2011 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 501 - 1000 of 2237

Jeff Gray v. Secretary for the Department o, et al
Date: October 4, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10919
Margaret Jackson, et al v. Sheri Blevins, et al
Date: October 4, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11001
Martricia Chapman v. U.S. Postal Service, et al
Date: October 4, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11028
USA v. David Norman, Jr.
Date: October 4, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11046
USA v. Celerino Palma
Date: October 4, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11136
USA v. John Lezdey, et al
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13521
USA v. Raul Gillette
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14215
USA v. Teodoro Gonzalez
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14724
Walton Jordan v. Gwinnett County, et al
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15967
USA v. Jose Garcia-Hernandez
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10060
USA v. James Skuthan
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10061
Chang Li v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10146
USA v. Avochon Postell
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10646
John M. Floyd & Associates, In v. First Florida Credit Union
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11662
USA v. Michael Colston
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11921
Mattie Lomax v. Officer Nunez, et al
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 11-12280
Findwhat Investor Group, et al. v. Findwhat.com, et al.  
Date: September 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10107

Justia Opinion Summary: In this securities fraud class action, the investor plaintiffs sued the defendant company and three of its principal officers, alleging that they had made a series of eleven false or misleading statements to the public,…

Thomas Edison v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11972
Wen Gao v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13977
Frankie Miller v. Warden, FCC Coleman - Low
Date: September 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14175
USA v. Caleb Glover
Date: September 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10095
USA v. Michael Taylor
Date: September 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10492
USA v. Joshua Bryant
Date: September 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10689
State Bank Of Texas v. Mukesh Patel, et al
Date: September 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11268
Mario Bachiller v. USA
Date: September 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11310
Perry Flowers v. Comm. Social Security
Date: September 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11321
USA v. Marlon Simmon
Date: September 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11457
Creative Hospitality Ventures, v. Essex Insurance Company
Date: September 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11781
USA v. Jerome Week
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11087
USA v. Custodio Guerra
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12196
Lee Robinson v. USA
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12289
Krista Lewellyn, et al v. Sarasota County School Board
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12428
USA v. Dawis Gonzalez
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12956
Roger Shuler, et al v. Ingram & Associates, et al
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14509
USA v. Jeffrey Bryant
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14768
Jean-Baptiste Edmond v. University of Miami
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15742
Valbona Agalliu, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15919
USA v. Alexis Fuente
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10911
K D B v. Social Security Administration
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10981
USA v. Carlos Hernandez-Esteban
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11045
USA v. Antonio Sebastian-Antonio
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11543
USA v. Antonio Johnson
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 11-12163
Walls v. Buss  
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15706

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1987, petitioner burglarized a home and murdered the two people inside. Petitioner, now a death-row inmate, appealed the district court's denial of his section 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court held…

USA v. Garry S. Martin
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10524
USA v. Garry Martin
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10822
USA v. Gary Martin
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10624
Gary Martin v. USA
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10889
Javier Ramos v. Walter McNeil
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10641
Catron, et al. v. City of St. Petersburg, FL  
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12032

Justia Opinion Summary: In this Section 1983 case, four homeless plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of two ordinances in the City Code of St. Petersburg, Florida and of the city's enforcement of the ordinances. The trespass ordinance…

Campbell v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue  
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13677

Justia Opinion Summary: Taxpayer was awarded and received a net $5.25 million qui tam payment from the government as a "relator" in two lawsuits settled against a government contractor under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729-3733.…

USA v. Darryl Gardner, Jr.
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14098
Sasa Padurjan v. Aventura Limousine
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15342
USA v. Harry Pinckney
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10147
Wanda Dockens v. DeKalb County School System
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10234
Case Under Seal
Date: September 28, 2011
Docket Number: 11-14447
Charlotte Taylor v. Michael Phillips, et al
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10485
Robert Clark v. Warden Hart
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12774
USA v. Alonzo Burrell
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13017
USA v. David Ramsey
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13800
Bin Bin Lin v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14216
Bin Bin Lin v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10572
Patricia Meeks v. Murphy Auto Group, Inc.
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10149
Helen Swindell v. Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., et al
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10227
Arthur Brims v. N. Barlow
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10798
Alexia Fodere v. Pablo Lorenzo, et al
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10991
USA v. Mackenzie Sherman
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11058
USA v. Juan Mendez-Toma
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11477
James Paulk, et al v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
Date: September 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13561
Sirica Bumpus v. Harrell Watts, et al
Date: September 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14196
Ronald Taylor v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al
Date: September 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14932
Geralyn Anderson v. Commr. Social Security
Date: September 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15435
Ronni Viola v. Comprehensive Health Managemen
Date: September 26, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10349
USA v. Daniel Prewett
Date: September 26, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11156
USA v. Antwon Wesley
Date: September 26, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11171
Todd Benson v. Sally Benson
Date: September 26, 2011
Docket Number: 11-12284
Jimmy Ledford v. Shelby Peeples, Jr.
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 06-10715
Ledford, et al. v. Peeples, Jr.  
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 06-10715

