JOHN T. MITCHELL v. MARYLAND MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION
Court of Appeals, Harrell, Oct. 28, 2016
Free Speech – Maryland’s MVA vanity plates are a “nonpublic forum” susceptible to restrictions on speech.

CHADRIN LEE MULLENIX v. BEATRICE LUNA
Supreme Court of the United States, Per Curiam, Filed Nov. 9, 2015,
Qualified Immunity – Qualified immunity applied to police officer because no precedent clearly established that he was not allowed to shoot to disable a vehicle driven by a man who threatened to shoot police that approached

(Concur- Scalia – Would not call shooting at the vehicle application of deadly force)
(Dissent – Sotomayor – Because the actions were unreasonable, should lose qualified immunity)
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THOMAS H. QUISPE DEL PINO v. MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ET AL.
Court of Special Appeals, Woodward, Filed April 1, 2015,

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ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. JILL BERMAN SWERDLIN

ORDERED, that the Respondent, Jill Berman Swerdlin, aka, Jill Honey Berman/Jill Swerdlin, is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the state of Maryland

I don’t know if it’s “Honey” or the triple-name threat that made the result seem inevitable

Just a reminder that the site is still being updated, but the courts haven’t been filing.

The Court of Appeals is on recess “until March 6, 2014.”

and the Court of Special Appeals is likewise on recess until March

I was worried that the Maryland Appellate Court Opinions site had forgotten all about 2014, but as of today the 2014 section is live on the site with an exciting per curium order in JAMES LAMBERT v. STATE OF MARYLAND… dismissing his writ of cert as moot, for auld lang syne (let that be my one Wikipedia cite for the year).

Across all judicial districts, October numbers were within a hair of September numbers.

September numbers, as one might expect, dropped significantly from August.

Later posts will look deeper into the numbers.

Side-link Excel link updated (OpenOffice update later tonight)

Resuming updates 11/25/2013

Given that the majority of “week in review” postings have been walls of text of varying height, future opinion reviews (after this week) will be posted individually (allowing for more in-depth commentary and independent tagging) and “week in review” postings will consist of CONCISE summaries linking to the individual postings and the relevant opinion. This will also allow for more timely posting of relevant material.

And… nothing out of Annapolis this week, except that a Mr. Janey agreed to be reprimanded by the Court. The order wasn’t specific as to how this was to be carried out, but unfounded rumor suggests that a pillory is to be erected in the courthouse lobby.