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Today's rulings of note from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Today's rulings of note from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit: On behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel, Circuit Judge Ed Carnes has issued another opinion with a must-read opening paragraph:When Robert Shaw was thirteen years old he hurled a rock through a car windshield, sending shards of glass into his victim's face. Fifteen years later Shaw was speeding through Miami, with a cocked and loaded pistol and ski masks, on his way to burglarize a "drug hole." His rap sheet during the intervening years is long enough to require extra postage. It shows 27 arrests involving 62 counts, and sentences totaling at least 105 months in spite of receiving one break after another from the system. Indeed, from Shaw's criminal record it seems as though he is determined to serve a life sentence, albeit on the installment plan. The question this appeal presents is whether the current installment is a reasonable one.Last month, the Fulton County Daily Report published this article about Judge Carnes.

And a second opinion issued today -- this one written by the Eleventh Circuit's Chief Judge -- provides further evidence that judges don't always appreciate lawyers who sue other lawyers, even when the lawsuit has merit.

Full post as published by How Appealing on March 03, 2009 (boomark / email).