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Nov 21 2025
11th Cir. 1:21-cv-02900-SDG Published

Cheriese D. Johnson v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, The William Carter Company Group Long Term Disability Insurance Plan

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.

Civil ERISA / Employee Benefits Social Security Summary Judgment
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Nov 20 2025
11th Cir. 6:21-cv-01057-RDP Published

Smothers v. Childers, et al. (Walker County)

The Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment, holding that Alabama state law does not shield Walker County from federal liability under Section 1983 for its policy of contracting with an incompetent medical provider. The court found sufficient evidence for a jury to conclude that the county's deliberate indifference to inmate healthcare violated the Eighth Amendment.

Civil Civil Rights - Section 1983 Summary Judgment
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Nov 17 2025
11th Cir. 3:20-cv-05358-RH-HTC Published

Alford v. Walton County

The Eleventh Circuit held that a Walton County ordinance banning all access to privately-owned beaches during the COVID-19 pandemic constituted a physical taking under the Fifth Amendment. The court reversed the district court's summary judgment for the County, ruling that public emergencies do not create an exception to the Takings Clause.

Civil Civil Rights - Section 1983 Mootness Summary Judgment
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Oct 23 2025
1st Cir. 23-1969 Panel Decision

United States Department of Natural Resources of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Ernst Jacob GmbH & Co. KG; Shipowners Insurance & Guaranty Company, Ltd.

The First Circuit held that it possesses appellate jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal in an Oil Pollution Act case because the litigation includes third-party admiralty claims. On the merits, the court reversed the District Court's grant of summary judgment, ruling that liability for natural resource damages must be determined by a preponderance of the evidence rather than under the deferential arbitrary-and-capricious standard.

Civil Civil Rights - Voting Summary Judgment
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Oct 17 2025
11th Cir. 7:19-cv-00529-LSC Published

Bridges v. Poe

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of jail administrators and the City of Jasper, ruling that plaintiffs failed to prove the supervisors knew of or tolerated widespread sexual abuse by jailers. The court held that without evidence of actual knowledge or a persistent custom of misconduct, the administrators could not be held liable under the Eighth Amendment or the TVPRA.

Criminal Qualified Immunity Sex Offenses Statute of Limitations
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Sep 8 2025
9th Cir. 2:21-cv-00241- Published

Jones v. City of North Las Vegas

The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of qualified immunity to police officers who entered a residential backyard without a warrant after losing track of a fleeing suspect for eighteen minutes. The court held that the continuity of the hot pursuit exception was broken, rendering the warrantless search unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.

Civil Rights - Section 1983 Criminal Qualified Immunity Robbery & Extortion
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Jun 24 2025
9th Cir. 23-55617 Published

HECTOR MANUEL CERVANTES- TORRES v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a writ of error coram nobis for a petitioner convicted of possessing a firearm as an alien unlawfully present. The court held that the failure to give a Rehaif instruction was not fundamental error because the evidence of the petitioner's knowledge of his status was overwhelming.

Constitutional Habeas Corpus - Federal Prisoner (28 USC 2255) Habeas Corpus - General (28 USC 2241) Sentencing Guidelines
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Feb 26 2025
2nd Cir. 23-903 Panel Decision

Uviles v. City of New York

The Second Circuit affirmed that the City of New York lawfully detained a parolee pursuant to a warrant that remained facially valid despite the expiration of the statutory deadline for a preliminary hearing. The court held that New York law requires municipal authorities to honor outstanding parole warrants until the state board of parole lifts them, regardless of procedural delays in the state's internal hearing process.

Civil Rights - Section 1983 Constitutional Fourth Amendment - Search & Seizure Habeas Corpus - General (28 USC 2241)
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