2012 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 1001 - 1500 of 2229

Jeff Davies, et al. v. Former Acting District Director - Orlando, USCIS
Date: July 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14952
USA v. Juan Gil
Date: July 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10510
USA v. Norma Bradley
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 07-10023
USA v. Troy Nolan Harkness
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-12886
Natalie Versiglio v. Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14282
Wydell Evans v. Secretary, DOC
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14920
USA v. Demetrium Silas Shaw
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15178
Angela Stathopoulos v. Dan Alford
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12114
GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation v. Howard Ball
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13744
USA v. Hector Almedina  
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13846

Justia Opinion Summary: A federal grand jury charged Appellant Hector Almedina with conspiracy to import 100 grams or more of heroin from Colombia to the United States, from January 2011 through February 2011; importation of 100 grams or more…

In Re: Summit View, LLC, et al Thaddeus Freeman PLLC v. Summit View, LLC, et al
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14046
USA v. Daniel E. Hampton
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14056
USA v. Shawn Maurice McNeil
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15137
Martez Gulley v. Birmingham, City of, Corey Hooper
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15320
USA v. William Moyo
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15679
Jerry Davis v. Officer C. Hodges, et al
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15870
USA v. Sedrick Lawson
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15912
Maria F. Petitson v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16000
USA v. Candido Dejesus Osorio
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16107
USA v. Dwayne Dupuch
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10038
Eugene Morris v. NFL Retirement Board
Date: July 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10754
Kenneth Fernandes v. Carnival Corporation
Date: July 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-15675
Gary v. Georgia Diagnostic Prison  
Date: July 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-16198

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, death row inmate Petitioner Carlton Gary was appointed two attorneys to prosecute his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. After the…

Roland Adams v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-13921
Ramirez v. U.S. Dept. of Trans.  
Date: July 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15086

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Cristobal Ramirez brought a Title VII employment discrimination case and represented himself in district court. He survived summary judgment (in part) and proceeded to trial. At the conclusion of the…

USA v. Rasheen Jahmal Smith
Date: July 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15561
North Savannah Properties, LLC, et al v. FDIC  
Date: July 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12784

Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), as receiver for Darby Bank & Trust Co., appealed an order of the district court that remanded the underlying case the action to state court. The district court determined…

USA v. Nathan Allen Railey
Date: July 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15185
State National Insurance Company, et al. v. Kevin White
Date: July 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15905
USA v. Spencer Ervin Preston
Date: July 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15938
Corina Garcia Albarron, et al. v. Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al.
Date: July 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16073
USA v. Norman Robinson
Date: July 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10158
USA v. Lucy Segurola
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15033
USA v. James Lee Early
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15537
United States v. Early  
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Numbers: 10-15538, 10-15537

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant James Early pled guilty to two counts of robbing a bank by violence with what turned out to be fake bombs. He was ultimately sentenced to a 210-month sentence. Defendant appealed his sentence, arguing…

Lloyd v. Benton  
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10273

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants Charity Benton, Patricia A. Smith, and Gail Zucker appealed the district court's order remanding Appellee Orvel W. Lloyd's civil rights lawsuit to Florida state court. Appellants properly removed the case to…

Polypore International, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission  
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10375

Justia Opinion Summary: Polypore International appeals the Federal Trade Commission's decision finding a violation of section 7 of the Clayton Act and ordering divestiture. The Commission held that Polypore's February 2008 acquisition of…

USA v.Robert Powner
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11219
Michael Ramjeawan, et al v. Bank of America
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11419
Ellery Steed v. Everhome Mortgage Company, et al
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13100
Sandra K. Shockley v. Commissioner of IRS
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13494
Shockley v. Commissioner of IRS  
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Numbers: 11-13495, 11-13494, 11-13497

Justia Opinion Summary: The narrow question presented to the Eleventh Circuit concerned whether a Tax Court petition that challenged a notice of deficiency as invalid, "was a proceeding in respect of the deficiency" so as to suspend the…

Shockley Holdings, Limited Partnership v. Commissioner of IRS
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13497
Owen v. Florida Department of Corrections  
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13592

Justia Opinion Summary: Florida death row inmate Duane Eugene Owen appealed a district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Owen was sentenced to death for two murders in 1984 for which he was separately…

USA v. Joseph L. Autry, Jr.
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13619
Ekaterina Sevostiyanova v. Cobb County of Georgia, et al
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13918
USA v. Jason Christopher Walker
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14522
USA v. Roberto Delgado
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14819
USA v. Mekinson Jean
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14978
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15710
USA v. Eric Brooks
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16071
USA v. Henry Richardson
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10152
United States v. Glover  
Date: July 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10580

Justia Opinion Summary: Pro se Defendant-Appellant Deshawn Glover appealed a district court's denial of his motion to reduce his sentence based on a retroactive amendment to the sentencing guidelines that lowered base offense levels for certain…

USA v. Gary B. Amster
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-12139
Anthony Collins v. USA
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10311
Yelkal Gelahun Ido v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11388
Fulgencio Deleon v. Secretary Department of Corrections, et al.
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12012
USA v. Tony Lamar Hamilton
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12675
USA v. Tony Lamar Hamilton
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12676
USA v. Tony Lamar Hamilton
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12677
Maria Villalobos v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12758
Mortgage Payment Protection, Inc. v. Cynosure Financial, Inc., Virginia Surety Company, Inc.
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13170
Cesar Augusto Bedoya Yepes v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13594
Gary L. Perrot v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13639
USA v. Aserial Jones
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13882
USA v. Roderick Patterson
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15398
USA v. Tomas Rodriguez
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15434
USA v. Andrew M. Wedderburn
Date: July 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15937
Gloria Abram v. Fulton County Government
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-13818
USA v. Michael Romeo St. Romain
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15051
USA v. Mamadou Sadio Barry
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10884
USA v. Moussa Baradji
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10899
USA v. Antywan E. Bryant
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11113
USA v. Yanny Aguila-Urbay
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11489
USA v. Julian Santana Ramirez
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12128
Williams v. NCL (Bahamas) Ltd.  
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12150

