--- title: "United States v. Harris" citation: "989 F.3d 908 (11th Cir. 2021)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA11-HARRIS-989-F3D-908" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_eleventh_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca11" official_url: "https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202012023.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA11-HARRIS-989-F3D-908/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # United States v. Harris ## Holdings used - The filing prerequisite is a nonjurisdictional claim-processing rule; when the government does not assert noncompliance, the court may reach the merits. ## Material limitation Binding only in the Eleventh Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official published opinion reviewed. The court did not decide whether the rule is mandatory when invoked, and no pandemic-specific merits proposition is adopted. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 989 F.3d 908 (11th Cir. 2021), 989 F.3d 910–12: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR11-006` ## Used in - [Eleventh Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/eleventh-circuit.md)