2015 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 1001 - 1500 of 1896

Richard Loberger, et al. v. Del-Jen Inc., et al.
Date: June 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13158
Allen v. U.S. Automobile Assoc.  
Date: June 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13478

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against USAA, seeking to recover a portion of their insurance premium payments because they would have elected to pay for building ordinance and law (BOL) insurance covering only 25% of their home's…

USA v. Preston Lee Johnson, Jr.
Date: June 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14302
USA v. Juan Antonio Gutierrez Arencebia
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-10591, 14-10593, 14-10594, 15-15533
USA v. Mario Fabricio Ormachea Aliaga
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12454
USA v. Donald Mitchell
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-12919, 21-10396
Entela Ruga v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13284
USA v. John Edwin Corn, Jr.
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14145
USA v. Bradford Ford
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14995
USA v. Mark Belidor
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-15214, 22-11906
USA v. Jason Andrew Vitulano
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15655
French v. Warden, Wilcox State Prison  
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 12-15385

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted for molesting his daughter and her friend, appealed the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254, arguing that he received ineffective assistance of…

USA v. Robert Earl Nettles
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14153
USA v. Sylvester Nathaniel Wright
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12129
USA v. Jimmy Bernard Barkley
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-12231, 14-12255
Tartell v. South Florida Sinus and Allergy Ctr.  
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13178

Justia Opinion Summary: After Dr. Paul B. Tartell and Dr. Lee M. Mandel split their practices, Dr. Mandel registered six domain names with variations of Dr. Tartell’s name. Dr. Tartell then filed a complaint against Dr. Mandel, his incorporated…

Yue Zhu Qiu v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-13838, 22-10216
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Peter Bright
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14130
Wyatt R. Duvall v. Infinity Sales Group, LLC
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15699
United States v. Cavallo  
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Numbers: 12-15660, 13-12009

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants appealed their convictions and sentences for charges related to their involvement in one of the most long-lasting mortgage fraud conspiracies in the history of central Florida. The court reversed defendant…

United States v. Williams  
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13042

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for charges related to his use of fraudulent checks. The court affirmed defendant’s convictions (Counts 1–5) for violating 18 U.S.C. 514 because they were supported by sufficient…

United States v. Frediana  
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11998

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit aircraft parts fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 38(a)(1)(C), (a)(3), and two substantive counts of aircraft parts fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 38(a)(1)(C),…

USA v. Roberto Carlos Cuellar
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12369
Leroy White v. Crystal Mover Services, Inc.
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14489
McFarland v. Wallace  
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14514

Justia Opinion Summary: Debtor filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and claimed numerous exemptions. At issue are debtor's requests for exemption for: (1) an annuity worth well over $150,000; and (2) the nearly $15,000 cash surrender value of a whole…

Scottsdale Indemnity Company v. Martinez Inc.
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14958
Untied States v. Rosales-Bruno  
Date: June 19, 2015
Docket Number: 12-15089

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for illegally reentering the United States for a second time. At issue was whether defendant's sentence, which was 60 months above the high end of defendant's revised guidelines range…

Inlet Condominium Association, Inc. v. Childress Duffy, LTD, Inc.
Date: June 19, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14064
E-Yage Bowens v. Mail Officers of Turner Guilford Knight, et al.
Date: June 18, 2015
Docket Number: 13-10604
Robert Reagan v. Stored Value Cards, Inc., et al.
Date: June 18, 2015
Docket Number: 15-10364
USA v. Miles L. Gammage
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13605
USA v. Jose Luis Pineda
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15792
Mary Godwin v. Wellstar Health Systems, Inc.
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11637
USA v. Kenneth Christian
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13730
USA v. Rodney Charles
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14546
USA v. Annilet Dominguez
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14583
Nisha D. Martin v. Everbank
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14975
Renee Pugh v. El Paso Corporation Pension Plan, et al
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15310
United States v. Wingo  
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14435

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, who suffers from early-onset dementia, was indicted for 49 counts related to his involvement in engaging in various schemes to fraudulently divert monies from a non-for-profit organization. He subsequently…

Renec Ulysse v. Waste Management, Inc. of Florida
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-10548, 14-12070
Brendalynne Duncan, et al. v. Citimortgage, Inc., et al.
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10625
Surtain v. Hamlin Terrace Found.  
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12752

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that her former employer, Hamlin, discriminated against her on the basis of race and disability, and that Hamlin interfered with, or retaliated against her for exercising her right to take…

Brendalynne Duncan, et al. v. Citimortgage, Inc., et al.
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13344
Medgar O. Willis, et al. v. Goldman Sachs, et al.
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14972
Edna R. Dutton v. USA
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 15-10281
Edith Coulter v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10687
USA v. Harry Cancel-Velez
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11843
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. USDA  
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12260

Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerns Lolita, a killer whale held in captivity since 1970, who performs each day at the Seaquarium. ALDF filed suit against the USDA for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that Seaquarium houses…

USA v. Carlos Luna Ramirez
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13389
Arthur Brennan Malloy v. Kenneth N. Peters, et al
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14136
USA v. Luis A. Rodriguez
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14277
Wachovia Mortgage FSB v. Kelly K. Brown
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14307
Carmouche v. Tamborlee Mgmt.  
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14325

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Tamborlee for negligence in the Southern District of Florida after she was injured during a shore excursion in Belize. At issue was whether the district court had general personal…

