Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Vanishing precedent

Rojas isn’t gone only from the Eleventh Circuit’s website. It’s gone from Westlaw and apparently everywhere else as well. The Federal Public Defender has been fielding requests for copies of the mysteriously vanished decision. Here it is:
Rojas

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hmmmm . . . interesting. Opinion was published - published cases are immediately binding - no order stating that the case was withdrawn - and opinion is now public via your blog at least. I say it is still a binding, published opinion. Move over West, here comes Markus.

Anonymous said...

I've heard of corruption coverups and planted gun coverups . . .but a case opinion coverup?!!!

I wish they would coverup most of the eleventh Circuit jurisprudence over the last 20 years so we can start from scratch.

Anonymous said...

Maybe pulled in light of Commission's impending vote to make crack guidelines retroactive? Is the issue now mooted?

Anonymous said...

retroactive amendments would not affect mandatory minimums -- only application of FSA to offenses committed prior to Aug 3, 2010 would affect mandatory minimum in those cases -

we need a mole inside the 11th cir [note: that is not a shot at Carnes' 'stache - ok it is]

Anonymous said...

Heads up to all, just got my Fla. L. Weekly, the decision is published in there.