United States v. Green, No. 14-12830

In United States v. Green, No. 14-12830 (Sept. 29, 2017) (Julie Carnes, Jordan, Robreno), the Court revised its earlier panel opinion from December 2016 in light of the recent en banc decision in Vail-Bailon.

Relying on Vail-Bailon, it held that the defendant’s Florida felony battery conviction satisfied the elements clause. The panel removed its earlier holding that the “touching or striking” component of Florida battery law was divisible, and that the defendant’s offense involved a striking under the modified categorical approach.

United States v. Alhindi, No. 24-10595 (11th Cir. Dec. 23, 2024)

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. [...]

United States v. Gonzalez, No. 23-10578 (July 19, 2024)

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 [...]

United States v. Steiger, No. 22-10742 (July 16, 2024)

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 [...]

United States v. Green, No. 14-12830

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