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The SDFLA Blog is dedicated to providing news and notes regarding federal practice in the Southern District of Florida. The New Times calls the blog "the definitive source on South Florida's federal court system." All tips on court happenings are welcome and will remain anonymous. Please email David Markus at dmarkus@markuslaw.com

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Congrats to the Srebnick brothers for their SCOTUS win

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The case is Luis v. United States , issued today.  Here's the intro by Justice Breyer: A federal statute provides that a court may fre...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

United States v. Dracula

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For real, this guy's nickname is Dracula because "he sometimes dressed up as a vampire, complete with yellow contact lenses and go...
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Monday, March 28, 2016

Get ready for traffic and t-storms...

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...spring break is over. Bummer. Any trials starting up in Federal Court this week? In the meantime, here you go... The NY Times h...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Will 4th Circuit split with 11th on cell site tracking?

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The entire 4th Circuit considered whether the police need a warrant before getting your location data when your cell phone connects to cell ...
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Monday, March 21, 2016

Can you get a fair trial in an identity theft case if one of the jurors is paranoid and thinks you are "al Qaeda" and needs to be in the "jury protection program"?

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According to the 11th Circuit , the answer is yes: The district court did not clearly err in finding that Juror ...
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Never give up!

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I keep watching the last minute of this Texas A&M game .  Down double digits with under a minute to go... And they pull it off.  It'...
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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Go Dore Go!

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Dore Louis, along with his trusty trial partner Ricardo Martinez-Cid, scored a JOA yesterday before Judge Graham in a CJA "mere presenc...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

President Obama nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court

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The irony is that he is more conservative than Justice Scalia on criminal justice issues.  Even the President is promoting his law and order...
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