Promptly Corrected “Verdict Must Be Guilty” Misstatement Is Not Structural Error; Gang-Affiliation Spillover and Joint-Trial Severance Require Specific Objections and Compelling Prejudice Case:...
Eleventh Circuit Reaffirms § 922(g)(1)’s Constitutionality Post-Bruen/Rahimi and Upholds an Above-Guidelines Sentence Based on Deterrence and Public Protection I. Introduction In United States v....
District Courts May Deny Amendment 821 § 3582(c)(2) Reductions Based on § 3553(a) Assessment of Evasive/Jettison Conduct Even Without a § 3C1.1 Obstruction Enhancement 1. Introduction In United...
Georgia Choice-of-Law + AAA Rules Does Not Displace FAA Review Absent an Explicit Opt-Out (and Silence at Arbitration Can Waive the Objection) 1. Introduction Univabs Solutions Private Limited (an...
Unanswered Show-Cause Orders Permit Non-Prejudicial Dismissal; Florida Police Departments Lack Capacity to Be Sued 1. Introduction In Monique Maybell v. City of West Palm Beach (11th Cir. Sept. 9,...
Eleventh Circuit: After Florida’s 2015 Amendment, Concealed Firearm Possession Alone Does Not Create Reasonable Suspicion of a § 790.01(2) Violation Introduction United States v. Joseph Olson (11th...
Ex Post Facto Bar to Applying Amendment 822’s Career-Offender Reclassification of Hobbs Act Robbery to Pre‑Amendment Conduct; Post‑Smith Plain-Error Limits on “Surrogate” Forensic Testimony I....
Rehabilitation Act Exhaustion Requires a Disability Charge in the EEO Complaint—Counselor Notice Alone Is Not Enough Introduction In Eric Willingham v. Jeffrey Lyash, the Eleventh Circuit...
Distinct Medical-Theory Amendments Do Not Relate Back Under Florida Law in § 1983 Actions (and Unchallenged Dismissal Grounds Are Fatal on Appeal) 1. Introduction Margherita Cunningham v. Centurion...
Eleventh Circuit: No Jurisdiction to Review Denial of a Criminal Alien’s Motion to Reopen Absent a Colorable Question of Law or Constitutional Claim 1. Introduction In Miguel Fernandez v. U.S....
Eleventh Circuit Reaffirms: (1) Circumstantial Evidence Can Prove Interstate “Transportation” of Child Pornography Through Family Moves; (2) Acquitted-Conduct Sentencing Remains Constitutional...
Eleventh Circuit: In § 3582(c)(2) Amendment 821 Proceedings, District Courts May Deny Relief Based on § 3553(a) and Consider Evasive/Jettisoning Conduct Without a § 3C1.1 Enhancement Case: United...
Materiality Limits on Late-Disclosed Interview Memos, Tailored Post‑Trial Discovery, and Conservative Sampling-Based Loss in Tax-Refund Check‑Cashing Fraud 1. Introduction United States v. Thomas...
Backend Check-Processing as Wire-Fraud/Identity-Theft Participation; Narrow Brady/Giglio Materiality; Sampling-Based Loss Upheld with Conservative Discount (11th Cir.) Case: United States v. Thomas...
Permissive Deliberate-Ignorance Language That Mismentions “Intent” Does Not Create an Unconstitutional Presumption When the Charge as a Whole Preserves the State’s Burden Case: Victor Grullon v....
Safety-Valve Eligibility Requires Independent Judicial Factfinding (Not a Jury Verdict), but Deference Error May Be Harmless Case: United States v. Roxanna Flores-Alvarado (11th Cir. Sept. 8, 2026)...
Fee-Log “Perjury” and Contract-Interpretation Deference: Narrowing FAA Vacatur Under §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(4) Case: Kashyap Bakhai v. BDO USA, P.C. (11th Cir. Sept. 8, 2026) (not for publication)...
Res Judicata Bars Later Federal RICO and Related Claims After Alabama Construction-Fraud Trial; Rule 15(d) Supplement Remains Discretionary and Must Be Sufficiently Related Case: Darin Whitchurch v....
Pleading Particularized Falsehoods and “But-For” Probable Cause in Eleventh Circuit § 1983 Malicious-Prosecution Claims at PLRA Screening Introduction Supreme Born v. Randall Woodfin (11th Cir. Sept....
Preserving “Retribution” Error in Supervised-Release Revocations Requires a Specific § 3553(a)(2)(A) Objection Case: United States v. Antonio Miguel Carrow (11th Cir. Sept. 8, 2026) (per curiam, not...