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal concerned the Eleventh Circuit's authority to review an order remanding an action based on an antecedent and erroneous ruling that an agreement to arbitrate was unenforceable. Petitioner St. Hugh Williams…

Layton v. DHL Express (USA), Inc.  
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12532

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Leandre Layton, on behalf of himself and the similarly-situated members of his conditionally-certified class (collectively, "Drivers"), appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of DHL…

USA v. Jonathan Striedinger
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12663
Gerald Keller v. Robert M. Strauss, M.D., et al
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13276
Jose Eligio Rios v. USA
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13311
USA v. Roberto Fraire-Rodriguez
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13836
USA v. Juan Mark Jones
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14008
Beheen Moghaddam-Trimble v. South Florida Water Management District
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14040
USA v. Tracy Lynn Hurst
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14584
USA v. Jose Manuel Aviles-Torres
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15817
USA v. Jose Manuel Aviles-Torres, aka Ramon, aka Chaparro
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15829
USA v. Harold Johnson
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15946
Berry Benson v. Felicia Rutledge
Date: July 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-11124
Juris v. Inamed Corp.  
Date: July 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-12665

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from a 1999 class action suit against the maker of silicone breast implants. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama approved a mandatory, limited fund class settlement which resolved…

Curves, LLC v. Spalding County, Georgia  
Date: July 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-13871

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs-Appellants Curves, LLC d.b.a. Curves Bar & Grill and James Gann operated an alcohol-selling nightclub in Spalding County, Georgia. Defendant Spalding County’s ordinances prohibit nude dancing where alcohol is…

Butler v. Sheriff of Palm Beach County  
Date: July 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13933

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellee Dorothy Collier came home from work early one day to find Plaintiff-Appellant Larry Butler alone and naked with her teenaged daughter. He hid in a closed when he heard someone entering the house. As it…

Barras v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.  
Date: July 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14318

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Branch Banking & Trust Company (BB&T) appealed the denial of its motion to compel arbitration of a putative class action brought by Plaintiff-Appellee Lacy Baras, a customer of BB&T. Barras alleged in…

DVI Receivables XIV, LLC, et al v. Maury Rosenberg
Date: July 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14823
George Hicks v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: July 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15925
USA v. Bernard Shaw
Date: July 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16097
Thomas K. Bush v. United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, et al.
Date: July 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10054
Ingaseosas International Co., v. Aconcagua Investing LTD.
Date: July 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10914
One Buckhead Loop Condominium Association, Inc. v. Stephen E. Pew
Date: July 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13340
Abimael Santiago v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
Date: July 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13501
USA v. Filiberto Martinez
Date: July 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15230
Darrell L. Jackson v. John Doe, et al.
Date: July 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15981
USA v. Aaron Brian Sands
Date: July 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-13311
Brett Strong v. KIMC Investments, Inc.
Date: July 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11102
Roger Shuler v. Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, et al.
Date: July 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11264
Alton W. Hamby v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner
Date: July 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11455
USA v. Brandon Richard Delancy
Date: July 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11754
In Re: Timothy D. Shelton, AAFCOR, LLC v. Frank Spires, et al
Date: July 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12075
Nodirbek Nigmatovich Yusupov v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13560
Kurtis Roy Jeter v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Date: July 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14965
USA v. Robert Bruce Green, Jr.
Date: July 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15619
Mark Gordon, et al v. Sheriff John Everett, et al
Date: July 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10818
USA v. Charles Levern Hudson
Date: July 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14428
USA v. Carmelina Vera Rojas
Date: July 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14662
United States v. Daniel  
Date: July 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14794

Justia Opinion Summary: Following a jury trial, Defendant Robert Daniels, a/k/a "Twin T" appealed his convictions and sentences for using a facility and means of interstate commerce to persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any individual who had…

Kornhauser v. Comm'r of Social Security  
Date: July 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10291

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Valinda Kornhauser filed suit to challenge the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security that denied her claim for disability benefits. The District Court referred the case to a Magistrate Judge…

Anthony B. wilson v. Department of Corrections
Date: July 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12053
West v. Comm'r Alabama Dept. of Corrections  
Date: July 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12911

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Geoffrey West appealed the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. He was sentenced to death. He raised three issues on appeal, all pertaining to his claim he received ineffective assistance of…

USA v. John Vincent Hyland, Jr.
Date: July 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13733
K. Craig Branch, et al v. John T. Ottinger, Jr.
Date: July 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14804
K. Craig Branch, et al v. John T. Ottinger, Jr.
Date: July 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14807
Naga Srinivasa Rao Pilla v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: July 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10323
United States v. Haile  
Date: June 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15965

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Randy Vana Haile and Mark Anthony Beckford were convicted of conspiracy and attempt to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine and knowing possession of several firearms in conjunction with…

Furry v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida  
Date: June 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13673

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant John Furry, as personal representative of the estate of his daughter Tatiana Furry, appealed a district court’s order granting the Miccosukee Tribe’s motion to dismiss his complaint. He complained…

USA v. Armando Villatoro-Reyes
Date: June 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14328
Adonis B. Whitby v. Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security
Date: June 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10861
Clinton Burns, III v. Warden, USP Beaumont, et al
Date: June 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14149
USA v. Orlando Fernandez-Leyva
Date: June 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14744
Sochor v. Secretary Dept. of Corrections  
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14944

