2020 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 501 - 1000 of 1981
Date: September 16, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-14147, 20-10237
Date: September 16, 2020
Docket Number: 20-13353
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's motion to postpone his execution by several months on the ground that two of his three appointed lawyers are currently unable to meet with him due…
Date: September 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11901
Justia Opinion Summary: After Charles Sowers died of lung cancer caused by smoking cigarettes, plaintiff filed suit against the manufacturer of the cigarettes, R.J. Reynolds, under Florida's wrongful death statute. A jury found the company…
Date: September 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11090
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of federal habeas corpus relief. Petitioner was sentenced to death for malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated sodomy, kidnapping with bodily…
Date: September 15, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11076
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court's order dismissing plaintiff's complaint of malicious prosecution under the Fourth Amendment against defendant, a police officer. In order to succeed on plaintiff's…
Date: September 15, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11147
Date: September 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13865
Date: September 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14606
Date: September 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15079
Date: September 11, 2020
Docket Number: 20-12003
Justia Opinion Summary: The people of Florida amended their state constitution to restore the voting rights of convicted felons. Before regaining the right to vote, felons must complete all the terms of their sentences, including imprisonment,…
Date: September 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14824
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Georgia inmate at Baldwin State Prison, filed a pro se 42 U.S.C. 1983 complaint alleging, among other claims, that medical staff at the prison failed to give him proper medical treatment in violation of the…
Date: September 10, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-12935, 20-11542
Date: September 9, 2020
Docket Numbers: 15-14336, 19-10254
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, former sex offenders and currently homeless residents of the County, filed suit alleging that County Ordinance No. 05-206, which restricts certain sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet of a school,…
Date: September 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10060
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's conclusion that debtors' 2001 tax liability was not dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(1)(C) because debtors "willfully attempted . . . to evade or defeat" that…
Date: September 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11100
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for Dish Networks in plaintiff's action for breach of contract and violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Plaintiff alleges that…
Date: September 8, 2020
Docket Number: 17-14603
Date: September 8, 2020
Docket Number: 18-12197
Date: September 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13544
Date: September 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14595
Date: September 8, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10692
Date: September 4, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-12139, 18-12149, 18-13049, 18-13312
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, collection agencies, appealed the district court's dismissals with prejudice of their claims against defendants, seeking double damages against defendants under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act and alleging…
Date: September 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11070
Date: September 4, 2020
Docket Number: 20-11047
Date: September 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15071
Justia Opinion Summary: After Robert Earl Lawrence was shot and killed by a police officer while trying to return a stray dog to an animal shelter, the executor of his estate filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 alleging excessive force in violation…
Date: September 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14552
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated its original opinion in this appeal and substituted in its place the following opinion. At issue is whether several voters and organizations may challenge in federal court a law that governs…
Date: September 2, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11071
Date: September 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10315
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment against Shkelzen Berisha, the son of the former Prime Minister of Albania, who alleges that he was defamed in a book that accused him of being…
Date: September 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13524
Date: September 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14085
Date: September 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14419
Date: September 1, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10810
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiffs filed suit against their accounting firm for negligence, the firm settled the case by paying plaintiffs $800,000. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the…
Date: September 1, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12245
Date: August 31, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15104
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1996, when she was an infant, Cynthia's family moved to the "Acreage" in Palm Beach County, Florida, about 10 miles from undeveloped land that Pratt used for tests that contaminated the soil. By 1993, most of the soil…
Date: August 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11921
Justia Opinion Summary: Hepatitis C (HCV) is a bloodborne virus. Only about 1% of the general population suffers from HCV; its prevalence among prison inmates is much higher. HCV primarily attacks the liver, causing scarring, or “fibrosis,”…
Date: August 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12131
Date: August 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14330
Date: August 31, 2020
Docket Numbers: 20-10833, 22-12673
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11719
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that four officials at the Georgia Institute of Technology played a role in creating a report that falsely accused him of stealing resources from the Institute, which then led to his arrest…
Date: August 28, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13941
Date: August 27, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11630
Date: August 27, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10209
Date: August 26, 2020
