Younger Abstention and Judicial Immunity Bar Federal Collateral Attacks Seeking State-Judge Recusal, Case Transfers, and Reversal of Ongoing State Proceedings 1. Introduction Case: Aymara Sorhegui v....
Federal Illegality Is a Merits Issue, Not a Standing Bar, for Challenges to State Cannabis Licensing; Supremacy-Clause Invalidation Must Redress the Plaintiff’s Injury 1. Introduction Georgia Atlas,...
Good-Cause Disclosure of Bank Examination Materials and Prejudgment Interest from a Regulatory Consent-Order Date in Florida Fiduciary-Duty Derivative Actions Case: Bancor Group Inc v. Carlos...
Nondisclosure of Prior Litigation Is Not “Malicious” Under § 1915A(b)(1); Sanctions Must Proceed Under Inherent Powers with Bad-Faith Findings Introduction In Edgar Zuniga-Mejia v. Graceville CF...
Failure to Object to a Magistrate Judge’s Report—and Failure to Invoke Civil Plain-Error Review—Waives ADEA Appellate Challenges (11th Cir.) Introduction Folasade Loye v. Emory University is an...
Merits Judgment Triggers “Second or Successive” § 2255 Status Despite Pending Appeal Introduction In Jeffrey Spivack v. United States (11th Cir. Aug. 31, 2026) (per curiam) (not for publication), the...
Martinez Excuses Default, But § 2254(e)(2) Requires Claim-Specific Diligence: An Unrelated State Hearing Request Won’t Unlock a Federal Evidentiary Hearing 1. Introduction Orlando Hernandez v....
Mootness Requires Munsingwear Vacatur When a Restitution-Lien Expiration Dispute Becomes Nonjusticiable on Appeal 1. Introduction In Ralph Pinson v. United States (11th Cir. Aug. 31, 2026) (per...
Residential High-Speed Flight (and Discarding a Loaded Firearm) Supports U.S.S.G. § 3C1.2 Based on Reliable Video Evidence Introduction In United States v. Sherron Gary (11th Cir. Aug. 31, 2026)...
Displaced Corporate Managers Cannot Assert Company Privilege; Loan-Fraud “Loss” Does Not Require Personal Gain; Restitution Offset Appeals Become Moot Once Credit Is Applied 1. Introduction Case:...
Eleventh Circuit Clarifies That Routine Supervision, Non-Impactful Evaluations, and Delayed Resignations Do Not Support Title VII Retaliation or Constructive Discharge Introduction In William Gary v....
Mass-Shooting Negligence Claims Trigger Assault-and-Battery Sublimits; Settlement Paying the Sublimit Exhausts Coverage and Ends the Insurer’s Defense Duty Introduction Case: James River Insurance...
Emergency-Aid Seizures for Mental-Health Crises Are Judged Objectively (Not by Officer Motive), and Speculative “Muted Bodycam” Theories Cannot Defeat Qualified Immunity at the Pleading Stage Case:...
Conceding ACCA Applicability at Sentencing “Invites” Predicate-Classification Error; Post-Erlinger Plain-Error Relief Requires Showing a Real Chance a Jury Would Find a Single Occasion Introduction...
Rule 702 Requires Field-Specific Expertise: A Treating Surgeon’s Product Use Cannot Supply Design/Manufacturing Causation; Georgia Negligent Manufacturing Needs More Than a Malfunction Introduction...
“Apparent Conflict” Limits: No DOT–VE Conflict Where Security Guard DOT Excludes Heights/Machinery and Claimant Relies on a “Rabbit Trail” of Definitions 1. Introduction In Robert Battle v. Social...
Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity Requires Dismissal Without Prejudice of ADA Title I (and Derivative Title V) Claims Against State University Boards; Ex parte Young Relief Unavailable Against...
Objective Probable Cause Sustains a “Pretext” Traffic Stop and Rule 403 Permits Drug-Handling Phone Videos to Prove Constructive Possession and Maintaining a Drug Premises Case: United States v....
MDLEA Jurisdiction in Foreign EEZs and Keene Harmless-Error Treatment of Post-Dupree Career-Offender Misclassification 1. Introduction This consolidated, non-argument Eleventh Circuit decision...
Florida Lewd-or-Lascivious Battery Categorically Triggers § 2252A(b)(1)’s 15-Year Mandatory Minimum as “Relating to … Abusive Sexual Conduct Involving a Minor” Introduction In United States v. Joshua...