Dec 5 2025
11th Cir. 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.

Dec 4 2025
11th Cir. 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.

May 31 2024
9th Cir. 3:23-cv-01097-CL Published

Betschart v. State of Oregon

The Ninth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction requiring Oregon to provide counsel to indigent criminal defendants within seven days of their initial appearance or release them from custody. The court held that the systemic failure to provide counsel constitutes an extraordinary circumstance that overrides the Younger abstention doctrine and justifies federal intervention to protect Sixth Amendment rights.