Middle District of Florida
54 articles from this court
Florida Group Home Beats County In 'Sprinkler' Bias Case, Seeks Damages
A Florida federal judge granted summary judgment Monday to a group home operator seeking damages from Pasco County after officials required a costly sprinkler system installatio...
Florida Federal Judge Grants CFTC 'Permanent Injunction' Against Aureus Revenue
A Florida federal judge on Monday granted the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's motion for a consent order imposing a "permanent injunction, civil monetary penalties, and o...
Florida Federal Judge Dismisses Insurance Dispute 'With Prejudice'
A Florida federal judge on Monday dismissed with prejudice an insurance dispute between Anthony Scafidi and Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, ending the litigation def...
Florida Judge Axes ICE Detention, Orders Release Of 'Career Criminal'
A Florida federal judge on Monday ordered ICE to release a Cuban national with multiple criminal convictions after finding his seven-month detention violated constitutional limi...
Florida Judge Approves FLSA Settlement, Axes Rader City Wage Dispute
A Florida federal judge on Monday approved a Fair Labor Standards Act settlement agreement between a plaintiff and the City of New Port Richey, dismissing the wage dispute case...
Judge Nixes Immigrant's Habeas Petition As 'Moot' After ICE Deportation
A Florida federal judge on Monday denied an immigrant's habeas corpus petition challenging his detention by U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, ruling the case became moot a...
Florida Federal Judge Orders ICE To Prove 'Significant Likelihood' Of Removal
A Florida federal judge on Monday ordered immigration officials to provide evidence of a "significant likelihood of removal to Mexico in the reasonably foreseeable future" for a...
Judge Nixes Cuban Migrant's 'Bond Hearing' Habeas Petition
A Florida federal judge on Sunday denied a Cuban migrant's habeas petition challenging his immigration detention, holding that arriving aliens have "only those rights regarding...
Florida Judge Slams ICE Detention, Orders Bond Hearing for 'Seeking Admission' Claim
A Florida federal judge on Monday granted in part an immigrant's habeas petition challenging indefinite detention, ruling that ICE improperly classified him under a mandatory de...
Federal Judge Axes Binance Crypto Assets In Default Forfeiture Case
A Florida federal judge on Sunday ordered the forfeiture of cryptocurrency assets stored in a Binance account to the United States in a civil asset forfeiture case that proceede...
Florida Judge Corrects Restitution For Six Defendants In $3.1M Fraud Case
A Florida federal judge on Monday corrected restitution amounts for six defendants in a long-running criminal fraud case, ordering payments totaling over $3.1 million with the l...
Florida Judge Denies Deputies' Summary Judgment Bid in Seizure Taser Case
A federal judge in Florida on Monday denied sheriff's deputies' motion for summary judgment in a civil rights lawsuit, ruling that genuine disputes remain over whether officers...