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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

Friday, February 14, 2020

Valentine's Day news and notes

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1. The SDFLA Court will be celebrating Black History Month with a presentation on "Effective Legal Activism" on February 24 at 11...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

“Let's use Roger Stone's case to fix our broken justice system“

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The the title of my latest piece in The Hill, which you can access here .  Please let me know your thoughts.  Here’s the intro: Every day ...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Breaking -- Andrew Brasher confirmed to the 11th Circuit

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Another lighting fast confirmation.  The vote was 53-43.
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Monday, February 10, 2020

BREAKING -- Judge Federico Moreno to take senior status.

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Wow, this is big news. Judge Moreno has been the heart and soul of this Court for 30 years.  He's been the Chief and on Trump'...
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Sunday, February 09, 2020

54 cellphones, 47 amphetamine pills...

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... 25 grams of an amphetamine infused leafy substance, two syringes filled with liquid amphetamine, one opiate-infused paper strip, at leas...
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Thursday, February 06, 2020

“Do you have a lot of trouble answering questions in life or just when you come to the court?”

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That was Federal Circuit Judge Raymond Clevenger to a DOJ lawyer when she wouldn't answer hypotheticals during oral argument on PACER fe...
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Wednesday, February 05, 2020

We really need judges to step up prosecutorial misconduct...

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...because no one else will.  The legislature in New York tried, setting up a commission on prosecutorial misconduct.  But it was struck dow...
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Monday, February 03, 2020

Patrick Mahomes is going to Disney World.

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And so are all the federal and state judges (and lawyers who want to be judges) to attend the Federalist Society meeting, which was this wee...
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