11th Cir.

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

May 1 2026
24-11150 Per Curiam

UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICES, LLC d.b.a. Allied Universal Security Services v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD INTERNATIONAL UNION SECURITY POLICE AND FIRE PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA

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.

Civil Civil Rights - Voting Labor
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May 1 2026
2:23-cr-14030-AMC-1 Per Curiam

United States v. Lewis

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress. The court held that an unconditional guilty plea waives nonjurisdictional defects, including challenges to the validity of a search.

Criminal Other Criminal
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May 1 2026
2:24-cr-14058-DMM-2 Per Curiam

United States v. Stewart

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 proffered evidence was merely cumulative impeachment that would not have altered the outcome given the overwhelming physical and testimonial proof of guilt.

Criminal Drug Trafficking
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May 1 2026
1:24-cv-03775-JPB Per Curiam

Plagianes v. Fulton County School District

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Dawn Plagianes's ADA claims because she failed to file her EEOC charge within the statutory 180-day deadline. The court held that the limitations period began when the school district unequivocally notified her of its termination decision in April 2021, not when her resignation or termination became effective later that summer.

Civil Civil Rights - Employment Statute of Limitations
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May 1 2026
2:23-cr-14020-AMC-1 Per Curiam

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ISAIAS PABLO-FABIN

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.

Criminal Immigration (Criminal) Sentencing Guidelines Supervised Release
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May 1 2026
1:24-cv-24670-RAR Per Curiam

Manzini v. Cypress

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.

Civil Securities
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May 1 2026
5:24-cr-00028-TKW-MJF-1 Per Curiam

United States v. Neel

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.

Criminal Drug Trafficking Plain Error Review
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May 1 2026
8:23-cv-00676-WFJ-CPT Per Curiam

Giehl v. Ocwen Financial Corporation

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.

Criminal Fraud
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May 1 2026
1:25-cv-02192-MHC Per Curiam

Oleksandra Plyatsko v. Judge Alice Benton

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.

Civil Civil Rights - Section 1983
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May 1 2026
1:24-cv-20498-PCH Published

ROGER TEJON v. ZEUS NETWORKS, LLC

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court order denying a motion to compel arbitration in a browsewrap dispute. The court held that a hyperlink to terms of service was not conspicuous enough to put a reasonably prudent user on inquiry notice of a mandatory arbitration clause.

Civil Contract
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