USA v. Derrick Powell
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14361
USA v. Charles Nave, III
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14485
USA v. Billy Cleveland
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15296
USA v. Marlin Eugene Mette
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15565
White v. Beltram Edge Tool Supply, Inc.  
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11750

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Beltram, her former employer, claiming that it interfered with her rights under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. 2631-2636, by firing her instead of giving her medical leave.…

Lenitamae Smith v. Miami-Dade County
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12566
Ashley Eason v. PNC Bank, National Association, et al.
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14131
USA v. Samuel Exil
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14313
Joanne Pearson v. Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14679
USA v. Kara Singleton Adams
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Numbers: 12-11084, 13-15343
Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Air Capital Group, LLC, et al.
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11243
Timothy F. Coen v. Joseph D. Stutz, et al.
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13133
USA v. Clifford Virgile
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13246
U.S. Bank National Association v. Daniel K. Lee, et al
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13358
USA v. Delvon Lamar Williams
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14007
Antonio Ivey v. Shelton Smart
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14599
Joanne Pearson v. Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14679
Jason Weaver v. PACCAR, Inc.
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14693
Maryann Silvestri v. Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15077
USA v. Rubyn Gene Smith
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15201
USA v. Alain Doricent
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-15768, 18-12858
Carla Eisenberg v. Jimmy Lee McCulley, et al.
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-10323
USA v. John L. Yates
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 11-16093
Architectural Ingenieria Siglo XXI v. Dominican Republic  
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-13877, 14-12543

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against the Dominican Republic and INDRHI for breach of contract and unjust enrichment related to an irrigation project in the Dominican Republic. After the district court entered a default judgment…

Arvelo v. Secretary, FL DOC  
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11441

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2254 federal habeas petition, arguing that he was questioned in violation of his Miranda v. Kentucky rights and his lawyer was ineffective for failing to…

Pennsylvania Nat'l Mutual Cas. Ins. Co. v. St. Catherine of Sienna Parish  
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12151

Justia Opinion Summary: The Parish filed suit against Kiker, alleging that Kiker breached the implied warranty in the parties' contract to repair Parish's roof using reasonable skill. At issue was whether Penn National has a duty to indemnify…

Sonja D. King v. Volunteers of America, North Alabama, Inc.
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12544
Byron O'Neal, Sr. v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14011
Delta Cab Association, Inc., et al v. City of Atlanta, Georgia
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14187
Pierre R. Cazeau v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14863
Kyle Michael Brewer v. USA
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15198
Adam Karhu v. Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11648
USA v. Terrence James Jackson
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11849
USA v. Frank Excel Marley, III
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11999
Paul B. Harrison v. Ocean Bank, et al
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12529
USA v. Travis Lamont Smith
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13299
USA v. William Jesus Brandel-Mena
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13315
GeorgiaCarry.Org v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13739

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit raising a Second Amendment challenge to a regulation, 36 C.F.R. 327.13, banning firearms and ammunition on property managed by the Corps. Plaintiffs would like to carry their handguns with them…

USA v. Linda S. Deavers
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14586
Audrey Eileen Morrison v. City of Atlanta, et al
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14616
USA v. Miguel Glaze
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14663
USA v. Frank J. Ballesteros
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Numbers: 15-10344, 15-15112, 20-12063
Stig Solnes v. Wallis & Wallis, P.A.
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12315
USA v. Troy Dean Whitehurst
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12428
Marcus Anderson v. Brown Industries
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13037
Leonardo Cavero, et al v. One West Bank FSB, et al
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14369
USA v. Gerardo Ramirez-Alvarado
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14696
Brian Aldrich Dupree v. Warden, FCI Miami
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14785
USA v. Natividad Ortega-Giles
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15272
USA v. Willie James McKnight
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15385
USA v. Jacques K. Pierre
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15694
USA v. Kenneth Michael Thomas
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 15-10227
United States v. Wilson  
Date: June 5, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14846

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his convictions and sentence for converting to his personal use United States Treasury checks issued as a result of fraudulently filed federal income tax returns. Defendant claimed he was a legitimate…

Batchelor-Robjohns v. United States  
Date: June 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10742

Justia Opinion Summary: This is an appeal of a federal income tax refund suit filed by the Estate of George Batchelor (“Estate”). Counts I and II of the Estate’s three-count complaint involve Batchelor’s personal income taxes for 1999 and 2000.…

USA v. Joshua Douglas Taylor
Date: June 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11315
Christopher J. Windsor v. Chris Eaves, et al
Date: June 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12840
USA v. Tyree Bennett
Date: June 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12914
USA v. Andrew Gareth Nelson
Date: June 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11995
Morris Polion v. The City of Greensboro, et al.
Date: June 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13835
Andrew P. Moore, II v. Gregory Miller, et al.
Date: June 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14202
USA v. Frederick Ward
Date: June 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14540
Amadou Wane, et al v. The Loan Corporation, et al
Date: June 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14736
Lillianne Lorenzo v. Wells Fargo bank, N.A.
Date: June 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14738
Kimberlee K. Lewen v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: June 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15285
USA v. Theodore Dwayne Whitfield
Date: June 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15568
Andre C. Myers v. USA
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10147
William Ciccotto v. USA
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10807
Harriet Wilson v. The Standard Insurance Company
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10825
Paresh Patel v. Diplomat 1419VA Hotels, LLC, et al
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10948
Darryl Lovoy Cook v. USA
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11894
USA v. Maurice Harris
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12084
USA v. Eugene Bruce Grissett
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12990
Jackson v. West  
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13282

