Negrón-Almeda v. Santiago

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• stating “rule” that if party belatedly raises argument “in the district court but that court, without reservation, elects to decide it on the merits, the argument is deemed preserved for later appellate review”
• stating “rule” that if party belatedly raises argument “in the district court but that court, without reservation, elects to decide it on the merits, the argument is deemed preserved for later appellate review”
• noting the settled law in federal courts that backpay cannot be awarded against a defendant in his individual capacity, but a plaintiff’s compensatory damages award against an individual capacity defendant may include plaintiff’s net lost wages and benefits
• “’Where evidence is susceptible to more than one rational 21 interpretation,’ the ALJ’s decision should be upheld.”
• \[A] court's material error of law is invariably an abuse of its discretion.\

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