Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of January 19 - 23, 2026

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

USA v. Jones - rehearing, drug trafficking, evidence, closing arguments, misconduct, Miranda
Renco v. Napoli Shkolnik - § 1782 discovery, protective order, foreign activities
USA v. Zappey - sexual abuse, evidence, Daubert, memory reliability
SEC v. Spartan - 10(b) action, evidence, Daubert, remedies

In re Fla R App P - amended rule

Hunt v. Hunt - marital settlement agreement

Paleveda v. State - manslaughter, leaving scene, evidence
Jackowska v. Blessitt - fee award, lodestar requirements
Bullington v. Gordon - certiorari, insurance, premature broker claim
Palomares v. State - rehearing, criminal restitution
Williams v. State - probation revocation

Wepard v. Diaz, Reus & Targ - service of process, waiver
DG Auto v. Mendez - attorney’s fees, multiplier, federal law
Whitehall at Bal Harbour CA v. Raviv - attorney’s fees
Ames v. Palm Bay Yacht Club CA - eviction, complaint, amendment
Delgado v. Miller - certiorari, sanctions, no order to show cause
Evans v. State - probation revocation, no Faretta inquiry
Firm L v. Cordero - escrow deposit, attorney’s fees
Santiago v. State - habeas, no manifest injustice
Merco v. Gen Comput - appointment of receiver, insufficient record
Roque v. Swezy - punitive damages, proffer
Robinson v. State - rehearing, postconviction relief
Levine v. Mondesir - insufficient record, standing, nonparty
KK-PB v. Salazar L - contract formation
Ullrich v. Fed Mortg Lending - service of process, waiver
Paniry v. Paniry - certiorari, financial discovery
Blackshare v. Dixon - habeas, parole
Sixto v. Citizens - summary judgment affidavit, hearsay
Etienne v. Irvin - insufficient record
RHR v. Rolle - dismissal, lack of prosecution

Wagner v. Mosler - sanctions, appellate jurisdiction
Dove v. Freer - dissolution, alimony
Myrick v. State - great public importance

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Palmer v. State - sentencing
Quaif v. State - Anders appeal, clerical error, sentence
Wells v. Quintero - med mal, presuit notice; certiorari
Walker v. State - Anders appeal, scrivener’s error, cost
Villalba-Santos v. State - postconviction relief
Brown v. State - habeas corpus; pro se filing restriction

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

Tyson v. State - sentencing, harmless error
Barba v. Fla Ins Guar - covered claims, settlements

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