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, mother of Darius Johnell James, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the county sheriff and ten corrections officers after Darius committed suicide while in the custody of the county jail. The district…

USA v. Anthony M. Lynch
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14019
USA v. Reggie Ljuan Smith
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14353
USA v. Kyle E. McClamma
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-14446, 16-10641
USA v. Phillip Don Scott
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14724
Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc., et al v. Metro Recycling Inc.
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14800
Robert Langermann v. Samuel J. Dubbin, et al
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15136
Berndetta Howard v. City of Greensboro, Alabama
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15308
Gosundi Wusiya v. City of Miami Beach, et al.
Date: June 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15323
Jones v. FL Parole Comm'n  
Date: June 2, 2015
Docket Number: 13-12738

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit challenging a Florida law that widens the permissible gap between parole interviews as violating, inter alia, the Ex Post Facto Clause. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state…

William F. Tittle v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Date: June 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11376
USA v. Eric Lanard Williams
Date: June 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11943
USA v. Burson Augustin
Date: June 2, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-12157, 14-12221
Ed Rudy v. Walter Coke, Inc., et al.
Date: June 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12703
USA v. Jose Lopez-Chamu
Date: June 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13564
USA v. Lawrence Schechtman
Date: June 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13778
USA v. Fedencio J. Arellano
Date: June 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13805
Florinda Mejia-Lopez v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: June 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14117
Charloris Hawkins v. BBVA Compass Bancshares Inc.
Date: June 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14480
Christopher Allen Walston v. PYOD, LLC
Date: June 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14593
USA v. Larry Andrews
Date: June 2, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-15200, 21-10645
USA v. William James Reese, et al
Date: June 1, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-12728, 13-12986
United States v. Perkins  
Date: June 1, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13444

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, found guilty of 37 counts related to his involvement in a credit card fraud scheme, appealed his conviction and sentence. On appeal, defendant raised numerous issues. Defendant argued that the district court…

Samantha D. Watkins v. Capital City Bank
Date: June 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13565
USA v. Chairman Colley Billie
Date: June 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13843
Lankhorst v. Indep. Savings Plan Co.  
Date: May 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11449

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against ISPC, alleging that ISPC violated the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), 15 U.S.C. 1635, 1637, by failing to disclose examples of minimum payments and the maximum repayment period, as well as…

USA v. Harold Steven Abbott
Date: May 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11628
Leonilo Guzman-Hernandez v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12779
Likes v. DHL Express  
Date: May 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13076

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a putative class action suit against DHL, alleging that it violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act), 29 U.S.C. 2102(a), by failing to provide 60 days' notice before…

Jane McGinnis v. American Home Mortgage servicing, Inc.
Date: May 29, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-13404, 17-11494
Paul H. Ostborg, Jr. v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: May 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13895
Industrial Maritime Carriers, LLC v. Dantzler, Inc.
Date: May 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15130
Carlson v. FedEx Ground Package Sys., Inc.  
Date: May 28, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14979

Justia Opinion Summary: Drivers working for FedEx in Florida filed suit alleging a number of statutory and common-law claims against the company. At issue was whether FedEx properly classified the drivers as independent contractors. Applying…

Elizabeth Fuentes-Rangel v. Daniel Scott Woodman
Date: May 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12659
Bozorgmehr Pouyeh v. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, et al.
Date: May 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13704
USA v. Leonard Edward Westry, Jr.
Date: May 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14009
Griffin v. Secretary, FL DOC  
Date: May 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14851

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner sought reconsideration of a single-judge order denying him a certificate of appealability (COA), arguing that jurists of reason could debate whether Rule 60(b)(5) and 60(b)(6) permit him to challenge the…

USA v. Mark Joshua Ruark
Date: May 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14469
USA v. Dana E. Tuomi
Date: May 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15184
USA v. Rigaud Andre
Date: May 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15215
USA v. Luis Alejandro Madera-Sanchez
Date: May 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15555
The Hanover Insurance Company v. Marilourdes Deyo
Date: May 26, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14482
Jimmy Bernard Barkley v. Warden, FCC Jesup-Medium
Date: May 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11048
Noria C. Green v. Mobis Alabama, LLC, et al.
Date: May 26, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-11328, 14-13204
USA v. Oreste Rolando Chavez
Date: May 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11510
Silvadnie Quainoo v. Jennifer Denise Watkins, et al
Date: May 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12690
David C. Keever v. First American Title Insurance Company, et al.
Date: May 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12845
USA v. Lawrence Perrier
Date: May 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13468
USA v. Alton Eugene Diggs
Date: May 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13500
USA v. Melvin Evins Nance
Date: May 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14595
Cornelius B. Faison v. Donalsonville Hospital Inc.
Date: May 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14939
USA v. Robert Curtis Scharmberg
Date: May 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15291
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: May 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15467
USA v. Jean Mari Lindor
Date: May 22, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14365
USA v. Cesar Alberto Tavarez
Date: May 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11334
Kevon O'Garro v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13080
Oluwa Gbenga Rotimi Awoleye v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13124
USA v. Kenneth Bullard
Date: May 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13365
Carla Hilger v. Jenny Velazquez, et al
Date: May 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13526
Trey Brown v. Hector Avilez
Date: May 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14393
USA v. Xavion DeAndre Jackson
Date: May 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14980
USA v. Arne Soriede
Date: May 21, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-13573, 18-11046, 19-11287
USA v. Hector Bruno, Jr.
Date: May 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13012
United States v. Siegelman  
Date: May 20, 2015
Docket Number: 12-14373