Justia Opinion Summary: DynaVision (X) sued Brenda Smith, Robert Thomas, and Bryan Ownbey, (Y) alleging that they breached a fiduciary duty to tell X that Shelby Peeples (Z) had financed the purchase of its interest and moreover, that Y's…

James Caswell Jones v. USA
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-13013
Doe v. Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd.  
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10809

Justia Opinion Summary: This case stemmed from plaintiff's allegations that, while she was employed with defendant on one of its cruise ships, she was drugged by other employees, raped, and physically injured while she was unconscious, and when…

USA v. Jevon Scott
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13152
USA v. Daniel Hatcher
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13544
USA v. Ariel Pelier
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13629
Bender v. Mazda Motor Corp., et al.  
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14699

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants appealed the district court's order denying their Rule 60(b) motion for the district court to reconsider its previous order remanding the case to state court. In support of their motion, appellants claimed…

Mindy Slater v. Progress Energy Service Co., et al
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14939
USA v. Michael Kennedy
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15891
USA v. Karl Frison
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10374
USA v. Pablo Baltazar-Morale
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10438
American University of the Car v. CARITAS HEALTHCARE, INC., et al
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11406
Hofmann v. EMI Resorts, Inc.  
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 09-14183

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff joined a suit alleging violations of state and federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. 1961-68, laws against defendants. EMI Resorts and DMK appealed the district court's…

McKay v. United States  
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15099

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court's denial of his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255. On appeal, defendant argued that the district court erred in ruling that his…

USA v. David Allen Girard
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15311
USA v. Yudeisy Lopez
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13532
USA v. Alexander Menendez
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14936
USA v. Frederick Clay
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15626
USA v. Albert Dunn
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15634
Samuel Gardner v. G Riska, et al
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10272
Leonard Taylor v. Florida Department of Correcti, et al
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10714
USA v. Gregory Kelton
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10749
Khalid Syed v. Commissioner of Social Securit
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10779
USA v. Fidel Santacruz-De La O
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10786
USA v. Robis Solis-Cacere
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11931
Odyssey Marine Exploration v. Kingdom of Spain
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10269
Gonzalo De Aliaga, et al v. Kingdom of Spain
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10317
Elsa Dorca Whitlock v. Kingdom of Spain
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10318
Republic Of Peru v. Kingdom of Spain
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10319
Santiago De Alvear, et al v. Kingdom of Spain
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10320
Odyssey Marine Exploration v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, et al.  
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Numbers: 1-10269, 1-10317, 10-10318, 10-10319, 10-10320, 10-10374, 10-10375

Justia Opinion Summary: This case stemmed from Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc.'s (Odyssey) discovery of a 19th Century Spanish vessel in international waters where Odyssey filed a verified admiralty complaint in rem against the shipwrecked…

Jose A. Rodriguez-Mendez v. Kingdom of Spain
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10375
Timothy Henderson v. Secretary, DOC
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14453
USA v. Philip Emanuel
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14764
USA v. Peter Porcelli, II
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14777
Sylvia Summers v. City of Dothan, AL
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15361
Lesia Wilcox v. Commissioner, SSA
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15521
USA v. Alfredo Rodriguez
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15735
Charles Ausar-El v. BAC Home Loans Servicing LP
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10453
USA v. Vernon Coleman
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10620
Julio Lubian, et al v. Republic of Cuba, et al
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10662
Stephen Alexander v. City of Muscle Shoals, AL, et al
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10926
Franklin Carson v. Commissioner of Social Securit
Date: September 21, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11394
USA v. Anthony Grant Jackson
Date: September 20, 2011
Docket Number: 09-11602
Douglas Asphalt Co., et al. v. QORE, Inc., et al.  
Date: September 20, 2011
Docket Numbers: 10-12695, 10-12827

Justia Opinion Summary: This consolidated appeal arose from a contract dispute between Douglas Asphalt Company (Douglas) and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) where GDOT had awarded Douglas two paving contracts to mill and…

Douglas Asphalt Co., et al v. Qore, Inc., et al
Date: September 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12827
USA v. Juan Delvalle
Date: September 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13841
USA v. James Robert
Date: September 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13881
David Wheeler v. Kellogg, Brown & Root, et al
Date: September 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14413
State of Florida, et al v. U.S. Department of Justice, et al
Date: September 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14460
Amparo Abreu De Gerodetti, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15278
Marc Pizarro v. Vida Cafe, LLC, et al
Date: September 20, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10519
United States v. Jayyousi, et al.  
Date: September 19, 2011
Docket Number: 08-10494

