2019 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 501 - 1000 of 1858
Date: September 18, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14098
Date: September 18, 2019
Docket Number: 19-10228
Date: September 18, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11605
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit joined its sister circuits and held that the prison mailbox rule applies to a civilly committed person. The court remanded, sua sponte, to the district court to determine when plaintiff delivered…
Date: September 17, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-13572, 17-13595
Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Justice filed suit against the State of Florida, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and 28 C.F.R. 35.130(d). The Department alleged…
Date: September 17, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11253
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's 1440 month sentence after he was convicted of five counts relating to the production and possession of child pornography. The court held that the district court did not…
Date: September 17, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14147
Date: September 17, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-14867, 20-10824, 21-13943
Date: September 16, 2019
Docket Number: 18-15068
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 16-16482
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of attempting to knowingly induce or entice a minor to engage in sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422(b), solicitation of another to commit the crime of federal kidnapping under 18…
Date: September 13, 2019
Docket Number: 18-15146
Date: September 12, 2019
Docket Number: 17-11972
Justia Opinion Summary: The EPA has discretion not to commence withdrawal proceedings under 40 C.F.R. 123.64(b) even if it finds that a state's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program has not always complied with…
Date: September 12, 2019
Docket Number: 17-11972
Date: September 12, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13003
Justia Opinion Summary: Three healthcare providers filed a class action against Progressive over a claims-handling process that was allegedly illegal under Florida law. The district court certified an injunction class under Federal Rule of…
Date: September 12, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-11121, 18-12277
Justia Opinion Summary: This consolidated appeal arose after Massage Envy’s stated reason for the termination of intervenor was its fear that she might contract and later develop Ebola due to her trip to Ghana. EEOC and intervenor appealed the…
Date: September 12, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13950
Date: September 11, 2019
Docket Number: 17-15684
Date: September 11, 2019
Docket Number: 19-10662
Date: September 10, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-12872, 18-15157, 19-14524
Date: September 10, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11220
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against three deputies and the county sheriff after she was shot five times during a routine wellness check. On appeal, the county sheriff challenged the judgment against him and the district court's…
Date: September 10, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11333
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for two counts of wire fraud. The court held that United States v. Takhalov was distinguishable from this case and the district court did not abuse its…
Date: September 10, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11732
Date: September 9, 2019
Docket Number: 16-13004
Justia Opinion Summary: After three former AseraCare employees alleged that AseraCare had a practice of knowingly submitting unsubstantiated Medicare claims in violation of the False Claims Act, the Government intervened and filed the operative…
Date: September 9, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12254
Date: September 9, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14473
Date: September 6, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12756
Date: September 6, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13193
Date: September 6, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14841
Date: September 6, 2019
Docket Number: 19-11191
Date: September 5, 2019
Docket Numbers: 15-13333, 18-12439
Date: September 5, 2019
Docket Numbers: 16-17623, 17-12163, 18-14807, 21-13059
Date: September 5, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12027
Date: September 4, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14143
Date: August 30, 2019
Docket Numbers: 16-11538, 18-13699
Date: August 30, 2019
Docket Number: 16-12978
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants, Mr. Feldman and Mrs. Feldman, appealed their convictions stemming from their operation of a pain management clinic. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the convictions, holding that the district court did not abuse…
Date: August 30, 2019
Docket Number: 17-12524
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of habeas relief to petitioner, who was sentenced to death for murder. The court held that the state court did not unreasonably determine that petitioner failed…
Date: August 30, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13376
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from the FDA's seizure from Hi-Tech a substantial quantity of products containing 1,3-dimethylamylamine or DMAA, which is used in fitness products aimed at bodybuilders and other athletes. The district…
Date: August 30, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13390
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of federal habeas relief to petitioner, who was sentenced to death for two murders. The court held that Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), did not apply…
Date: August 30, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13671
Date: August 30, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13982
Date: August 29, 2019
Docket Number: 17-12589
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to a correctional facility officer and warden in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action brought by plaintiff, alleging that defendants were deliberately…
Date: August 29, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12644
Date: August 29, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14142
Date: August 29, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14455
Date: August 28, 2019
Docket Numbers: 16-17175, 16-17595
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence for crimes related to his involvement in an $11 million scheme that involved cashing tax refund checks that he had fraudulently obtained in the names of inmates, minors,…
Date: August 28, 2019
Docket Number: 17-11444
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's denial of debtor's second motion for sanctions against Nationstar. Debtor alleged that Nationstar's conduct of sending a monthly statement to Roth to collect…
Date: August 28, 2019
Docket Number: 17-11736
Justia Opinion Summary: After Legal Outsource defaulted on a loan from Regions Bank, which triggered the default of a loan and mortgage that Regions issued to Periwinkle, the obligors refused to cure the defaults. Regions filed suit to enforce…
Date: August 28, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14077
Justia Opinion Summary: Receiving a single unsolicited text message, sent in violation of a federal statute, is not a concrete injury in fact that establishes standing to sue in federal court. Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, alleging…
Date: August 28, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14802
