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The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an order in a civil matter on December first, two thousand twenty-five. The document indicates an incomplete disposition with no substantive legal reasoning or holding provided in the excerpt.
The First Circuit denied a petition for review of an asylum and withholding of removal claim, upholding the agency's finding that the Colombian government was able to protect the petitioner from a criminal gang. The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate the government's inability to provide protection despite ongoing telephonic threats.
The First Circuit vacated a district court order finding that a corporate executive's intent to assert an involvement-of-counsel defense impliedly waived the corporation's attorney-client privilege. The appellate court remanded the case for a fresh evaluation of the waiver claim in light of significant procedural changes, including the severance of co-defendants and the withdrawal of one executive from the criminal proceedings.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Donald Trump's civil lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and related entities, ruling that his racketeering claims were time-barred and his other allegations were legally insufficient. While upholding the district court's sanctions against Trump and his attorneys for filing a frivolous 'shotgun' complaint, the appellate court vacated the dismissal with prejudice against one defendant, Orbis Limited, due to a lack of personal jurisdiction.
The Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court's dismissal of a securities fraud complaint against NextEra Energy, holding that investors adequately pleaded loss causation. The court found that a series of disclosures regarding executive departures and legal risks, coupled with a significant stock price drop, sufficiently connected the alleged fraud to the investors' financial losses.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Sherley Beaufils's convictions for submitting fraudulent Medicare claims for durable medical equipment she never properly prescribed. The court rejected challenges to the sufficiency of evidence, a missing jury instruction on deliberate ignorance, and a sentencing enhancement for perjury.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's judgment rejecting a Creditor Trustee's fraudulent transfer claims against title insurance companies. The appellate court upheld the lower court's finding that the debtor received reasonably equivalent value for its assets and that the corporate entities involved were not alter egos or successors liable for the debtor's debts.
The Supreme Court reversed the Fourth Circuit's decision to grant a new trial based on a claim the petitioner never raised. The Court held that the lower court violated the principle of party presentation by addressing an issue the State never had a chance to defend.
The Supreme Court reversed a Mississippi judgment that allowed a screen to separate a child witness from a defendant based solely on a state statute. The Court held that the Sixth Amendment requires a case-specific finding of necessity before such screening may be used.
The Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment, holding that an insurance company's interpretation of a preexisting condition exclusion was unreasonable. The court ruled that medical treatment for symptoms does not constitute treatment for a specific disease if neither the patient nor the doctors suspected that disease at the time.
