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TENNESSEE STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP; DEMOCRACY NASHVILLE-DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITIES; EQUITY ALLIANCE; ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION; LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF TENNESSEE; LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF TENNESSEE EDUCATION FUND; AMERICAN MUSLIM ADVISORY COUNCIL; MID-SOUTH PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER; MEMPHIS Central Labor COUNCIL; ROCK THE VOTE; HEADCOUNT,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
TRE HARGETT, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of Tennessee; MARK GOINS; in his official capacity as Coordinator of Elections for the State of Tennessee; TENNESSEE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION; DONNA BARRETT, JUDY BLACKBURN, MIKE MCDONALD, GREGORY DUCKETT, JIMMY WALLACE, TOM WHEELER, and KENT YOUNCE, in their official capacities as members of the State Election Commission,
Defendants-Appellants.
   No. 21-6024
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee at Nashville.
No. 3:19-cv-00365—Aleta Arthur Trauger, District Judge.
Argued: July 20, 2022
Decided and Filed: November 16, 2022
Before: KETHLEDGE, BUSH, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.


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KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge. In this case the district court issued a preliminary injunction that, for purposes of litigation in the district court, was final in all but name. Seven months later, the Tennessee legislature repealed the statutory provisions that the district court had enjoined, thereby rendering the case moot. We hold that the plaintiffs were prevailing parties under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 and affirm the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees.



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EDWARD RENDER,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
FCA US, LLC,
Defendant-Appellee.
   No. 21-2851
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Port Huron.
No. 3:19-cv-12984—Robert H. Cleland, District Judge.
Argued: June 1, 2022
Decided and Filed: November 16, 2022
Before: SUHRHEINRICH, MOORE, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.


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CLAY, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Edward Render (“Render”) sued his former employer, FCA US, LLC (“FCA”), under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601, et seq., alleging that FCA wrongfully denied him FMLA medical leave in violation of 29 U.S.C. § 2615(a)(1), and that FCA retaliated against him for requesting FMLA leave in violation of 29 U.S.C. § 2615(a)(2). FCA moved for summary judgment on both claims, which the district court granted. Render v. FCA US LLC, No. 19-12984, 2021 WL 3085401, at *9 (E.D. Mich. July 20, 2021). For the reasons set forth below, we REVERSE the district court’s order and REMAND for further proceedings.



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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
LEE JONES,
Defendant-Appellant.
   No. 21-3636
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Youngstown.
No. 4:20-cr-00750-1—Dan A. Polster, District Judge.
Argued: November 1, 2022
Decided and Filed: November 16, 2022
Before: McKEAGUE, THAPAR, and READLER, Circuit Judges.


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THAPAR, Circuit Judge. Lee Jones pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, but the district court did not ensure that his plea was knowing and voluntary. Thus, we vacate Jones’s sentence.



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BASSIL MATI YOUSIF,
Petitioner,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
   No. 22-3178
On Petition for Review from the Board of Immigration Appeals;
No. A 078 570 659.
Decided and Filed: November 16, 2022
Before: SILER, NALBANDIAN, and READLER, Circuit Judges.


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NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judge. Bassil Mati Yousif challenges a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision denying his application for deferral of removal and his motion to remand to consider new evidence. Because substantial evidence supports the BIA’s denial of his application, and because the BIA acted within its discretion in denying Yousif’s motion to remand, we deny Yousif’s petition for review.