By Jordi C. Martínez-Cid
From personal experience, it seems that everyone who is lucky enough to get a federal clerkship or internship enjoys the experience, or at the very least found it incredibly rewarding. There has been a trend, pushed in significant part by The Legal Accountability Project, to highlight instances where law clerks
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Trump v. BBC Update
By Jordi C. Martínez-Cid
Various news outlets have been reporting on Judge Altman’s Show Cause Order in the Trump v. BBC lawsuit. The Judge, having noted that no response to the motion to dismiss was timely filed, issued the order requiring an explanation why and why he should not issue sanctions.
Trump’s lawyers responded yesterday
Life in prison, even if your drugs were stolen
By David Oscar MarkusYesterday, the 11th Circuit affirmed two concurrent life sentences for Lebarron under the death-results enhancement in 21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(C). United States v. Lebarron, No. 21-12157 (11th Cir. June 8, 2026). The panel was Rosenbaum, Abudu, and Tjoflat. The lineup is the interesting part.
Judge Abudu wrote the majority. Then Judge
Priscilla Perez-Lopez sworn in as Marshal
A big congratulations to Marshal Perez-Lopez. She’s really terrific. I remember when we both started out in the federal family — she as a new deputy Marshal and me as a law clerk. It’s pretty cool to see someone rise through the ranks who is so well-deserving.
District Accepting Clerkship Applications
By Jordi C. Martínez-Cid
The court’s website reflects more than a handful of recently listed open clerkship spots in our district: https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/job-listings. Judges Martinez, Lenard, Sanchez, and Hernandez are all looking for applicants as well as the “U.S. Magistrate Judge Pending Appointment” in Fort Pierce. Two other spots are open for clerks to handle
Lawyer Not a Person Under FDCPA
By Jordi C. Martínez-Cid
A local lawyer represented a consumer in a small-claims debt-collection case. The lawyer alleged that the parties in that case had reached a settlement, but through the wrongful acts of defense counsel (including the submission of default final judgment papers), the plaintiff was defaulted. The lawyer then brought a lawsuit in
2 Live Crew Case Presents Issues of First Impression
By Jordi C. Martínez-Cid
Yesterday, the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion in Lil’ Joe Records, Inc. v. Ross, addressing a question of first impression at the intersection of copyright and bankruptcy law: whether an author’s “termination rights”—the statutory ability to reclaim previously assigned copyrights—become part of the debtor’s Chapter 7 estate. The case arose
The Court's Fourth of July Extravaganza
By John R. ByrneThe SDFLA is going to party like it’s 1776. In honor of our nation’s 250th birthday, the Court is holding an event at the Wilkie D. This will be July 1 (Wednesday). Judge Ruiz is going to lead a discussion on the Declaration of Independence. It’s going to be fun, and
Is it me…
… or does it seem like every case involves Trump in some way. By David Oscar Markus The Trump/IRS case, which through a settlement established the “weaponization fund” or “slush fund” depending on who you ask, as well as immunity from audit, has been subject to *a lot* of criticism. So much criticism that 35
Reflections on Judge King's Life
By Jordi C. Martínez-Cid
On Wednesday, there was a Celebration of Life for Judge James Lawrence King. His long and storied life is difficult to summarize but perhaps the fact that best encapsulates his standing in this community is that he was blessed to serve the people and administer justice in a building named after