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue on appeal before the Fourth Circuit in this case concerned whether the Supreme Court of Florida unreasonably applied clearly established federal law when it explicitly refused to consider relevant mental health…

Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Giovanni Fleury, et al.
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15041
USA v. Diyiana Clay Damayo
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10587
USA v. Radhames Antonio Oropeza
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11420
United States v. Merrill  
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11432

Justia Opinion Summary: When Defendant Ralph Merrill sold millions of rounds of ammunition to the United States Army, he concealed that the ammunition was manufactured by a Communist Chinese military company because his contract with the Army…

Doyle G. Galin v. Secretary, department of Corrections, et al.
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12005
USA v. David Mark Young
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12105
USA v. Jasmin Rembert
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14700
Michael Bradford v. Darius J. Harrison, et al.
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15023
Mohanraj Rahiman v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15556
USA v. Jonathan White
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15988
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16044
USA v. Micheal B. Raiford
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16194
Andrew Joyce, et al. v. Sgt. Jason Ward, et al.
Date: June 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10224
American University of the Caribbean, et al v. Caritas Healthcare, Inc., et al
Date: June 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-12836
USA v. Jose Antonio Rivera
Date: June 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12008
Kirby Frazier v. Doosan Infracore International, Inc., et al
Date: June 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12060
USA v. Bradley Howard Pemberton
Date: June 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13731
USA v. George Dempsey
Date: June 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13989
Yusuf Cajetas Gudmalin v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: June 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14511
USA v. Orlando Barnes
Date: June 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14743
U.S. Specialty Insurance Company v. William G. Burd, et al.
Date: June 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14851
Category 5 Management Group, LLC v. National Casualty Insurance Company, et al.
Date: June 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15062
Harco National Insurance Company, et al. v. Zurich American Insurance Company
Date: June 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15075
USA v. Wblester Vega-Santana
Date: June 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15270
Rik Sargent v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Date: June 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12244
In re: Application of Consorcio Ecuatoriano  
Date: June 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12897

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from a foreign shipping contract billing dispute between Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones S.A. (CONECEL) and Jet Air Service Equador S.A. (JASE). CONECEL filed an application in the Southern…

USA v. Amjad Yacoub Sahavneh
Date: June 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13975
Alan Boyd Curtis v. USA, et al.
Date: June 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14255
Zeng Yu Lin, et al. v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: June 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14685
USA v. Edgar Randolph Scott
Date: June 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15536
Karmen Faile v. Estee Lauder Travel Retail Services, Inc., et al
Date: June 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15578
USA v. Kerry Ann Walters-Ricketts
Date: June 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16109
USA v. Alexander Robiou
Date: June 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10923
Defenders of Wildlife, et al v. Bureau of Ocean Energy Managem, et al  
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12598

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Eleventh Circuit concerned a challenge to an exploratory drilling plan under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OSCLA). The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved the Shell Exploration…

USA v. Barrington George Gillings
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14033
USA v. Antonio Bizzell
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14363
United States v. Jimenez-Cardena  
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14651

Justia Opinion Summary: After pleading guilty, Defendant-Appellant Silvano Jimenez-Cardenas appealed his 57-month sentence for illegal reentry, and possession of a firearm by an illegal alien. Defendant challenged the district court's refusal…

United Steel, Paper amd Forestry, et al. v. Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15081
Extreme Crafts VII, LLC v. Cessna Aircraft Company
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15212
Moises E. Bure v. State of Florida
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15277
Daniel R. Thompson, et al v. Aaron A. Jasper, et al
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15349
Dexter Webb v. The City of Riverdale, et al
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15649
USA v. Jimmy Suarez
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15831
USA v. Antonio Brown
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16036
USA v. Danny Green
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16177
Daniel Fowler v. Michael Hill
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10301
USA v. Jevon Scott
Date: June 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10577
Kendra Hall v. Siemens VDO Automotive
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15106
Pensacola Motor Sales Inc. v. Eastern Shore Toyota  
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15761

Justia Opinion Summary: Of the parties in this case, one of two competing car dealerships used a software program in order to compete more aggressively with the other one over the internet. The program produced a "multiplicity of mini-websites,…

Angela Denise Nails v. Mike Foley
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15782
USA v. Nicholas Barbati
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15970
Farias v. Mr.Heater, Inc.  
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10405

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Lilybet Farias appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellants Mr. Heater, Inc., Enerco Group, Inc. and The Home Depot, Inc. Further, she appealed the denial of the Rule 59…

USA v. Jonathan L. Worth
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11873
Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Great American Insurance Company
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12623
USA v. Mark Anthony Myrie
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13077
Humberto Prin Garcia Molina, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13397
Michael W. Harrell v. Chairman, Florida Parole Commission, et al
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13659
Pamela Beasterfeld v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14161
USA v. Joseph Ulysses Grant, IV
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14578
USA v. Antonio Flores-Cruz
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14732
David Olusola Oladokun v. U.S. Attorney General, et al
Date: June 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15120
USA v. John Vincent Artuso
Date: June 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-17263
USA v. John Vincent Artuso, et al.
Date: June 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-16093
USA v. Jesus Manuel Clark-Castaneda
Date: June 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14812
United States v. House  
Date: June 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15912

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal involved a federal officer with limited authority who repeatedly usurped the power to patrol traffic, violated the civil rights of motorists, abused the public trust, and lied about it in official reports.…

United States v. Pena  
Date: June 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15928

Justia Opinion Summary: MARPOL is the common name for the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1340 U.N.T.S. 62. At issue was whether the United States had jurisdiction to prosecute a nominated surveyor for…

Morton v. Secretary, FL. Dept. of Corrections, et al.  
Date: June 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11199

