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.

Dec 8 2025
24-10651 Published

Fairfield Southern Company v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

The Eleventh Circuit vacated and remanded a Benefits Review Board decision granting Black Lung benefits, clarifying that while aboveground work can qualify for the statutory presumption, the facility must be part of the same geographically bounded underground mine. The court held that a preparation plant located five miles from the extraction site did not constitute part of the underground coal mine under the statute.

Civil Social Security
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Dec 5 2025
1:22-cv-00108-JRH-BKE Published

Ahmed S. Ismael v. Sheriff Richard Roundtree

The Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment in a Section 1981 retaliation case, holding that the lower court improperly conflated the McDonnell Douglas pretext analysis with the convincing mosaic standard. The court remanded the case for the district court to apply the correct summary judgment standard to the employment discrimination claim.

Civil Civil Rights - Employment Summary Judgment
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Dec 5 2025
0:20-cv-60192-AHS Published

Villarino v. Pacesetter Personnel Service, Inc.

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in favor of a staffing agency, ruling that transportation deductions and uncompensated time for travel, tool collection, and waiting do not violate the Fair Labor Standards Act. The court held that the transportation was an optional benefit for employees and that the time spent on these activities was not integral and indispensable to the core job duties.

Civil Labor
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Dec 5 2025
0:23-cv-61595-WPD Published

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration v. Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

The Eleventh Circuit held that a CMS Bulletin regarding Florida's Medicaid Directed Payment Program constitutes final agency action subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act. However, the court affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction because Florida is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the Bulletin's interpretation of the hold-harmless rule.

Civil Preliminary Injunction Social Security
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Dec 4 2025
8:23-cv-01173-MSS-AAS Published

Florida Preborn Rescue, Inc. v. City of Clearwater, Florida

The Eleventh Circuit held that Clearwater's five-foot vehicular safety zone buffer around an abortion clinic likely violated the First Amendment under the Supreme Court's ruling in McCullen v. Coakley. The court found the district court abused its discretion in denying a preliminary injunction because the ordinance was not narrowly tailored to serve the city's safety interests.

Constitutional First Amendment - Speech Preliminary Injunction
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Dec 3 2025
24-10001 Published

Cecil Dante Buckner v. United States of America

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of Cecil Buckner's § 2255 motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to object to his career-offender classification. The court held that Buckner failed to show prejudice because his actual sentence was below the guideline range he would have received without the classification.

Constitutional Habeas Corpus - Federal Prisoner (28 USC 2255) Sentencing Guidelines Sixth Amendment - Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
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Dec 2 2025
1:22-cv-20703-RNS Published

Francisco Lagos Marmol, Fernando Van Peborgh v. Kalonymus Development Partners, LLC

The Eleventh Circuit held that a buyer's claim for specific performance was moot because the parties had already closed on the sale of the property following the district court's order. However, the court proceeded to review the damages award, affirming in part and reversing in part the district court's calculation of damages for the breach of the real-estate contract.

Bankruptcy Civil Mootness
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Dec 2 2025
6:22-cr-00024-CEM-EJK-1 Published

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. RONALD ANTHONY BEASLEY, II

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Ronald Beasley's conviction for health-care fraud and conspiracy, rejecting his claims regarding newly discovered evidence and evidentiary rulings. The court held that the district court properly admitted evidence of uncharged theft as intrinsic evidence and did not err in denying a new trial or failing to hold an in-camera hearing on a witness's Fifth Amendment invocation.

Constitutional Fifth Amendment - Self-Incrimination Fourteenth Amendment - Equal Protection Sixth Amendment - Confrontation Clause
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Dec 1 2025
1:20-cv-03662-VMC Published

Tiffany Wingo, as Administrator of the Estate of Kevil Wingo, Sr., et al. v. WellStar Health System, Inc., et al.

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for sheriff's deputies who relied on medical staff advice when a pretrial detainee died from a perforated ulcer. The court held that nonmedical officers cannot be liable for deliberate indifference when their reliance on medical professionals is reasonable.

Criminal Drug Trafficking Qualified Immunity
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