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Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Position circuit
Appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Commissioned 2018-03-19
Education Davidson College (B.A., cum laude, 1990); Emory University School of Law (J.D., with distinction, Order of the Coif, 1994)
Signed orders read 28
Last updated 2026-07-10
Motion outcomes
AppealN = 23
counts only
3 2 14 4
Petition for reviewN = 5
counts only
2 3
Counted from classified signed orders. A “1 of 1” is one ruling, not a tendency.
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Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
Wilcox v. Corrections Corporation of America
17-11919 · 2018-06-25
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Felecia Wilcox))
Denied
“Because we disagree, we affirm.”
Flores-Panameno v. U.S. Attorney General
17-14749 · 2019-01-22
Petition for review (petitioner (Elida Flores-Panameno))
Granted
“We therefore grant the petition and remand to the BIA to determine the full scope of the IJ's inquiry into voluntariness, as set forth in more detail below.”
Roth v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (In re Roth)
17-11444 · 2019-08-28
Appeal (appellant (debtor Arlene Roth))
Denied
“For the following reasons, we affirm the bankruptcy court's decision.”
Thompson v. Gargula
18-11885 · 2019-10-07
Appeal (appellants (debtors Glenn and Heike Thompson))
Denied
“We decline to rewrite the statute and thus affirm the district court.”
Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange
18-10053 · 2019-10-10
Appeal (appellants (plaintiffs Georgia State Conference of the NAACP et al.))
Granted
“For the following reasons, we vacate and remand for further proceedings.”
United States v. Padgett
17-15060 · 2019-03-06
Appeal (appellant (defendant Rachel Lee Padgett))
Moot / procedural
“Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.”
Hand v. DeSantis
18-11388 · 2020-01-10
Appeal (appellant (Florida Executive Clemency Board))
Moot / procedural
“We therefore hold that this case is moot. ... This case is hereby REMANDED with instructions to DISMISS for mootness.”
United States v. Boyd
18-11063 · 2020-09-16
Appeal (appellant (defendant Allandoe Boyd))
Denied
“Because we conclude that the sentence-appeal waiver is unambiguous and was made knowingly and voluntarily, we GRANT the government's motion to dismiss.”
McGroarty v. Swearingen
19-10537 · 2020-10-20
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Michael McGroarty))
Denied
“We find that McGroarty's suit is time barred and affirm the district court's dismissal of McGroarty's complaint.”
Lucoff v. Navient Solutions, LLC
19-13482 · 2020-12-04
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Joel Lucoff))
Denied
“Because we agree with the district court that Lucoff expressly consented to receive Navient and SAC's calls, we affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment to Navient and SAC.”
United States v. Garcon
19-14650 · 2021-05-18
Appeal (appellant (United States))
Granted
“Accordingly, we vacate Garcon's sentence and remand for resentencing. VACATED AND REMANDED.”
Black Voters Matter Fund v. Secretary of State for the State of Georgia
20-13414 · 2021-08-27
Appeal (appellants (plaintiffs Black Voters Matter Fund et al.))
Denied
“Accordingly, we affirm the district court's decision to dismiss the Plaintiffs' constitutional claims.”
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