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of two murders and sentenced to death. At issue was whether the Supreme Court of Florida unreasonably applied clearly established federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United…

Wajnstat v. Oceania Cruises, Inc.  
Date: June 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13670

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against Oceania Cruises after he became ill on the cruise and received allegedly substandard care. Plaintiff claimed that Oceania negligently hired, retained, and supervised the ship's doctor.…

Antonio Love v. Lieutenant Kevin Rodgers, et al.
Date: June 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14492
Bobbie Roberts v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Date: June 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10240
USA v. Leonard Harris
Date: June 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10465
USA v. Ronald Ford
Date: June 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10540
Booker v. Secretary, FL Dept. of Corrections  
Date: June 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14966

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a prisoner on Florida's death row, appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition challenging his capital murder conviction. At issue was whether the Florida Supreme Court's decision…

Trepal v. Secretary, FL Dept. of Corrections  
Date: June 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15306

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner was convicted of murdering his neighbor and attempting to murder six of her family members by adding…

Stone & Webster Construction, Inc. v. U. S. Dept. of Labor, et al.  
Date: June 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11885

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner sought review of the Secretary of Labor's decision in favor of petitioner's former employee who intervened in this case. In contradiction to the findings of an ALJ, the Secretary's Administrative Review Board…

Gwendolyn Black v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc., et al
Date: June 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14350
USA v. Douglas Pupo-Reynaldo
Date: June 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14666
Phyllis Allen v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, et al
Date: June 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15759
USA v. Rolando Coca Alvarez
Date: June 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16009
USA v. Lance Ross
Date: June 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16019
USA v. Antonio Dawon Woodley
Date: June 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14632
Hardy v. Commissioner, Alabama Dept. of Corrections  
Date: June 18, 2012
 Docket Numbers: 11-10240, 11-7061

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, an Alabama prison inmate awaiting execution for a capital murder, appealed the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Defendant's principal claims were that in requiring him to stand trial…

John Milton Hardy v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
Date: June 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10761
United States v. Woods  
Date: June 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11665

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his convictions on one count of receipt of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. The court rejected defendant's argument that his statements during two interviews should…

Jamel Deangelo Thompson v. Corrections Corp. of America, et al.
Date: June 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10421
USA v. Peter Edwin Stuyvesant
Date: June 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-12926
Shah-haan Pryce v. Septodont, Inc., et al.
Date: June 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15914
Martes, et al. v. CEO of South Broward Hospital Dist., et al.  
Date: June 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12464

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs appealed from the district court's dismissal of their amended complaint against Florida government defendants, SBHD, AHCA, and DCF. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants' billing practice violated both 42 U.S.C.…

USA v. Wellengton Rolando Macias Lucas
Date: June 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13154
USA v. Lonnie Davis, Jr.
Date: June 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-11409
USA v. Eric Ramon Tapscott
Date: June 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11368
USA v. Jesucristo Lopez
Date: June 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11508
USA v. Ezra Mostowicz
Date: June 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11900
United States v. Cochran  
Date: June 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11923

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted for possessing with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine. On appeal, defendant argued that jury instructions were misleading,…

USA v. Johnny Lee Snyder, Jr.
Date: June 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12667
Robert Lee Hong v. Secretary Dept. of Corrections, et al
Date: June 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13728
USA v. Jose Nunez
Date: June 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10139
United States v. Welch  
Date: June 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14649

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. The court held that the district court's…

Neelam Uppal v. Hospital Corporation of America, et al.
Date: June 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13614
Alberto D. Btesh v. City of Maitland, FL, et al
Date: June 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14017
USA v. John Bobby McGee
Date: June 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14041
USA v. Martin Ledezma-Dominguez, et al.
Date: June 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14671
James A. Nelson v. USA
Date: June 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15004
Donnita Bryant v. Social Security Administration
Date: June 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-12540
Esoteric, LLC v. Nicolas Estrella
Date: June 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15652
Christopher Uriah Alsobrook v. Sergeant E. Medina
Date: June 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11244
Terry A. Burlison v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: June 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12253
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: June 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12337
Mid-Continent Casualty Company, v. Guitree Basdeo, et al
Date: June 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12938
Angela Sims v. Chase Home Finance, LLC
Date: June 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14464
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Summer Classics, Inc.
Date: June 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14541
USA v. Jacob Allen Brooks
Date: June 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15013
Kapila Wijesiri Wimalaratne v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: June 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15480
USA v. Jerry Jerome Anderson
Date: June 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16058
University of Ala. Bd of Trustees v. New Life, Inc  
Date: June 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-16412

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose when the University told Daniel A. Moore, an artist who painted famous football scenes involving the University since 1979, that he would need permission to depict the University's uniforms because they…

Diaz v. State of Florida, et al.  
Date: June 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15202

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for failure to meet the "in custody" requirement. The district court found that because petitioner had completely served the sentence…

Jones v. UPS Ground Freight  
Date: June 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10416

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an African -American, brought this action against UPSF, his former employer, alleging that he had been subjected to a racially hostile work environment in violation of 42 U.S.C. 1981 and Title VII of the Civil…

Williams v. Gate Gourmet, Inc.  
Date: June 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11819

Justia Opinion Summary: The Chapter 7 trustee for the bankruptcy estate of Stacey Williams appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Gate Gourmet on Williams' claim of pregnancy discrimination, race discrimination, retaliation,…

Carlos DeGlace v. Warden, FCC Coleman - Low
Date: June 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13054
USA v. Anneri Izurieta
Date: June 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13590
USA v. Roderick Randolph Lester
Date: June 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14783
USA v. Alma Borja
Date: June 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15250
Jonathan Lewis v. The Broward County School Board, et al.
Date: June 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15813
Lucas v. Secretary, DOC  
Date: June 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-15761