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was found guilty of one count of federal funds bribery, four counts of honest services mail fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud, as well as one count of obstruction of…

United States v. Brester  
Date: May 20, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15311

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant and his co-conspirators were involved in a fraudulent scheme where they charged lenders "management fees" when they purchased and immediately resold apartment units. At issue was whether the government's…

David Hernandez v. Dr. Chryssiadis, et al.
Date: May 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12165
USA v. Mark Proctor
Date: May 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12564
Owners Insurance Company v. Mitchell Winfred Chadwick, et al
Date: May 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15778
Irvin Shay Viers v. Warden
Date: May 19, 2015
Docket Number: 13-12772
USA v. Andrew Milton Williams
Date: May 19, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13079
William Lill v. Governor of the State of Georgia, et al
Date: May 19, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13786
Valeria Davis v. Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
Date: May 18, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-13563, 14-12951
Jimmy Lee Fields v. Warden, FCC Coleman - USP 1
Date: May 15, 2015
Docket Number: 11-14997
Merricks v. Adkisson  
Date: May 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12801

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, a law enforcement officer, under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for injuries she suffered from his alleged use of excessive force during a traffic stop and search of her car. The court concluded…

USA v. Frank Davis Moore, Jr.
Date: May 15, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-12980, 20-14791
Keneth L. Inman v. State Bar of Georgia, eta l
Date: May 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13229
Jonathan Bruce Collins v. Fulton County School District
Date: May 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13632
Robert Creighton v. U.S. Department of Transportation, et al
Date: May 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14110
USA v. Claud Lamy Duval
Date: May 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14386
Rosin v. United States  
Date: May 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10175

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of thirty-five counts of health care fraud and thirty-five counts of making false statements related to health care matters, appealed the district court's denial of his motion to vacate his…

Gerardo Gonzalez, et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: May 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13951
United States v. Keelan  
Date: May 13, 2015
Docket Number: 13-11878

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, convicted of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422(b), appealed the district court's sentence ordering restitution under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA), 18…

USA v. Daniel Emmanuel Torrez
Date: May 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11512
USA v. Levore Jones-Tidwell
Date: May 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12177
USA v. Christopher Phillip Vaughn
Date: May 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14051
Kyung L. Trotter v. Michael D. Ayres, Sr.,et al
Date: May 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14637
Allen Alphonzo Adams v. Hale Burnside
Date: May 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11045
Hui Wei Zheng v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11792
Joel D. Joseph v. Richard S. Bernstein, et al
Date: May 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13989
USA v. Katay Joseph
Date: May 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14300
USA v. Armando Marmol
Date: May 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15389
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., et al. v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., et al.
Date: May 11, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-10891, 15-12990
Roy W. Davis, et al. v. Tazewell T. Shepard, III
Date: May 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13104
Peter A. Wilson v. International Business Machines Corporation
Date: May 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14977
Brian Berry, et al. v. Travis Leslie, et al.
Date: May 8, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14092
USA v. Jose Rojo
Date: May 8, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15266
Vincent Vidal Mitchell v. USA
Date: May 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12271
USA v. Cedrick Williams
Date: May 8, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-13679, 17-13735
Warehouse Solutions, Inc. v. Integrated Logistics, LLC, et al.
Date: May 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14943
USA v. Travis Keshawn Jones
Date: May 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15081
USA v. James Andrew Washington
Date: May 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15219
USA v. Horacio Arroyo-Jaimes
Date: May 7, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14851
Mezerhane v. Republica Bolivariana De Venezuela  
Date: May 7, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14953

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a successful Venezuelan entrepreneur, filed an international human rights law complaint against Venezuela and two Venezuelan governmental entities, alleging that the Venezuelan government committed various…

USA v. Antonio U. Akel
Date: May 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11671
William B. Shannon v. The Albertelli Firm, P.C., et al.
Date: May 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11832
Colbert v. United States  
Date: May 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12007

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against the United States, Attorney Kandis Martine, and Budget Rent-A-Car after plaintiffs were injured in a car accident caused by Martine. Martine, while driving a rental car to an adoption…

Keith Karlson v. Red Door Homes, LLC, et al.
Date: May 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12371
USA v. Schella Hope
Date: May 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12462
USA v. Quentin Collick, et al.
Date: May 6, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15245
Bank of America, NA v. Robert G. Dello Russo
Date: May 6, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15934
USA v. Ana Orosa Parada
Date: May 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11130
Andres Gomez v. Dade County Federal Credit Union
Date: May 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11539
Rene Leoncio, et al. v. Louisville Ladder, Inc.
Date: May 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12972
USA v. Victor G. Baxter
Date: May 6, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-13238, 15-12788, 16-15995, 19-10327
USA v. Katrina Wright
Date: May 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13304
USA v. Beau Diamond
Date: May 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13408
USA v. Robert Edwards, Jr.
Date: May 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13707
Lisa Y.S. West v. Deputy Terry Davis
Date: May 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15706
United States v. Davis  
Date: May 5, 2015
Docket Number: 12-12928

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the denial of his motion to suppress evidence after being convicted of several counts of Hobbs Act robbery, conspiracy and knowing possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. At…

USA v. Hildra Jones
Date: May 5, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14219
Wiersum v. U.S. Bank  
Date: May 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12289

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a wrongful termination action under the Florida Whistleblower Act (FWA), Fla. Stat. 448.102(3). On appeal, plaintiff challenged the district court's dismissal with prejudice of the action. The court…

