LARSEN, Circuit Judge. Watchdog organization Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) sought documents concerning industry groups and an insurance policy from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). TVA released some documents, partially redacted some, and withheld others. EPI sued. In the course of litigation, TVA released more documents. The district court granted summary judgment to TVA on the remaining documents. EPI sought fees for its role in securing the mid-litigation release of documents, which the district court denied. EPI appeals both the grant of summary judgment and the denial of fees. We AFFIRM in part, REVERSE in part, and REMAND for further proceedings.

The Defendant, Joseph Trent McGregor, was convicted by a Carroll County Circuit Court jury of evading arrest, a Class E felony; and resisting arrest, a Class B misdemeanor; and was sentenced by the trial court as a Range II offender to an effective term of four years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. The Defendant raises a single issue in this appeal: whether the trial court erred in refusing the Defendant’s request for special jury instructions on pretextual stops, unlawful detentions, and attempted unlawful arrests. We conclude that the Defendant has waived our consideration of the issue based on the inadequacy of his brief, which fails to provide any meaningful argument or appropriate references to the record. Accordingly, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

The Defendants, Evelyn D. Kennedy1 and Christoper L. Kennedy, bring this consolidated appeal from their convictions for first degree felony murder and aggravated neglect of an elderly or vulnerable adult resulting in serious bodily injury, a Class B felony. See T.C.A. §§ 39-13-202(a)(2) (2018) (subsequently amended) (felony murder), 39-15-508 (2025) (aggravated neglect of an elderly or vulnerable adult resulting in serious bodily injury). The trial court sentenced both Defendants to concurrent terms of life for their felony murder convictions and twelve years for their aggravated neglect convictions. On appeal, the Defendants contend that: (1) their convictions violate the ex post facto protections of the State and federal constitutions and (2) the trial court abused its discretion in admitting graphic autopsy photographs. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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MATHIS, Circuit Judge. The COVID-19 pandemic transformed nearly every aspect of daily life. State and local governments issued stay-at-home orders. Businesses closed their doors. Social distancing became the norm. And the medical system was pushed to its limits. The executive and legislative branches reacted swiftly to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on the American people. Some of these actions impacted the federal student-loan system. From 2020 to 2023, the U.S. Department of Education repeatedly suspended student-loan payments and froze interest for all borrowers. For those enrolled in student-loan-forgiveness programs, the Department of Education counted nonpayments during the suspensions toward the monthly payments required for total loan forgiveness. And in June 2023, the Department of Education instituted a twelve-month on-ramp to repayment running from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024. During this period, borrowers needed to make their loan payments and interest accrued on their loans, but the interest did not capitalize at the end of the twelve-month period. Mackinac Center for Public Policy believes that the Department of Education acted beyond its authority in taking such actions. So it sued to have these administrative actions set aside, seeking to prevent the Department of Education from counting nonpayments during the repayment-and-interest pause toward student-loan forgiveness. Because Mackinac failed to establish Article III standing, the district court dismissed its complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

LARSEN, Circuit Judge. Watchdog organization Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) sought documents concerning industry groups and an insurance policy from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). TVA released some documents, partially redacted some, and withheld others. EPI sued. In the course of litigation, TVA released more documents. The district court granted summary judgment to TVA on the remaining documents. EPI sought fees for its role in securing the mid-litigation release of documents, which the district court denied. EPI appeals both the grant of summary judgment and the denial of fees. We AFFIRM in part, REVERSE in part, and REMAND for further proceedings.

The Defendant, Joseph Trent McGregor, was convicted by a Carroll County Circuit Court jury of evading arrest, a Class E felony; and resisting arrest, a Class B misdemeanor; and was sentenced by the trial court as a Range II offender to an effective term of four years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. The Defendant raises a single issue in this appeal: whether the trial court erred in refusing the Defendant’s request for special jury instructions on pretextual stops, unlawful detentions, and attempted unlawful arrests. We conclude that the Defendant has waived our consideration of the issue based on the inadequacy of his brief, which fails to provide any meaningful argument or appropriate references to the record. Accordingly, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

The Defendants, Evelyn D. Kennedy1 and Christoper L. Kennedy, bring this consolidated appeal from their convictions for first degree felony murder and aggravated neglect of an elderly or vulnerable adult resulting in serious bodily injury, a Class B felony. See T.C.A. §§ 39-13-202(a)(2) (2018) (subsequently amended) (felony murder), 39-15-508 (2025) (aggravated neglect of an elderly or vulnerable adult resulting in serious bodily injury). The trial court sentenced both Defendants to concurrent terms of life for their felony murder convictions and twelve years for their aggravated neglect convictions. On appeal, the Defendants contend that: (1) their convictions violate the ex post facto protections of the State and federal constitutions and (2) the trial court abused its discretion in admitting graphic autopsy photographs. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.

The Defendants, Tony Banks and Tyrone Banks, were both convicted of misdemeanor assault following a bench trial, and they each received sentences of ten months. On appeal, the Defendants argue that the evidence was insufficient to support their convictions and that the trial court erred by allowing a State’s witness to testify remotely through the use of a videoconferencing platform. After our review of the record and the applicable case law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.