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants were convicted of offenses relating to their support for Islamist violence overseas. The issues raised on appeal related to the admission of testimony from an FBI agent; sufficiency of the evidence; admission…

Adolfo Fernandez Gutierrez, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13362
Adolfo Fernandez Gutierrez v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 19, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11248
Trailer Bridge, Inc. v. Illinois Nat'l Ins. Co.  
Date: September 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13913

Justia Opinion Summary: Trailer Bridge appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Illinois National on Trailer Bridge's complaint, alleging that Illinois National failed to defend Trailer Bridge in an underlying…

Efrain Galvez, et al v. Internal Revenue Service
Date: September 19, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10659
Eldrick Brown v. Roderick Passmore, et al
Date: September 19, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11242
Serrano v. U.S. Attorney General, et al.  
Date: September 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12990

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of mandamus and his complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 551 et…

USA v. Domingo Cedano
Date: September 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13557
USA v. Keith Jone
Date: September 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15108
Dioscar Delgado Nieves v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 16, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10788
Quanren Lin v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15249
Alfred Davis, et al v. Administrator of the U.S. EPA, et al
Date: September 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15513
Alfred Davis, et al v. City of St. Petersburg, FL, et al
Date: September 15, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11137
USA v. Rodolfo Landire
Date: September 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15776
Ying Jiang, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 15, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10197
Certain Interested Underwriter v. Michael Halikoytakis, et al
Date: September 15, 2011
Docket Number: 11-12068
USA v. Ramon Montero
Date: September 14, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13660
Jose Chevez v. Florida Department of Correcti
Date: September 14, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10012
Federal Trade Commission v. Rick Crosby, Jr.
Date: September 14, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10044
Nancy Gossage v. Commissioner of IRS
Date: September 14, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10176
Kenneth Arugu v. City of Plantation, et al
Date: September 14, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10843
United States v. Webb  
Date: September 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10574

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of 130 counts arising, inter alia, from his wire fraud, health care fraud, and unlawful dispensing of controlled substances. Defendant was also convicted of three counts charging a patient's death…

USA v. Donald Platten
Date: September 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10782
USA v. Daniel Stephen
Date: September 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12493
Roel Vaughn, et al v. Hyster Company, Inc.
Date: September 12, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10094
USA v. Ernesto Grimon
Date: September 12, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10367
USA v. Ernesto Grimon
Date: September 12, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10389
Naguib Bechara, et al v. Bayer Corporation, et al
Date: September 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13197
Naguib Bechara, et al v. Bayer Corporation, et al
Date: September 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14193
Debra Johnson v. Stein Mart, Inc.
Date: September 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13434
Carl Dillard, Jr. v. Secretary, DOC, et al
Date: September 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13586
Eric Watkins v. Anthony Hayne
Date: September 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14288
USA v. Aaron Freeman
Date: September 9, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10931
Wayne Bradley v. PFE
Date: September 9, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11132
USA v. Reinier Rodriguez
Date: September 9, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11909
Landmark American Insurance v. Moulton Properties
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15396
Mahmoud Hafez v. Warden David Frazier
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10787
USA v. Curtis Speight
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12566
Steve Page v. USA
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13663
Steve Page v. USA
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14072
USA v. Antonio Mose
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15016
USA v. Antonio Mose
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15050
USA v. Mark Spark
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15281
HRB, LLC v. Mark Kornhauser, et al
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15581
Nilca Martins-De Oliveira v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15706
USA v. Eric Scott
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15951
USA v. Mercedes Morale
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10166
Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. The Mitchell Co., Inc.
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10185
USA v. Zabare Royal
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10424
Robert Lindbloom v. W. Steube, et al
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10460
Denise Rounds, et al v. Genzyme Corp.
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11025
Valle v. Secretary, FL Dept. of Corrections, et al.  
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 11-13962

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a death row inmate, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254, complaining that he was denied clemency proceedings or alternatively, was denied clemency itself without the benefit of a…

James D. Gentry v. Harborage Cottages-Stuart
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 09-13253
Gentry v. Harborage Cottages-Stuart, LLLP  
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Numbers: 09-13253, 09-14636

Justia Opinion Summary: Several purchasers of condominium units sued developer Harborage Cottages-Stuart, LLLP (Harborage), alleging that Harborage violated the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (ILSFDA), 15 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., and…

Loggins v. Thomas, et al.  
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 09-13267

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted and sentenced to death in 1995 for murder. Because defendant was seventeen years old at the time of the murder, the state court eventually set aside his death sentence and resentenced him to life…

Krinsk v. Suntrust Bank, Inc. et al.  
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11912

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court's order denying its motion to compel plaintiff to submit her claims to arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U.S.C. 1 et…

Covenant Christian Ministries, et al. v. City of Marietta, Georgia  
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Numbers: 10-11966, 10-12222

