Actual-Innocence Gateway After AEDPA Time Bar: Alternative Medical Theories Must Undermine the Totality of Abuse Evidence to Merit a COA 1. Introduction Lunsford v. Green (No. 26-6037) is a Tenth...
Filing (Not Mailing) Controls Rule 59(e)’s 28-Day Deadline, and Estoppel Is Not “Newly Discovered Evidence” Under Rule 60(b)(2) Case: Abdur-Rahim Dib Dudar v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance...
Judicial Discipline for Manipulating Random Case Assignment and Unlawful Judicial Release: Minimum Actual Suspension for Compounded Integrity Violations Case: Disciplinary Counsel v. Skelton, Slip...
IDEA Residency as a Threshold Jurisdictional Bar and “Qualified Individual” Eligibility Requirement; Stay-Put Ends When the Tribunal Lacks Jurisdiction Case: Herbert v. St. James Parish School Bd...
Mandate Rule Clarified: A Remand to Arbitrate Conflicting Awards’ Res Judicata Effects Does Not Bar Entry of an Amended Judgment Confirming the Awards 1. Introduction Sullivan v. Feldman (5th Cir....
Rule 15 Futility Turns on the Viability of the Amended Complaint (Not the Original Plaintiff’s Standing): ChampionX v. AIG Insurance 1. Introduction In ChampionX Corporation v. AIG Insurance Company...
When Body-Worn Camera Footage Does Not Contradict: Deference to Suppression Findings and Consent-Based Frisks I. Introduction In United States v. Johnnie Moses (4th Cir. June 2, 2026) (unpublished),...
Faulty Workmanship and “Surrounding Property” Allegations Do Not Create an “Occurrence” Under a CGL Accident Definition Absent Active Malfunction or Intervening Accident 1. Introduction Case:...
Anderson v. State (Ga. 2026): No Edge/Sequential-Charge Error from “Not from Malice” Voluntary-Manslaughter Language; Bench-Note Deviations Require Prejudicial Whole-Charge Confusion 1. Introduction...
Ineffective Appellate Counsel and Unpreserved Corpus Delicti Claims: No Deficiency Absent Florida “Fundamental Error” 1. Introduction In Lavon Shinn v. Secretary, Department of Corrections (11th Cir....
Prohibition Unavailable to Vacate Post-Sentencing Megan’s Law Classifications: Classification Is Civil, Automatic, and Appealable I. Introduction In State ex rel. Bates v. Clancy, 2026-Ohio-2048, the...
Disciplinary Counsel v. Harvey (2026-Ohio-2047): Permanent Disbarment Presumptively Required for Misappropriation—Minimal Mitigation Where Misconduct Predates Licensure and Restitution Is Third-Party...
June 3, 2026 Ohio Supreme Court Case Announcements: Summary Dispositions Under Rule 12.04 and Alternative-Writ Case Management Under Rule 12.05 1. Introduction The Supreme Court of Ohio’s June 3,...
Bindover Transfers the Entire Juvenile Case; Adult Court Jurisdiction Extends to All Indicted Offenses (Overruling State v. Smith) Case: State v. Turner, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1996 (Supreme...
Habeas Corpus in Ohio Does Not Reach Voidable Sentencing Errors or Due-Process Claims When the Trial Court Had Jurisdiction I. Introduction In State ex rel. Krug v. Stuff, Slip Opinion No....
H.B. 265’s Inmate Statutory-Damages Bar Applies to Public-Records Mandamus Actions Filed After April 9, 2025 (Even if the Requests Predate the Amendment) I. Introduction State ex rel. Bates v....
Trial-Court Jurisdiction to Resolve Separate Posttrial Charges Filed Under the Same Case Number During a Pending Appeal I. Introduction In State ex rel. McIntyre v. McCarty, Slip Opinion No....
Invited-Error Limits Attempted-Murder Instruction Challenges; Peugh Requires Offense-Date Guidelines When Later Manual Raises the Range Introduction United States v. James (5th Cir. June 2, 2026)...
Declaratory Relief in § 1983 Cannot Salvage a Case that Pleads No Federal Rights Violation I. Introduction In Copeland v. Thornton (5th Cir. June 2, 2026) (per curiam) (unpublished), pro se plaintiff...
Sheffield v. State: Enforcing Barker Compliance—Trial Courts Must Expressly Calculate Speedy-Trial Delay and Attribute Non-COVID Docket Delays to the State 1. Introduction In Sheffield v. State...