Nicolas Marquez v. Nathaniel Quarterman, et al
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40378
Hollinger, et al. v. Home State Mutual Ins. Co., et al.
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40820
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs (Insured) filed a class action claiming violations of the Texas Insurance Code, alleging insurance discrimination in the non-standard insurance market, which served lower income individuals and those drivers…
United States v. Robinson
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41151
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of using a cellular telephone to willfully threaten to unlawfully damage or destroy a building by means of explosive. At issue was whether the district court erred by imposing a…
USA v. Hector Aguilar
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50817
USA v. Nathaniel Diaz-Aria
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50865
Norman Salgado Panigua v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60876
USA v. Robert Jone
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30338
Opelousas General Hosp. Auth. v. FairPay Solutions, Inc., et al.
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30610
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued three defendants in Louisiana state court, alleging that there was an enterprise between all three defendants to misappropriate funds using a Texas bill review company's under-calculation of recommended…
USA v. Jose Hernandez-Gonzalez
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number:
11-40061
USA v. Stacy Onken
Date: September 2, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10493
USA v. Patrick Callaway
Date: September 2, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10575
Rudolph Resendez, Jr. v. State of Texas, et al
Date: September 2, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11193
USA v. Oscar Guevara-Ventura
Date: September 2, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40619
USA v. Brion Randall
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11024
USA v. Valentin Carranza
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20491
Merlin Campo v. Allstate Insurance Company
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30837
USA v. Jorge Martinez
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number:
10-31100
Nestor Cortez-Vasquez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60910
USA v. Herman Turlich, Jr.
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30002
Kenneth Nunley v. City of Waco
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number:
11-50119
USA v. John Maillet
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number:
11-60031
USA v. John Maillet
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number:
11-60037
USA v. Drago Dolic
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20040
PEC Minerals L.P. v. Chevron USA, Inc.
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40967
USA v. David Serrano-Villalobo
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50952
Jian Dong v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60912
USA v. Lance D'Andrea
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60996
Simmons v. Epps
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
08-70048
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of capital murder, rape, and kidnapping and subsequently appealed the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. At issue was whether the trial court erroneously allowed the prosecution to submit…
USA v. Dexter William
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10775
Shelton Modelist v. Gray Miller, et al
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20432
USA v. Jose Villega
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20823
USA v. Kevin Lewi
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30570
USA v. Cherie Courtney
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30860
USA v. David Stanson
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50652
USA v. Edward Harrison
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50711
Rana v. Holder, Jr.
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60539
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of Pakistan, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of less than two ounces of marihuana. At issue was whether a waiver was available where an applicant had been convicted of two separate offenses of…
Helen Brown v. MS Division of Medicaid
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
10-61005
Jan Brawner v. Christopher Epps, Commissioner
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
10-70020
Willa Bellard v. JPS Health Network
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
11-10254
Beverly Cash v. Louisiana State
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30324
USA v. Matthew Vickers
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number:
09-31137
CIR v. Equipment Holding Co., L.L.C., et al
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number:
09-60866
Carl Manora v. John Potter
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10773
USA v. Jose Trinidad Gomez
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20787
Jefferson Block 24 Oil & Gas, v. Aspen Ins. UK Ltd., et al.
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30190
Justia Opinion Summary: Jefferson Block submitted a claim under the London OPA Insurance Policy for Offshore Facilities (OPA Policy) for indemnification of the removal costs it incurred in responding to a pipeline leak. Underwriters denied the…
USA v. Mario Garcia-Lopez
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41293
Larry Brown v. Civigenics, et al
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50301
Brock Purviance v. Claude Maye
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51208
Kirby Tate v. Jerry Parker
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60547
Min Ye v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60889
Terry Jones v. Henry Whitehorn, et al
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30342
USA v. Juan Oropeza
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10971
Danos v. Jones, et al
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30709
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was a secretary of G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. during his service as a district judge until Porteous was impeached and the Judicial Council of the Fifth Circuit suspended Porteous's authority to employ staff, which…
USA v. Tommy Nabor, Jr.