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought an action against the City of Marietta, Georgia, challenging the validity of its zoning ordinance. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the city and against plaintiffs on all claims…

Rosenfeld v. Oceania Cruises, Inc.  
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12651

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought a diversity action against the operator of a vessel to recover for her injuries from a slip and fall on the vessel, claiming, inter alia, that defendant negligently caused the accident by failing to…

USA v. Wayne Ware
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13063
Hermelindo Rodriguez-Galicia, et al v. USA
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14603
Alvin Kendall v. Thaxton Road LLC, et al
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14634
United States v. Smith  
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15044

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and was sentenced to 127 months in prison. Defendant appealed his sentence and contended that an intervening decision…

USA v. Steven Capshaw
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15646
Roy Munn v. CPI Images, LLC
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15666
USA v. Antonio Bradshaw
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15780
USA v. Jesus Tapia
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15852
Fernando Gonzalez Blandon v. USA
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10206
Karen Scott v. Commissioner of Social Securit
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10606
Sunday Udoinyion v. The Guardian Security, et al
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10873
Wekesa Madzimoyo v. Bank of New York Mellon Trust, et al
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10978
Valle v. Singer  
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 11-13891

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a death row prisoner who was scheduled to be executed by the State of Florida, filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and a motion for TRO and preliminary injunction and to stay his execution, alleging that…

Hilario Henriquez v. NCL (Bahamas), LTD.
Date: September 6, 2011
Docket Number: 09-16344
USA v. James Byrne
Date: September 6, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12712
USA v. James Byrne
Date: September 6, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15047
USA v. Jesus Gutierrez-Betancourt
Date: September 6, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14958
USA v. Wesley Snipe
Date: September 6, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15573
Xunbing Liu v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 6, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10055
USA v. Christopher Cooper
Date: September 6, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10384
USA v. Heriberto Rios-Rio
Date: September 6, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10439
USA v. Charles Andrew Fowler
Date: September 2, 2011
Docket Number: 08-15463
Bingham v. Thomas, et al.  
Date: September 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-10349

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Georgia state prisoner proceeding pro se, appealed the district court's sua sponte dismissal, under 42 U.S.C. 1997e(a) and 28 U.S.C. 1915A, of his 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights action. On appeal, defendant…

USA v. Robert Clarke
Date: September 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-12743
Knights Armament Co. v. Optical Sys. Tech., Inc.  
Date: September 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-14480

Justia Opinion Summary: Optical Systems Technology, Inc. (OSTI) and Knights Armament Company (KAC), and its owner, dispute the ownership of two trademarks used in the manufacturing and marketing of clip-on night vision devices: "Universal Night…

Douglas Nalls v. Coleman Low Federal Institutio, et al
Date: September 2, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10278
USA v. Carl Zeider
Date: September 2, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10629
Lifeng Zhuo v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 2, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10751
USA v. Silvio Reyes
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 09-13520
Amanda Jessup v. Miami-Dade County, et al
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11519
Alejandro Mendoza v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15458
USA v. Christopher Crow
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15812
USA v. Bernardo Buendia-Capella
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15905
Yu Chen v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10039
Raymond Clarke v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10210
Glenn Webber v. Esquire Deposition Svcs. LLC, et al
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12943
Public Concepts, LLC v. Veritext Corp.
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12944
Charles Adelson, et al v. U.S. Legal Support, Inc., et al
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12998
Carrizo v. U.S. Attorney General  
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13074

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Venezuela, petitioned for review of the BIA's decision, affirming the IJ's finding that petitioner's testimony was not credible. At issue was whether substantial evidence supported the…

Daryl German v. Broward County Sheriff's, et al
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13117
Ronald Springman v. City of Venice, et al
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15102
USA v. Hendy Collado
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15192
USA v. Gennady Kotlyarsky
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15315
USA v. Alejandro Diaz-Maldonado
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15940
Anesh Gupta v. U.S. Attorney General, et al
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10283
Nicolas Escoto v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10287
Cheryl Martin v. USA
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11140
Inversiones Mar Octava Limitad, et al v. Banco Santander S.A., et al
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14012
Betty Barber, et al v. Paychex Inc., et al
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14334
Charles Mersch v. City of Coral Springs, Florida
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14927
Juan Ruiz v. Secretary, Florida Department
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15167
USA v. Clint Walker
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15624
USA v. Alejandro Ortiz
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10246
Tommie Savage v. Secretary of the Army
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10268
USA v. Tommy Jone
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10701
Hamlet Mendoza Flores v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10806
Siegfried Christman v. Ralph Holmes, et al
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10849
USA v. Richard Quezada
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10917
USA v. Marcel Charle
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10954
USA v. Bernard McGee
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11141
USA v. Rene Raudales-Garay
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11143
Lorenzo Rubio v. Howard Lopez, et al
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11537
United States v. Shaygan  
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-12129

