In United States v. Karen Altagracia Perez & Jovan Rivera Rodriguez, No. 23-12977 (11th Cir. Dec. 2, 2025) (Pryor CJ, Branch, Abudu)—a government appeal—the Court held that a district court, when considering a government motion to depart from a statutory minimum for substantial assistance, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) & USSG 5K1.1, may not [...]
In United States v. Jy’Quale Samari Grable, No. 23-10544 (11th Cir. Jan. 5, 2026) (Jordan, Lagoa, Tjoflat) the Court held “that a taking of property does not constitute robbery under the Hobbs Act unless force or threatened force is used before or during the taking.” And, because Mr. Grable had “used force” (shot and killed [...]
In US v. Barry, No. 23-12101 (11th Cir. Jan. 7, 2026) (Kidd, CJ Pryor, Grant), the Court vacated and remanded Mr. Barry’s sentence, including the restitution amount, after he was convicted by a jury for his involvement in a credit card fraud conspiracy. In reversing Mr. Barry’s sentence, the Court held that: The district court [...]
FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT ASSISTANT FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FORT LAUDERDALE/WEST PALM BEACH OFFICES The Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida is accepting applications for the positions of Assistant Federal Public Defender in our Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach offices. The Federal Public Defender, a branch of the United [...]
FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT ASSISTANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR MIAMI OFFICE The Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Computer Systems Administrator (ACSA) to be stationed in our Miami office. The Federal Public Defender, a branch of the United States Courts, an Equal [...]
FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE - Southern District of Florida LAW STUDENT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY The Federal Public Defender's Office for the Southern District of Florida represents indigent defendants in federal criminal cases and is managed by the Federal Public Defender, who is appointed by the Eleventh Circuit. The office is staffed by Assistant Federal Public Defenders [...]
In United States v. Mims, No. 22-13215 (J. Pryor, Branch, Grant), the Court held that a district court, even after a defendant completes her probation term, maintains ancillary jurisdiction over a criminal case to enforce unsatisfied restitution obligations that had been included in the defendant’s sentence. Applying the plain error standard, the Court also held [...]
In United States v. Alhindi, No. 24-10595 (11th Cir. Dec. 23, 2024) (C.J. Pryor, Jordan & Marcus), the Court dismissed Mr. Alhindi’s second appeal* of his confinement under 18 U.S.C. § 4241 as moot, because the underlying criminal indictment had been dismissed during the pendency of the appeal, after the district court’s finding that Mr. [...]
In United States v. Gonzalez, No. 23-10578 (July 19, 2024) (Wilson, Luck, Lagoa), the Court affirmed Mr. Gonzalez’s conviction, in accordance with his guilty plea, for possessing stolen mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708. Mr. Gonzalez, based on a 911 complainant’s report and Miami-Dade police officers’ subsequent observations, was arrested for loitering and prowling—a misdemeanor [...]
In United States v. Steiger, No. 22-10742 (July 16, 2024) (CJ Pryor, J. Pryor, Coogler of N.D. Ala.), the Court (on remand from the en banc Court) affirmed Mr. Steiger’s twenty-year-prison sentence, which the district court imposed upon revoking Mr. Steiger’s original sentence of probation for four wire-fraud-related convictions. The revocation stemmed from Mr. Steiger's intervening state-court [...]