Docket Numbers: 15-15466, 19-10239
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit certified the following questions of law to the Alabama Supreme Court under Alabama Rule of Appellate Procedure 18: (1) Can property owned by a solid waste disposal authority "belong[] to" a county…
Date: August 26, 2020
Docket Numbers: 17-12038, 17-12039, 17-12742
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants, three foreign nationals in a foreign vessel in the territorial waters of Jamaica, were arrested by the United States Coast Guard with the consent of the foreign country and prosecuted in the United States for…
Date: August 26, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14241
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The gun fell from defendant's waistband as he complied with a police order to get on the ground and crawl out of a room…
Date: August 26, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10197
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit granted the government's unopposed motion to amend the decision, vacated the previous opinion, and issued this opinion with the government's requested amendment. After determining that it has…
Date: August 25, 2020
Docket Number: 17-13899
Justia Opinion Summary: The trustee objected to the modification of debtor's Chapter 13 modification plan, arguing that the doctrine of res judicata barred debtor's modification. The bankruptcy court confirmed the modified plan, finding that 11…
Date: August 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10569
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions for conspiracy to commit immigration-document fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money laundering. Defendant's convictions arose out of a scheme to…
Date: August 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-12064
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff bought a puppy from Petland and the puppy died a week later, plaintiff filed suit under the civil provisions contained in the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), alleging that the…
Date: August 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11187
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a medical malpractice suit against AAP and several other defendants. Under the Federally Supported Health Care Assistance Act of 1999 (FSHCAA), 42 U.S.C. 233, the government removed the case to federal…
Date: August 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12789
Date: August 25, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10084
Date: August 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14026
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and 22 other employees filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), challenging the plan administrator's denial of Special Early Retirement (SER) benefits. Plaintiffs claim that they…
Date: August 24, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15033
Justia Opinion Summary: American Guarantee appealed the district court's dismissal of their complaint for lack of jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1). The complaint identifies the challenged conduct as the Forestry…
Date: August 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13243
Date: August 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11112
Date: August 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11405
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's finding that UpRight, a debt relief agency that represented assisted persons, violated several applicable provisions and rules, and upheld the bankruptcy court's…
Date: August 21, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13662
Date: August 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11676
Date: August 19, 2020
Docket Number: 17-10636
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner sought review of the BIA's final order of removal, seeking discretionary relief under 8 U.S.C. 1255(i), which permits an alien who entered without inspection to obtain relief from removal if, among other…
Date: August 19, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13280
Date: August 18, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11535
Date: August 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11800
Date: August 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12640
Date: August 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13252
Date: August 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14497
Date: August 14, 2020
Docket Number: 16-10128
Justia Opinion Summary: On its own motion, the Eleventh Circuit vacated its prior opinion and substituted the following opinion. The court affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence found in the search of…
Date: August 14, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-10371, 16-12919
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff tripped over a bucket in a dining area of a cruise ship and sustained serious injuries, she filed suit against the cruise company, Costa Crociere, for negligently placing the bucket behind a corner in a…
Date: August 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11733
Date: August 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12692
Date: August 13, 2020
Docket Number: 17-15405
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendants' convictions for smuggling four Cuban baseball players into the United States and conspiring to commit crimes against the United States. Defendants, a baseball trainer and a…
Date: August 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13489
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's decision denying petitioner's claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The court held that…
Date: August 13, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10305
Date: August 13, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14580
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 17-13358
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court's denial of a 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion for habeas relief and remanded for further proceedings. In this case, while petitioner was on supervised release, he faced a classic…
Date: August 12, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14806
Justia Opinion Summary: Over ten years ago, defendant pleaded guilty in a state court to distributing cocaine and to distributing marijuana. At issue was whether defendant pleaded to committing those offenses at different times for purposes of…
Date: August 11, 2020
Docket Number: 17-10346
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants were convicted of charges related to their operation of a drug-trafficking organization in Bradenton, Florida. The Eleventh Circuit held that RICO conspiracy does not qualify as a crime of violence under 18…
Date: August 11, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11951
Justia Opinion Summary: If a defendant is convicted of a money laundering scheme that caused no financial harm to an innocently involved bank, an order of forfeiture is still mandatory. The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's…