Date: August 28, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-14915, 18-11852
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendants' convictions for child pornography related charges, holding that evidence discovered under a Network Investigative Technique (NIT) warrant need not be suppressed. The court held…
Date: August 28, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10526
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, a class of borrowers, filed suit in Georgia against their lenders, alleging that their loan agreements violated state usury laws. After removal to federal court, the district court concluded that the forum…
Date: August 28, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12120
Date: August 27, 2019
Docket Number: 17-12541
Date: August 27, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14968
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against LGE, alleging breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and violation of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA). The district court dismissed…
Date: August 27, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14992
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the denial of his application for Social Security disability benefits, claiming that he had various physical impairments and that he suffered from bipolar disorder. The Eleventh Circuit held that,…
Date: August 27, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13914
Date: August 26, 2019
Docket Numbers: 15-10537, 18-13627
Date: August 26, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14844
Date: August 26, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14324
Date: August 23, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10385
Date: August 22, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11808
Justia Opinion Summary: The ACRU filed suit alleging that defendant, the former Broward County Supervisor of Elections, failed to satisfy her list-maintenance obligations under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). The Eleventh Circuit…
Date: August 22, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12093
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff was arrested for simple battery following an altercation with her sister, she filed suit against Deputy McDonough, alleging the violation of her Fourth Amendment rights. The district court granted summary…
Date: August 22, 2019
Docket Numbers: 19-13150, 19-13149
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied petitioner's application seeking an order authorizing the district court to consider a second or successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner claimed that he is intellectually…
Date: August 21, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10642
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an involuntarily committed inmate, filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action claiming that FCCC's policies violated his expressive freedoms under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Applying the four factor test in…
Date: August 21, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12578
Justia Opinion Summary: 8 C.F.R. 1003.14 sets forth a claim processing rule as opposed to a jurisdictional rule. The Eleventh Circuit held that, even assuming petitioner's notice to appear (NTA) was deficient under the regulations, the agency…
Date: August 21, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13594
Date: August 21, 2019
Docket Number: 19-13150
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied the motion for stay of execution pending appeal, holding that the district court rightly dismissed petitioner's current petition as second or successive under 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(3)(A). In this…
Date: August 20, 2019
Docket Number: 17-11560
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Hawkins and McCree challenged their convictions for conspiring to distribute cocaine and other related offenses. The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court plainly erred by admitting the lead case…
Date: August 20, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11014
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that the City of LaGrange did not enjoy state-action immunity when it ties its water-utility service to its natural-gas service for customers in unincorporated Troup County, Georgia. In this…
Date: August 19, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-14387, 18-12866
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion by excluding the expert…
Date: August 19, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12929
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's stay of execution, holding that 18 U.S.C. 3599 did not create a right that was enforceable under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the states. Plaintiff wanted to pursue his 42…
Date: August 15, 2019
Docket Number: 15-11362
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the City, the police department, and others, alleging claims of disability and/or racial or gender discrimination. In regard to the disability discrimination claim, the Eleventh Circuit held…
Date: August 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12171
Date: August 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12250
Justia Opinion Summary: The Retirement System filed a private securities fraud action under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the SEC's Rule 10b-5, claiming that it had detrimentally relied on Ocwen's…
Date: August 14, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-10772, 18-10972
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that sufficient evidence supported the convictions of Defendant Brown for deprivation of rights under color of law and Defendant Antico for obstruction of justice. Defendants' convictions…
Date: August 13, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-10671, 18-12804
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Numbers: 15-15659, 18-14849
Date: August 9, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-13127, 17-14285
Justia Opinion Summary: A class of condo owners and Q Club, the entity that operates the condominium-hotel, dispute the meaning of the "Declaration" that governs the parties' relationship. The owners alleged that Q Club's new methodology used…
Date: August 8, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10917
Date: August 7, 2019
Docket Numbers: 15-14066, 18-13445
Date: August 7, 2019
Docket Number: 16-17580
Date: August 7, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10157
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, luxury eyewear manufacturers holding registered trademarks, filed a contributory trademark infringement action under the Lanham Act against defendants, owners of a discount mall whose subtenants were selling…
Date: August 7, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13791
Date: August 6, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12696
Date: August 6, 2019
Docket Number: 19-10035
Date: August 5, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13894
Date: August 5, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14332
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit granted the petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture (CAT) claims. Petitioner alleged past persecution and a well-founded…
Date: August 2, 2019
Docket Number: 17-11500
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit overruled Basco v. Machin, 514 F.3d 1177, 1183–84 (11th Cir. 2008), and its progeny inasmuch as those cases held that the Housing Act of 1937 or its implementing regulations create a right…