Justia Opinion Summary: In this capital case, petitioner was convicted of one count of first-degree murder for the 1976 death of a sixteen-year-old victim and two counts of attempted first-degree murder for the shootings of two other victims. A…

Charles A. Rehberg v. James P. Paulk, et al
Date: June 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-11897
USA v. Dwight Daryl Owens
Date: June 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15877
USA v. James Santos
Date: June 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11765
Judith Silver v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
Date: June 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12282
Xi Lin v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: June 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13667
Brian W. Barton v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Date: June 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14925
USA v. Laurence Houghton
Date: June 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15463
Lydia Rosenfeld v. Oceania Cruises, Inc.
Date: June 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-12651
USA v. Robert Eugene Martin
Date: June 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12575
Brannen, III, et al. v. United States  
Date: June 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14138

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs appealed the dismissal of their complaint contending that the Department of Treasury lacked statutory authority to promulgate regulations imposing a user fee. Specifically, plaintiffs challenged the…

USA v. Willie Stephens
Date: June 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14418
The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company v. Sherri Gafford
Date: June 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14585
Nelson Bobadilla, et al. v. Aurora Loan Services, LLC, et al.
Date: June 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14712
USA v. Michael Burgess
Date: June 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15828
Walter Dulaney v. Miami-Dade County, et al.
Date: June 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12585
Debbie Moore v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: June 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13999
State of Florida, Department of Revenue, v. Michael Davis
Date: June 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15040
USA v. Fernando Medina Lopez
Date: June 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15237
David Acosta v. James A. Gustino, P.A., et al
Date: June 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10028
OMV Associates Limited Partnership v. Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., et al.
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14911
Raoul Lynch v. Sheriff Theodore Jackson, et al
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11588
USA v. Jesse Carter
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11867
Jairo Rafael Sanz De La Rosa v. USA
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12218
Carl Elliott v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14171
USA v. Antiowan Wiwo
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14644
Antiowan Wiwo v. USA
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14645
USA v. Willis Alphonso Williams
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14949
Mary Ann Currie v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15295
Hnan Alhallaq v. Radha Soami Trading, LLC
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15554
Hnan Alhallaq v. Radha Soami Trading, LLC
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15651
USA v. Athony Rutherford
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16139
USA v. Irais Aviles-Gorostieta
Date: June 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16191
Gowski, M.D., et al. v. Peake  
Date: June 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-16371

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal and cross-appeal arose from a jury verdict and award of damages and injunctive relief in favor of plaintiffs, Doctors Gowski and Zachariah, in their discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment…

Allen Stamps, et al. v. Gwinnett County School District, et al.
Date: June 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15751
Edward Frederick v. Secretary Department of Corrections, et al.
Date: June 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10244
Corey Airport Services, Inc. v. Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc.  
Date: June 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10579

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involved the competitive bidding for an airport advertising concession. After the completion of the bid process, plaintiff - the second-place finisher - brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging…

USA v. Roman Morales-Baigen
Date: June 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13114
Gamil R. Hannah v. City of Hollywood, Florida, et al
Date: June 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13589
Juliet Blacksher v. Irondale, Alabama, et al.
Date: June 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13984
Edward E. Baker v. Lee Sanford, et al.
Date: June 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14015
William J. Becham, Jr. v. Synthes, USA, et al.
Date: June 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14495
Crystal Kurtts v. Chiropractic Strategies Group, Inc., et al
Date: June 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11546
Kurtis Barnes v. Florida Department of Corrections
Date: June 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12209
United States v. Kendrick, III  
Date: June 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12620

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed following his conviction for alien smuggling for commercial gain. Defendant argued that the district court erred by: (1) denying his motion to dismiss the indictment based on vindictive prosecution;…

DS Waters of America, Inc. v. Twin City Fire Insurance Company
Date: June 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13620
Glenn Allen Corbett v. Rodney McAbee, et al.
Date: June 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14381
Terry Jones v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: June 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15783
USA v. Eddie Rumph, Jr.
Date: June 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16045
Loxley South, LLC., v. Western Express, Inc.
Date: May 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14009
USA v. Eduardo Javier Bernal
Date: May 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14646
Alaba Jeffery Igbinoghene v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14905
Carlton Hackett v. Columbia Equities, Ltd., et al.
Date: May 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15082
USA v. Albert L. Tellechea
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-12062
USA v. Martin J. Bradley, III
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-12063
USA v. Martin J. Bradley, Jr.
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-12229
USA v. Bio-Med Plus, Inc.
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-12230
Alderwoods Group, Inc., et al. v. Garcia, et al.  
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14726

Justia Opinion Summary: This case stemmed from a debt which consisted of claims of tort liability possessed by relatives of people buried in a cemetery called Graceland. Creditors alleged that debtors were liable to them and the members of…

USA v. Christopher Michael Stanton, a.k.a. Christopher Stanton
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15637
USA v. Antoine Fernand Saint Surin
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10640
United States v. Cortes-Salazar  
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11428

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed from his sentence of illegal reentry of a deported alien. The district court enhanced his base offense level by sixteen levels because he had previously been convicted of a "crime of violence" under…

George W. McGriff, Eric Emmanuel Wyatt v. Arthur P. Christie, et al
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12247
Jorge Luis Tapanes v. State of Florida
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12439
OneBeacon America Insurance Company v. The Catholic Diocese of Savannah
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14557
USA v. Richman Allen Simmons
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15150
Alexandre Cunha De Lins E Silva v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15486
Christopher J. Kalishek v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15487
Nahed Elia Ibrahim, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15656
USA v. Maria Baksh
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-16084
USA v. Tyrone Robinson
Date: May 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10116
Carolyn Smith v. The Pension Committee of Johnson & Johnson, d.b.a. Reed Group
Date: May 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15387
Securities & Exchange Comm. v. Goble  
Date: May 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12059