USA v. Amaury Tomas Contino
Date: May 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12513
FTC v. Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals  
Date: May 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13131

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Hi-Tech, Jared Wheat, Stephen Smith, and Dr. Terrill Mark Wright appealed the district court's order holding them in contempt for violating injunctions that prohibit them from making any representations about…

Robert D. Floyd v. Sallie Mae, Inc., et al
Date: May 4, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-13397, 20-12770
USA v. Edwin Vidal Torres
Date: May 4, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14339
Robert Williams v. Georgia Stevedore Association, Inc., et al
Date: May 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11790
Robbie S. Johnson, et al v. Mitchell Alan Gross, etc., et al
Date: May 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12248
USA v. Jason Alan Hargrove
Date: May 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13021
Xiaoming Liu v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: May 4, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-14560, 15-10621
Eric Watkins v. United States Postal Employee
Date: May 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14608
USA v. Julien Garcon
Date: May 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13386
Sandra E. Nolley v. AT&T Services, Inc., et al
Date: May 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13470
Bobby Shine, et al v. Bank of America, N.A., et al
Date: May 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15158
Santiago-Lugo v. Warden  
Date: April 30, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14384

Justia Opinion Summary: A cell phone was found during a random search in the Federal Correctional Complex at Coleman Medium Prison in Florida. An examination of the phone’s call history showed that the son of inmate Israel Santiago-Lugo had…

USA v. Dwayne Fields
Date: April 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10013
Charles Wellons v. Miami Dade County, et al
Date: April 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11159
USA v. Nathaniel Green
Date: April 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13475
Preston v. Secretary, Florida Dept. of Corrections  
Date: April 29, 2015
Docket Number: 12-14706

Justia Opinion Summary: Robert Preston appealed the district court’s denial of his federal habeas petition. A jury convicted Preston of premeditated murder for the 1978 killing of Earline Walker and recommended that he be sentenced to death.…

Valone v. Waage  
Date: April 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11457

Justia Opinion Summary: The Valones were Florida residents who filed jointly for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. In their petition, they claimed exemptions for personal property (known as the "wildcard" exemption). The issue…

Home Legend, LLC v. Mannington Mills, Inc.  
Date: April 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13440

Justia Opinion Summary: Mannington Mills, Inc. appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Home Legend, LLC, that Mannington’s registered copyright in its “Glazed Maple” design was invalid. Mannington and Home Legend both sold laminate…

USA v. Troy Douglas Brimm
Date: April 28, 2015
Docket Number: 13-10392
Leon King v. USA
Date: April 28, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13693
Roger D. Hughes v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, et al
Date: April 28, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14373
USA v. Alma Lucrecia Hernandez-Preciado
Date: April 28, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15813
United States v. Ford  
Date: April 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10381

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Cora Cadia Ford owned and managed a tax preparation business. Through that business, she operated a complex fraud scheme over a period of many years, acquiring personal information under false pretenses, often…

Laura A. v. Limestone County Board of Education
Date: April 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12892
Gregory Allen Mines v. Anthony Barber, et al
Date: April 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13122
Guadalupe Gallego Ochoa, et al v. Empresas ICA, S.A.B. DE CV, eta l
Date: April 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13784
George Ekins v. Harbourside Funding, LP, et al
Date: April 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14658
USA v. Oliver Gayle
Date: April 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10578
Michael L. Bullard v. Warden, Jenkins Correctional Center, et al
Date: April 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11050
USA v. Yonis Ernesto Villatoro-Ordonez
Date: April 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14415
Gerald Alexander v. Crystal A. Bradshaw, et al
Date: April 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13300
USA v. Canetha Johnson, et al.
Date: April 24, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15773
USA v. Troy Simon
Date: April 24, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-10135, 15-13456
USA v. Kenneth Porter
Date: April 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10223
Rodrigo Diaz-Hincapie, et al. v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: April 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13233
Gerald Alexander v. Crystal A. Bradshaw, et al
Date: April 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13300
Terrence Davidson v. Onika Maraj, et al.
Date: April 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14811
Ann Marie DeSouza v. JPMorgan Chase Home Lending Division, et al.
Date: April 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14861
United States v. Peters  
Date: April 23, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13567

Justia Opinion Summary: Dale Peters appealed a final order denying his request for transfer of Writ of Execution proceedings to California and a hearing by granting the government's Application for an Amended Writ of Execution, resulting from a…

Moshe Ashkenazi v. South Broward Hospital District
Date: April 23, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15061
USA v. Dewarren Antoine Lewis
Date: April 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12055
USA v. Christopher Shawn Linton
Date: April 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13129
Gary Hunter v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: April 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14431
Kelvin D. Harris v. Mario P. Goderick, et al.
Date: April 22, 2015
Docket Number: 13-12253
Roland Mathis v. USA
Date: April 22, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13201
USA v. Christopher Gregory Herrera
Date: April 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12484
USA v. Christopher L. Haley
Date: April 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14076
USA v. Romon Mandel Thomas
Date: April 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14896
Securities and Exchange Commissioner v. Michael Lauer
Date: April 21, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13110
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: April 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11117
USA v. Lazaro Rodriguez Gil
Date: April 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12111
USA v. Michael Townsend Anthony
Date: April 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12132
United States v. Creel  
Date: April 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12438

Justia Opinion Summary: Donald Creel pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography, and received an enhanced sentence when the district court ruled that he "[d]istribut[ed]" child pornography through a file sharing program on his computer. The…

Walker v. Holder  
Date: April 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12814

