2021 Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1501 - 1848 of 1848
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10083
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit granted defendant's motion for panel rehearing, vacated the original opinion in this appeal, and substituted in its place the following opinion. The court affirmed the district court's denial of…
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11569
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, in her individual capacity and as guardian and next friend of T.D.H., a minor, alleging that Chief Carroll, the four named officers, and the City of Rainbow City violated her…
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13096
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14321
Justia Opinion Summary: After debtor voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the bankruptcy court determined that he was transferring assets and defrauding creditors. The bankruptcy court removed him as the debtor-in-possession and…
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number: 18-13532
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's 360-month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography. The court concluded that…
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14702
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12517
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12771
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13362
Date: March 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12857
Justia Opinion Summary: After Junior Prosper was shot and killed by a police officer, Prosper's widow filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the officer. The district court found that the officer was entitled to qualified immunity and granted…
Date: March 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10813
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment against ACS and in favor of its competing distributor, White Cap, on ACS's Sherman Antitrust Act and Georgia state law claims. ACS argues that…
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Numbers: 18-12598, 18-14636, 20-11759
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10832
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10856
Justia Opinion Summary: After a blog operator filed suit against a content aggregator for copyright infringement after the aggregator copied and published the blog's content, the jury ruled in favor of the blog operator. At issue is whether the…
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11749
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14305
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11017
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12023
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated its previously issued opinion and substituted this one in its place. The court affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) motion for compassionate release.…
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12286
Date: March 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11359
Date: March 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10142
Date: March 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11887
Date: March 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-13124
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number: 18-13321
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Defendants Goldstein and Bercoon's convictions for charges related to their involvement in a market-manipulation scheme involving shares of MedCareers Group, Inc. (MCGI) and a scheme to…
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14436
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an inmate in a federal prison, filed suit against several corrections officers, the prison’s warden, and the United States, claiming that the officers restrained him, removed his clothes, and fondled his…
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12023
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) motion for compassionate release based on her medical conditions of lupus, scleroderma, hypertension, glaucoma, and past…
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-14081
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11443
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of habeas relief to petitioner, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Petitioner claims that since he was restrained without adequate and…
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12682
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Numbers: 18-10417, 18-10418
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a dermatologist in Atlanta, Georgia, has filed many appeals in the Eleventh Circuit in recent years, all of which have involved her attempts to receive in-network payments despite being an out-of-network…
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12300
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13537
Justia Opinion Summary: The Chapter 7 trustee for the bankruptcy estates of Atherotech Inc. and Atherotech Holdings, appeals the dismissal of his complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. After removal from Alabama state court, the district…
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number: 18-13920
Justia Opinion Summary: PBT, on behalf of itself and the owners of the other condominiums, sought an injunction in state court barring the Town from levying a special assessment against their properties. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the…
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10676
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions and sentences for conspiring to commit healthcare fraud, conspiring to possess with intent to dispense controlled substances, and seven counts of unlawfully…
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12258
Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion when it applied the fugitive disentitlement doctrine to dismiss plaintiff's action against defendant, the father of her two daughters. In this…
Date: February 18, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-13446, 19-14331
Justia Opinion Summary: In these consolidated appeals, plaintiffs, two immigrants who admit that they are subject to valid removal orders, filed suit alleging that the government cannot remove them because that would interfere with their…
Date: February 18, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13947
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner filed suit alleging that, after she filed for bankruptcy, Wells Fargo violated the automatic bankruptcy stay by continuing with foreclosure proceedings against her in the Florida state courts. Furthermore,…
Date: February 18, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14331
Date: February 18, 2021
Docket Number: 19-15156
Date: February 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11391
Date: February 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12922
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12736
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated its previous opinion and replaced it with the following opinion. Relators filed a qui tam action against MIC under the False Claims Act (FCA), seeking to recover the money the VA had paid…
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14260
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10085
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12861
Date: February 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11889
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for use of a fraudulent immigration document. The court held that defendant's conduct, as charged in the indictment, constitutes a criminal offense under 18 U.S.C.…
Date: February 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11106
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10987
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged in a two-count superseding indictment with violating 18 U.S.C 1546(a) by allegedly using a fraudulent order of supervision to obtain a driver's license from the Florida Department of Highway Safety…
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11466
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2254 motion for habeas relief. Petitioner argued that his attorneys violated his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of…
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12850
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13381
Justia Opinion Summary: Two groups of patients who deposited tissue in a stem-cell bank appealed the district court's denial of their respective motions to intervene under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24 in an action between the corporation…
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14383
