Judge #AileenCannon says two #amicus briefs filed by Trump-aligned lawyers "may be of considerable help" to her on Trump's motions to dismiss (biased much??)
1 says NARA referral to DOJ was deficient
1 says Jack Smith appointment was invalid
#Legal analyst Allison Gill agreed, "Might be in preparation for her [#AileenCannon] ruling on unsealing the #witness list & #testimony. #JackSmith said he would appeal to the #11thCircuit if she didn’t overturn her own unsealing order."
SCOTUSBlog's petition of the week asks: Is a prison guard entitled to #QualifiedImmunity after making a 67yo man with diabetes wounds on his ankles stand in feces-strewn shower water for 30 minutes, sending him back to #SolitaryConfinement with feces on his legs, and refusing him additional showers for a week?
(The man developed an infection and heart problems, requiring emergency surgery)
His execution will be the first
since the state ordered a brief review of lethal injection procedures following a string of botched execution attempts, which per the dissent led to "protracted, severely painful, and grisly efforts to establish the intravenous lines" for three other inmates facing the #DeathPenalty.
A Georgia man was arrested for a probation violation. The problem? His probation was already over when he allegedly violated it. But his PO relied on a miscalculated date, so the man spent a month in jail.
The court concludes the error was merely negligent and not reckless or intentional. You know what this means: #QualifiedImmunity defeats the man's lawsuit. He won't recover anything for the time he was wrongfully jailed.
I'm a bit bothered by this unpublished #11thCircuit decision released yesterday.
FL law prohibits video recording in sensitive areas. Cops got a warrant allowing video 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 of a spa where sex acts were alleged, but which was silent on 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 the video.
Cops record a man in the spa. He sues. 11th Circuit affirms a finding of #QualifiedImmunity, essentially on the logic that video recording was allowed because the warrant did not expressly prohibit it.