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U.S. Court of Appeals

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Buju Banton's Attorney: "We Had Ten Really Good Issues for the Appeal"

    ​The Department of Justice should have filed a response to Buju Banton's appeal on Friday, but as has been the government's style throughout the more than two-year-long saga, it's dragging its heels. Now federal prosecutors have until February 10 to counter arguments made in the hulking, 17,000-wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Mavericks Schools Founded by Former Head of Controversial Ohio Charter Schools

    maverickshigh.comMavericks High in Homestead​Mavericks in Education Florida, the Fort Lauderdale-based charter school chain promoted by Frank Biden, has ties to another for-profit charter school company that has been highly controversial in Ohio.Mark Thimmig, the founding CEO of Mavericks, is the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Miramar Man Sentenced for DUI Manslaughter; Apparently Didn't Have the Cash to Avoid Prison

    Broward Sheriff's OfficeRobert Jones​A 33-year-old Miramar man was sentenced today to ten years up the river for drunkenly mowing over and killing a motorcyclist in 2009.Robert Jones pleaded guilty a few weeks ago to killing 43-year-old Eric Maron while he was drunk-driving his fiancée's daughter ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2011

    Deaths at One of South Florida's Most Popular Plastic Surgery Centers Raise Questions About the Safety of Cheaper Nips and Tucks

    Broward Sheriff's OfficeRobert Jones​A 33-year-old Miramar man was sentenced today to ten years up the river for drunkenly mowing over and killing a motorcyclist in 2009.Robert Jones pleaded guilty a few weeks ago to killing 43-year-old Eric Maron while he was drunk-driving his fiancée's daughter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Florida Law That Caps Medical Malpractice Damages

    askmen.comFlorida law is very concerned about insurance premiums.​According to Florida law -- and now the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals -- doctors' sometimes-deadly mistakes have a financial limit: $500,000.The law was being challenged by Michelle McCall, who the Associated Press reports died afte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Broward Judge Ilona Holmes Confronted BSO Deputies With Gun on Easter Sunday

    ​We've come face-to-face with Broward Circuit Court Judge Ilona Holmes, and she runs a tight ship over in the courthouse. She once directly addressed a New Times reporter sitting in the back row during a pretrial felony hearing, asking his name and intentions.Apparently she has a similar take-char ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Litigious Activist Jack Thompson Files State Complaint Against John Bowman

    Jack Thompson​In more than two months since they took a statement from Charles Harper, 18, alleging past sexual abuse by Broward Circuit Judge John Bowman, the Plantation Police Department has been conducting an investigation and has been mum about its status or eventual completion.Many of the ano ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Felon Voting Laws, Racism, Rick Scott, and Pam Bondi, Part II

    Florida Attorney GeneralYou really think justice is colorblind, Ms. Bondi?​The Florida Clemency Board's decision last week to reinstate an archaic felon voting ban has set off a storm of protest. The new rule, which requires nonviolent felons to wait five years after completing their sentences to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Federal Court Upholds Florida's Bizarre Interior Designer Licensing Law

    ​An interior designer is not a medical doctor. An interior designer is not a lawyer, or a pharmacist, or a school teacher, or someone who transports hazardous chemicals that could kill large swaths of society.Interior designers help you decide which colors look good in a bedroom or office and wher ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Mark Guerette's Tenant, Cheryl Mann, Faced Criminal Charges and Struggled to Pay Rent

    Michael McElroyMark Guerette​In this week's feature we tell the story of Mark Guerette, who saw a glut of empty houses and people with no place to go, and decided to take the matter into his own hands. After moving more than a dozen families into foreclosed houses and collecting rent for a few mon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    College Student Defends Facebook First Amendment Rights and Settles With Former Principal

    via Chris KasurakCartoon of cyberbullying, free speech's evil tug-of-war partner.​Where is the line between cyberbullying and free speech? If one exists, it's wide, gray, and quite cloudy, and Katherine Evans walked it for two years as she sued her former Pembroke Pines Charter High School princip ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2010

    Car Accident? Doctors and Lawyers in the 411-PAIN Network Will Line Their Pockets With Your Insurance Money

    via Chris KasurakCartoon of cyberbullying, free speech's evil tug-of-war partner.​Where is the line between cyberbullying and free speech? If one exists, it's wide, gray, and quite cloudy, and Katherine Evans walked it for two years as she sued her former Pembroke Pines Charter High School princip ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Fantasy Voter Fraud

    Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was dissed by Russell Pearce over Prop 200's dismissal.

