All Writs Is Not Jurisdiction: Florida Supreme Court Will Not Intervene in Pending DCA Nonfinal Injunction Appeals Absent an Independent Constitutional Hook 1. Introduction In Equal Ground Education...
Chapter 13 Plans May Pay Debtors’ Attorneys’ Fees During the Commitment Period Despite a § 1325(b)(1)(B) Objection Introduction In City of Chicago v. Ahmed Alayah (Nos. 25-2878 & 25-2879), the...
Revolinsky v. Bayer: Enforcing MDL Common-Benefit Fee Protocols and Limiting Post-Approval Fee Reallocation Challenges I. Introduction In Laura Revolinsky v. Bayer Corporation, the Seventh Circuit...
Cost-Saving Measures and “Understaffing” Allegations Are Not Enough: Evidence of a Systemic Breakdown Is Required for Monell Liability (and Officers May Rely on Medical Judgment) Case: Steven...
Substance over Caption in Post-Judgment Motions and “Outside-the-Four-Corners” Loan-Modification Promises as Oral Contracts Introduction In Amy Schneider v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 25-2163 (7th...
Common-Law First Use Defeats Federal Registration; Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Presumptive Prejudgment Interest Under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a) 1. Introduction Grunt Style LLC v. TWD, LLC (7th Cir. June 10,...
“Force Only as a Last Resort” Prison Use-of-Force Rules Are Not Unconstitutionally Vague as Applied to Officers I. Introduction In Derek Hundley v. Dee Dee Brookhart, the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
Illinois Minimum Wage Law Overtime: No Portal-to-Portal “Preliminary Activities” Exclusion and No General “Benefit of the Employer” Limitation Case: Lisa Johnson v. Amazon.com Services LLC (7th Cir....
Meaningless Medicaid Bills Do Not Create Article III Standing for Prospective Injunctive Relief I. Introduction In Salvatore Arcidiacono v. Elizabeth Whitehorn (7th Cir. June 8, 2026), four Illinois...
Florida Aggravated Assault (§ 784.021(1)(a)) Categorically Qualifies as an INA “Crime of Violence” Under 18 U.S.C. § 16 (Somers Controls in Immigration Cases) I. Introduction In Woff Senatus v. U.S....
Rule 12 “Good Cause” Requires Prompt Action: Inadvertence and Late Discovery Do Not Excuse Untimely Wiretap Suppression Motions Case: United States v. Alberico Crespo (11th Cir. June 10, 2026) |...
Emotional Offense at Confederate Symbols Is Not an Article III Injury; Municipal Taxpayer Standing Requires Plausible Expenditure Allegations Case: Earl M. Johnson, Jr. v. Mayor, City of Jacksonville...
§ 841(b)(1)(C) “Death Results” Enhancement in the Eleventh Circuit: Applies to Possession-with-Intent, Requires No Extra Mens Rea, and Turns Only on But-For Causation (No Proximate/Intervening-Cause...
Rule 15(a)(1) Amended Complaint Supersedes Prior Pleadings and Defeats Appellate Finality When New Claims/Parties Remain Unadjudicated 1. Introduction In Tavoris Simmons v. Warden, Century CIC (11th...
Severe “Air Hunger” During Nitrogen Hypoxia Can Satisfy Glossip Prong One (11th Cir. 2026) Case: Jeffery Lee v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al., No. 26-11864 Court/Date: U.S....
Eleventh Circuit: Social Security Appellants Forfeit Issues Not Raised with Particularity in District Court; Listings 1.21 and 8.08 Require Specific Medical Proof Case: Victor Gerard Guyton, II v....
Abdulsamad v. Director, Georgia Bureau of Investigation: Reaffirming Dismissal of Pro Se “Shotgun Pleadings” and Rejecting Appellate Judicial Notice of Disputed Inferences from FOIPA Responses I....
Florida Multiple-Claimant Bad-Faith Claims: Summary Judgment Appropriate Where Insurer Pursues Global Settlement, Keeps Insured Informed, and Claimant Refuses to Negotiate Case: Sienna Grimes v....
Eleventh Circuit: U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13(b)(6)’s Ten-Year Service Requirement Is Mandatory, and Constitutional ACCA “Occasions” Claims Do Not Expand Compassionate-Release Eligibility Case: United States...
§ 1988 Fees May Include Work on an Unsuccessful Trial When Claims Share a Common Core of Facts and Plaintiff Ultimately Achieves Excellent Results Case: Kenneth Bailey v. Shawn T. Swindell (11th...