JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge. Defendant-Appellant Paul Curry appeals his convictions and sentence arising out of his arrest on April 2, 2023. He argues that his convictions were not supported by sufficient evidence and that the prejudicial admission of jail calls he made before trial tainted his proceedings. He also challenges the reasonableness of his sentence. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm Curry’s convictions and sentence.

LARSEN, Circuit Judge. A jury found Michael Bailey guilty of two counts of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute illegal narcotics. He was sentenced to 300 months’ imprisonment. He appealed, challenging the jury instructions, the admission of certain evidence, and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conspiracy charges. We AFFIRM.

The petitioner was employed at the Light, Gas, and Water Division of the City of Memphis (“MLGW”). During his employment, the employee participated in a pension plan. The employee was terminated in July 2016 but did not apply for his pension benefits. In 2022, the employee filed two retirement applications that were rejected. Both applications sought the payment of pension benefits retroactive to the 2016 termination date. The employee appealed to MLGW’s pension board. The pension board accepted the second application and instituted the payment of benefits as of its filing date. However, the board declined to award benefits retroactive to 2016. The employee sought judicial review in the Shelby County Chancery Court. The court held that the decision to deny the first application was arbitrary and capricious and ordered the payment of benefits to be deemed effective as of the date it was filed. However, it found that the decision to deny the claim for retroactive benefits stemming from the date of termination was not arbitrary and capricious as it was in accordance with the pension system’s plan. The employee appeals. We affirm.

On March 23, the Tennessee Supreme Court temporarily suspended Carter County lawyer Jason Lee Holly from the practice of law after finding that he failed to respond to the Board of Professional Responsibility on two misconduct complaints. Holly is precluded immediately from accepting any new cases and must cease representing existing clients by April 22. The suspension remains in effect until dissolution or modification by the court.

Appellant brought this action after his car was painted the wrong color. During the course of the proceedings, the trial court ordered the parties to submit to mediation subject to certain guidelines requiring good faith participation, denied Appellant’s motion to recuse, granted Appellees’ motion for partial summary judgment as to Appellant’s claim for punitive damages, and ultimately granted Appellees’ motion to confess judgment as to Appellant’s claims for breach of contract and negligence. Appellant appeals each of these rulings. We reverse the trial court’s ruling as to Appellees’ motion to confess judgment, but affirm in all other respects.

Because the order from which the appellant has filed an appeal does not constitute a final appealable judgment, this Court lacks jurisdiction to consider this appeal.

In this appeal, an employee of the Madison County Sheriff’s Department challenges the termination of her employment on the ground that she lacked a required certification to serve as a police officer after a psychological examiner deemed her not qualified to hold her position. The local civil service board initially upheld the termination, but that decision was vacated by the trial court, and the matter remanded. On remand, the local civil service board disapproved of the termination and reinstated the officer. The matter was appealed once again to the trial court, where a different judge held that the board’s decision was based on improper procedure, unsupported by substantial and material evidence, and arbitrary and capricious. We reverse the decision of the trial court and reinstate the decision of the local civil service board.

March 16, 2026 - March 20, 2026.

Nashville attorney Lawrence Richard "Larry" Ahern III died March 18 at age 79. He received his law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1972. He went on to practice at several firms, including Miller & Martin, Bass, Berry & Sims, and Burr & Forman. Later in his career, he served as a consultant and expert witness on bankruptcy, commercial and real estate matters before taking retired partner status in 2023 at Brown & Ahern, the firm he cofounded. Ahern was a longtime member of the TBA’s Bankruptcy Section Executive Council and served as an adjunct professor at multiple law schools. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date with arrangements by Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home.

Each year, the Chattanooga Bar Association (CBA) honors an outstanding citizen in the Chattanooga area with the Liberty Bell Award for public service. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2026 award, which will be presented at the group's annual Law Day Luncheon on May 6 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT at St. John's Restaurant. Nominations must be received by April 3 and may be sent to CBA Executive Director Lynda Minks Hood by mail at The Pioneer Building, Suite 420, 801 Broad St., Chattanooga, TN 37402, by fax at 423-265-6602 or online using this form. More information on the nomination process is available at Chattanoogan.com. Learn more about the Law Day event on the CBA's website.