2019 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1 - 500 of 1858
Date: December 30, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13101
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S. Ct. 2364 (1994), did not bar plaintiff's civil action for false arrest under 42 U.S.C. 1983. In this case, plaintiff was arrested as he rode his…
Date: December 30, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14345
Justia Opinion Summary: At issue was the word "retirement" in the Award Terms of stock options granted to plaintiff by his employer E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Under the terms of the award, an employee who leaves the company "due to…
Date: December 30, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11969
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 19-10643
Date: December 26, 2019
Docket Number: 19-10781
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 16-15705
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12915
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of India, appealed from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2241. Petitioner has been in ICE custody for 31 months and argued that he was entitled to release under…
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14812
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated defendant's sentence for possessing a firearm as a felon, possessing body armor as a violent felon, and distributing methamphetamine. The court held that the district court plainly erred by…
Date: December 23, 2019
Docket Number: 19-14316
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that petitioner, a convicted drug trafficker who has illegally entered into the United States three times, was not entitled to an emergency stay of removal. The court denied his motion to stay…
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Numbers: 15-14160, 15-14162, 15-14178, 15-14179, 15-14180, 17-12583
Justia Opinion Summary: Two auto body collision repair shops filed a class action against dozens of insurance defendants, alleging claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and state law fraud and unjust…
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11690
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with failing to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act…
Date: December 20, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14532
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12105
Justia Opinion Summary: Geico Marine filed suit seeking a declaration that a navigational limit in the policy with defendant that required the vessel to be north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during hurricane season barred coverage. The…
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12138
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendants in a putative class action seeking damages and a declaration that vehicle insurance purchased by plaintiffs was not valid.…
Date: December 13, 2019
Docket Number: 17-11009
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, two African-American minimum-wage employees who work in Birmingham at a rate lower than the $10.10 prescribed by the City's minimum wage ordinance, filed suit alleging that Act No. 2016-18, which nullified…
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11593
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12280
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12110
Date: December 10, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-10815, 19-12496
Date: December 10, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14796
Date: December 10, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11164
Date: December 9, 2019
Docket Number: 17-11703
Justia Opinion Summary: After a scammer posing as an executive of Principle Solutions persuaded an employee to wire money to a foreign bank account, Principle Solutions sought coverage under the "fraudulent instruction" provision of its…
Date: December 6, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13860
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11854
Date: December 5, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11913
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Numbers: 15-13610, 18-13619, 21-13869
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14599
Date: December 4, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14991
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-12956, 18-13227
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14788
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's final order reversing the IJ's grant of petitioner's application for asylum and denial of withholding of removal. The court agreed with the BIA that…
Date: December 2, 2019
Docket Numbers: 15-11751, 19-11087
Date: December 2, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11831
Date: November 27, 2019
Docket Numbers: 14-13238, 15-12788, 16-15995, 19-10327
Date: November 27, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11413
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14136
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court reversibly erred in concluding that defendant's conduct and choice of language would have instilled in a reasonable person a fear of death, justifying application of the…
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11095
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12403
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-13039, 18-13866, 19-12378, 19-12901
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12083
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 18-15160
Date: November 25, 2019
Docket Number: 19-10621
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14835
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 19-14127
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit reversed and vacated the district court's order remanding the case to state court after the case was removed to federal district court under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA). Because plaintiff…
Date: November 21, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14177
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the town on plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. 1983 First Amendment retaliation claim and to Wantman on the Florida malicious prosecution claim. In a…
Date: November 21, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11900
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. The court held that the government was only required to prove that defendant conspired to distribute a generic…
Date: November 20, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-11380, 18-15044
Date: November 18, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12115
Date: November 18, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-13071, 18-14115, 18-14292, 20-10543, 21-13002
Date: November 18, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14131
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14763
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11989
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Georgia prisoner, appealed the district court's sua sponte dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights complaint, alleging that the jail's policy banning hardcover books violated his rights under the First…
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12077
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a class action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, alleging that DIRECTV and the company it contracted with to provide telemarketing services, Telecel, failed to maintain the do-not-call list and…
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14664
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14775
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11778
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' claims against defendants based on lack of standing. The court held that plaintiffs plausibly alleged that they suffered an economic loss when…
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 17-12802
Justia Opinion Summary: The question of whether all speech over the microphone was government speech is a heavily fact-intensive one that looks at the history of the government's use of the medium for communicative purposes, the implication of…
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13143
Date: November 13, 2019
Docket Number: 18-15094
Date: November 12, 2019
Docket Number: 16-17107
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the Bank, asserting claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a…
Date: November 12, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13993
