Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of an innocent Atlanta family whose home was mistakenly raided by an FBI SWAT team.

In other news, the First Circuit grants a new trial to a Puerto Rican man convicted of possessing a machine gun.

In the latest as-applied attempt by a nonviolent convicted felon to get back his right to keep and bear arms, we have a New York man who defrauded a bank of tens of millions of dollars .

Sixth Circuit : Bummer if true, but because inmates don't have a protected liberty interest in parole, it doesn't really matter.

California businessman is convicted and sentenced to 17 years for hiding assets during his divorce.

Ninth Circuit : The district court erred when it failed to transfer garnishment proceedings to the District of Oregon , where he purportedly resided.

Ignoring evidence they had the wrong person and leaving her house unsecured, the marshals sent Penny to a detention center nearly two hours away where she spent the night in a cold cell. She was strip searched three times along the way. Which is unconstitutional and tortious, and IJ is suing the marshals and the federal gov't. Click here to learn more..