Professional-Judgment Deference for Civil Detainee Restrictive Housing During Criminal Investigations; No Deliberate Indifference Without Evidence of Obvious Urgent Need Introduction In Juan Vega v....
“Literacy Test” Miranda Forms and Equivocal Counsel Requests: AEDPA Deference to State Findings on Knowing/Voluntary Waiver and Ambiguous Invocation 1. Introduction Renell Jones v. Florida Department...
Reasoned-Consideration Requirement When the BIA Treats an Appeal as Withdrawn Despite a Pending Motion to Cancel Withdrawal I. Introduction In Angielih Estefania Godoy-Cartagena v. U.S. Attorney...
Equitable Tolling of Title VII’s 90-Day Filing Period When a Litigant Acts Diligently but a Natural Disaster Disrupts “Guaranteed” Delivery I. Introduction In Phillip Beazer v. Richmond County...
Reliable Hearsay Can Support a Death-Causation Finding and a Near-Maximum Upward Variance in a Felon-in-Possession Sentence (11th Cir.) I. Introduction In United States v. Albert Ayala (11th Cir....
Hidden E-Statement Addenda Do Not Create Assent to Opt-Out Arbitration Under Florida Contract Law I. Introduction In Melissa Ransom v. VyStar Credit Union (11th Cir. Mar. 10, 2026) (unpublished),...
Post-Verdict Juror Regret and Unanimity Misunderstanding Cannot Impeach the Verdict Under Rule 606(b); PSI Identification of U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3 Satisfies Rule 32(h) Notice Case: United States v....
“Identity-at-the-Crux” After Dubin: Student-ID Refund Checks as Aggravated Identity Theft and Recruitment-Based Leadership Under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1(a) 1) Introduction Case: United States v. Andrea...
Voluntary Cessation Does Not Require Leniency in Production/Distribution Sentencing Where Harm Persists Through Circulating Images Case: United States v. Jeremy Ehlers (11th Cir. Mar. 9, 2026)...
Supervised-Release Revocation: Upward Variance May Rest on Inferred Deliberate Drug Use and “Breach of the Court’s Trust” Case: United States v. Lance H. Reid (11th Cir. Mar. 9, 2026) (unpublished)...
Pre-Conspiracy Victim Tax Returns Are Intrinsic Evidence in RICO Tax-Refund Fraud; Generic PSI “Objections for Appeal” Do Not Preserve Loss Challenges I. Introduction In United States v. Dickenson...
Vacatur-and-Resentencing Triggers First Step Act § 403 Relief; Unauthorized Successive § 2255 Amendments Exceed District Court Jurisdiction I. Introduction United States v. Michael Shane Ragland...
Armed Door Answer to a Missing-Child Welfare Check Creates Arguable Exigency for Brief Entry/Detention, But Not Gratuitous Force, Drawer-Rummaging, or Post-Exigency Over-Detention Introduction In Tom...
Enforceability of a 25-Day Written-Notice Waiver Clause as a Condition Precedent in Consumer Tool-Rental Agreements 1. Introduction In Darin Mathews v. Home Depot USA, Inc. (11th Cir. Mar. 5, 2026)...
Actual Knowledge Requires Awareness of the Specific Hazard: Unobserved Employee “Creation” and Nearby Spill Cleanup Do Not Establish Notice Introduction In Nidia Salcedo Valderrama v. Costco...
Alternative-Sentence Harmlessness for § 5G1.3 Concurrency Disputes and No Plain Allocution Error When the Court Only Announces an Intent to Run Consecutively 1. Introduction Case: United States v....
No Double Counting: § 3B1.3 Must Not Apply When § 2B1.1(b)(9)(A) Is Based on the Same Conduct (11th Cir.) 1. Introduction In United States v. Cassandra Harris Parker (11th Cir. Mar. 5, 2026) (per...
Guidelines-Range “Independence” Must Be Clear: Ambiguous Sentencing Remarks Do Not Defeat Molina-Martinez Plain-Error Relief Case: United States v. Donnell Leman Moore, Jr. (11th Cir. Mar. 5, 2026)...
Strict Enforcement of Summary-Judgment Deadlines and Appellate Abandonment Rules Against Pro Se Prison Litigants (11th Cir.) I. Introduction In Michael R. Mosier v. Global Economic Opportunities...
Conclusory “Notice” Allegations and Unpreserved “Created-the-Hazard” Theories Do Not Cure a Negligence Pleading Defect on Appeal Introduction In Humberto Reyes v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, LTD. (11th...