Justia Opinion Summary: The SEC brought a civil enforcement action against defendant after he orchestrated a plan to manipulate the amount of money his company was required to set aside to safeguard customer assets. Defendant was subsequently…

Darralyn C. Council v. Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, et al.
Date: May 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12603
USA v. Daniel Abreu-Jimenez, a.k.a. Danny
Date: May 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15517
USA v. Robert Jason Morgan
Date: May 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15525
Derald L. stoval, by Deborah Talbot, Execturix v. USA, by and through the Commissioner of IRS
Date: May 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15968
John William Carter v. Clinton Wells Killingsworth
Date: May 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10453
Raymond Burgess v. Warden William Terry
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-11935
Tatiana Urievna Deryabina v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10077
USA v. Maurice Jefferson
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10456
Rissman, Barret, Hurt, et al v. Westport Insurance Corporation, et al
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13827
USA v. Melvin Canady
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13912
Carlos Jose Torrealba Guerrero v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14471
USA v. Jeromie Pugh
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14763
Chris Baker, et al. v. RBS Worldpay, Inc., et al.
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14835
USA v. Ulysses Daniels
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15384
Downtown Sports, Inc., et al v. Legacy AH, LLC, et al
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15580
Edith Sherman v. Transamerica Life Insurance Company
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15610
USA v. Rodrick Clayton
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15734
Jamail James Hogan v. Warden, FCC Coleman -USP II
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-10077
In re: Michael Perez  
Date: May 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-12240

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner filed an application pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255(h) and 2244(b)(3)(A), seeking an order authorizing the district court to consider a second or successive motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his federal…

Renee Bell v. Florida Highway Patrol, Larry Costanzo
Date: May 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-15687
Norman Carpenter v. Mohawk Industries, Inc., et al
Date: May 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15616
United States v. Schneider  
Date: May 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15863

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute oxycodone and to being a felon in possession of a firearm. At issue was whether a Florida conviction for false imprisonment was a "violent felony" under…

Ernest Enax v. Commissioner of IRS
Date: May 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11007
USA v. Christopher David Cobb
Date: May 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12390
Thomas W. White v. Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
Date: May 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13613
USA v. Brian William Schumaker
Date: May 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13616
Rigoberto Lobo-Zapata v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15084
USA v. Michael Deangelo Griffin
Date: May 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15632
Oscar Rueda-Rojas v. USA, et al.
Date: May 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15853
Evans v. Secretary, DOC  
Date: May 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14920

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a death row inmate, appealed the district court's denial of his first federal habeas corpus petition. At issue was whether petitioner was denied the constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel at…

Garrett Sims v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, et al.
Date: May 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15245
Byron Morgan v. Orange County, Florida
Date: May 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11658
Lin v. U.S. Attorney General  
Date: May 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12506

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native of China, petitioned for review of the BIA's determination that his motion to reopen should be considered withdrawn because of his departure, relying upon Matter of Armendarez-Mendez. At issue was…

USA v. Robert Louis King
Date: May 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12805
Reliable Salvage and Towing, Inc. v. Michael Bivona
Date: May 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12947
USA v. Michael Williams
Date: May 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13041
USA v. Guy Gannaway, Stephen J. Spencer
Date: May 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13506
USA v. Ramiro Hernandez-Garrido
Date: May 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14476
USA v. Amara Juwara
Date: May 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15389
Fidensio Flores Franco v. Christopher Caldwell, et al.
Date: May 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15802
Makir-Marwil v. U.S. Attorney General  
Date: May 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-14197

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Sudan, petitioned for review of the BIA's final order affirming the IJ's order of removal and denial of petitioner's application for waiver of inadmissibility under section 209(c) of…

Ronald Lynch v. DEA
Date: May 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10207
USA v. Tom Maurice Jones
Date: May 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12192
Jose Mora v. Warden, FCC Coleman-Low
Date: May 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11453
United States v. Zuniga-Arteaga  
Date: May 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11673

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed her conviction for aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028A(a)(1). Defendant argued that section 1028A(a)(1) could not be applied to her conduct because that provision did not cover…

Shanta Tori Rivers v. USA
Date: May 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13353
USA v. Jose Angel Hernandez
Date: May 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15514
Karl Bernard Bell v. USA
Date: May 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15733
USA v. James Lawton, Jr.
Date: May 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15903
Tanya Tennyson v. ASCAP, et al.
Date: May 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-13711
USA v. Darryl Lamar Powell
Date: May 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10153
USA v. Renee Garrett
Date: May 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10611
USA v. Micheal Turner
Date: May 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10993
Virgilio, et al. v. Terrabrook Vista Lakes L.P., et al.  
Date: May 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11027

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought a class action on behalf of themselves and others who purchased houses from a builder, Ryland, in the Newport subdivision of Vista Lakes, a residential development in Orlando, Florida. The Newport…

Navigators Insurance Company v. Markel American Insurance Company, et al.
Date: May 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12681
USA v. Itohan Otabor
Date: May 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13817
USA v. Johnson Otabor
Date: May 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13863
Bobby Allen Bryant v. Harvey Ruvin, et al.
Date: May 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13895
USA v. Gary Johnson, Jr.
Date: May 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15204
USA v. Elijah Williams
Date: May 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15637
Joeanne McClandon v. Heathrow Land Company Limited Partnership, et al.
Date: May 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14141
Bedoya-Melendez v. U.S. Attorney General  
Date: May 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10552

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a Peruvian citizen, sought review of the decision of the BIA that he was not eligible for special rule cancellation of removal under Section 240A of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)(2).…