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion to vacate his conviction under 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A) and the corresponding sentence. The court held that petitioner pleaded…
Date: November 8, 2019
Docket Number: 19-10923
Date: November 7, 2019
Docket Number: 17-11372
Date: November 7, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11803
Date: November 7, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12224
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, the former CEO of Alabama One Credit Union, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the Governor of Alabama and his legal advisor, alleging that defendants conspired with others to improperly exert regulatory…
Date: November 7, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11964
Date: November 7, 2019
Docket Number: 19-13994
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied petitioner's application for leave to file a second or successive motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his federal sentence. The court held that Rehaif v. United States did not announce a…
Date: November 6, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14887
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14696
Date: November 5, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11887
Date: November 4, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10541
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for the Corps, holding that the district court properly determined that it was reasonable for the Corps to conclude that environmental effects…
Date: November 4, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14393
Date: November 4, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12581
Date: November 1, 2019
Docket Number: 17-11939
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against police officers under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging claims of excessive force and other various state law claims. Plaintiff's claims stemmed from a four-car police chase that resulted in an…
Date: November 1, 2019
Docket Number: 17-15706
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's orders dismissing petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and denying his motion for reconsideration. The court held that, even if…
Date: November 1, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11059
Date: November 1, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11688
Date: November 1, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12144
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-10227, 18-12713
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11967
Date: October 31, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11971
Date: October 30, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-12365, 17-12366, 17-12919
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated its prior opinion and issued the following revised opinion. The court affirmed defendants' sentences under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) and USSG 4B1.2(a), holding that defendants'…
Date: October 30, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-14845, 18-15176
Date: October 30, 2019
Docket Number: 19-14268
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's complaint and denied his emergency motion for a stay of execution as moot. The court rejected plaintiff's challenge to Georgia's requirement…
Date: October 29, 2019
Docket Number: 17-11500
Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the en banc court, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Authority. At issue in this appeal was whether, under the Due Process Clause of the…
Date: October 29, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11420
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against Rushmore, seeking class certifications on claims arising under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Florida Consumer Protection Practices Act (FDCCPA). Plaintiffs alleged…
Date: October 29, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11513
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's 210 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that defendant's prior conviction for attempted first-degree…
Date: October 29, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11679
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the denial of his motions to suppress evidence found in two separate, warrantless searches of his motel room. A gun was discovered in the first search, and drugs and associated paraphernalia were…
Date: October 29, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12689
Date: October 28, 2019
Docket Number: 17-12699
Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), the Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and held that he could not establish that errors affected his substantial…
Date: October 28, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14194
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a putative class action alleging that during the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries the DNC and its chairwoman improperly tipped the scales in favor of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who…
Date: October 25, 2019
Docket Numbers: 16-17609, 18-10142
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions and sentences for Hobbs Act robbery, knowingly carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and knowingly possessing a firearm and ammunition as…
Date: October 25, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11421
Date: October 25, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12067
Date: October 24, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13416
Date: October 24, 2019
Docket Number: 19-10096
Date: October 24, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11079
Date: October 22, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12050
Date: October 21, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14525
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a minor, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, against the sheriff and deputy who had entered her home and arrested her after her former best friend committed suicide. Defendants charged plaintiff with the crime of…
Date: October 21, 2019
Docket Number: 19-10503
Date: October 18, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11122
Date: October 18, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11130
Date: October 17, 2019
Docket Number: 17-12160
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of habeas relief to petitioner, who was convicted of felony murder and sentenced to death. The court held that the Georgia state habeas court's fact-finding was…
Date: October 17, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14638
Date: October 17, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11815
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the denial of her petition to "vacate and/or alternatively to deny recognition and enforcement" of the foreign arbitral award in favor of her employer, Carnival, on her claims under the Jones Act and…
Date: October 16, 2019
Docket Number: 17-15555
Justia Opinion Summary: Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65, 67 (2014), announced a new substantive rule that applies retroactively to cases on collateral review. Nonetheless, the Eleventh Circuit held that petitioner was not entitled to…
Date: October 16, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13572
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's judgment in defendant's favor in an action brought by plaintiff, alleging that defendant violated the Fourth Amendment by arresting plaintiff inside the home of…
Date: October 15, 2019
Docket Number: 13-13906
Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit remanded the case to the district court with instructions to issue a writ of habeas corpus vacating petitioner's sentence and entitling him to a new sentencing…
Date: October 15, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14150
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against defendants, a law firm and its partners, alleging claims for unpaid overtime and retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), breach of contract, and slander. The district…
Date: October 15, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14619
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court did not have jurisdiction over defendant's brand new 28 U.S.C. 2255 challenge because the court never gave defendant permission to raise it. In this case, defendant was…
Date: October 15, 2019
Docket Number: 17-15704
Date: October 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-15172
