Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a lower court order lifting the automatic stay in a bankruptcy case. The court held that the property at issue had revested in the debtor under the confirmed reorganization plan, terminating the stay.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Acute, Inc.'s appeals regarding a bankruptcy sale order and a liquidation plan confirmation. The court held that Acute abandoned its challenges to the sale order and forfeited its objections to the confirmation order by failing to raise them in the bankruptcy court.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a pro se plaintiff because the notice of appeal targeted a non-final magistrate judge's report and recommendation. The court held that such a recommendation is not a final judgment and cannot be appealed until the district court adopts it.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking Florida's Individual Freedom Act as applied to public university professors. The court held that the state cannot ban professors from teaching specific viewpoints on race and sex in the classroom.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking Florida's Individual Freedom Act as applied to public university professors. The court held that the statute's viewpoint-based restrictions on classroom speech violate the First Amendment and cannot be justified by employee speech or government speech doctrines.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a 121-month sentence for possession and receipt of child pornography. The court held that the district court's procedural errors in calculating the sentencing guidelines did not affect the defendant's substantial rights and that the sentence was substantively reasonable.
The Eleventh Circuit vacated a district court's grant of summary judgment in an Eighth Amendment deliberate-indifference case involving prison violence. The appellate court held that statistical evidence and specific facility conditions created a genuine dispute of material fact regarding a substantial risk of serious harm.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of Michael Monteith for conspiring to import cocaine. The court held that Monteith voluntarily waived his right to be present at trial and that his mid-trial absence warranted a sentencing enhancement for obstruction of justice.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court judgment granting summary judgment to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in an ERISA long-term disability benefits dispute. The court held that the plaintiff failed to meet his burden of proving total disability under the plan terms and that the insurer conducted a full and fair review of his claim.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a defendant who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking offenses. The court held that a valid sentence-appeal waiver in the plea agreement barred the defendant's due process claim regarding a government witness at sentencing.