Date: August 1, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-12521, 18-10010
Date: August 1, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13291
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit certified a question of Florida substantive law to the Supreme Court of Florida: Whether a member-operator has a cause of action under Fla. Stat. 566.106(2)(a)–(c) to recover damages (or obtain…
Date: July 31, 2019
Docket Number: 16-15705
Justia Opinion Summary: When a 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition states a legally sufficient claim for relief, a district court must order the State to respond, even if the petition appears untimely. The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court's…
Date: July 31, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14865
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. 2254. Petitioner argued that he was entitled to habeas relief under Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619 (1993), for the…
Date: July 31, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12538
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2255 application seeking an order authorizing the district court to consider a second or successive motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his federal sentence. The…
Date: July 30, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13443
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions and sentence for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The court rejected defendant's argument that double jeopardy barred the…
Date: July 30, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13152
Justia Opinion Summary: The City filed suit against Wells Fargo, alleging that Wells Fargo violated the Fair Housing Act by steering black and Hispanic borrowers into higher-cost loans than similarly situated white borrowers. The Eleventh…
Date: July 30, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12571
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied petitioner's application for leave to file a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. 2255. The court held that petitioner failed to make a prima facie showing of the existence of either…
Date: July 30, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12612
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied petitioner's application for leave to file a second or successive 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion. The court held that petitioner has not made a prima facie showing that his 18 U.S.C. 924(c) conviction…
Date: July 29, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11636
Date: July 29, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14888
Date: July 26, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-12511, 18-15232
Justia Opinion Summary: Hotels filed suit against Safemark on behalf of a putative class, alleging that faxes sent to franchisees violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which makes it unlawful to send certain unsolicited fax…
Date: July 26, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14670
Date: July 26, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14840
Date: July 25, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14741
Justia Opinion Summary: The parties appealed the district court's award of attorney's fees in a class action settlement brought by banks against Home Depot to recover resulting losses from a data breach. The Eleventh Circuit held that this…
Date: July 25, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12533
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit granted petitioner's application for leave to file a second or successive motion as to his 18 U.S.C. 924(o) conviction for Count 3, because petitioner made a prima facie showing that his claim…
Date: July 24, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14237
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a minor at the time, embarked on a Royal Caribbean cruise where, on the first night of the cruise, a group of adult male passengers bought her multiple alcoholic drinks and steered her to a cabin where they…
Date: July 24, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10394
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the tax court's order denying taxpayer's motion to restrain collection to the extent it related to the gross valuation-misstatement penalty. At issue was whether, under the Tax Equity and…
Date: July 24, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13378
Date: July 24, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13781
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated and remanded the district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint alleging that defendant demoted plaintiff because of his multiple sclerosis in violation of Title I of…
Date: July 23, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10786
Date: July 23, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10953
Justia Opinion Summary: After obtaining an unfavorable result in an arbitration proceeding, Crowley Maritime filed suit against its insurer, National Union, seeking reimbursement in legal defense fees paid on behalf of an employee of Crowley.…
Date: July 23, 2019
Docket Number: 19-12458
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit granted petitioner's application for leave to file a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. 2255 as to his Davis claim challenging his 18 U.S.C. 924(c) firearm conviction in Count 5. The court…
Date: July 22, 2019
Docket Number: 16-17315
Justia Opinion Summary: The FDIC, as receiver, filed suit against several of the Bank's former directors and officers, alleging that they were negligent and grossly negligent in approving ten risky loans. A jury found that the directors were…
Date: July 22, 2019
Docket Number: 17-10049
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit previously concluded that petitioner had made a prima facie showing that his prior convictions for resisting arrest and assault and battery—which had served as predicates for the enhancement of his…
Date: July 22, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13098
Date: July 19, 2019
Docket Number: 15-15717
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner brought a third challenge to the TSA's airport scanner equipment using advanced imaging technology (AIT). Petitioner challenged the TSA's latest policies and orders that require certain airline passengers to…
Date: July 19, 2019
Docket Numbers: 16-12832, 18-12593
Date: July 19, 2019
Docket Number: 17-15392
Justia Opinion Summary: In this property insurance coverage dispute, the insurer appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment and coverage award to the landlord. The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court erred in concluding…
Date: July 19, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11270
Date: July 19, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12348
Date: July 18, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14718
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit challenging the city's red light ordinance, which permitted the installation and operation of cameras to enforce traffic-control-device violations at certain intersections. The district court…
Date: July 18, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14611
Date: July 16, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12420
Date: July 16, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13401
Date: July 16, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13924
Date: July 16, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14512
Date: July 16, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14651
Date: July 16, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14785
