USA v. Jacqueline Denise Brown
Date: February 8, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13473
USA v. Michael L. Williams
Date: February 8, 2012
Docket Number:
11-14271
Michael Bell v. Florida Attorney General
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
09-10782
Walden v. Centers for Disease Control, et al.
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
10-11733
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought this action against defendants, alleging that all defendants violated her free exercise rights under the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et…
Barnes v. Zaccari, et al.
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14622
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued the President of Valdosta State University, claiming that under the Due Process Clause, he was due notice of the charges, and a hearing to answer them, prior to his removal from campus. Plaintiff, a…
USA v. Lamont Bellamy
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10065
Jordan E. Lubin v. Cincinnati Insurance Company
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10231
USA v. Hector Iram Duran-Flores
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10497
USA v. Robert Clive Taylor
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10719
USA v. Lynvall Dwyer
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11048
Abdul Yakubu v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11329
E. Jennifer Newman v. Gregg J. Ormond
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12513
USA v. Johandy Colon
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12696
Ricardo Barrios v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12956
USA v. Jeff Valencia
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13322
USA v. Datrist McCall
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13526
USA v. Alexander Taborda Bravo
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13545
USA v. Francisco Cortes-Acosta
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13566
USA v. Rosmira Calle De Reina
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13573
USA v. Robert Hall
Date: February 7, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13707
United States v. McGarity
Date: February 6, 2012
Docket Number:
09-12070
Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerned the fruits of a cooperative, multi-national criminal investigation directed at tracking a sprawling international child pornography ring. 14 members of the ring were charged with offenses related to…
United States v. Valdiviez-Garza
Date: February 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10105
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment charging him with one count of illegal reentry by an alien who had been previously removed or deported. Defendant argued that the indictment must be…
Citizens For Smart Growth, et al. v. Secretary, Dept. of Transp, et al.
Date: February 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11056
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal concerned the actions and decisions of the FHWA and FDOT during the planning and development of the Indian Street Bridge Project in Martin County, Florida. Citizens brought this suit under the Administrative…
USA v. Balbino Armando Ramos
Date: February 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12407
Gracelyn Rodriguez v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: February 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12634
Melvin Gilmore v. Director, US Dept. of Labor
Date: February 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12747
USA v. Albert Vernon Norton
Date: February 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12879
USA v. Samuel Cash, Jr.
Date: February 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13661
United States v. Davenport
Date: February 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10743
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed from a final order of criminal forfeiture seized from a safe deposit box. The court held that the district court did not err in finding that defendant lacked standing to challenge the validity of the…
USA v. Patrick Rivera
Date: February 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12500
USA v. Thomas Lebron Garrett
Date: February 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12658
USA v. Estanislao Hernandez-Casarrubias
Date: February 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13003
USA v. C. Keith LaMonda
Date: February 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13012
USA v. Richard D. Guerard
Date: February 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13988
United States v. Lander
Date: February 2, 2012
Docket Number:
10-10852
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of mail fraud and money laundering charges related to two separate fraudulent schemes: the River Shore Scheme and the GenSpec Scheme. On appeal, defendant challenged his convictions and sentences…
United States v. Sanders, Jr.
Date: February 2, 2012
Docket Number:
10-13667
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his convictions for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and for aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.…
Swann v. Secretary, State of Georgia, et al.
Date: February 2, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14901
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued the Secretary and several elected officials, alleging that the officials' application of a Georgia statute that governed absentee voting, Ga. Code Ann. 21-2-381(a)(1)(D), denied him the right to have a…
USA v. Otis Alex Jones
Date: February 2, 2012
Docket Number:
10-15450
Martin Margioni v. US Attorney General
Date: February 2, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11446
USA v. Michael Alan Reaid
Date: February 2, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11553
USA v. Carlos Juarez-Martinez
Date: February 2, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13229
USA v. Jessica R. McAcy
Date: February 1, 2012
Docket Number:
10-15725
USA v. Enrique Rico-Vidal
Date: February 1, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11040
USA v. James Bryant
Date: February 1, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11571
Richard Roe v. City of Atlanta
Date: February 1, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11758
USA v. Enrique Borja-Antunez
Date: February 1, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11818
USA v. Alfred Wayne Lee
Date: February 1, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12891
USA v. Sammy Lamy
Date: February 1, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13344
Faith Gordon v. Branch Banking and Trust
Date: January 31, 2012
Docket Number:
09-15399
USA v. John Willie Hicks
Date: January 31, 2012
Docket Number:
10-11308
G. J., et al. v. Muscogee Co. Sch. Dist.
Date: January 31, 2012
Docket Number:
10-12556
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants are the parents of G.J., a child with autism and brain injuries. At issue was whether the ALJ and the district court properly evaluated appellants' claims that the MCSD did not comply with certain provisions…
USA v. Ibnawaan Safeeullah
Date: January 31, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10345
USA v. Robert Edward Pritt, Jr.