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30052
USA v. Maxon Morgan
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30156
USA v. Jesus Arseo-Franco, et al
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10180
USA v. Eduardo Flore
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10364
USA v. Isidro Lozano
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10366
Mark Cowart v. Dallas County Jail, et al
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11252
USA v. Marcos Diaz-Cardoso
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11268
USA v. Lakeisha Schaffer
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30431
Michael Jones v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-31005
USA v. Jose Salina
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41178
USA v. Charles Adam
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50627
USA v. Jose Porra
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50849
USA v. Jose Porras-Muniz
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50853
Zhoufeng Ning v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60838
Louis Bailey v. Dollar General Corporation
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60845
Ernest Selambi v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60902
Patricia Duran-Perez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60909
Ricky Abram v. Nabors Offshore Corporation
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
11-20166
USA v. Johnny Trejo
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
11-50231
Etta Lowery v. CIR
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number:
11-60113
Woods v. PAM Transport Inc-LU
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number:
08-10730
Cardenas v. Thaler
Date: August 23, 2011
Docket Number:
08-70043
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. 2254 application as an unauthorized successive habeas petition. Under the AEDPA, a certificate of appealability (COA) was necessary to proceed with this…
USA v. Williams
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
08-31186
Demahy v. Wyeth Inc
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
08-31204
Ruben Cardenas v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
08-70043
USA v. Tyra Green
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
09-50914
USA v. Bernardino Saucedo-Rios
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
09-50987
USA v. Dwayne Valentine
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11157
USA v. Jose Lopez-Jimenez
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11243
USA v. Jose Sanchez
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20639
USA v. Ronald Legg, III
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20693
Alvin Mead v. Burl Cain, Warden
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30963
Alvin Mead v. Burl Cain, Warden
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30964
USA v. Miguel Machuca
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-31273
USA v. Armando Benitez-Casa
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50968
USA v. Jose Najera-Gandara
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50991
USA v. Ignacio Olvera
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51057
Juan Barros-Barrientos v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60898
Norman Gobert v. Saitech, Incorporated, et al
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-61004
Allen Lewis v. Alan Evan
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
11-20014
Robert Watson v. Dwayne Hughes, et al
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
11-40049
USA v. Anthony Kizzee
Date: August 22, 2011
Docket Number:
11-60220
Anthony Haynes v. Nathaniel Quarterman
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number:
07-70004
Goodner, et al. v. Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd., et al.
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10660
Justia Opinion Summary: In this design defect case, Hyundai appealed a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs after their daughter sustained fatal injuries in an automobile accident. At issue was whether there was sufficient evidence for a…
Charles Cook v. Admiral Insurance Company
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10722
James Felknor v. Robert Felknor, et al
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-31042
Aletha Ray v. Gloria Nash, et al
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number:
11-20129
Terrance Brown v. Matt Hill, et al
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30111
USA v. Herbert Jame
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40549
USA v. Tomasa Garcia-Ramirez
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41007
USA v. Hector Medina-Marquez
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50390
USA v. Mark Alexander, Jr.
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50945
USA v. Jesus Lopez-Martinez
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51172
USA v. Deshondra Simmon
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30003
USA v. Luis Garcia-Fierro
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number:
11-50023
USA v. Junious Morgan
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number:
11-60076
USA v. Miguel Mendez-Rubi
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10453
USA v. Robert Quiroga
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40236
USA v. Derrick Armstrong
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40816
USA v. Jose Villatoro-Avila
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41321
USA v. Jesus Payan-Gloria
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51038
Britt Ripkowski v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number:
10-70021
USA v. McKinley
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
08-40583
USA v. Carolyn Metcalf
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
09-31132
USA v. Edgar Ramirez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10314
USA v. Javier Rosale
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10624
USA v. Brandon Jackson
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10800
USA v. Jose Garcia
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10984
USA v. Luis Molina
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10994
USA v. Rudolfo Ramirez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11080
USA v. Carlos Banuelos-Herrera
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11092
USA v. Luis Luna-Arriaga
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11097
USA v. Jason Child
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11111
USA v. David McNac
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11287
USA v. Jose Garcia, Jr.
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20177
USA v. Ruben Castillo
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20546
USA v. Jousiawu Jone
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20627
USA v. Osmin Martinez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20690
USA v. Anselmo Diaz-Arrellano
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20744
Hardy Rawls Enterprises L.L.C. v. Lowell Cage
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20813
USA v. Gerardo Vega
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20816
USA v. George Wiley
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30161
USA v. Emanuel Calvin
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30926
USA v. Teodulfo Vega-Hernandez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40542
USA v. Troy Alardin
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40558
USA v. Gerardo Vara-Trevino
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40575
USA v. Gerardo Garcia
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40866
USA v. Oscar Estrada-Ramirez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40891
ASARCO, Inc., et al. v. Elliot Mgmt., et al.
