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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

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Judge Mehta goes after defense lawyers in Oath Keepers' trial for asking for an extra table

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This Order isn't a good way to start trial... but the defense is right. Putting aside the normal advantages that the government gets --...
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Friday, January 27, 2023

RIP Judge Marcia Cooke

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Judge Cooke, 68, passed away today in Detroit surrounded by her family.  What a heartbreaking and huge loss. The first black woman federal j...
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Thursday, January 26, 2023

The Jersey Boys

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By Michael Caruso Yesterday, a friend alerted me to this article by an enterprising young reporter covering a Senate Judiciary Committee he...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Prosecutors pursuing Alec Baldwin for all the wrong reasons

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 That's the title of my latest article, this one for the Albuquerque Journal . Here's how it concludes: While it is true that the ri...
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Monday, January 23, 2023

11th Circuit trying to kill substantive due process

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Check out the en banc decision last week in Sosa v. Martin County, Florida , which held that there is no recourse for falsely arresting some...
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Friday, January 20, 2023

Who leaked Dobbs remains a mystery

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 By John R. Byrne "[I]nvestigators have been unable to determine at this time, using a preponderance of the evidence standard, the iden...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Major en banc decision in favor of criminal defendants

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The case is United States v. Dupree .  And it's a biggie. Judge Jill Pryor for the majority explains: This appeal requires us to conside...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Should an ex-con with law license be permitted to serve as a law clerk?

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Controversy on the Michigan Supreme Court.  From AboveTheLaw : Less than a week after making history for being Michigan’s first Black female...
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