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Drew Walker, a citizen of Jamaica, was admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident in 1990. In 2001, Walker pleaded no contest to three counts of uttering a forged instrument in Florida. One…

USA v. Vladimyr Jean Baptiste
Date: April 20, 2015
Docket Number: 13-12651
Christine Stone v. Bank of New York Mellon, N.A., et al.
Date: April 20, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15433
Robert Cusick v. Yellowbook, Inc.
Date: April 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11370
USA v. John Randall Futch
Date: April 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11770
Kenneth L. Rivers v. Warden, FCC Coleman - USP I
Date: April 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12125
Parks v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration  
Date: April 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12154

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Rachel Parks appealed an administrative law judge's denial of her application for supplemental security income on behalf of her minor son, D.P. D.P. suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and…

United States v. LaFond  
Date: April 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12574

Justia Opinion Summary: The issues presented to the Eleventh Circuit in these consolidated appeals of Donald LaFond, Jr. and Jason Widdison, both convicted for second degree murder, was whether the district court abused its discretion in four…

USA v. Karlton D. Spaulding
Date: April 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15246
Dimanche v. Brown  
Date: April 17, 2015
Docket Number: 12-13694

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue this case presented for the Eleventh Circuit's review centered on whether a Florida inmate satisfied the requirements set forth in the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Moliere Dimanche, Jr. sued 16 prison…

USA v. Daniel Jean Charles
Date: April 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10590
Kipnis v. Bayerische Hypo-UND Vereinsbank, AG  
Date: April 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11959

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs-appellants Donald Kipnis, Lawrence Kibler, Barry Mukamal and Kenneth Welt,appealedthe district court’s Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) dismissal of their complaint against defendants-appellees…

Anago Franchising, Inc. v. Shaz, LLC, et al
Date: April 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12020
USA v. Antonio Jesus Munoz-Rodriguez
Date: April 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12405
United States v. Hill  
Date: April 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13383

Justia Opinion Summary: Joshua Hill appealed his 192-month sentence, imposed after he pled guilty to conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors. On appeal, Hill claimed the district court erred by applying: (1) a two-level enhancement…

Nancy K. Neidich v. Edward R. Salas
Date: April 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13768
Claudette Jones v. Sheriff of Broward County, et al
Date: April 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14678
Marvin C. Gill v. Sgt. David Wells, et al.
Date: April 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12303
USA v. Joseph Wayne King
Date: April 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13043
USA v. Omar L. Garcia
Date: April 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13853
Mobley v. Bronson  
Date: April 15, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-11972, 13-15726

Justia Opinion Summary: Pro se inmate-appellant William Mobley appealed the grant of summary judgment, effectively dismissing his claim of excessive force during an arrest. Mobley was parked in a handicapped parking spot, slouched down in the…

Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: April 15, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13352
Conner v. GDCP Warden  
Date: April 15, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13928

Justia Opinion Summary: Death row inmate-petitioner John Conner appealed the denial of his petition for habeas relief. Conner was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1982 beating death of J.T. White. Conner confessed that he struck White…

William Eric Green v. USA
Date: April 15, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14386
USA v. Vital Frederick
Date: April 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10476
Deandre Russell v. Redstone Federal Credit Union, et al
Date: April 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10498
Humberto Prin Garcia Molina, et al v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: April 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10657
McWane, Inc. v. FTC  
Date: April 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11363

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue in this case arose from alleged anticompetitive conduct in the ductile iron pipe fittings ("DIPF") market by McWane, Inc., a family-run company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. In 2009, following the…

Jackie Lyons v. Michael O'Quinn, et al
Date: April 15, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-11497, 16-17069
Lisa Spears v. Charlie Creel
Date: April 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12261
USA v. Bruce Brown
Date: April 14, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13578
Jackie Lyons v. Michael O'Quinn, et al
Date: April 14, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-11497, 16-17069
USA v. Michael J. Charniak
Date: April 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11883
USA v. Danny Crane
Date: April 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13573
Gary Glenn v. American United Life Insurance Company, et al
Date: April 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13945
Branch Banking & Trust Company v. Paul Meng, et al
Date: April 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15278
USA v. David Clum, Jr., et al.
Date: April 13, 2015
Docket Number: 13-10602
USA v. William Campbell
Date: April 13, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15405
Eric Myree Perkins v. Kushla Water District, et al.
Date: April 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12652
USA v. Miles L. Gammage
Date: April 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13971
Warren Lokey v. FDIC, et al.
Date: April 13, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-14822, 14-15079
AIG Centennial Insurance Co. v. O'Neill  
Date: April 10, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13243

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-appellant J. Brian O'Neill purchased the Bryemere, a sport-fishing vessel, in 2006. As he negotiated the Bryemere’s price, O’Neill incorporated a limited-liability company in the state of Rhode Island, Carolina…

Raymond Pardon v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Date: April 10, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14521
Dwayne Norton v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: April 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12471
United States v. Albury  
Date: April 9, 2015
Docket Number: 12-15183

Justia Opinion Summary: Michael Albury, Jr. appealed after a jury convicted him of various narcotics offenses, including possession with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and N-Benzylpiperazine (“BZP” -- a schedule I controlled…

U.S. Securities & Exchange Comm'n v. Big Apple Consulting USA, Inc.  
Date: April 9, 2015
Docket Number: 13-11976

Justia Opinion Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought a civil enforcement action against defendants Big Apple Consulting USA, Inc., MJMM Investments, LLC, Marc Jablon, and Mark Kaley (collectively, defendants) for…

