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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

Monday, January 14, 2013

“No one has done anything illegal or broke the law."

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That was former Miami police officer Raul Iglesias (prior coverage here ) on tape to an undercover informer.  Seems like great stuff for him...
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Friday, January 11, 2013

The buck stops here.

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Looks like there are going to be a bunch of arrests in the FBI investigation into a Miami police gambling ring.  From the Herald : At leas...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013

"[The Eleventh Circuit] does not seem to be listening [to the Supreme Court]."

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That's the intro to this New York Times article about death penalty habeas cases in which the lawyer's mistakes end up costing thei...
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Monday, January 07, 2013

“It’s 90 percent accurate. Except the tutor is not as nerdy.”

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That's Chief Judge Moreno discussing his role in the movie Rudy as Rudy's tutor.  Jay Weaver has a very entertaining article about...
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Monday news & notes

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1.  Anthony Davila is headed to the Supreme Court .  The blog coverage of the appellate case is here and it centered around his lawyer...
Friday, January 04, 2013

“Perhaps there is a police officer somewhere who would interpret an automobile passenger’s giving him the finger as a signal of distress...

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...But the nearly universal recognition that this gesture is an insult deprives such an interpretation of reasonableness." That was S...
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Thursday, January 03, 2013

Starting the year with a bang

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Yesterday the Pakistani Taliban trial started . And today, Judge Altonaga starts a trial with "a Miami police sergeant charged with p...
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Wednesday, January 02, 2013

SDFLA starts 2013 with Pakistani Taliban trial

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Out of the frying pan; into the fire .  That's what Judge Scola must be thinking after just finishing a very lengthy B-girls trial to en...
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