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-15039
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's decision affirming the ALJ's denial of social security disability benefits, holding that substantial evidence supports the ALJ's decision that plaintiff is not disabled.…
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10849
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-10825, 20-12877
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number: 21-10348
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14221
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-10863, 20-12289, 22-10042
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10879
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, two prolife sidewalk counselors, filed a civil rights action against the City and Police Chief, alleging that defendants violated their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and the free exercise of…
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10893
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12374
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number: 18-13041
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a 28 U.S.C. 2255 habeas petition as second or successive, holding that a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c) does not constitute a new, intervening…
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11239
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for two counts of producing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. The court held that the district court did not err in denying…
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-11934
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. The court held that, even if the affidavit supporting the…
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11678
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number: 18-10912
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against two police officers, alleging that the officers used excessive force when apprehending him. After a jury returned a verdict for the officers, the district court entered…
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number: 18-14959
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against PDQ, a restaurant he patroned, after a data breach that exposed PDQ customers' personal financial information. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal without prejudice…
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11607
Date: February 3, 2021
Docket Number: 16-16194
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Defendant Cannon and Holton's convictions for conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, using and carrying a firearm during a crime of…
Date: February 3, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12256
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing plaintiff's second amended complaint with prejudice because it was a shotgun pleading. After reviewing the second amended…
Date: February 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11407
Date: February 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12076
Date: February 2, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10474
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against ATS, a red light camera vendor, alleging three counts of unjust enrichment after ATS charged plaintiff a fee for processing his payment of a traffic ticket issued through an ATS red light…
Date: February 2, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13242
Justia Opinion Summary: Putative class representatives do not have to prove the existence of an administratively feasible method to identify absent class members as a precondition for certification of a class action under Federal Rule of Civil…
Date: February 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10133
Date: February 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12543
Date: February 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-15182
Date: February 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10432
Date: January 29, 2021
Docket Number: 19-13282
Date: January 29, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14643
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number: 17-15737
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal involves AC-USA's and Silikal's dispute over a shared trade secret consisting of the formula for 1061 SW, a flooring resin Silikal manufactured and sold (along with other flooring resins). AC-USA filed suit…
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11524
Date: January 25, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14160
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Neurocare and remanded in an action where Emory University seeks indemnification from Neurocare, whose technologists were found to…
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number: 17-11207
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for review of the MSHA's final rule entitled "Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines," which enhances mine operators' obligations with an aim toward augmenting…
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12225
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of the complaint brought by plaintiff, alleging that the Hospital's delay in transferring his son constitutes a violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment…
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-11967, 20-11981
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11984
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number: 17-13459
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12732
Date: January 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11136
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14074
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's order denying Philip Morris's motion for a new trial or to reduce the punitive damages award in favor of Judith Berger, concluding that the punitive damages award is not…
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10945
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' False Claims Act (FCA) retaliation claim. Plaintiffs, employees of a nonprofit, suspected that their employer was committing fraud and alleged…
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12758
Justia Opinion Summary: The government was not required to separately assess a transferor's tax liabilities against a transferee under I.R.C. 6901 in order to collect those tax liabilities from the transferee. The government appeals the…
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10763
Date: January 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-12736
Justia Opinion Summary: Relators filed a qui tam action against MIC under the False Claims Act (FCA), seeking to recover the money the VA had paid when borrowers defaulted on MIC-originated loans. Relators then amended the complaint, adding a…
Date: January 13, 2021
Docket Number: 19-10308
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1998, Williams was convicted of robbing a bank while carrying a firearm. The Armed Career Criminals Act (ACCA) sentencing enhancement, 18 U.S.C. 924(e)(1), applies to defendants who committed three previous “violent”…
Date: January 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11583
Date: January 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-12343
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Numbers: 17-10441, 20-11854
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Number: 17-15456
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a 28 U.S.C. 2241 petition for writ of habeas corpus based on a claim of actual innocence. The court held that the district court properly dismissed the…
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Numbers: 18-14813, 20-11135
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14374
Justia Opinion Summary: The Eleventh Circuit vacated its prior opinion and substituted this revised opinion in its place. Petitioner appealed the denial of his second or successive 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion challenging his conviction for…
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-14394
Date: January 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10914
Date: January 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10924
Justia Opinion Summary: A tip came in that a Kik app user was distributing child pornography. The tip included the user's IP address and Gmail account, which was tied to Kushmaul, who had been convicted of “Promoting the Sexual Performance of a…
Date: January 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11040
Date: January 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11774
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-10176
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-11667
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