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40930
Justia Opinion Summary: The bankruptcy court issued an order that authorized the debtor to reimburse qualified bidders for expenses incurred in connection with the sale of a substantial asset of the debtor's estate. Debtor and debtor's parent…
USA v. Ivan Garcia-Mendoza
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40946
USA v. Saul Trejo-Valadez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41048
USA v. Mahadev Desai
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41066
USA v. Jose Villatoro
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41075
USA v. Edgar Hernandez-Herrera
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41088
USA v. Diogenes Ascencio-Lemu
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41110
USA v. Jose Veliz-Gallardo
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41117
USA v. Oscar Rodriguez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41123
USA v. Jose Tovar-Zapatero
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41177
USA v. Ramon Barraza-Guzman
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41200
USA v. Jeremy Eden
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41220
USA v. Jose Gutierrez-Ibarria
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41227
USA v. Rodrigo Rodriguez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41275
USA v. J. Aboytes-Malagon
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41282
USA v. Marcelino Estrada-Aguilar
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41286
USA v. Manuel Patino-De La Torre
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41294
USA v. Ramon Lopez-Jimenez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41327
Life Partners, Inc., et al. v. United States
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50354
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit in district court against the United States, alleging negligence in record-keeping and the administration of a certain life insurance policy. Plaintiffs subsequently appealed from the district…
USA v. Bernardo Priego-Ataxca
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50916
USA v. Nubia Celaya-Morale
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50944
USA v. Charlotte Water
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50954
USA v. Joseph Matteson
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51020
USA v. Carrie Hooper
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51035
USA v. Aaron Miller
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51110
USA v. Judith Rollin
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51135
USA v. Ramon Diaz-Quintana
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51143
Walter Galindo v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60563
USA v. James Doyle
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60905
USA v. Thomas Garrison
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
11-10105
USA v. Juan Nunez-Rubio
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
11-20043
USA v. Jose Esparza-Flore
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
11-40009
USA v. Enyil Moradel-Ruiz
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
11-40038
USA v. Felix Garcia-Tobia
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
11-40067
USA v. Jose Lopez-Rodriguez
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
11-40097
USA v. Jamil Mitchell
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number:
11-50025
USA v. David Garland
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
09-50317
USA v. Sandra Montoya-Amaya
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11175
Gerald Perry v. John Holmes, et al
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20619
Wells Fargo Bank v. David Collin
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20658
USA v. Andy Osorio
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20712
USA v. Willie Tate, Jr.
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40673
USA v. Kevin Evan
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40802
USA v. Ramon Barraza-Guzman
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41195
USA v. Julio Montalvo-Rangel
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50385
USA v. Manuel Hernandez-Hernandez
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51018
USA v. Gilberto Rojas-Sandoval
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51081
David Poydras v. Kevin Martin, et al
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30183
USA v. Jorge Leyva-Orozco
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
11-50138
Patrick Pitchon v. Rick Thaler, et al
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
11-50262
George Wilson v. Trey Evans, et al
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number:
11-60033
USA v. James McDaniel
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number:
09-11080
United States v. Brown
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20621
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arose from an earlier trial relating to the Enron scandal. The government alleged that Enron loaned out the stake in the barges that it owned off the Nigerian coast to Merill Lynch, risk-free and with a…
USA v. Raul Mosqueda
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20642
USA v. Angelita Fernandez
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40381
DSDBL, Limited v. CIR
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60706
Cheryl Hill, et al v. CIR
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60983
Reed v. City of Arlington
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number:
08-11098
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose when debtor, a former firefighter, and his wife, filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, but failed to disclose on their bankruptcy schedules either his judgment against the City of Arlington (an asset of…
USA v. Jesus Ortega
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10498
USA v. Jamal Stephen
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10778
USA v. Juan Torres-Lopez
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40568
USA v. Daniel Jimenez
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40718
USA v. Abelino Olvera
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50551
USA v. Edgar Hermosillo-Minor
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51234
Ameristar Airways, Inc., et al. v. Administrative Review Board
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60604
Justia Opinion Summary: Thomas E. Clemmons, the former director of operations for Ameristar Airways, Incorporated (Ameristar), filed a complaint with the Secretary of Labor alleging he was discharged in retaliation for reporting air safety…
Kirtsten Velasco, et al v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60781
Marlin Davis v. Bruce Pearson
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60851
David Jacobson v. James LeBlanc, et al
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30098
Gabarick, et al. v. Laurin Maritime (America) Inc., et al.
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Numbers:
09-30809, 09-30549
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose when an ocean-going tanker collided with a barge that was being towed on the Mississippi River, which resulted in the barge splitting in half and spilling its cargo of oil into the river. Following the…
Derrick Harris v. Stephen Walley, et al
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number:
09-60547
BNSF Railway Co., et al v. BLET
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10888
USA v. Enrique Gomez-Garcia
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11082
Covington, et al. v. Aban Offshore, Ltd.
