Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a 24-month federal sentence for illegal reentry ordered to run consecutively to an undischarged state sentence for child sex abuse. The court held that the district court properly weighed the need to punish unrelated conduct and did not abuse its discretion in rejecting the defendant's arguments for a concurrent sentence.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a pro se plaintiff's claims under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and Florida state law, holding that statutory policy declarations do not create a private right of action. The court further ruled that the district court properly denied the plaintiff's motion to alter or amend the judgment because the attempt merely relitigated failed arguments.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Larry Neel's conviction for felon possession of firearms, ruling that his constitutional challenges raised for the first time on appeal did not constitute plain error. The court held that the district court acted within its discretion during the suppression hearing and that binding precedent forecloses Neel's Second Amendment argument.
The Eleventh Circuit vacated a federal dismissal order and remanded with instructions to dismiss without prejudice, clarifying that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine does not bar claims for damages against private parties in state court proceedings. The court held that the plaintiff's federal claims were wholly insubstantial because they lacked a plausible foundation in federal law and did not involve state action.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a pro se plaintiff's § 1983 claims against state judges and officials but vacated the judgment to remand with instructions for a dismissal without prejudice. The court held that the plaintiff abandoned her challenge to the domestic relations exception on appeal, requiring the lower court to dismiss the case on that specific jurisdictional ground rather than other procedural bases.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to compel arbitration, ruling that Zeus Networks failed to provide sufficient inquiry notice for its terms of service. The court held that a small, gray hyperlink buried beneath prominent red action buttons was not conspicuous enough to bind a user to a mandatory arbitration agreement under Florida law.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of Denzil Stewart's motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. The court held that the evidence merely constituted cumulative impeachment of a cooperating witness and was insufficient to likely change the trial's outcome given the overwhelming proof of guilt.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the conviction and twenty-year sentence of Anthony Blair, rejecting multiple challenges to the sufficiency of evidence and the legality of digital forensics. The court held that the government proved Blair's guilty knowledge through his recruitment scheme and financial gains, and that the warrantless passcode guess did not violate the Fourth Amendment.
The Eleventh Circuit denied Allied Universal's petition for review and granted the National Labor Relations Board's application for enforcement. The court held that the Board's procedures satisfied due process requirements and that substantial evidence supported the finding that security lieutenants were not supervisors under the National Labor Relations Act.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment after the defendant entered an unconditional guilty plea. The court held that the plea waived all nonjurisdictional defects, including the defendant's constitutional challenges to the search and the denial of his suppression motion.