Rickey Thompson v. USA
Date: April 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10361
USA v. Tedric Jameil Chin
Date: April 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11419
Vidal Suriel v. Commissioner of IRS
Date: April 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11533
USA v. Louis Michael Pasquazzi
Date: April 9, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-11688, 14-11822
USA v. Naba Raheem Lewis
Date: April 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12241
Tom Cooper, et al. v. Marten Transport, LTD., et al.
Date: April 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12962
Megan E. Mitchell, et al. v. Harvey E. Stewart, III, et al.
Date: April 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13035
USA v. William Potts, Jr.
Date: April 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13317
USA v. Shawn Ephisian Taylor
Date: April 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13471
Felicia D. Thomas v. James Paul Clinton, et al
Date: April 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14308
USA v. Anthony Vincent Cartman
Date: April 8, 2015
Docket Numbers: 12-16603, 13-12600
James Melvin Cramer v. Jorge Aguliar, et al
Date: April 8, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14488
Graham v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.  
Date: April 8, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14590

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1996, a Florida District Court of Appeal approved certification of a class-action lawsuit originating in the Circuit Court of Dade County that encompassed an estimated 700,000 Floridians who brought state-law damages…

USA v. Lazaro Rivero
Date: April 8, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-10121, 21-10768
Walter Jose Ruiz v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: April 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11032
USA v. Stormy Giddens, Jr.
Date: April 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12440
Vlada Blisciuc v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: April 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13804
USA v. William Andrew Kinsey, III
Date: April 8, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-13808, 20-11208
John Elmore, Jr. v. Fulton County School District, et al.
Date: April 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14063
USA v. Arnold Clayton
Date: April 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14279
Nura Washington Bey v. City of Tampa Code Enforcement, et al.
Date: April 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14334
Gary Ray Spears v. Warden
Date: April 7, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13071
USA v. Quashun Demarcus Carr, et al.
Date: April 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10012
Reginald Wilkinson v. The GEO Group, Inc., et al.
Date: April 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10215
United States v. Alexander  
Date: April 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10253

Justia Opinion Summary: The issues this appeal presented for the Eleventh Circuit's review stemmed from defendant-appellant Mark Alexander’s conviction for conspiring to sell cutting machines to companies in Iran, in violation of the…

Carithers v. Mid-Continent Casualty Company  
Date: April 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11639

Justia Opinion Summary: After discovering a number of defects in their home, plaintiffs Hugh and Katherine Carithers filed suit against their homebuilder, Cronk Duch, in state court. Cronk Duch’s insurance company, Mid-Continent Casualty…

USA v. Maynor Escalante Martinez
Date: April 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11818
Robert A. Wesolowski, et al. v. Title Source, Inc., et al.
Date: April 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12781
Randall White v. Bank of America National Association, et al
Date: April 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13369
USA v. Patricia M. Styling
Date: April 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13815
Edgar Segura Ocoro v. USA
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Number: 13-10123
USA v. Omar Weise
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14467
USA v. Donald Joe Barber
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14620
United States v. Asante  
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15651

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-appellant Emmanuel Asante pled guilty to two firearms offenses and the district court sentenced him at the bottom of the advisory sentencing guideline range to forty-six months in prison. Asante claimed on…

USA v. Carlos Fernandez
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10478
USA v. J.L Menefee, II
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-11133, 15-12022
Pauline Moody v. City of Delray Beach, et al.
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11295
Ferenc Fodor v. Eastern Shipbuilding Group
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-11713, 14-12995
USA v. Terrence Rashod Clark
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-12458, 18-12151
Porter Capital Corporation v. Rodney Haley
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12557
Nam Sik Ji v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12848
Christopher Lowe v. Crown Equipment Corporation
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13303
Nelson Cartagena-Merced v. USA
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13417
USA v. Tyronie Patterson
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13846
Doris Archer v. Captain Myron Logan, et al.
Date: April 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15401
USA v. Jessica Harris
Date: April 3, 2015
Docket Number: 13-11017
United States v. Velazquez  
Date: April 3, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-14132, 13-14141

Justia Opinion Summary: Pursuant to written plea agreements, defendants Yolanda Sosa and Adrian Velazquez pled guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. For a five month period in 2011, Defendants met with a "cooperating doctor" and paid…

John Forrest Coon v. USA
Date: April 3, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15951
USA v. Carlos Alfonso Almanza Sanchez
Date: April 3, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-15969, 13-15956
USA v. Nathaniel Willis Pitts, Jr.
Date: April 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10412
USA v. Bryan Whitehead
Date: April 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14223
William Sumner Scott v. Steven A. Frankel
Date: April 3, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14262
FNU Mulyadi v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: April 2, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-14080, 17-10469
Manuel Rodriguez v. School Board of Polk County, Florida, et al
Date: April 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10480
USA v. Kenyon Williams
Date: April 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10891
USA v. Julius Isoron England
Date: April 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11403
USA v. Julian Pearson Burke
Date: April 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11596
Leonardo Esparza-Diaz v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: April 2, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-11840, 16-10231
United States v. Dimitrovski  
Date: April 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12417

Justia Opinion Summary: On June 26, 2013, an eighteen-wheeler tractor-trailer transporting a shipment of L'Oreal brand beauty products, including hair-color and makeup, was stolen from a truck stop in Antioch, Tennessee. The shipment was en…