Date: August 11, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-12363, 21-12273
Date: August 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11253
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against a deputy sheriff and others, alleging that the deputy violated plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment rights in two ways: (1) by using unconstitutionally excessive force when he placed plaintiff in…
Date: August 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12227
Justia Opinion Summary: SmileDirect filed suit against the Georgia Board of Dentistry, including the Board’s members in their individual capacities, alleging inter alia, antitrust, Equal Protection, and Due Process violations related to the…
Date: August 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12540
Date: August 11, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14078
Date: August 11, 2020
Docket Number: 20-12649
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit certified the following question to the Supreme Court of Georgia under O.C.G.A. 15-2-9: Does O.C.G.A. 45-5-3.2 conflict with Georgia Constitution Article VI, Section VIII, Paragraph I(a) (or any…
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12463
Date: August 10, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10173
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11004
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus based on lack of jurisdiction as an unauthorized second or successive petition. In this case, the state…
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13592
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a recent high school graduate and a transgender young man, filed suit against the school board through his next friend and mother, alleging violations of his rights under Title IX of the Education Amendments…
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15251
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated defendant's sentence and remanded for the district court to adjust his sentence pursuant to USSG 5G1.3(b)(1). The court held that court precedent establishes that an adjustment under section…
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15276
Justia Opinion Summary: Nationwide appealed both the district court's order denying Nationwide's motion in limine and the final judgment entered in favor of plaintiff, as assignee of Gary Gardner & Gary Gardner Builders, Inc. At issue is the…
Date: August 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14197
Date: August 5, 2020
Docket Numbers: 17-12872, 18-15157, 19-14524
Date: August 5, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13114
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 16-17789
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. 2254 to petitioner, who pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual battery on a child between the ages of 12 and 18 years old by…
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11784
Date: August 4, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12915
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-12264
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that Paez v. Sec'y, Fla. Dep't of Corr., 947 F.3d 649, 652–53 (11th Cir. 2020), is not controlling in this case and vacated the district court's dismissal of the petition for writ of habeas…
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 18-12728
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, relatives of eight Bolivian civilians killed in 2003 during a period of civil crisis in Bolivia, filed suit under the Torture Victims Protection Act (TVPA) against the former President of Bolivia and the…
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10083
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress the evidence officers found in an investigatory stop and the statements he made to the officers. In this case, the officers saw…
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-10705, 19-10722, 21-11995, 21-11998
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11282
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for forcibly assaulting, intimidating, or interfering with a federal employee while using a firearm; forcibly resisting or opposing federal employees…
Date: August 3, 2020
Docket Number: 20-12107
Justia Opinion Summary: The Independent Party of Florida and the Party for Socialism and Liberation seek to place their presidential candidates on the ballot in Florida without satisfying the requirements of Fla. Stat. 103.021(4)(a)–(b). Under…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10991
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment and defendant's conviction of 67 counts out of a 76 count indictment broadly alleging that he operated a multi-year scheme to defraud Medicare. Defendant raised…
Date: July 31, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12984
Date: July 30, 2020
Docket Number: 16-13020
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of habeas relief to petitioner, who was convicted of capital murder for killing a DEA special agent. The court agreed with the district court that the 31 claims…
Date: July 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13969
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions and sentences for three counts of Hobbs Act robbery, one count of carjacking, and four counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of those crimes of violence. The…
Date: July 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11114
Justia Opinion Summary: AEGIS filed suit alleging that it does not have a duty to defend or indemnify its insured ECI in an underlying state court action brought by a former tenant against ECI. In the underlying action, the tenant alleged that…
Date: July 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13088
Justia Opinion Summary: After the Medical Center suspended plaintiff's medical privileges, plaintiff filed suit against the Medical Center, an injunction against the suspension, and a declaration that the Health Care Quality Improvement Act…
Date: July 29, 2020
Docket Number: 16-16850
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit granted rehearing en banc and affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment as to plaintiff's retaliation claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. 1981. The court…
Date: July 29, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14048
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, aggrieved distributors, filed a putative class action alleging that Herbalife and the top distributors who manage the "Circle of Success" events violated the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…
Date: July 29, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10840
Date: July 28, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14771
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court's order affirming the denial of plaintiff's application for benefits under the Social Security Act. The court agreed with plaintiff that substantial evidence does not…
