects reproduction and sexual function. Substantial evidence supports the BIA's conclusion that the Guatemalan government would not acquiesce in any torture Salguero Sosa might suffer. Noting that plaintiff had suffered serious complications when she had not taken medication, the court concluded that there was "no question that plaintiff's condition when uncontrolled by medication does limit major life activities, but when controlled it does not" (JA 500). MORRIS, C.J., and VILLANTI, J., Concur. Thus, [t]he amount of fees paid were within the participants control. Ibid. As a result, Schaefer contended, she was forced to use her sick leave as it accrued (JA 553). Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The Opinion does not indicate that the IJ or BIA failed to consider all of the relevant evidence proffered by Sosa; nor does it conclude that the IJ or BIA was incorrect in deciding that Sosa's individual incidents of mistreatment were only acts of discrimination and/or harassment, which did not rise to the level of persecution.8 While the majority remands the matter to the BIA for a "cumulative-effect review," it is not exactly clear what such a review would entail, and the Opinion does not offer any hints. 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