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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 United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability to a state prisoner challenging the timeliness of his federal habeas petition. The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate that reasonable jurists would debate the district court's procedural ruling that his claim was time-barred under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment to a fire protection district. The court held that a Fire Chief's provision of surveillance video to a criminal investigator was speech made pursuant to his official duties and thus not protected by the First Amendment.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the kidnapping and assault convictions of Ellery Zephier, Sr. The court rejected arguments regarding the admission of prior bad acts evidence and the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the verdict.
The Ninth Circuit remanded the Environmental Protection Agency's 2024 rule regarding the flame retardant decaBromodiphenyl Ether without vacatur, finding the agency failed to provide substantial evidence for its decision not to regulate specific exposure pathways under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
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 United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal sua sponte for lack of jurisdiction. The court held that the district court's order denying a motion to withdraw the reference of an adversary proceeding is not a final, appealable order.
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 Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of summary judgment against police detectives and a prosecutor in a civil rights suit alleging a reckless investigation and evidence suppression. The court held that genuine disputes of material fact exist regarding whether the defendants violated clearly established law by ignoring exculpatory evidence and coercing witnesses.
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.
