Is a single violation of the Rules of Appellate Procedure severe enough to justify dismissal of the appeal as a sanction? The Second DCA answered the question in the negative in Altman v. State, __ So.3d ___, No. 2D09-3871 (Aug. 6, 2010)[.pdf]. The opinion makes clear that the record is not exactly a model of […]
The Senate yesterday confirmed Elena Kagan as our 112th Supreme Court Justice and the fourth woman to serve on the high court.
The Eleventh Circuit has proposed a few more minor rule changes, which will become effective in December, 2010 if approved. The main change is to shift a few ten day deadlines to 14 days rather to ten, to get things back in line with the “days are days” revision to all of the Federal rules. […]