IDEA Initial Evaluations Require All-or-Nothing Parental Consent; No FAPE Duty (and Duplicative ADA Relief) Without Consent I. Introduction In M. v. Aledo Independent School District (5th Cir. Aug....
Ambiguous Intoxication and Self-Inflicted Head Strikes: Qualified Immunity Absent Clearly Established Duty to Obtain Medical Care Introduction Pena v. Starr County, Texas (5th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026)...
HRS § 12-8 as the Exclusive Pre‑Election Vehicle for Candidate-Eligibility Disputes; “Elected To” Term Limits Count Fixed Charter Terms Despite Delayed Swearing-In 1. Introduction Iwasa v. Nago...
Davis § 924(c) General Verdicts Are Reviewed for Brecht Harmless Error (Not the Categorical Approach) and COAs Do Not Lie for Remedy-Choice Complaints Without a Constitutional Hook 1. Introduction...
Mass-Shooting Negligence Claims Trigger Assault-and-Battery Sublimits; Settlement Paying the Sublimit Exhausts Coverage and Ends the Insurer’s Defense Duty Introduction Case: James River Insurance...
Emergency-Aid Seizures for Mental-Health Crises Are Judged Objectively (Not by Officer Motive), and Speculative “Muted Bodycam” Theories Cannot Defeat Qualified Immunity at the Pleading Stage Case:...
Conceding ACCA Applicability at Sentencing “Invites” Predicate-Classification Error; Post-Erlinger Plain-Error Relief Requires Showing a Real Chance a Jury Would Find a Single Occasion Introduction...
Waiver and Invited-Error Limits on the “Malfunction Theory” in Massachusetts Product-Fire Cases Case: Citation Insurance Company v. Broan-NuTone LLC Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...
§ 666’s $5,000 “Transactional Element” May Be Proven by the Bribe-Giver’s Valuation Corroborated by Objective Indicia When Both Benefit and Bribe Are Intangible Case: United States v. Velez-Ramirez...
Rule 702 Requires Field-Specific Expertise: A Treating Surgeon’s Product Use Cannot Supply Design/Manufacturing Causation; Georgia Negligent Manufacturing Needs More Than a Malfunction Introduction...
“Apparent Conflict” Limits: No DOT–VE Conflict Where Security Guard DOT Excludes Heights/Machinery and Claimant Relies on a “Rabbit Trail” of Definitions 1. Introduction In Robert Battle v. Social...
Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity Requires Dismissal Without Prejudice of ADA Title I (and Derivative Title V) Claims Against State University Boards; Ex parte Young Relief Unavailable Against...
Objective Probable Cause Sustains a “Pretext” Traffic Stop and Rule 403 Permits Drug-Handling Phone Videos to Prove Constructive Possession and Maintaining a Drug Premises Case: United States v....
MDLEA Jurisdiction in Foreign EEZs and Keene Harmless-Error Treatment of Post-Dupree Career-Offender Misclassification 1. Introduction This consolidated, non-argument Eleventh Circuit decision...
Florida Lewd-or-Lascivious Battery Categorically Triggers § 2252A(b)(1)’s 15-Year Mandatory Minimum as “Relating to … Abusive Sexual Conduct Involving a Minor” Introduction In United States v. Joshua...
Harmless Dupree Career-Offender Error: Keene Alternative-Sentence Affirmance While Reaffirming MDLEA Jurisdiction in Foreign EEZs Introduction United States v. Luis Alfonso Nunez (consolidated with...
MDLEA Jurisdiction in a Foreign EEZ and “Statelessness-by-Nonconfirmation,” Plus Harmless Career-Offender Error Under Keene Case: United States v. Mario Tovar (consolidated appeals with Luis Alfonso...
Non-Retroactive Sentencing Changes Cannot Supply “Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons” for Compassionate Release Introduction United States v. Patrick Fitzgerald Porter (11th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026) is...
Danger-to-the-Community Finding Alone Defeats Compassionate Release Under § 3582(c)(1)(A) Introduction In United States v. Wilbert McKreith (11th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026) (per curiam) (unpublished), the...
Second Circuit Adopts “Representative Sample” Pleading for Direct FCA Claims While Reviving Reverse FCA Liability for Concealed Overpayment Retention 1. Introduction In United States v. Amerisource...