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Election or Not, These Campaign Operatives Have Hit the Jackpot

    Shifrel​Take a bow Jack Shifrel. No matter what happens in tomorrow's election, you've already made over $15,000 across eight county and state judicial races. Of course, Shifrel won't be keeping all of that loot. Some of it surely goes to the condo commandos who make sure that a candidate's name a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Deadline Day Dramatics in Broward Judicial Races

    Noon today was the deadline for filing to be on Florida ballots, leading to some last-minute jockeying in the Broward judicial races. Broward Circuit Court Judge Lee Seidman -- facing three challengers in his reelection bid -- opted out of that race. But he didn't do so to run against Judge Susan Le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Morning Juice: Gardiner Leaves Bench; Fins Trade Down, Take Penn State Lineman

    ​Here's what's happening in Broward and Palm Beach:Broward Circuit Court Judge Ana Gardiner has decided to resign her post rather than face allegations of misconduct that were first reported by Bob Norman in New Times two years ago. Gardiner was to be tried by the Judicial Qualifying Commission fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Is Judge Lee Seidman on Collision Course With Judge Susan Lebow?

    Flickr: darrenjsylvester​There have been rumors in the local legal community that Broward County Judge Lee Seidman is considering a campaign to challenge Broward Circuit Court Judge Susan Lebow, who's been notorious since February, when she dismissed a death-penalty murder case over a scheduling c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Convicted Murderer of Fort Lauderdale Tourist to Die by Lethal Injection

    Photo: Arkansas Department of CorrectionsJack H. Jones​Back in May 1991, witnesses saw a Pennsylvania tourist, 32-year-old Lorraine Barrett, talking with a man at the Elbo Room on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Another witness saw Barrett and the man board an elevator at the Days Inn on Seabreeze Boulevar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Cheers to the New Bulldog Blog in Town

    Flickr user: sabianmaggyThere's a new bulldog in town.​After 30 years in the South Florida news business, Dan Christensen isn't about to let one small layoff stop him from mining the bottomless pit of Broward County corruption.The veteran Daily Business Review and Miami Herald reporter has launche ... More >>

  • News

    October 8, 2009

    A South Florida Muslim Leader Refused to Be a Snitch, so the Feds Tried to Destroy Him

    Flickr user: sabianmaggyThere's a new bulldog in town.​After 30 years in the South Florida news business, Dan Christensen isn't about to let one small layoff stop him from mining the bottomless pit of Broward County corruption.The veteran Daily Business Review and Miami Herald reporter has launche ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Confirmed: Motion to Dismiss Felony Case Against Al Capellini Denied

    Capellini​Broward Circuit Court Judge Dale Cohen has dismissed a motion by former Deerfield Beach Mayor Al Capellini to dismiss the felony corruption charges against him, a spokesman for the prosecutor told Juice a moment ago.We reported on Cohen's order yesterday, based on hearing of it from a so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Source: Capellini's Motion to Dismiss Denied

    Flickr: daverm_98​That was quick. Here we expected to wait two weeks for Broward Circuit Court Judge Dale Cohen to rule on the motion to dismiss felony corruption charges against former Deerfield Beach Mayor Al Capellini -- and now comes word from a well-placed source that Cohen will deny that mot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Morning Juice: A Family Name in a Familiar Fix; a Widower Smokes Big Tobbaco

    Flickr: chadborneGas masks: They cost less than nurses do​Just one more day of bearing the stress that comes with being a South Florida news consumer. Be strong!"How could Evan Jenne earn $60,000 last year from a company that didn't exist until January of this year?" asks Amy Sherman in the Miami ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    In 1979 Fort Lauderdale, Legal Precedent That May Apply to Gates Case

