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REZVAN GHOLAMHOSSEIN KARIMIJANAKI and HESAMEDDIN NOSSONI,
Petitioners,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., United States Attorney General,
Respondent.


No. 08-4622

On Petition for Review of an Order
of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Nos. A45 832 080; A45 832 083.
Argued: August 5, 2009
Decided and Filed: August 28, 2009
Before: SILER, MOORE, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

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OPINION
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GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge. Rezvan Gholamhossein Karimijanaki and her son, Hesameddin Nossoni, seek review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA” or “Board”) affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order that they be removed to their native country of Iran. Because sufficient evidence supports the Board’s and IJ’s rulings that Karimijanaki abandoned her lawful permanent resident status, her seven-year absence from the United States was not a temporary visit abroad, her conduct was imputable to Nossoni (an unemancipated minor during the relevant period), and Nossoni did not automatically acquire citizenship based upon his father’s naturalization prior to the removal proceedings, we deny the petition for review.


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ANGELA MONTGOMERY,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
WYETH, fka American Home Products Corporation, AHP SUBSIDIARY HOLDING CORPORATION, fka Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Company; WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., fka Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Defendants-Appellees.


No. 08-5701

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Tennessee of Chattanooga.
No. 05-00323—Curtis L. Collier, District Judge.
Argued: January 14, 2009
Decided and Filed: August 28, 2009
Before: SUHRHEINRICH, GILMAN, and WHITE, Circuit Judges.

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OPINION
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SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Angela Montgomery sued Defendants Wyeth, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Wyeth, and AHP Subsidiary Holding Corporation, also a subsidiary of Wyeth, after she developed primary pulmonary hypertension (“PPH”), a serious, debilitating, and usually fatal disease, from ingesting “Fenphen,”a combination diet drug therapy that included Defendant Wyeth’s diet drug, Pondimin. The district court held that Montgomery’s claim was barred by Tennessee’s statute of repose, which requires that an action “be brought within one (1) year after the expiration of the anticipated life of the product.” Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-28-103(a) (“TSOR”). Montgomery appeals.

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For the foregoing reasons, as well as those in the district court’s thorough and thoughtful opinion, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.


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CHERYL BEAUDRY, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
TELECHECK SERVICES, INC., TELECHECK INTERNATIONAL, INC. and FIRST DATA CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellees.


No. 08-6428

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Tennessee at Nashville.
No. 07-00842—Aleta Arthur Trauger, District Judge.
Argued: August 6, 2009
Decided and Filed: August 28, 2009
Before: KEITH, SUTTON and WHITE, Circuit Judges.

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OPINION
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SUTTON, Circuit Judge. Cheryl Beaudry appeals the district court’s dismissal of her lawsuit under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA or the Act). Because FCRA’s private right of action does not require proof of actual damages as a prerequisite to the recovery of statutory damages for a willful violation of the Act, we reverse.