2016 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1501 - 1617 of 1617
Date: January 22, 2016
Docket Number: 14-11585
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence for eight counts of armed robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a) and eight counts of carrying, using, and brandishing a weapon in violation of 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A)(ii).…
Date: January 22, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15422
Date: January 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10848
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against the officers who searched their home, the officers who arrested them, and the sheriff in charge of the jail. Plaintiffs' trailer was searched because officers believed the trailer belonged…
Date: January 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11986
Date: January 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13498
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-10009
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction of five counts of filing false tax returns, three counts of using an unauthorized access device, and two counts of aggravated identity theft. The court rejected defendant's contention…
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-14802
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15084
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence under the three-strikes statute pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e). The district court counted defendant's two earlier South Carolina burglary convictions…
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12947
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 12-14989
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, appealed the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. 2241 petition for lack of jurisdiction. The court agreed that the district court lacked…
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11597
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-13153, 17-10851
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 16-10011
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner filed a pro se application for authorization to file a second or successive 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his federal sentence. Petitioner's application relies in part on Johnson v.…
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-11829
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12891
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-13733
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15732
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant, an Alabama death row inmate convicted of rape, burglary, and murder, challenged the district court's denial of his emergency motion to stay execution. Appellant also filed an emergency motion for a stay of…
Date: January 15, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11945
Date: January 15, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12124
Date: January 15, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12397
Date: January 14, 2016
Docket Number: 14-14151
Date: January 14, 2016
Docket Number: 14-14675
Date: January 14, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-10997, 15-13698
Date: January 14, 2016
Docket Number: 15-14967
Date: January 13, 2016
Docket Number: 13-13929
Date: January 13, 2016
Docket Number: 14-15408
Date: January 12, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-13556, 14-13356, 17-13655
Date: January 12, 2016
Docket Number: 14-13619
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, the personal representative of Victor Arango and the administrator of his estate, filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C.1983, alleging that defendant used excessive force in the fatal shooting of Arango. Defendant…
Date: January 12, 2016
Docket Number: 14-14329
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant plead guilty to possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. The district court sentenced defendant to the mandatory minimum sentence of 180 months in prison pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA),…
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: 13-11683
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Haiti, seeks review of the BIA's order affirming the IJ's denial of his request that he not be removed from the United States. Because petitioner failed to assert before the BIA…
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: 14-12347
Justia Opinion Summary: Quinlan petitioned for review of the Commission's final decision holding that Quinlan violated standards under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq., when two of its employees were caught…
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: 14-13907
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12569
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed from the district court's order denying his "Motion to Compel Compliance" with a plea agreement. The court concluded that there is no apparent jurisdictional basis for defendant's motion. Defendant…
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15493
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner filed a pro se application seeking a second or successive 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his federal sentence. Petitioner was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18…
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-14817, 15-12515
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 13-15673
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of capital murder in the course of first-degree rape and first-degree robbery, appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner contended…
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11676
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-12343
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-13089, 15-15456, 16-12012, 16-12299
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-14253
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-14258
Date: January 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-10880
Justia Opinion Summary: The Institute filed the underlying complaint, alleging claims for unjust enrichment, right of publicity, and misappropriation under Michigan common law for Target’s sales of all items using the name and likeness of Rosa…
Date: January 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-11161
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to 21 counts of mail fraud, 41 counts of wire fraud, and 4 counts of filing a false tax return. On appeal, defendant challenged his 53 month sentence. The court concluded that the district court…
Date: January 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-15710
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner filed an application seeking an order authorizing the district court to consider a second or successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(3)(A). Petitioner alleges that his…
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