Date: January 31, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10909
USA v. Jose Orlando Garcia-Duran, Angel Gomez
Date: January 31, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12420
USA v. Jose Orlando Garcia-Duran, Angel Gomez
Date: January 31, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12781
Brown, et al. v. State, et al
Date: January 31, 2012
Docket Number:
11-14554
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants, members of the U.S. House of Representatives, along with the Florida House of Representatives, appealed from a district court order granting final summary judgment to appellees, the Florida Secretary of State…
USA v. Osiris Calvillo-Urieta
Date: January 30, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14329
Terrell, et al. v. Smith
Date: January 30, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14908
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, parents and the personal representative of the deceased's estate, sued defendant, a police officer, for use of excessive force under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and Florida's wrongful death statute. Defendant used lethal…
Javier Garcia v. USA
Date: January 30, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10484
Marlite, Inc., v. Modular Wood Systems, Inc.
Date: January 30, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10592
USA v. Michael Camereno
Date: January 30, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12970
USA v. Avid Ponce
Date: January 30, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13032
Richard Cohen v. World Omni Financial Corp.
Date: January 30, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13438
Susan Porter, et al. v. Ricky L. Jewell, et al.
Date: January 27, 2012
Docket Number:
10-12521
NLRB v. Contemporary Cars, Inc.
Date: January 27, 2012
Docket Number:
10-13920
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner National Labor Relations Board (the Board or NLRB) sought enforcement of its order against Respondent Contemporary Cars, Inc. (Contemporary). In 2008, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace…
Gary L. Mock v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
Date: January 27, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14421
Lalanda Price v. USA
Date: January 26, 2012
Docket Number:
10-11477
USA v. Thanh Ngoc Nguyen
Date: January 26, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11740
Ulises Cao v. USA
Date: January 26, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11810
USA v. Carlos Alberto Arteaga-Tapia
Date: January 26, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12504
USA v. Thomas A. Iodice
Date: January 26, 2012
Docket Number:
11-14156
Arben Gjekaj v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 25, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12563
Nineta Ndreu, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 25, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10209
USA v. Robert Jerlow
Date: January 25, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11929
USA v. Nelson Rick
Date: January 25, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12370
Kelvin Baker v. U.S. Department Of Transportat
Date: January 25, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12853
USA v. Jose Moya-Garcia
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14202
USA v. Nicholas Rivas-Gomez
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
10-15667
USA v. Justin Dee
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10198
Sovjet Maze, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12206
USA v. Larry Johnson
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12290
USA v. Ira Millender, Jr.
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12856
USA v. Elizabeth Shank
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-14247
Sherrod v. Johnson; Sherrod v. Crutchfield
Date: January 23, 2012
Docket Numbers:
10-11804, 10-11876
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a teacher, filed this action against defendants, a superintendent and principal, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 claiming that he was terminated in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights. At issue…
USA v. Erick Billing
Date: January 23, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12647
USA v. Basillio Alvardo
Date: January 23, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12691
Stephen Lawrence v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 23, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12838
Charles William Duncan v. Corr. Medical Service
Date: January 20, 2012
Docket Number:
09-15169
USA v. Timothy Miller
Date: January 20, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11392
USA v. Christopher Reid
Date: January 20, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11398
USA v. Robert L. Ignasiak, Jr.
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
09-10596
USA v. RObert L. Ignasiak, Jr.
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
09-16005
United States v. Ignasiak, Jr.
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Numbers:
09-10596, 09-16005, 10-11074
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a medical doctor licensed by the State of Florida, appealed his convictions for dispensing controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), 21 U.S.C. 801, et seq., and for health care…
USA v. Anthony Barrow
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10315
Rory Scales v. Leon Forniss, et al
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12135
Yamna Vivas Guerrero v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12307
USA v. Latrezz Singleton
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12343
Mehto Cika, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12582
USA v. Eric Small
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12621
Mary Howell v. Brian P. Rush, et al
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13468
Gary Arms, et al v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13773
USA v. Larry Hayne
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13898
USA v. Willie Latimer, Jr.
Date: January 18, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14814
Mulhall v. Unite Here Local 355, et al.
Date: January 18, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10594
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Mardi Grad employee opposed to being unionized, sought to enjoin enforcement of a memorandum of agreement between Mardi Gras and Unite, a labor union. The court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a…
USA v. Jerry Riley
Date: January 18, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13729
Robert Orso v. USA
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
10-13609
USA v. Karriece Davi
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14097
Christopher Brown v. D. Drew, et al
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10563
USA v. Ronald Brunson
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11107
Ramon Alvarez-Sanchez v. USA
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11356
Patricia Brookshire v. Commissioner of IRS
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11377
Drew Dyas, et al v. City of Fairhope, et al
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11678
Victor Baxter v. USA
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12216
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12729
USA v. Alfonso McCloud
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12942
Earl Bryant v. Ally Financial, et al
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13174
Dionne v. Floormasters Enterprises, Inc.