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States appealed an award of attorney's fees and costs under the Hyde Amendment, Pub. L. No. 105-119, section 617, 111 Stat. 2440, 2519, and two attorneys, Sean Cronin and Andrea Hoffman, appeal public…

Royas Mamani v. Sanchez Berzain  
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Numbers: 09-16246, 10-13071

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, citizens and residents of Bolivia, brought suit under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), 28 U.S.C. 1350, against the former President and Defense Minister of Bolivia (defendants) for decisions these leaders…

Eloy Mamani, et al v. Jose Sanchez Berzain, et al
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13071
Eloy Rojas Mamani v. Jose Carlos Sanchez Berzain
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-16246
Eloy Mamani, et al v. Jose Sanchez Berzain, et al
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13071
Lindo v. NCL (Bahamas), LTD  
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10367

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's enforcement of the arbitration agreement in his employment contract with defendant. Plaintiff sued defendant on a single count of Jones Act negligence, pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 30104,…

Georgia-Pacific LLC v. United States Fidelity
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11904
USA v. Luz Castrillon-Lopez
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12920
Eloy Mamani, et al v. Jose Sanchez Berzain, et al
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13071
USA v. Alfred Blackley
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10412
James Logan v. Andrew Smith, et al
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10695
USA v. Agustin Nunez
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11100
Kevin McMasters v. Gary Morgan, et al
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11241
USA v. Juan Rubio
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10812
Bowers, Jr. v. Grayer  
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12170

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241. Petitioner was subject to the 1976 Parole Commission and Reorganization Act, 18 U.S.C.…

USA v. Daniel Kowallek
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12527
Thomas Larsen, et al v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12936
Valerie Williams, et al v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12937
Versiglio v. Bd. of Dental Examiners of AL  
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14282

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant appealed the district court's judgment denying it sovereign immunity protection as an arm of the state of Alabama. Appellee contended that appellant was sufficiently independent from the state of Alabama, that…

David Lewis, et al v. John Walker, et al
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14642
William Arnold v. Columbus, Georgia, et al
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14974
USA v. Rotavius McCurdy
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15638
USA v. Ricardo Gutierrez
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15835
Raymond Brown v. Carl Renfroe
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11497
Community State Bank, et al. v. Strong  
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 06-11582

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose when respondent obtained a month-long $200 loan from a storefront in Georgia in 2004. Respondent later sought relief from a Georgia state court, arguing that the loan was illegal and usurious under…

Susanna Simonyan v. US Attorney General
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15197
Rodger Lovette v. Lorvia Paul
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10508
USA v. Eric Brown
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13001
USA v. Bobby Freeman
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15338
John Hamner v. Deputy Secretary of FL, DOC
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15838
USA v. Roland Pugh Construction, Inc.
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15888
Michael Brewer v. Gary Lindros, Sr.
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11217
David Shanyfelt v. Wachovia Mortgage FSB, et al
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11803
USA v. Rolando Godoy
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10271
Handi-Van Inc., et al v. Broward County Florida, et al
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13294
Johnny Taylor, Jr. v. Warden Gwendolyn Mosley, et al
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13283
USA v. Carlos Guillen-Rivera
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14796
Yolanda Faulk v. Volunteers of America
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15103
USA v. Anderson Brutu
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15208
USA v. Albert Arroyo-Gomez
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15434
USA v. Emelio Rueda-Hernandez
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10222
USA v. Leonel Soto
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10258
USA v. Ian Gordon
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10304
USA v. Donovan Willi
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10318
USA v. Larry Mann
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10830
USA v. Pedro Desousa
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10913
USA v. Jose Sanchez
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15218
Walter Int'l Prod., et al. v. Walter Mercado Salinas, et al.  
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15971

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal involved a contract dispute between Bart Enterprises International, Ltd. (Bart Enterprises), and its assignees (Bart Group), and Walter Mercado Salinas (Mercado) where the contract described Bart Enterprises…

Charles Walker, Sr. v. USA
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10496
Lonnie Baker v. Jonathan Welker, et al
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11677
Eric Williams v. A. Slack, et al
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13201
USA v. Michael Dimare
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13762
Terry Coley v. Luther Smith, et al
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14472
Rahul Beri v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14822
Joshua Alford v. Consl. Gov't. of Columbus, GA, et al
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15236
USA v. Charlie Flowers, II
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10266
USA v. Carlos Betancourt Uribe
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10591
CCB, LLC, et al v. Banktrust
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11459
Cummings v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.  
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10706

Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerned the termination of an employee, plaintiff, in the wake of an investigation into the disappearance of approximately $58,000 from a branch of Washington Mutual Bank (defendant). Plaintiff asserted that…