Date: July 15, 2019
Docket Numbers: 15-11513, 18-11105, 18-14846
Date: July 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13600
Date: July 11, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-13956, 17-15623
Justia Opinion Summary: Pier 1 filed suit against Revelex, alleging claims of breach of contract, fraudulent misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, and unjust enrichment. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's decision that…
Date: July 11, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10579
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion to vacate petitioner's sentence. The district court ruled that petitioner failed to prove that the ACCA's residual clause affected his…
Date: July 10, 2019
Docket Number: 17-15223
Justia Opinion Summary: The government may prove sex trafficking of a minor, 18 U.S.C. 1591, by establishing only that a defendant had a reasonable opportunity to observe the minor victim instead of proving that he knew or recklessly…
Date: July 10, 2019
Docket Number: 17-15566
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action, alleging that defendant, a deputy sheriff, used excessive force. The court held that defendant was…
Date: July 10, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13460
Date: July 9, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14608
Date: July 9, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13417
Date: July 8, 2019
Docket Number: 17-15769
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, a group of Secular Humanists and atheists, filed suit challenging the county's practice of opening its meetings with a religious invocation. Plaintiffs alleged that the opening prayers violated the…
Date: July 8, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10312
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of the complaint in a civil forfeiture action involving criminal proceeds from the faja retail business. The court held that the district court did not abuse…
Date: July 8, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14328
Justia Opinion Summary: While in prison pending his surrender to Colombia, petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to block his extradition. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of habeas relief, holding…
Date: July 3, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12629
Justia Opinion Summary: An attorney's disregard of a court instruction to obtain the official consent of a foreign government to conduct video depositions on its soil does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel per se. The Eleventh…
Date: July 2, 2019
Docket Number: 17-13265
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Defendants Smith and Delancy's convictions for conspiracy to commit alien smuggling, alien smuggling, and attempted illegal reentry. The court held that the district court did not err by…
Date: June 28, 2019
Docket Number: 14-14038
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. 2254 to petitioner, who was convicted of three murders and sentenced to death. The court held that the superior court reasonably…
Date: June 28, 2019
Docket Number: 16-11841
Date: June 28, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-11425, 18-13052
Date: June 27, 2019
Docket Numbers: 16-17639, 18-12388
Date: June 27, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13178
Date: June 27, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14506
Date: June 27, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14979
Date: June 26, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14571
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence and held that defendant waived his right to appeal his sentence in the plea agreement. In this case, while defendant did not get the sentence he wanted and that the…
Date: June 26, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14824
Justia Opinion Summary: The materiality standard—asking whether a school has failed to implement substantial or significant provisions of the child's individualized education plan (IEP)—is the appropriate test in a failure-to-implement case.…
Date: June 26, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10944
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's order upholding the bankruptcy court's decision to deny an exemption to pension money and certain tax-exempt funds or accounts, including IRAs under Fla. Stat. 222.21.…
Date: June 25, 2019
Docket Number: 15-10131
Date: June 25, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14967
Justia Opinion Summary: The Developers filed suit against Red Mortgage in Georgia state court, asserting various state law causes of action, including breach of contract, fraud, and violation of the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…
Date: June 24, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12220
Date: June 21, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14847
Date: June 20, 2019
Docket Number: 13-12034
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of murder and sentenced to death, sought habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. 2254, alleging that his lawyer provided ineffective assistance of counsel. The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's…
Date: June 20, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11739
Date: June 20, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13439
Date: June 19, 2019
Docket Number: 16-11062
Date: June 19, 2019
Docket Numbers: 16-12073, 18-13847
Date: June 19, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-15625, 18-10706
Date: June 19, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13567
Date: June 19, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13697
Date: June 19, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14226
Date: June 18, 2019
Docket Number: 17-14975
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment for the government in an action brought by plaintiff, seeking to recover taxes she previously paid to the government. The court held that,…
Date: June 18, 2019
Docket Number: 18-12500
Date: June 18, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-12847, 18-12645
Date: June 18, 2019
Docket Number: 18-14648
Date: June 17, 2019
Docket Numbers: 16-12059, 18-12374
Date: June 17, 2019
Docket Number: 17-15092
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a pro se action against MDT under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The district court concluded that MDT could not be sued in Florida and…
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 16-12863
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 16-14112
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that officers violated his Fourth Amendment rights by employing excessive force in effecting his arrest and his Eighth Amendment rights by being deliberately indifferent to his medical…
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Numbers: 18-12847, 18-12645
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 18-13907
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Numbers: 19-10103, 19-10002
Date: June 13, 2019
Docket Number: 17-15152
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a petition for habeas relief and partial grant of summary judgment for the Government regarding petitioner's claim that USCIS should have exercised…
Date: June 13, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10723
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to one count of sexually exploiting a minor through the production of child pornography. The court held that defendant's sentence was not…
Date: June 13, 2019
Docket Number: 18-10840
Date: June 13, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11087
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