Memory-Reliability Experts Are Not Categorically Barred: Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Rule 702/403 Limits Beyond Eyewitness-ID Testimony 1. Introduction In United States v. Stefan Eberhard Zappey (11th...
Younger Abstention Bars Federal “Evidence-Production” Relief that Indirectly Undermines Ongoing State Appeals; Judicial Immunity Shields State Judges’ Bail Decisions Introduction In Stanley...
Recency of Removal and Alcohol-Fueled Domestic Violence Can Render § 1326 Guidelines “Insufficient” and Support an Upward Variance Case: United States v. Gumersindo Gonzalez-Montoya (11th Cir. Jan....
Failure to Object to a Magistrate Judge’s R&R Waives Appellate Review; Disagreement with Medical Judgment Does Not Plead Eighth Amendment Deliberate Indifference Introduction In James Bailey v. Luis...
False Claims Act Liability for Misdiagnosis-Coded Medicare Claims for Noncovered Chelation Therapy (and No Jury Instruction on Treble Damages) I. Introduction Case: United States v. Charles Adams...
Intrastate Use of an Automobile Satisfies § 1958’s “Facility of Interstate Commerce” Element (Per Se Instrumentality Approach) Introduction In United States v. Kermon Williams (11th Cir. Jan. 21,...
Intervening Misconduct as a Superseding Cause Defeats Temporal-Proximity Retaliation Claims (and “Convincing Mosaic” Adds No Lower Rule 56 Bar) I. Introduction In Demetric King v. City of Sylvester...
ERISA “Active Employment” Lapse May Be Reasonably Found from Contemporaneous Payroll/Productivity Records, Triggering a Preexisting-Condition Exclusion Under Arbitrary-and-Capricious Review 1....
Post-Ismael Summary Judgment Rule: Once an Employer Produces a Legitimate Reason, McDonnell Douglas Drops Out and Plaintiffs Must Show a “Convincing Mosaic” Beyond Job Titles Case: Larry Coleman v....
Reasoned Consideration Satisfied When the BIA Addresses the Core Equitable-Tolling Explanation for an Untimely Appeal—Even Without Discussing Each Diligence Exhibit Case: Tania Suazo Cruz v. U.S....
Pro Se § 1983 Claims Against Private Media: Persistent Shotgun Pleading Warrants Dismissal With Prejudice Absent Plausible State Action 1. Introduction In Stephen Lynch Murray v. Janelle Irwin...
Montreal Convention Governs International Round-Trip Flights and Incorporates Maritime Joint-and-Several Liability Where the Treaty Is Silent Case: Richard Murphy, III v. Airway Air Charter, Inc....
Montreal Convention Exclusivity and Maritime Joint-and-Several Liability as Gap-Fillers for International Air Crash Damages Introduction In Richard Murphy, III v. Airway Air Charter, Inc. (11th Cir....
Exchange Act § 21(d)(7) Disgorgement May Be Ordered to the U.S. Treasury Without an Investor-Benefit Limitation (11th Cir.) Introduction In U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Spartan...
Circumstantial Proof Can Sustain § 841(b)(1)(C) “Death Results” Liability Despite Postmortem-Redistribution Uncertainty 1. Introduction In United States v. Lawrence Coley, III (11th Cir. Jan. 16,...
Indictment Particularity Does Not Convert Specific Property into an Element of 18 U.S.C. § 666 Federal Program Theft Case: United States v. Emiliya Radford (11th Cir. Jan. 16, 2026) (per curiam) (Not...
Fraudulent Credentialing as Property Fraud: Salaries and Benefits Paid to Unqualified Nurses Are “Money or Property” (Not “Right-to-Control”) Introduction In United States v. Gail Russ (11th Cir....
Recusal Not Required When a Federal Judge’s Prior State-Appellate Role Involved Only a Non-Merits Discretionary-Review Denial Introduction In Waseem Daker v. Sheriff, Cobb County (11th Cir. Jan. 16,...
Compassionate Release: “Unusually Long Sentence” Requires a Real Change-in-Law Disparity; Florida Attempted First-Degree Murder Remains a Career-Offender Crime of Violence 1. Introduction In United...
Equitable-Only Lanham Act Relief Eliminates Jury Trial Absent Non‑Speculative Proof of Actual Damages Case: Florida Virtual School v. K12, Inc. (11th Cir. Jan. 15, 2026) (not for publication) Court:...