Walker, et al. v. CSX Transportation, Inc., et al.  
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14136

Justia Opinion Summary: This negligence suit under Georgia law stemmed from an injury plaintiff suffered as he unloaded freight from a railcar in July 2005. On appeal, plaintiff asserted that the district court erred by granting summary…

USA v. Glenn Williams, Jr.
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15465
USA v. Michael Mathi
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10159
Sidney Gipson v. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number: 09-11144
City of Riviera Beach v. Lozman  
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10695

Justia Opinion Summary: The city filed a complaint in admiralty against defendant, a vessel, claiming that defendant committed the maritime tort of trespass because it remained at the city marina after the city explicitly revoked its consent,…

Jessie Milton v. Kathryn Turner, et al
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11955
USA v. Thomas Ford
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15213
Joseph Murphy v. USA
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15284
State Auto Property and Casual v. Sherry Matty, et al
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10419
Modupe Wangboje v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10877
USA v. Shawn William
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14877
USA v. David Deal
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15525
Byron Wright v. Kenny Dodd, et al
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15609
Tyrone Baker v. Walter McNeil
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 09-14438
United States v. Willis  
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15676

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted in October 2006 of conspiring to "possess with the intent to distribute, and to distribute, 50 grams or more of cocaine base (crack) and 5 kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride (powder)." In…

USA v. Carlos Martinez-Vasquez
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13709
Shaun Frederick v. Florida, DOC, et al
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14024
USA v. Jean Nelson
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14317
USA v. Roscoemanuel Daniel
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15320
USA v. Eric Johnson
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15576
USA v. Sergio Lopez-Luna
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15588
USA v. Antonio Sander
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15958
USA v. Manuel Ortiz-Cruz
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10502
USA v. Emmanuel Morgan
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10529
Plaintiff v. Defendant  
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 09-12802

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal stemmed from a violent drug conspiracy in South Florida that involved a number of criminals. The four whose joint trial led to this appeal were Daniel "D.V." Varela, Liana "The Negra" Lopez, Ricardo "Rick"…

USA v. Jose Gutierrez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12335
USA v. David Martinez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13787
USA v. Willie Walker
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13838
USA v. Stephen Norrell
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13886
USA v. Kimberly Rainwater
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14434
Carol Wilkerson v. H&S, Inc.
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14851
USA v. Jamil Murni
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15322
Zeng Lin, et al v. U.S. Atty. Gen.
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15371
USA v. Fred Collin
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15553
USA v. John Toodle
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15734
Alfred Barr v. David Gee, et al
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10104
USA v. Thomas Spellissy
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10107
Massood Jallali v. Sec, USDOE, et al
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10135
USA v. Noe Hernandez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10263
Linda Valente v. J.C. Penney
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10525
United States v. Singletary, et al.  
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Numbers: 09-13892, 09-13993

Justia Opinion Summary: Count One of the multi-count indictment in this case charged Robert and Patrick Singletary, and others, with conspiring between 1997 and September 16, 2004, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371, to commit three offenses: (1) to…

USA v. Patrick M. Singletary
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number: 09-13993
USA v. Shirley Daniel
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11820
USA v. Jose Becerra-Becerra
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12565
Clark Huls v. Lusan Llabona, et al
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13610
USA v. Henry Wainwright
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14245
Joseph Dickey v. USA
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14655
James Johnson v. Guerrieri Management, Inc.
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15071
USA v. Denzil Montague, Jr.
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15693
USA v. Chidebe Orizu
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15771
USA v. Andrew F. Aubyn Brissett
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14801
Wilfredo Daria v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14963
USA v. Ricardo Pinder, Jr.
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15193
Dana Brigham, et al v. Michael Schlesinger, et al
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15472
USA v. Antwon Bush
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15590
USA v. Kelly Bender
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10418
State of Florida, et al. v. U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Serv., et al.  
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Numbers: 11-11021, 11-11067

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought this action challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119, amended by Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA),…

State of Florida, et al v. U.S. Dept. of HHS, et. al.,, et al
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11067
Lourdes Cruz v. Cingular Wireless
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 08-16080
USA v. Nelson Morejon
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 09-10851
United States v. Barrington  
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15295

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his convictions for conspiracy to commit wire fraud using a computer, accessing a protected computer without authorization with intent to defraud, and three counts of aggravated identify theft where…

State Farm Mutual v. Duckworth  
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15690

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant and her husband (Duckworths) purchased two automobile policies and one motorcycle insurance policy from plaintiff (State Farm) where all three insurance contracts contained "anti-stacking" provisions that…

