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ORDER James G. Akers, a Kentucky resident proceeding pro se, appeals the district court order dismissing his action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951-68. This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 34(j)(l), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is n

MARY RHODES RUSSELL, Judge. Wife appeals from a judgment in a paternity action establishing a father-child relationship between her deceased husband and his alleged child. She also appeals the denial of her motion to intervene. We reverse the judgment of the trial court declaring decedent to be the child’s father as the court never attained personal jurisdiction over decedent in that the putative personal representative lack

PER CURIAM.1 Appellant Paul Vaughn Johnson appeals from an order in favor of Respondent Laura Akers’ petition to set aside letters of administration.2 He argues that the court erred in setting aside the letters appointing him personal representative of his deceased half brother, William Akers. The order is affirmed. William Akers (decedent) was an

RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 26a0129p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ┐ KIMBERLY VAUGHN, through the Administration of the │ Estate of Moha

BOGGS, C. J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which SUHRHEINRICH, J., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 1044-1056), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. OPINION BOGGS, Chief Judge. Plaintiffs, Dawn Akers and Kim Loran-ger, a current and a former employee of the Michigan Department of Corrections (“MDOC”), and their union, the United Automobile, Aerospa

352 F.3d 1030 Dawn AKERS; Kim Laranger, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 6000; Akua Mitchell-Davis, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.Kenneth McGINNIS; Robert Steinman; Marsha Foresman; Patricia Caruso; John Marshall; Edward Haggerty; George Marra; William Overton; Ruth Bare; Frank Eisenhauer; Joseph Jereckos; John Makowski; Terry Pitcher; Kirk McVittie; Gwen Rodgers, in their Personal and Official Ca

Affirmed.

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JERRY VAUGHN; THERESA TRAVERS,  Plaintiffs-Appellants, No. 05-17100 v. D.C. No. BAY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.; PINA J. BARBIERI; CAESAR  CV-03-05725-MJJ ORDER AND NUTI; DENNIS VARNI; FSC

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JERRY VAUGHN; THERESA TRAVERS,  Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. No. 05-17100 BAY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.; PINA J. BARBIERI; CAESAR  D.C. No. CV-03-05725-MJJ NUTI; DENNIS VARNI; FSC OPINION SECURITIES CORPORATION; JERROL

RADER, Circuit Judge. The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Veterans Court) denied the applications of John R. Briddell and Mabel A. Akers (collectively, appellants) for awards of attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (2000). Both applications were denied on the ground that applicants were not “prevailing pa

*1093 ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge. Montgomery C. Akers (“Akers”) appeals from the judgment of conviction of fourteen counts of bank fraud and one count of uttering and possessing a counterfeit security with intent to deceive. 1 Akers argues that he

544 F.3d 1008 (2008) Jerry VAUGHN; Theresa Travers, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BAY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.; Pina J. Barbieri; Caesar Nuti; Dennis Varni; FSC Securities Corporation; Jerrold N. Weinberg, Defendants-Appellees. No. 05-17100. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 12, 2008. Filed September 19, 2008.

567 F.3d 1021 (2008) Jerry VAUGHN; Theresa Travers, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BAY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.; Pina J. Barbieri; Caesar Nuti; Dennis Varni; FSC Securities Corporation; Jerrold N. Weinberg, Defendants-Appellees. No. 05-17100. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 12, 2008. Filed September 19, 2008.

HAGEL, Judge, concurring: I write separately to address Ms. Akers’ argument regarding 38 U.S.C. § 7104(a). In her motion for full-Court consideration, she argues, relying on Gordon v. Principi, 15 Vet.App. 124 (2001) [hereinafter Gordon I.], that a “Maggitt-type remand ... is tantamount to a finding that the remand was ‘predicated on administrative error.’ ” She reasons that “most Maggitt

MEMORANDUM OPINION WILSON, Chief Judge. Thomas W. Akers is scheduled to die tonight for murdering Wesley B. Smith. By all accounts, including his own, the murder was extraordinarily vile and cruel, and by all accounts Akers is poised to kill again if the opportunity arises.1 At every stage since his apprehension, Akers has plainly and clearly expressed his desire to

VAUGHN, Judge. All of appellants’ assignments of error are directed to the charge of the court. Plaintiffs assign as error the failure of the trial judge to instruct the jury with respect to a motorist’s right, in the absence of anything which should give him notice to the contrary, to assume and to act on the assumption that other drivers will observe the rules of the road and stop in obedience to a traffic

EASTERLY, Associate Judge: Carl Morton and Alonzo Vaughn appeal their convictions for aggravated assault (D.C.Code § 22-404.01 (2012 Repl.)) and assault on a law enforcement officer (D.C.Code § 22-405(e) (2012 Repl.)). Both were charged in connection with an incident at the D.C. Jail in which a group of men attacked a fellow inmate, Deon Spencer, and a corrections officer who c

927 S.W.2d 276 (1996) PHILLIPS & AKERS, P.C., Appellant, v. Gary CORNWELL, Appellee. No. 01-95-01224-CV. Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.). July 18, 1996. *277 Evelyn T. Ailts, Kurt Groten, Houston, for appellant. George M. Karam, Houston, for appellee. Before SCHNEIDER, C.J., and HEDGES and ANDELL,

394 P.2d 452 (1964) AKERS AUTO SALVAGE and the State Insurance Fund, Petitioners, v. Don WADDLE and the State Industrial Court of the State of Oklahoma, Respondents. No. 40549. Supreme Court of Oklahoma. July 21, 1964. Mont R. Powell, Fred Nicholas, Jr., Oklahoma City, for petitioners. Richard J. Spooner and Harley E. Venters, Oklahoma City, for respondents.<

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, his punishment being assessed at death. Appellant was convicted for the murder of his wife, cutting her throat with a knife, under circumstances the jury determined to be upon express malice. On the morning of and preceding the homicide, the mother of the deceased was permitted to testify, that she was at home by herself, and appellant came there. The witness went on to state some preliminary facts as to what she did herself in reg