11th Circuit Case Commentaries

Florida Oxycodone Trafficking Remains an ACCA Serious Drug Offense Under Existing Circuit Precedent

Date: Oct 17, 2026

Florida Oxycodone Trafficking Remains an ACCA Serious Drug Offense Under Existing Circuit Precedent Case: United States v. Lawrence Clayton Pollock Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...

Failure to File a UCC-1 Does Not Establish Automatic Malpractice: Florida’s Fact-Specific Standard and Contractual-Assent Requirements

Date: Oct 16, 2026

Failure to File a UCC-1 Does Not Establish Automatic Malpractice: Florida’s Fact-Specific Standard and Contractual-Assent Requirements Case: Oasis Capital, LLC v. Nason, Yeager, Gerson, Harris &...

Loper Bright Does Not Revive the Treating-Physician Rule: Harner Remains Controlling in Social Security Disability Appeals

Date: Oct 16, 2026

Loper Bright Does Not Revive the Treating-Physician Rule: Harner Remains Controlling in Social Security Disability Appeals Case: Richard Rigsbee v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner Court:...

Florida Oxycodone Trafficking Remains an ACCA Serious Drug Offense Under Existing Circuit Precedent

Failure to File a UCC-1 Does Not Establish Automatic Malpractice: Florida’s Fact-Specific Standard and Contractual-Assent Requirements

Loper Bright Does Not Revive the Treating-Physician Rule: Harner Remains Controlling in Social Security Disability Appeals

Absolute Witness Immunity Bars a DNA-Evidence Claim Grounded Only in Trial Testimony

Plain-Feel Seizure: A Single Lawful Pat Can Establish Probable Cause Without Certainty

Preparatory Communications Can Establish Offense Commencement for the Fifteen-Year Criminal-History Lookback

Political Harassment, Asylum’s Substantial-Evidence Standard, and Mandatory Exhaustion of Torture Claims

Florida’s Feature-Based Social-Media Account Limits Likely Survive First Amendment Intermediate Scrutiny

Section 1981: A Supported Dishonesty Finding Can Defeat Discrimination and Retaliation Claims Despite Close Timing

Florida Attempted Manslaughter Is Not a Crime of Violence Under the Guidelines Applicable at Johnson’s 2021 Sentencing

Facial Challenges to Social-Media Age Restrictions Require Full-Scope Analysis Under Moody

Appellate Review Requires a Discernible Ruling on Contested Treating-Physician Testimony

Federal-Officer Removal: Mandatory Jurisdictional Review and the Limits of Ordinary Government Contracts

First Step Act Credits: Attempted Child Sex Trafficking Exclusion Survives Due-Process and Equal-Protection Challenges

Eighth Amendment Prison Claims Require Specific Deprivations, Causal Connections, and Knowledge of Serious Risk

ERISA Itself Does Not Require Exhaustion of Statutory Claims: The Eleventh Circuit Overrules Mason

Reasonable-Suspicion Searches on Florida Conditional Release and the Duty to Prove ACCA Predicates

Amendment 821: Sentence Reductions Remain Discretionary, and Cooperation-Based Differences May Be Preserved

Pending Discovery Does Not Bar Summary Judgment, and Independent Decisionmaking Can Defeat Cat’s-Paw Liability

Mid-Litigation Bail Reform Does Not Moot a Certified Class Action Unless Recurrence Is Unreasonable