Date: July 27, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10120
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 17-14631
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff's Eighth Amendment failure-to-protect claim. In this case, plaintiff, a prisoner, told defendant, a prison official,…
Date: July 24, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10971
Date: July 23, 2020
Docket Numbers: 14-14883, 16-15794, 19-10791, 19-12819, 22-10188
Date: July 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11813
Date: July 23, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14508
Date: July 22, 2020
Docket Number: 17-13822
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion seeking to vacate his sentence. In this case, the parties do not dispute that counsels' performance was deficient because of…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10151
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2015, plaintiffs filed suit challenging Alabama's 2011 Photo Voter Identification Law passed by the Alabama legislature as House Bill 19 and codified at Ala. Code 17-9-30. The voter ID law took effect in June 2014 and…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14145
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's 480 month sentence for receipt of child pornography. The court held that the district court did not err in concluding that there was sufficient indicia of reliability for the…
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11409
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court's entry of a bar order barring appellants' claims against the settling appellees based on its conclusion that the bar order was essential to appellees' settlement because…
Date: July 20, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11433
Date: July 17, 2020
Docket Number: 17-12218
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for attempted online enticement of a minor and six counts of attempted transfer of obscene matter to a minor. The court held that the district court did not err in…
Date: July 17, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10121
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit challenging a city ordinance and resolution subjecting alarm companies to a series of fines when a false alarm is sounded at one of the properties which they service. The district court dismissed…
Date: July 17, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10397
Date: July 16, 2020
Docket Numbers: 17-11993, 19-11494
Justia Opinion Summary: In this multidistrict litigation (MDL), plaintiffs contend that a Colombian paramilitary group killed their family members, and that Chiquita paid the paramilitary group over $1.7 million to quell labor unrest and drive…
Date: July 16, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10474
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, Charles and Myra Corley, filed suit in state court against dozens of companies that allegedly supplied products containing asbestos that caused Charles's malignant mesothelioma. After removal to federal…
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13182
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for two counts of using a deadly weapon to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with a federal officer. The court held that the district…
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11759
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal based on lack of standing of this action for damages under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act and remanded with instructions for the district court to dismiss…
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14224
Date: July 15, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10544
Date: July 14, 2020
Docket Number: 17-14960
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254 as untimely. The court held that its decisions in Hall v. Secy, Dep't of Corr., 921 F.3d 983,…
Date: July 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11638
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff sat on a vanity chair in her Carnival Cruise ship and it collapsed, she filed suit against Carnival, alleging that it had failed to inspect and maintain the cabin furniture (or else warn her of the danger…
Date: July 14, 2020
Docket Number: 18-12950
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence and held that USSG 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) applies if the government proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant knew, intended, or had reason to believe (rather…
Date: July 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10197
Justia Opinion Summary: Approximately 25 years after his guilty plea to resisting a police officer with violence, an IJ found petitioner removable and ruled he was no longer eligible for cancellation of removal on account of the stop-time rule.…
Date: July 14, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11801
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Numbers: 14-15621, 18-13762
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence for multiple counts of mail fraud, securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, as well as conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and conspiracy to obstruct…
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Number: 17-14570
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment and denial of habeas relief to petitioner. Petitioner was convicted of capital murder for leaving an elderly woman in the hot trunk of a car, where she…
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15102
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for healthcare fraud and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. The court held that sufficient evidence supported defendant's convictions, and that the…
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11916
Date: July 13, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11941
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against two officers, alleging claims of malicious prosecution under both the Fourth Amendment and Alabama law. After plaintiff was shot by one of the officers and spent two months in a hospital…
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13161
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-11508, 19-12661, 17-12653
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Ruan and Couch, pain management physicians, appealed their convictions for charges related to their involvement in a health care fraud scheme. Defendants were convicted of conspiring to run a medical practice…
Date: July 10, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11648
Justia Opinion Summary: Pruitt is a healthcare provider and Caradigm is in the business of delivering software solutions to healthcare providers. Caradigm filed suit against Pruitt for breach of contract, alleging that Pruitt had anticipatorily…
Date: July 9, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-10453, 21-13077
