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Mar 24 2026
3rd Cir. 25-1620 Panel Decision

JAMES L. GLOVER v. LT. BARRY JACOBS, #97 Philadelphia Police Officer; DOUGLAS K. MORRISON JR., #7099; RUSSELL CROTTS; SHEA SKINNER; FEIGE M. GRUNDMAN; UNKNOWN CITY EMPLOYEES OR...

The Third Circuit affirmed the District Court's grant of summary judgment in a civil rights case brought by a Philadelphia activist against police officers and the city. The court held that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate personal involvement by the defendants in his arrest or any violation of his First Amendment rights.

Antitrust (Criminal) Criminal Summary Judgment
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Mar 24 2026
11th Cir. 8:24-cr-00234-VMC-TGW-1 Per Curiam

United States v. Switlyk

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Christopher Switlyk's conviction for removing property to prevent government seizure, rejecting his challenges to evidentiary rulings regarding prior bad acts and alleged prosecutorial threats. The court held that evidence of Switlyk's prior concealment of assets was probative of his intent and that statements made by prosecutors after the alleged crime were irrelevant to his state of mind at the time of the offense.

Criminal Obstruction of Justice
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Mar 24 2026
11th Cir. 2:24-cr-00427-ECM-JTA-1 Per Curiam

United States v. Mock

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted the Government's motion to dismiss an appeal filed by a criminal defendant. The court enforced an appeal waiver contained within the defendant's plea agreement.

Criminal Other Criminal
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Mar 24 2026
11th Cir. 1:12-cr-00056-WS-C-1 Per Curiam

United States v. Lorenzo Taylor, Jr.

The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Lorenzo Taylor Jr.'s appeal from a denial of compassionate release because the notice of appeal was filed after the strict 14-day deadline. Although the court initially treated the filing as a motion for an extension of time, the district court's subsequent denial of that motion rendered the appeal procedurally barred.

Compassionate Release Criminal
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Mar 24 2026
11th Cir. 0:21-cr-60253-KMM-2 Published

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LAWRENCE ALEXANDER

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Lawrence Alexander's conviction for making false statements to Medicare but vacated his restitution order due to insufficient evidence of actual loss. The court held that while the false statement was material to the enrollment process, the government failed to prove that Medicare specifically relied on the 2019 form to pay the claims at issue.

Criminal Forfeiture / Penalty Supervised Release
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Mar 24 2026
5th Cir. 24-40692 Panel Decision

United States of America v. Carlos Cardenas-Ramirez

The Fifth Circuit denied the petition for rehearing en banc, affirming that it remains bound by Supreme Court precedent allowing sentencing courts to consider conduct for which a defendant was acquitted. While the court expressed deep concern regarding the constitutional and fairness implications of this practice, it concluded that the specific facts of this case did not warrant a departure from binding authority.

Criminal Sentencing Guidelines
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Mar 24 2026
6th Cir. 24-6051; 25-5097 Published

United States v. Carney; United States v. Ewing

The Sixth Circuit affirmed the armed robbery convictions of Fredrick Eugene Carney and William John Ewing, rejecting challenges to the denial of severance, the admission of other-acts evidence, and the sufficiency of the evidence for a firearms conviction. The court also upheld the denial of Carney's motion to suppress, finding he lacked standing to challenge the seizure of his vehicle from a third party's residence.

Criminal Firearms
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Mar 23 2026
9th Cir. 3:23-cr-01091- Published

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CHRISTIAN FERRARI

The Ninth Circuit affirmed a firearms trafficking sentencing enhancement, holding that the defendant need only have reason to believe the transferee was an unlawful possessor, not that the transferee was actually unlawful. The court rejected arguments relying on other criminal statutes, emphasizing that the plain text of the Sentencing Guidelines focuses on the defendant's subjective belief.

Criminal Drug Trafficking Sentencing Guidelines Supervised Release
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