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Numbers: 16-11086, 17-11871
Justia Opinion Summary: Tokyo Valentino filed suit against the County, challenging certain business licensing and adult entertainment ordinances, and seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. 1983, as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. At issue…
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 17-15473
Justia Opinion Summary: The mere proximity between a firearm and drug possessed for personal use could not support a USSG 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) enhancement without a finding that the gun facilitated or had the potential to facilitate the defendant's…
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13027
Date: October 11, 2019
Docket Numbers: 19-11062, 20-13308
Date: October 10, 2019
Docket Number: 17-11668
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying defendant a resentencing hearing after it granted his motion to correct his sentence, 28 U.S.C. 2255, for an error that affected…
Date: October 10, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14325
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254. The court held that, although petitioner exhausted his due process claims based on lost or destroyed…
Date: October 10, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10053
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit challenging two policies related to the provision of basic utility services from the City on the ground that the policies have a disproportionate impact on black and Hispanic residents. The…
Date: October 10, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12024
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated defendant's conviction for honest-services fraud through bribery for undertaking an "official act" in his capacity as a police officer. The court remanded for a new trial and held that it…
Date: October 9, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12137
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant's prior conviction in Washington for delivery of cocaine is an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43), which bars him from establishing the "good moral character" necessary for naturalization. The…
Date: October 9, 2019
Docket Number: 18-15302
Date: October 8, 2019
Docket Numbers: 16-10119, 16-10120, 16-10122, 16-10124, 16-10351, 16-10354, 16-10355, 16-10356, 16-10357, 16-11520, 16-11519, 16-12841, 16-14364, 16-16600, 16-16645, 16-17147, 16-17245
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff filed suit against Mentor and Mentor Corporation for compensatory and punitive damages for injuries she suffered as a result of the surgical implantation of a polypropylene mesh sling manufactured by…
Date: October 8, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11440
Date: October 8, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13178
Date: October 7, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10145
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2254 federal habeas corpus petition challenging his convictions for first-degree murder and possession of a firearm during the…
Date: October 7, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11885
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's order revoking the discharge of debtors' debt. Debtors claimed that the trustee had pre-discharge knowledge of the alleged conduct that resulted in the revocation.…
Date: October 4, 2019
Docket Number: 16-16486
Date: October 4, 2019
Docket Number: 19-10653
Date: October 4, 2019
Docket Numbers: 19-11098, 20-10474
Date: October 4, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12307
Date: October 3, 2019
Docket Number: 17-15787
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that Immigration Services violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in two ways: when it used a beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard rather than a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard…
Date: October 3, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13991
Date: October 3, 2019
Docket Number: 19-10051
Date: October 2, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10711
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence for one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that defendant's prior New York convictions for first degree robbery and attempted…
Date: October 1, 2019
Docket Numbers: 13-14846, 18-12321, 19-11106, 19-13582, 20-11475
Date: October 1, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13682
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court's restitution order after she pleaded guilty to numerous criminal charges related to her involvement in a fraudulent tax credit scheme. The Eleventh Circuit set aside the restitution…
Date: October 1, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12283
Date: September 30, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13870
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's second or successive motion to correct his sentence. Petitioner argued, in light of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), that his…
Date: September 30, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11796
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of the government's motion to withdraw a prior motion made pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35 to reduce defendant's sentence based on his…
Date: September 30, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13662
Date: September 26, 2019
Docket Number: 18-15297
Date: September 26, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11824
Date: September 25, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13811
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a probation officer, appealed the district court's conclusion that she was not entitled to quasi-judicial immunity, qualified immunity, and Georgia official immunity from plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. 1983 and state…
Date: September 25, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11876
Justia Opinion Summary: Four liver-transplant candidates and more than a dozen transplant hospitals challenged HHS's adoption of a new policy for allocating donated livers. The Eleventh Circuit held that plaintiffs have not shown a substantial…
Date: September 24, 2019
Docket Number: 15-11854
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his convictions and sentence for numerous offenses related to his operation of a Hindu temple. In this case, the evidence at trial showed that defendant used the Hindu Temple as part of a criminal…
Date: September 24, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-15226, 18-12828
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court did not abuse its considerable discretion in holding Velex and its officers in contempt or in awarding PlayNation's attorneys' fees and costs. In this case, the court had…
Date: September 23, 2019
Docket Numbers: 13-15309, 15-14859, 18-14410
Date: September 23, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13787
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal involved two requests for documents by Broward Bulldog under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), seeking documents reviewed by the 9/11 Review Commission. The government disclosed hundreds of documents,…
Date: September 23, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11728
Date: September 20, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11168
Date: September 20, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-12215, 21-11273
Date: September 20, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11085
Date: September 19, 2019
Docket Number: 18-15096
Date: September 18, 2019
Docket Numbers: 14-13131, 17-15695
Date: September 18, 2019
Docket Numbers: 15-13997, 16-17781, 17-12057, 18-12165, 19-10535, 20-10773, 20-10783
Date: September 18, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-11736, 18-10244, 19-12269
Date: September 18, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13761
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court order was final and its retention of jurisdiction to review the arbitrator's decision did not destroy the finality of the district court's ruling pertaining to the…
Date: September 18, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13960
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Habitat for Humanity under the Fair Housing Amendments Act, which prohibits an entity from discriminating against a disabled individual by failing to make reasonable accommodations in…
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