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40449
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs challenged the district court's conclusion that they, as agents of Beacon Maritime, Inc. (Beacon), were bound by Beacon's agreement to arbitrate disputes with Aban Offshore Limited (Aban). The court held that…
Arthur Poulos v. Jane Jone
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41208
USA v. Erick Bonilla
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50965
Samuel Morgan v. Rosemarie Rankin, et al
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50995
Michael Goins v. DOWCP
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60702
Andres Diaz v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 10, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60796
USA v. Luis Garza
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
09-40591
USA v. Jose Vera
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10517
USA v. Ruben Gomez-Luevano
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10712
USA v. Ocario Ruiz
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10975
Lester Ruston v. USA
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11027
Jake Hendrix v. Tommy Thompson, et al
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20863
USA v. Francisco Arteaga
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30320
Gabarick, et al. v. Laurin Maritime (America), Inc., et al.
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30886
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from an oil spill in the Mississippi River when an ocean-going tanker struck a barge that was being towed. Appellants (Excess Insurers) appealed the district court's decision requiring them to pay…
United States v. Soto
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40518
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of unlawfully transporting an illegal alien. Defendant appealed his conviction, specifically the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence resulting from a temporary investigative…
USA v. Humberto Garcia
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41145
USA v. Victor Barahona-Diaz
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41223
USA v. Alejandro Garcia-Bustamante
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41251
Grossman, et al. v. Lothian Oil Inc.
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50683
Justia Opinion Summary: This bankruptcy appeal involved parties that have a business history extending from at least April 27, 2005 where appellee and the Secretary of Lothian Oil signed two agreements which would lead to proofs of claim 164…
USA v. Tracy Bogard
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50907
Guobin Cui v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 9, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60861
USA v. Manuel Aguilera-DeLeon
Date: August 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10788
Almeda Mall, L.P. v. Shoe Show, Inc., et al.
Date: August 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20587
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose when Shoe Show, Inc. (Shoe Show) entered into a lease as lessee of a store space in a shopping mall in Houston, Texas. The lease expressly prohibited Shoe Show from operating another business under the…
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: August 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30360
Arthur Stallworth v. Ralph Slaughter, et al
Date: August 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30894
McClain, et al. v. Lufkin Industries Inc.
Date: August 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40036
Justia Opinion Summary: After multiple appeals to the court and extensive trial and other proceedings, plaintiffs' Title VII class action for employment discrimination against Lufkin Industries, Inc. (Lufkin) culminated in a favorable…
Utilities Optimization Group v. TIN, Inc.
Date: August 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40471
Bright v. Holder, Jr.
Date: August 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60300
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitioned for review of the BIA's denial of the motion to reopen and the request to stay the removal order, determining that, pursuant to the fugitive disentitlement…
Paul Tatum, et al v. USA
Date: August 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60852
The Windsor Place v. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
09-60072
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a skilled nursing facility that participated in the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs, petitioned for review of the final decision of the Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) of the U.S. Department of Health…
Doe, et al. v. Covington County Sch. Dist., et al.
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
09-60406
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sued, inter alia, the Covington County School District, its Board of Education, its president, and other persons, in their official and individual capacities (collectively, Education Defendants), as well as…
United States v. Rios-Cortes
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10483
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence for illegal reentry following deportation where the district court applied an enhancement based on defendant's prior conviction for theft. Defendant argued that his prior conviction was…
Citigroup, Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., et al.
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20445
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose when Associates First Capital Corporation (Associates) purchased integrated risk policies from Certain Underwriters of Lloyd's of London (Lloyd's), the primary insurer, and nine excess insurers. Pursuant…
USA v. Sergio Perez-Gutierrez
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20663
John Jones v. West Baton Rouge Parish, et al
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
10-31270
USA v. Pablo Ramirez-Cameron
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40823
Anthony Moore, Jr. v. Rick Thaler, et al
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41077
Harold Piatt v. City of Austin, et al
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51049
United States ex rel., et al. v. McKesson Corp., et al.
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60376
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff (relator) filed a qui tam complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3730, against defendants, alleging that they participated in a fraudulent scheme where the durable medical equipment (DME)…
Ronghua Jiang v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60680
USA v. Marcial Castro
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
11-10133
USA v. Jesus Moreno
Date: August 5, 2011
Docket Number:
11-50009
DK Joint Venture 1, et al. v. Weyand, et al.