Date: July 9, 2020
Docket Number: 19-15038
Date: July 8, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11193
Justia Opinion Summary: Canal A Media and Erick Archila appealed the district court's dismissal of their amended complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, challenging the USCIS's decision to deny Canal A Media's petition for a work…
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 18-11679
Justia Opinion Summary: In United States v. Ross, No. 18-11679, 2020 WL 3445818 (11th Cir. June 24, 2020) (en banc), the full court unanimously overruled United States v. Sparks, 806 F.3d 1323 (11th Cir. 2015), and held that a suspect's alleged…
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14136
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 20-10219
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: 20-12133
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied petitioner's application to file a second or successive motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his federal sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255(h) and 2244(b)(3). The court held that petitioner…
Date: July 6, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-14144, 19-10120
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that plaintiffs lacked Article III standing to pursue their claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Plaintiffs alleged that collection letters were misleading and unfair in…
Date: July 6, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10663
Justia Opinion Summary: After Costco terminated plaintiff, who has been deaf since birth, she filed suit in Florida state court for violations of the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 (FCRA). After Costco removed the case to federal court, the…
Date: July 2, 2020
Docket Numbers: 15-12943, 16-15080, 17-10177, 19-14309, 20-13787
Date: July 2, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14575
Date: July 1, 2020
Docket Numbers: 15-10491, 18-12198, 18-14380
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motions for preliminary discovery in anticipation of an as-yet unfiled 28 U.S.C. 2255 petition. The court held that a defendant who has not yet…
Date: July 1, 2020
Docket Number: 18-12663
Justia Opinion Summary: Thirty-nine plaintiffs—two American and thirty-seven foreign—filed suit agianst Citigroup, claiming that fraudulent cash advances lured them into investing in or contracting with Oceanografía and that either Citigroup or…
Date: July 1, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14934
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the members of the Florida Board of Hearing Aid Specialists and the Secretary of the Florida Department of Health, each in their official capacities, alleging that three Florida statutes…
Date: July 1, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15055
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's 92 month sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm, holding that the district court's imposition of a higher penalty was not outside its significant discretion. The…
Date: July 1, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13224
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 17-15287
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for conspiracy to commit access device fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Defendant's conviction stemmed from his involvement, with his…
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-12619
Justia Opinion Summary: After injuring her foot on a rug while onboard a Carnival ship, plaintiff filed suit against Carnival in both state and federal court, seeking damages for the injuries she allegedly suffered onboard the ship. In this…
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 18-13817
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of social security disability benefits to plaintiff. The court rejected plaintiff's claim that the ALJ erred in finding that plaintiff was not disabled because the ALJ failed to…
Date: June 30, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13487
Date: June 29, 2020
Docket Number: 17-11455
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of twenty counts of health care fraud. Defendant's convictions stemmed from his involvement in a fraud scheme conducted through his ophthalmology office that resulted…
Date: June 29, 2020
Docket Number: 17-12524
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit sua sponte vacated its previous opinion and substituted the following option. The court affirmed the denial of habeas relief to petitioner, rejecting petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of…
Date: June 29, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13857
Date: June 26, 2020
Docket Number: 17-13693
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sought declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (FAHCA) from recovering beyond that portion of her settlement specifically designated by the settling…
Date: June 26, 2020
Docket Number: 18-14294
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for attempting to export 303 Ubiquiti NanoStation M2 Network Modems to Cuba without a license. Although the court agreed with defendant that the government was…
Date: June 26, 2020
Docket Numbers: 19-10177, 19-10213
Justia Opinion Summary: In these separate appeals, the Eleventh Circuit held that defendants adjudicated guilty before but sentenced after the effective date of the First Step Act of 2018 may not qualify for relief under the amended statutory…
Date: June 26, 2020
Docket Number: 19-12342
Justia Opinion Summary: After Marvin Crowder died, Fidelity disbursed his plan benefits to his sister as his designated beneficiary. Plaintiff, Marvin's ex-wife, filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), alleging…
Date: June 26, 2020
Docket Number: 19-13949
Date: June 26, 2020
Docket Number: 19-14207
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-10500
Justia Opinion Summary: Relator filed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Florida False Claims Act (Florida FCA), against two skilled nursing home facilities, two related entities that provided management services at those…
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-12615
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent appealed the district court's order confirming a $28 million international arbitration award in favor of EGI. EGI sought to enforce the Chilean award in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of…
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Numbers: 18-13248, 19-10273
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 18-15303
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a shareholder, filed a putative class action complaint against magicJack and eight individuals who were magicJack current or former directors. Plaintiff alleged that magicJack issued two proxy statements that…
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-10044
Date: June 25, 2020
Docket Number: 19-11718
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