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Number:
09-15405
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff's petition for rehearing was granted in part and denied in part. The court vacated and withdrew the previous opinion in this case and substituted the following opinion. At issue was whether an employer, who…
United States v. Vadnai
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14382
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his 240 month sentence imposed after pleading guilty to knowingly receiving child pornography, arguing that the district court erred by applying a five level enhancement, under U.S.S.G. 2G2.2(b)(3)(B),…
USA v. Reynaldo Perez
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10036
USA v. Jesus Carreon, III
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10037
USA v. Tracy Guthrie
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12152
USA v. Craig Carroll
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
10-12584
USA v. Reginald Cray
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11059
USA v. Jason Bergin
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11218
Edwards v. Shanley, et al.
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11512
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought this action against two officers seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Plaintiff alleged that one officer's use of a police dog constituted excessive force and that the other officer failed to intervene…
Carol Chinn v. PNC Bank, N.A.
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11611
Carolyn Lucas v. Secretary, Department of the A
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11629
USA v. Adilson De Aguiar
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11996
Dulmini Wanigasekara v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12350
USA v. Gary Finklea
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13376
Timothy Coughlin v. Secretary, DOC, et al
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
10-13981
Annette Clark v. Sharpiro and Pickett, et al
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
10-15119
USA v. Jermaine Brown
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11044
USA v. Maria Contrera
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11075
USA v. Jeremy Shipp
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11991
USA v. Timothy Bidwell
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12329
Rita Lawrence, et al v. Bank of America, N.A.
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12401
Ion Zaporojan v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12766
USA v. Francisco Piedra-Diaz
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13051
Xiu Chen v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13123
USA v. Juan Rene Caro
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
09-13407
Valentine Andela v. University of Miami, et al
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
10-12179
USA v. Alberto Grajale
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14273
Pereda v. Brookdale Senior Living
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14723
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's dismissal of her two-count complaint alleging interference and retaliation under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., against defendant. It was…
United States v. Sprigg
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14919
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography and the district court applied a five-level enhancement for distribution of illicit images for the receipt, or expectation of receipt, of a non-pecuniary…
Storfer v. Guarantee Trust Life Ins.
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Numbers:
10-15115, 10-15878
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, suing on behalf of her husband, obtained a judgment against defendant for benefits payable under a home health care insurance policy. Defendant appealed and following a judgment, the district court awarded…
Adele Storfer v. Guarantee Trust Life Insurance
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
10-15878
USA v. Alberto Castaneda-Mariano
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10738
USA v. Darryl Paxton, Jr.
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11441
USA v. Marckson Saint Fleur
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11691
United States v. Miranda
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11868
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, who acquired seven firearms in exchange for 50 grams of heroin, was convicted of a firearms charge and other crimes. At issue was whether defendant possessed a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking…
Jose Yanes v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11935
USA v. Clifford Davi
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12198
Scottsdale Insurance Co. v. Sheryl Simpson-Jone
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12808
Ira Johnson v. National Railroad Passenger Co
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-13739
Zack, III v. Tucker
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
09-12717
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted in Florida state court and was sentenced to death. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed petitioner's conviction and sentence and later denied post-conviction relief. The district court denied…
USA v. Antonio Marcellus Johnson
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
10-11276
Esperanza Garcia v. GEICO Ins., et al
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
10-12825
USA v. Marshall Foskey
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
10-15221
USA v. Ismael Rodriguez
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10603
USA v. Christopher Stapleton
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10734
Rasheed Oshodi v. LMT
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10979
Jose Ruiz Fonseca v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11092
USA v. Marcos Aponte
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11533
Ru Lin v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11630
Gitaben Patel v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12366
William Dobbins v. Lewis Hulett
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12908
USA v. Frank Sarcona
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
10-10992
Wayne Lindsey v. USA
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14721
USA v. Jose Herrera
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10568
USA v. Luis Lorenzo Rodriguez
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11429
USA v. Jose Macia-Sanchez
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12618
Hicham Mitalane v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12655
Marquette Jones v. Southern Pan Service
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12855
Hunt v. Commissioner, AL Dept. of Corrections
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
09-15310
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of capital murder and subsequently sought a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he received ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The…
USA v. Ellis Neder, Jr.
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14563
USA v. Otis Walker
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14713
United States v. Webb
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14743
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g), and sentenced to 80 months' imprisonment. At issue was whether the enhancement defendant received for possession of a…
David Paul v. Americold Logistics, LLC
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
10-14844
USA v. Tavaris Body
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10452
Ronald Micklas v. John Doe #1, et al
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12445
Claudio Cueva, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
10-13692
Cox Enterprises, Inc. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp; Cox Enterprises, Inc. v. Davidson, et al.
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Numbers:
10-14240, 10-14305
Justia Opinion Summary: Davidson Directors and PBGC appealed the district court's order to distribute all of News-Journal assets to Cox, a long-time shareholder of the closely-held News-Journal. The court vacated the order, interpreting…
USA v. Eduardo Vega
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
10-15504
USA v. Ramon Santo
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11397
Flaubert Dinou, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11534
Reginald Lee v. U.S. Steel Corporation
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11718
USA v. Irvin Monje-Maldonado
Date: January 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-10322
Humberto Alvarez v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: January 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-11384
Carlos Jimenez v. Secretary, FL DOC
Date: January 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12151
USA v. Yunier Cruz
Date: January 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-12326