    I'm not as sure as letter-to-the-editor writer Richard Frisbie is that the case of Florida v. Brayman makes a fair comparison to the one between Cambridge police and Prof. William Gates. But it's worth mentioning if only to celebrate the verbosity of the late Broward Circuit Court Judge John J. King ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    List of U.S. Attorney Applicants Is Out

    Sixteen lawyers have applied for the job of being the next U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, responsible for prosecuting all federal crimes from Palm Beach County south. Here's the list, which was released this morning by the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission:David M. ... More >>

  • News

    December 27, 2007

    The Dirty Dozen of 2007

    Rush, Naugle, Loria... and, hey, what's going on in the criminal justice system?

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    Witch Hunt at New Mount Olive

    Trustees at the state's biggest black church and its pastor are at odds – and heading for court.

  • News

    January 25, 2007

    Going to Plan T

    Obfuscation made things worse in North Broward hospitals, so the brass is trying the truth option

  • News

    March 16, 2006

    In the Clouds

    FAU Tries to Get Real

  • News

    January 12, 2006

    Muscles, Murder, and a Messiah, Part 2

    Gil Fernandez Jr. could be responsible for as many as nine murders. If he's truly repentant, his former prosecutor says, he needs to confess his sins.

  • News

    January 12, 2006

    Drunk on Power

    Give the DUI Guy What He Deserves

  • News

    May 19, 2005

    Tailpipe

    Baja Bye-bye

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Tailpipe

    PBA Putsch

  • News

    January 29, 2004

    One-Way Street

    Popped for DUI? Smile. You've just fallen victim to the DHSMV's kangaroo court.

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    United States of Jesus

    The folks who are "reclaiming America for Christ" are pushing an agenda for a Taliban-like state where Scripture is law

  • News

    February 13, 2003

    Burn, Oliphant, Burn

    Listen up, lady; your attackers know whereof they speak

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Gamblin' Men

    Big-ticket casino deals plus a messy internal power struggle equals even more legal woes for the Seminole tribe

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    The Whitest Greens

    Augusta refugees will find everything they want -- and everyone they don't -- at many of South Florida's private clubs

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Indian War

    A Hollywood man has spent the past decade trying to pry open the Seminoles' accounting books -- without much success

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    Treed Off

    A tree falls in the city and the Sentinel finally hears it

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    First Pledge

    Out front on Michael Newdow's story, we become a target

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    The Double Cross

    Two years ago, Ken Eggleston was Palm Beach County Sheriff Ed Bieluch's heir apparent. Now, they are implacable foes. What happened?

  • News

    April 4, 2002

    Old-School Psychic

    Miss Cleo is neither Jamaican nor a shaman, but she is a Catholic schoolgirl

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Call Me Now! ...And Pay Me Later

    With all the millions Miss Cleo brings in, her Broward-based bosses have little trouble paying their way out of those pesky lawsuits

  • News

    August 23, 2001

    Festive Debt

    One of the most hallowed traditions in Broward's black community faces financial ruin

  • News

    March 8, 2001

    Undercurrents

    As Gus Boulis’ murderer wanders free, the cops wait to talk to a key player

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Dead Man Waiting

    Billy Elledge brutally raped and murdered a woman in Hollywood 25 years ago. He has sat in prison since then, evidence that Florida's death penalty isn't working.

  • News

    November 12, 1998

    Impeachment as Cache

    If there's anyone who can feel Bill Clinton's pain, it's ousted-judge-turned-congressman Alcee Hastings

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    The Huizenga Hair Club For Litigants

    Fired from a posh Boca beach club for her buzz cut, champion lifeguard Christine Leduc-McCrady is suing the owner, Huizenga Holdings

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    Witness for the Persecution

    Kim Mascola's life reads like a made-for-TV movie script. In fact, it nearly became one. Then the lawsuits started to fly.

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