USA v. Lucious Boswell
Date: May 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11466
Importers Service Corporation v. GP Chemicals Equity, LLC.
Date: May 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11631
Southern Family Insurance Company v. USA
Date: May 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12269
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: May 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13124
USA v. Cynthia Matthews
Date: May 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13259
USA v. Chadwick Brannon
Date: May 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13624
Louise Alexander v. Edward E. May, et al.
Date: May 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13983
National Organization for Marriage, Inc. v. Secretary, State of Florida, et al.
Date: May 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14193
Elisha Patti Kennedy v. USA, et al.
Date: May 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14402
Johhny Lara v. Raytheon Technical Services Company, LLC.
Date: May 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15341
Hamilton v. Southern Christian School, Inc  
Date: May 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13696

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a teacher at a small Christian school, appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the school on her pregnancy discrimination claim, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42…

Pope v. Secretary, DOC  
Date: May 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-10773

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted on three counts of first degree murder and was sentenced to death in Florida's state courts. On collateral review, the district court granted in part petitioner's federal application for writ of…

Senior Transeastern Lenders v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (In re TOUSA, Inc.)  
Date: May 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11071

Justia Opinion Summary: This bankruptcy appeal involved a transfer of liens by subsidiaries of TOUSA, Inc., to secure the payment of a debt owed only by their parent, TOUSA. This appeal by the Committee of Unsecured Creditors presented two…

Michelle Keene, et al. v. Chris Pine, et al.
Date: May 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13274
USA v. Lorn Leitman
Date: May 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13414
USA v. Ronald Gabel
Date: May 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10133
USA v. Jocelyn Tannazy John
Date: May 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10274
Michelle A. Christides v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: May 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10632
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: May 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13772
USA v. Julius Stevens
Date: May 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15739
USA v. Guillermo Cerda-Enriquez
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15704
United States v. Pertuz-Pertuz  
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15800

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to drug offenses on the high seas and was sentenced to concurrent imprisonment terms of 120 months, pursuant to the statutory mandatory minimum sentence. Defendant appealed, contending that the…

USA v. Alfonso Alverez Banda
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15828
Zachary Michuki Njoroge, et al. v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15933
Ignacio Damian Figueroa v. Merscorp, Inc., et al.
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10984
Lorraine McNeal v. GMAC Mortgage, LLC, et al.
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11352
USA v. Russell E. Worsham
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11379
USA v. John Sanabria
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11721
James Henry Gresham v. Warden Trustee Anthony Haynes, et al.
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12042
William Jorge Castillo vv. Roche Laboratories, Inc.
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12219
USA v. Branden M. Scott
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13617
Patrick Lucas v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14031
Mark Handy v. Tina Cook, et al
Date: May 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14556
Christopher Lee Price v. Richard F. Allen
Date: May 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-11716
James C. Gionfriddo, Jr. v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: May 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13336
USA v. Denis Arnulfo Sorto-Ortiz
Date: May 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14623
USA v. Samuel Antonio Graham
Date: May 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15033
Mansfield v. Secretary, DOC  
Date: May 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-12312

Justia Opinion Summary: In this capital case, the State of Florida appealed the district court's order granting habeas relief to petitioner on his claim that the admission of a videotape of his custodial interrogation by law enforcement…

USA v. Larry Dale McCoy
Date: May 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-13072
USA v. Beau Diamond
Date: May 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10064
USA v. Kevin Michael Tilcock
Date: May 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12755
USA v. Hugh Fowler, Jr.
Date: May 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15375
USA v. Jyles Landon Harper
Date: May 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-11993
Lanfear, et al. v. Home Depot, Inc., et al.  
Date: May 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-13002

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs claimed that the fiduciaries of their retirement plan violated the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., in ways that damaged their efforts to stockpile savings for their…

Ins. Co. of the West v. Island Dream Homes, Inc.  
Date: May 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10571

Justia Opinion Summary: IWC appealed the district court's judgment as a matter of law in favor of IDH. Hawaiian, a Florida condominium, contracted with IDH for roof repair. While IDH was conducting the repairs, a large stone veneer wall fell,…

Alvarez v. Attorney General, State of FL, et al.  
Date: May 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10699

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed from a district court order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights action against the Attorney General of Florida and the State Attorney for Florida's Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Plaintiff claimed…

Maradiaga, et al. v. United States  
Date: May 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12474

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and their child, appealed the dismissal of their complaint against the United States and the denial of their motions for relief from judgment and to reopen the case. The primary issue…

Adesuwa Albert-Aluya v. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation, et al.
Date: May 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14761
USA v. Massood N. Jallali
Date: May 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11737
Guillermo Sanchez Salazar v. U.S. Attorney General, et al
Date: May 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11877
USA v. John Cole
Date: May 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14289
USA v. Vicente Maldonado-Ascencio
Date: May 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14789
United States v. Register  
Date: May 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12773

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to 17 counts of tax-related offenses and was sentenced to 27 months in prison. On appeal, defendant argued that the district court erred by refusing to group all of his counts into a single group…

Candace terrell v. OTS, Inc., et al.
Date: May 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13105
Larry Gregory, et al v. Ricky Leonard Beard
Date: May 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14879
USA v. Charles Poole
Date: May 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15422
USA v. Joseph Byron Walden
Date: May 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10570
J.F.K., et al. v. Troup County Sch. Dist., et al.  
Date: May 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13297

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs appealed the district court's grant of Troup's motion for summary judgment as to plaintiffs' sexual harassment claim brought pursuant to Title IX, 20 U.S.C. 1681. The facts of this case stemmed from…

Arys. R. Cabrera v. Secretary, Department of Transportation, et al.
Date: May 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13462
USA v. Erica Roberson
Date: May 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14281
Securities & Exchange Comm. v. Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc.  
Date: May 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13992