USA v. Sherman Edward Williams
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 09-16360
Alonzo Morefield, Jr. v. Larry Brewton, et al
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11665
Gloria Quintero, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11718
USA v. Brian Rowe, et al
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15680
Guillermo Alvarez Peralta, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15736
USA v. Rogelio Galvez
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10008
USA v. Norberto Pineda-Ortuno
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10262
USA v. Norberto Pineda-Ortuno
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10264
Nihon Rufuto Co., Ltd. v. Nidek Medical Products, Inc.
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10444
USA v. Teresa Clark
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11155
Lawson, et al. v. Life of the South Ins. Co.  
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11651

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose when plaintiffs filed a nationwide consumer class action against Life of the South Insurance Company (Life of the South). At issue was whether Life of the South had a right to enforce against plaintiffs…

USA v. Francis Brown
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12619
USA v. Anthony Denham
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14530
Vero Technical Support, Inc. v. USDOD, et al
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14889
USA v. Mandriez Spivey, et al
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15378
USA v. Matthew Stearman
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10093
USA v. Randolph Lawrence
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12281
USA v. Reginald Voltaire
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12631
USA v. Octavius Durdley
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13756
Troy Avera v. Airline Pilots Assc. Int'l., et al
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14905
USA v. Jeffrey Dickstein
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15544
USA v. Fernando Benner
Date: August 8, 2011
Docket Number: 09-16487
Hugh McGinley, et al v. State FL Dept. Highway Safety, et al
Date: August 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15240
USA v. Yonel Baptiste
Date: August 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15864
United States v. Langford  
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11076

Justia Opinion Summary: In this political corruption case, Larry P. Langford, formerly a Commissioner for Jefferson County, Alabama and mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, appealed his convictions for multiple counts of bribery, conspiracy, money…

Charles O'Neil v. USA
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12011
USA v. Joseph Italiano
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12886
USA v. Ramiret Davi
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13986
Lindel Watson v. Carnival Corp.
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15411
William Brownsberger, et al v. NEE, et al
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10836
Joshua Sutton v. GA Correctional Industries, et al
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11331
Walter Scott v. Barbara Coleman
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number: 11-11587
SEC v. Paul R. Johnson
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number: 08-10682
Jose Edgar Santa Piedrahita v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10793
USA v. Demetrius Young
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12585
Sherrance Henderson v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13286
USA v. Isac Velasquez-Perez
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14505
USA v. James O'Quinn
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15809
Andre Botes v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15922
USA v. Ramon Izquierdo
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10177
Bruce Townsend v. USA
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10188
FL Wildlife Federation, et al v. South FL Water Management, et al
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10886
FWEA Utility Council, et al. v. Jackson, et al.  
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Numbers: 10-10886, 10-11121

Justia Opinion Summary: Florida Water Environment Association Utility Council and South Florida Water Management District (appellants) appealed the district court's order approving a consent decree between the EPA and a group of…

U.S. Steel Mining Company, LLC v. Director, OWCP, et al
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11397
Nolan Edwards v. Executive Office for U.S. Atty
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11831
Terrence Green v. Secretary, Florida DOC
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12950
USA v. Cindy Moran-Sanchez
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14648
USA v. Robert Eusebio-Berroa
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15211
USA v. Jeffery Mack
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15571
Carlos Garza v. T. Scott Hudson, et al
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10114
USA v. Randy Duncanson
Date: August 2, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10732
Michael Green v. Cheryl Price, et al
Date: August 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11478
Mark East v. Clayton County, Georgia, et al
Date: August 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15749
Langfitt v. Federal Marine Terminals, Inc.  
Date: July 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12088

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was employed full time with Able Body Temporary Services, Inc. (Able Body), a labor broker in the business of furnishing its day-laborer employees to clients on a temporary basis. Able Body supplied its client,…

USA v. Mario Simbaqueba Bonilla
Date: July 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13894
USA v. Mario Simbaqueba Bonilla
Date: July 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14269
Fils, et al. v. City of Aventura, et al.  
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number: 09-10696

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, Cindy Fils and Nemours Maurice, raised claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that certain named police officers used excessive force to subdue plaintiffs at a club. The court denied the officers' motion for…

Dionne v. Floormasters Enterprises, Inc.  
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15405

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, on his own behalf and on behalf of other warehouse clerks who had worked for Floormasters, filed a complaint under 29 U.S.C. 216(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to recover overtime compensation,…

USA v. Frank Pierre
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12720
USA v. Martin Dejesu
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12985
Domingo Prato-Higuera, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14883
Case Under Seal
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14921
USA v. Salvador Garcia
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15869
USA v. Burl Bargeron
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15906
Hilaria Velasquez v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10038
Terri Brown v. USA
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10833
Amer. Assoc.of People with Disabilities, et al. v. Harris, et al.  
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number: 07-15004

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, visually or manually impaired Florida citizens who were registered to vote in Duval County, Florida and were represented by the American Association of People with Disabilities, filed a putative class action…