John H. McCulley, et al. v. Bank of America, N.A., et al.
Date: April 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12713
Thomas Wolff v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: April 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13873
Verneisa Jackson v. Corrections Corporation of America
Date: April 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11010
Lori Lacina v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration
Date: April 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11051
Dash 224 LLC, et al v. Aerovias De Integracion Regional Aires SA
Date: April 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11839
USA v. Calvin Boyd
Date: April 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12594
Hernaldo Guadarrama-Melo v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: April 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13220
Donald Ray Belue v. John R. Benn, et al.
Date: April 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14473
Cheryl Clark, M.D. v. South Broward Hospital District
Date: March 31, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14848
Antonio Moore v. David Frazier
Date: March 31, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15757
Orlando Samuel McKeithen v. Cathy Jackson, et al.
Date: March 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10492
Richard Vieux v. Warden, USA
Date: March 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11206
Moss v. City of Pembroke Pines  
Date: March 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11240

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed a district court's order granting defendants judgment as a matter of law on Plaintiff's First Amendment retaliation claim. Plaintiff asserted the claim after being terminated from his position as…

Beatriz Eugenia Zuluaga Hincapie v. U.S. Attorney General
Date: March 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11267
USA v. Elvin Leonardo Pineda-Cabrera
Date: March 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11653
Anthony Payne, et al. v. C.R. Bard, Inc., et al.
Date: March 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12603
USA v. Arnold Knight
Date: March 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13937
Annie Pauline Ward v. AMS Servicing, LLC
Date: March 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14052
Zelaya v. United States  
Date: March 30, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14780

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs in this case, Carlos Zelaya and George Glantz, were victims of one of the largest Ponzi schemes in American history: the Ponzi scheme orchestrated by R. Allen Stanford. Plaintiffs were taken by surprise,…

USA v. Dora Moreira
Date: March 30, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-10530, 17-12967
Arthur Thompson v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
Date: March 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10532
Simpler Solar Systems, Inc. v. Renitta Knight
Date: March 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10997
USA v. Demond Levar Johnson
Date: March 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11450
Aristotle Sampson v. Warden, FCC Coleman - USP I
Date: March 30, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-11682, 15-15402
Raymond Anthony Hanna v. State of Florida, et al
Date: March 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12270
Serge Bralo v. Spirit Airlines, Inc.,
Date: March 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12770
USA v. Jeffery Michael Jackson
Date: March 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13172
USA v. Thomas Collins Hall
Date: March 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13967
Willie G. Smith v. Phillips Winters Apartments, et al
Date: March 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-14096
USA v. Fabian A. Scott
Date: March 27, 2015
Docket Number: 13-13477
Patricia Hilson, et al. v. GEICO General Insurance Company
Date: March 27, 2015
Docket Number: 13-14329
Felix Arturo Loayza Wong v. Carnival Corporation
Date: March 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10856
USA v. Garry Souffrant
Date: March 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11440
David A. Belniak v. Florida Highway Patrol, etal
Date: March 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11490
USA v. Andrew Williams
Date: March 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11556
Teresa A. Mace v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration
Date: March 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11971
Donavette Ely v. Mobile Housing Board
Date: March 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12006
USA v. Antwayne Tremayne Lowry
Date: March 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12363
USA v. John David Hillin
Date: March 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13028
Tamiko P. Walker v. Financial Recovery Services, Inc., et al
Date: March 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13769
Arbitrajes Financieros, S.A. v. Bank of America, N.A., et al.
Date: March 26, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-10952, 14-11167
Jorge Vazquez v. Orange County Service Unit
Date: March 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11642
Malibu Media, LLC v. Leo Pelizzo
Date: March 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11795
USA v. Anthony J. Reed
Date: March 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12944
Jean Mesidor, et al. v. Waste Management, Inc. of Florida
Date: March 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13455
Community Maritime Park Associates Inc. v. Maritime Park Development Partners LLC
Date: March 25, 2015
Docket Numbers: 12-13249, 14-10989
Jane Doe, et al. v. Drummond Company, Inc., et al.  
Date: March 25, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15503

Justia Opinion Summary: Following a prolonged period of civil unrest in the Republic of Colombia, plaintiffs-appellants filed suit in the United States on behalf of over one hundred Colombian citizens killed by violent paramilitaries in the…

John W. Rives v. The Honorable Ray LaHood
Date: March 25, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15905
Veronica B. D'Antignac v. Deere & Company
Date: March 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10048
Brophy v. Jiangbo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  
Date: March 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10213

Justia Opinion Summary: An interlocutory appeal before the Eleventh Circuit centered on an order granting motions to dismiss by two defendants in a securities class action against Jiangbo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., its principal officers, and its…

United States v. Symington  
Date: March 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10482

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Joseph Symington appealed his conviction and 15-year mandatory minimum sentence, imposed pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), after he pleaded guilty for being a convicted felon in possession of…

USA v. Behrmann Desenclos
Date: March 24, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15883
USA v. Emerson Davis
Date: March 24, 2015
Docket Number: 13-15962
USA v. Jimmy Cornell Terry
Date: March 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13285
Richard Keith Alan, II v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: March 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-13807
Wallace C. Jones, Jr. v. Kevin Thomas, et al
Date: March 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-15030
USA v. Damion Rashad Carder
Date: March 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11895
International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Amerijet International, Inc.
Date: March 23, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-12237, 15-15145
Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc., et al v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, et al  
Date: March 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-12357

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Defenders of Wildlife appealed a district court’s grant of final summary judgment to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as well as to the Alabama Coal Association and several other…

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