Reinstatement Is Not “Irreparable Harm”: Preliminary Injunctions Denied Where Post-Trial Reinstatement and Back Pay Can Fully Remedy a Tenured Professor’s Termination Introduction In Jennifer M....
Procedural Default in § 2254: No “Actual Prejudice” Without a Meritorious Jackson Sufficiency Claim 1. Introduction In Alberto Ramos Algaba v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections (11th Cir....
United States v. Nademus: No Sua Sponte Competency Hearing Without Bona Fide Doubt; Guilty Plea Waives Indictment Defects; Sentencing Continuance Requires Specific Prejudice 1. Introduction In United...
Amendment 826 Does Not Retroactively Bar Acquitted-Conduct Sentencing; Undisputed PSI Facts Sustain Enhancements Introduction In United States v. Yandrey Negrin Rojas (11th Cir. Apr. 10, 2026) (per...
DISH Network v. Fraifer: Infringers Cannot Challenge Undisputed § 204(a) Transfers; UAE Audiovisual Episodes Treated as “Collective Works” for Initial Ownership I. Introduction In Dish Network L.L.C....
Untimely Stay Motions After Summary-Judgment Deadlines and Permissible Reliance on Consolidated-Discovery Evidence Introduction Ernest N. Finley, Jr. v. City of Montgomery (11th Cir. Apr. 9, 2026)...
Usable Multi-Drug “Mixture” Sentencing: Entire Weight Counts and Is Assigned to the Drug Producing the Higher Offense Level Absent Unusable Waste Introduction In United States v. Anthony Edward...
Reaffirming § 922(g)(1)’s “Minimal Nexus” Commerce-Clause Test and Upholding Post‑Miranda Voluntariness After a Time-and-Place Break Introduction In United States v. Brent Michael Jones (11th Cir....
Upward Variances May Rest on Allocution-Evidenced Lack of Remorse; General “White Collar Leniency” Remarks Do Not Equal an Impermissible Guidelines Policy Disagreement Absent Reliance Case: United...
MDLEA Stateless-Vessel Prosecutions: Constitutional Challenges Foreclosed; Drug-Weight Findings May Rest on Agency Gross-Weight Reports; Minor-Role Reductions Properly Denied for Large-Quantity...
Completed Hobbs Act Robbery Remains a § 924(c) Crime of Violence; “Did So Knowingly” Indictments Satisfy Rehaif for § 922(g)(1) Introduction United States v. Nigel Richardson (11th Cir. Apr. 8, 2026)...
General Duty Clause: Manufacturer Torque-Test Protocols as Feasible Abatement and Limits on Contractor-Reliance Case: Henkels & Mccoy, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (11th...
MDLEA Sentencing on Stateless High-Seas Cocaine Voyages: Gross-Weight Proof for Threshold Quantity and Narrow Minor-Role Relief for Couriers I. Introduction United States v. Armando Antonio...
Eleventh Circuit Reaffirms MDLEA Constitutional Reach and Upholds High-Seas Sentencing Findings on Drug Weight and Minor-Role Reductions I. Introduction This consolidated Eleventh Circuit appeal...
United States v. Leonard: Imminence Limits the Necessity Defense in § 922(g) Cases and Bruen/Rahimi Challenges Remain Foreclosed by Circuit Precedent I. Introduction In United States v. Stephen...
Brown Does Not Displace Somers: Florida Aggravated Assault Remains an ACCA Elements-Clause Predicate Regardless of Conviction Date Case: United States v. Whitfield Leland, III (11th Cir. Apr. 8,...
Plea-Colloquy Presumption Bars a § 2255 Evidentiary Hearing When the Record Conclusively Refutes Coercion/Misadvice Claims Introduction In Jonathon Beck v. United States (11th Cir. Apr. 7, 2026) (not...
“125 Working Days” Defines a Regulatory “Year” for Black Lung Eligibility in the Eleventh Circuit I. Introduction Jeffrey Hayes v. Director, OWCP (11th Cir. Apr. 7, 2026) addresses a recurring but...
Eleventh Circuit Upholds § 1981 Verdict: Curative Measures Defeat “Passing-the-Torch” Misconduct Claims; Rule 403 Bars Unrelated Arrest Evidence When Emotional Distress Is Time-Limited; 7.69:1...
Denial of “Limited Remand” in § 1442-Removed State Prosecutions Is Not Immediately Appealable; § 1455(b)(5) Halts the Removed “Prosecution,” Not All State-Court Activity Case: State of Georgia v....