Sita Thapa v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13998
FL Dept. of Revenue v. Diaz; Commonwealth of VA Dept. of Social Serv.  
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Numbers: 10-14426, 10-14475

Justia Opinion Summary: The Florida Department of Revenue (Florida DOR) and the Virginia Department of Social Services (Virginia DSS) appealed the district court's decision affirming an order of the bankruptcy court holding the agencies in…

Anthony George v. Secretary DOC, et al
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15529
Adam Beauregard v. Continental Tire North America
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13162
USA v. Ever Antonio-Hernandez
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14504
Johnny Cooksey v. W. Waters, et al
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14980
Darryl Jennings, et al v. USA
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15302
Maria Rodriguez v. Jones Boat Yard, Inc., et al
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15326
USA v. Luke Kay
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15471
USA v. Juan Cardena
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15551
USA v. Jeffrey Nickel
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11333
Tanya Apone v. Commissioner, SSA
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12541
USA v. Juergen William
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13661
Chavez v. Secretary, FL Dept. of Corrections, et al.  
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13840

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping, sadistic sexual battery, and murder of a nine-year-old girl. At issue was whether defendant demonstrated that he was entitled to equitable tolling of the…

USA v. James Puckett
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14144
Pierre El Hajj, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14404
USA v. Jimmy Joseph
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15323
USA v. Nat Lane
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10015
USA v. Erick Hinds
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10254
First Financial Bank v. CS Assets, LLC
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12165
Dolores Millette v. DEK Tech., Inc., et al
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13950
USA v. Anthony Wiggin
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14146
Doroteo Portillo v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14408
USA v. Filiberto Alanis-Soto
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14842
David Yang v. Bullock Financial Group, Inc.
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15172
USA v. Hassan Alwali
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15394
USA v. Barbara Cleveland
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15443
Timothy Sneed v. Pan American Hospital, et al
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15530
Roy Geer v. USA
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15694
USA v. Pedro Guardado-Hernandez
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15941
Barry Slakman v. L. Buckner, et al
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10474
Cooper v. Secretary, Dept. of Corrections, et al.  
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number: 09-12977

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a death-row inmate, appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. Defendant was granted a certificate of appealability on four issues; however, this opinion…

Earl Stanton v. McIntosh County, Georgia, et al
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10941
United States v. Ly  
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 09-12515

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, pro se, was convicted of 129 counts of unlawfully dispensing certain controlled substances by means of written prescriptions and sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment totaling 97 months and fined…

Ivan Bido v. USA
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 09-16394
USA v. Michael Ragland
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11166
Javier Aviles v. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12216
Diabate Amadou v. Hawkins & Parnell, LLP
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12271
Luis Perez v. USA
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12623
Berender Griffith v. MARTA, et al
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13348
De Yi Wu v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13735
H. Alexander v. Commr. of Social Security
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14957
USA v. Orlando Parra-Mercado
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15547
Thomas Gortemoller v. International Furniture Market
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15689
USA v. Sergio Rios-Zavala
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15849
Lynette Saettele v. Maronda Homes of Florida
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15886
Taft Perry, Jr. v. Mary Jordan, et al
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10290
Jake Kivisto v. National Football League Playe
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10534
DeYoung v. Owens, et al.  
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number: 11-13235

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed and filed a motion for a stay of execution where he was sentenced to death after murdering his mother, father, and fourteen-year-old sister. At issue was whether the use of pentobarbital as an…

Tovar v. U.S. Attorney General  
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11314

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitioned for review of the final order of removal issued by the BIA affirming the IJ's finding that he was removable as charged and denying his applications for adjustment of…

Sherrie Kaw v. School Dist. of Hillsborough
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12232
Signature Pharmacy, Inc., et al v. Alex Wright
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-13215
USA v. Hilario Campos-Alarcon
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-15801
John Woodruff v. Trussville, City of, et al
Date: July 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-11075
Van Poyck v. McCollum  
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15718

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was convicted of murder for his role in a shooting of a correctional officer during an escape attempt. Plaintiff sought access to evidence to conduct DNA testing for the purpose of seeking executive clemency.…

Steven Smith v. USA
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-10957
Zachary Taylor v. Cynthia Nelson
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-14513
James Sada v. City of Altamonte Springs, et al
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10203
Elizabeth Sumner, et al v. Biomet, Inc.
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10280
USA v. Jesus Ramo
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number: 11-10517
William R. Muldrow v. Cathy Davis
Date: July 14, 2011
Docket Number: 09-13926
Stewart v. United States  
Date: July 14, 2011
Docket Number: 09-15821

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty by agreement to distributing more than 50 grams of cocaine base and the district court sentenced him as a career offender to 360 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised…

Palm Beach Grading, Inc. v. Nautilus Insurance Company
Date: July 14, 2011
Docket Number: 10-12821

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