Justia Opinion Summary: In this civil enforcement action, the SEC sued Morgan Keegan, alleging that, in the critical time period of late 2007 and early 2008, Morgan Keegan's brokers (1) misrepresented that auction rate securities (ARS) were…

Guillermo Sanchez-Salazar v. USA
Date: May 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14024
USA v. Kemar Clark-Thomas
Date: May 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14131
Zinnia I. Chen v. Siemens Energy Incorporated
Date: May 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14372
USA v. Gary Alphonso Parson
Date: May 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14889
USA v. Jose Luis Ramos
Date: May 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14936
USA v. Obes Jeanty
Date: May 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15148
Figuereo-Sanchez v. United States  
Date: May 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14235

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, has lived in the United States since 1972 and in April 2004, he pleaded guilty to, and was sentenced to 96 months imprisonment for, conspiracy to possess with intent to…

Reese, et al. v. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree, & Adams, LLP  
Date: May 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14366

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs defaulted on a loan that they had secured by giving the lender a mortgage on their property. A law firm representing the lender sent plaintiffs a letter and documents demanding payment of the debt and…

USA v. Dexter Griffin
Date: May 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10510
United States v. Johnson  
Date: May 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11369

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was before the court of a single incident of extreme domestic violence. At issue was whether the single incident of battery justified termination of supervised release. Defendant was present and represented by…

David Tucker v. Fulton County, GA, et al.
Date: May 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11403
Stephens v. Secretary, FL Dept. of Corrections, et al.  
Date: May 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11727

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a Florida prisoner on death row, appealed from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254. Petitioner argued that the trial court erred in…

Maureen Toffoloni v. LFP Publishing Group, LLC
Date: May 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12922
USA v. Jairon Jose Calderon
Date: May 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13576
Dr. Hooman Melamed, et al. v. Blue Cross of California, et al.
Date: May 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14643
Michael Duane Zack, III v. Kenneth S. Tucker, et al
Date: April 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-12717
USA v. Albert Anthony Andrulonis
Date: April 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12771
USA v. Jimmy Lee Theodore
Date: April 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12939
Fernando Morales v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: April 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13148
USA v. Lucas Sanchez-Aguayo
Date: April 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13449
Roy Ferguson v. North Broward Hospital District
Date: April 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14219
USA v. Michael Angelo Gordon
Date: April 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14221
USA v. Orental J. Allen
Date: April 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14649
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of FL, et al. v. South Florida Water Mgmt., et al.  
Date: April 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15053

Justia Opinion Summary: This case stemmed from a suit filed by plaintiffs against the Water District to enjoin the Water District from pumping polluted canal water into Lake Okeechobee. The Tribe joined the suit on plaintiffs' side. The Tribe…

Kendyl Grace v. Adtran, Inc.
Date: April 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11263
USA v. Walter L. Williams
Date: April 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12139
Abdul Rashid Isaac v. Augusta SMP Warden, Attorney General, State of Georgia
Date: April 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12336
Madison v. Commissioner, Alabama Dept. of Corrections, et al.  
Date: April 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12392

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, an Alabama prisoner on death row, appealed from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254. The court found that petitioner's claim that…

Adams Offshore, Ltd. v. Blake Marine Group, et al.
Date: April 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12753
USA v. Marco Hernandez
Date: April 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14290
Louis Douglas v. Johnson Real Estate Investors, LLC.
Date: April 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15261
USA v. Calvin Curtis Whitt
Date: April 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-15458
United States v. Kaley, et al.  
Date: April 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-15048

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from charges against defendants, which related to the stealing of prescription medical devices from hospitals and selling them on the black market. In this interlocutory appeal, defendants challenged a…

Bruce L. Small v. Florida Department of Corrections
Date: April 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12204
Randy Anasofia Ugaz, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: April 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13267
USA v. Michael Sedlock
Date: April 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13434
USA v. Alfredo Cespedes
Date: April 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14108
USA v. Frederick Charles Hall
Date: April 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14234
Flagstar Bank, FSB v. A.M. Hockstadt, et al
Date: April 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14536
USA v. Edward Clifton Charles
Date: April 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14832
FTC v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al.  
Date: April 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-12729

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involved a type of patent litigation settlement known as a "pay for delay" or "reverse payment" agreement. In this type of settlement, a patent holder paid the allegedly infringing generic drug company to delay…

Raul Carillo v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Date: April 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-14732
United States v. Acuna-Reyna  
Date: April 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-10428

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence of imprisonment of 27 months for illegal reentry after deportation. At issue was whether a sentencing court could assess a criminal history point for an uncounseled misdemeanor conviction…

USA v. Edith Jose Cabrera
Date: April 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11118
USA v. Jeffrey Paul Brown
Date: April 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-11903
Ceres Environmental Services, Inc. v. Colonel McCrary Trucking, LLC
Date: April 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-12787
Joan Lyons v. Miami Dade County Fire Rescue Department, et al.
Date: April 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13061
Akanthos Capital Mgmt., LLC, et al. v. CompuCredit Holdings Corp., et al.  
Date: April 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13227

Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerned the applicability of a standard "no-action clause" in a trust indenture governing a company's notes. The clause at issue stated that a noteholder could not "pursue any remedy with respect to this…

Carolyn Bailey, et al v. Officer Jose Reina, et al
Date: April 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-13908
Cone Financial Group, Inc. v. Employers Insurance Company of Wausau
Date: April 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14078
USA v. James Joseph McAndrew
Date: April 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-14795
Roberto Delgado v. USA
Date: April 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-13033
USA v. Yasmanny Benavides
Date: April 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-12363
USA v. Fitzroy Daniel Salesman
Date: April 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-13376

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