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USCA11 Case: 18-11510 Date Filed: 10/27/2020 Page: 1 of 57 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ Nos. 18-11510; 18-13510; 20-10394 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:14-cv-00042-WLS

*2258Justice KENNEDY, concurring. The Court's opinion is required by its precedents, and so I join it, with one reservation set forth below. In no uncertain terms, the Court has held that the word "burglary" in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) "refers to the elements of the statute of conviction, not to the facts of

GOLDBERG, Judge. Defendant William Ike Libby, Jr. pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1), 924(e). Previously, Libby had been convicted of three separate offenses: first degree aggravated ro

By Judge Robert P. Doherty, Jr. This matter comes before the Court on the Plaintiffs pro se motion for judgment seeking damages arising from the Defendants’ alleged failure to satisfy a promissory note on which the Plaintiff has acted as a co-maker so that the Defendants could qualify for the loan. The Defendants are the Plaintiffs daughter and son-in-law. The Defendants took out a loan for $21,5

USCA11 Case: 20-12907 Document: 77-1 Date Filed: 06/06/2023 Page: 1 of 40 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 20-12907 ____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 25a0211p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ┐ DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; OHIO │ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; MICHIGAN CHAM

OPINION DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge. The defendants, Paul Mathis, Jr., and Paul Mathis, P.C., appeal from the district court’s reversal of a bankruptcy court’s grant of summary judgment to them on a claim that Mathis and his corporation converted money belonging to the estate of the debtor, Clipper International Corporation. The defendants contend that they, a

PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-6972 JOHN FORREST HAM, JR., Petitioner – Appellant, v. WARDEN M. BRECKON, Respondent – Appellee. ------------------------------ KATHRYN MARGARET BARBER, Esq., Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel. Appea

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff-appellant Joe Frank Holder sued defendants-appellees Prudential Insurance Company of America and its agent, Andy Mathis for coverage of a medical procedure performed on his now-deceased wife. The district judge found that the treatment was “experimental in nature” and had not yet been “commonly and customarily” recognized throughout the medical profession, as a result of which was exc

Mathias, Judge. [1] Teresa Holder ("Holder") appeals the fees imposed for her disorderly conduct conviction. She argues the trial court abused its discretion by imposing probation fees without conducting an indigency hearing. She also argues that the trial court erred by imposing a $ 100 public defender fee on Holder when she was only charged with misdemeanors. [2]

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs September 18, 2012 at Knoxville STATE OF TENNESSEE v. GREGORY MATHIS and ELZA EVANS Appeal from the Criminal Court for Davidson County No. 2009-B-1806 Steve R. Dozier, Judge No. M2011-01096-CCA-R3-CD - Filed September 5, 2013 Following a jury trial, the Defendants, Gregory Mathis and Elza Evans, were each

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON April 10, 2014 Session Heard at McKenzie1 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOHN T. FREELAND, JR. Automatic Appeal from the Court of Criminal Appeals Circuit Court for Madison County No. 10-409 Roy B. Morgan, Jr., Judge No. W2011-01828-SC-DDT-DD - Filed September 17, 2014

KAYATTA, Circuit Judge. This case makes its second appearance on our docket. The first appeal followed the conviction of Foster Starks, Jr. for possessing a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). We vacated that conviction because the district court erred in finding that Starks lacked standing to challenge the lawfulness of a traffic stop that led to his arrest and the d

ORDER SAM SPARKS, District Judge. BE IT REMEMBERED on this day the Court reviewed the file in the above-styled cause, and specifically Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss [# 20], Plaintiff Lawrence Mathis’s Response [# 22], and Defendants’ Reply [# 24]. Having reviewed the documents, the governing law, and the file as a whole, the Court now enters the following opinion and orders.

MEMORANDUM OPINION CHARLES P. KOCORAS, District Judge. This matter comes before the Court on Defendants’ motions to dismiss Plaintiff Enas Pubentz’s (“Pubentz”) complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). For the reasons stated below, the motions are granted in part and denied in part. BACKGROUND According to the allegations of the com

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2016-CP-01757-COA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ZONA APPELLANTS MAE OLIVER, DECEASED: SANDRA JEAN OLIVER AND JAMES HOWARD OLIVER v. JAMES C. OLIVER JR., TERRY MICHAEL APPELLEES CARNEY JR., AND MELISSA M. CARNEY DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/14/2016 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. VICKI B. DANIELS COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHANCERY

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON October 5, 2010 Session JUSTIN MATHIS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 04-06495 Carolyn Wade Blackett, Judge No. W2010-00704-CCA-R3-PC - Filed May 11, 2011 A jury convicted the petitioner, Justin Mathis, of first degree murder. The trial court sent

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON June 17, 2014 Session KENNETH T. WHALUM, JR. v. SHELBY COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION Appeal from the Chancery Court for Shelby County No. CH1213263 Kenny W. Armstrong, Chancellor No. W2013-02076-COA-R3-CV - Filed September 30, 2014 F RANK G. C LEMENT, J R., P.J.

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont _________________ NO. 09-12-00310-CV _________________ JASON BARNETT, Appellant V. CHARLES MICHAEL HAVARD JR., Appellee __________________________________________________________

Carley, Justice. Appellant-plaintiff filed suit, seeking to recover a share of the proceeds of the winning ticket in a lottery sponsored by the State of Kentucky. According to the allegations of appellant’s complaint, he and appellee-defendants had agreed to purchase the ticket jointly and to share the proceeds if they won. Appellees moved to dismiss on the ground that the alleged agreement was unenforceable as against public