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number:
09-11000
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants appealed from a district court's order confirming an arbitration award where plaintiffs, six business entities, claimed to have been defrauded by defendants. At issue was whether the arbitration panel had…
USA v. Cesar Castillo
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20503
USA v. Alexis Jaime
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20702
USA v. Ciro Sifuente
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20766
USA v. Miranda Sierra
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number:
10-31198
USA v. Daniel Cavazos-Reye
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40413
USA v. Ramiro Lozano
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40720
Ignacio Lopez, et al v. City of San Antonio
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50891
USA v. Katina Candrick
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51026
USA v. Roshay Hocker
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51078
You Li v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60801
Zena Crenshaw-Logal v. City of Abilene, Texa
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number:
11-10264
Rabe v. Thaler
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number:
09-10938
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. At issue was whether defendant's trial counsel was ineffective for failing to subpoena or secure the presence of defendant's alibi witness at trial. The…
Charlton Watson v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10186
Ronnie Barber v. Nathaniel Quarterman, et al
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40495
United States v. Simmons
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40670
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed from his sentence after being found guilty by a jury on thirteen counts of using a cellular telephone to make bomb threats. At issue was whether the district court erroneously refused to group all…
USA v. Hector Alba
Date: August 3, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51019
USA v. Gabino Tovias, Jr.
Date: August 2, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10909
United States v. Diaz-Corado
Date: August 2, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40179
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to illegally reentering the country after having been deported and was sentenced to 51 months imprisonment. On appeal, defendant challenged the district court's imposition of a sixteen-level…
USA v. Ismael Manzanares
Date: August 2, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50124
USA v. Ismael Manzanares
Date: August 2, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50126
USA v. Rogelio Lopez-Monte
Date: August 2, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50780
USA v. Carlos Saenz-Ramirez
Date: August 2, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51060
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: August 1, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10849
Omar Jaso v. Coca Cola Company, et al
Date: August 1, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20786
William Holly v. State of Mississippi, et al
Date: August 1, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60374
USA v. Christopher Abbate
Date: July 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11015
USA v. Gordon Nune
Date: July 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-31222
USA v. Fernando Munoz-Martinez
Date: July 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40487
USA v. Robert Yorkman
Date: July 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50823
USA v. Vernon Johnson
Date: July 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51124
USA v. Timothy Diaz
Date: July 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60786
Gordon Straker v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60828
Hodges v. Epps
Date: July 29, 2011
Docket Number:
10-70027
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of capital murder and kidnapping in Mississippi and sentenced to death and twenty years in prison, respectively. The district court subsequently granted habeas relief with respect to the…
United States v. Johnson
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number:
09-31106
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. At issue was whether the district court erred in fashioning an above-Guidelines sentence based in part on his record of prior arrests. The…
One Beacon Ins. Co. v. Crowley Marine Serv., Inc.
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20417
Justia Opinion Summary: This suit arose out of a dispute between a ship repair contractor, barge owner, and insurance company over the terms of a ship repair service contract and a maritime insurance policy. The contractor appealed from the…
USA v. Francisco Gomez-Aguirre
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20683
Shawn Higgins v. Burl Cain, Warden
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30285
Jason Miller v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40592
USA v. Ricardo Rodriguez-Trevino
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40868
USA v. Manuel Rosales-Miranda
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41120
USA v. Leodegario Navarro-Mendez
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50964
John Weisner v. Bexar County, et al
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51005
USA v. William Tacker, II
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60687
Wanda Lee v. Bureau of Prisons, et al
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number:
11-10371
United States v. Murray
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number:
09-20813
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted for making and subscribing to a false tax return and multiple counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, and securities fraud. Defendant appealed his sentence on the following four grounds: (1) the…
Cuevas, et al. v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., et al.
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20735
Justia Opinion Summary: BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP (formerly known as Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP); Countrywide Home Loans of Texas, Incorporated; and Countrywide Home Loans, Incorporated appealed an order for remand where the…
Rudolfo Rivera v. Roberta Kalafut, et al
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41040
USA v. Ramiro Trevino
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41042
USA v. Alex Sanchez-Brenez
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41074
USA v. Christopher Gaither
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51064
USA v. Kebodeaux
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number:
08-51185
Estate of Deane Anderson, et al v. CIR
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number:
09-60928
USA v. Adolfo Cabrera-Valdovino
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10526
Steven Rodrigues v. Rick Perry, et al
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11102
USA v. Jaime Zamora
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20653
USA v. Monique Robert
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30644
Charles Shirley v. Officer Unknown McIntosh
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40883
Neil Phillips v. USA, et al
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41067
USA v. Misael Lopez-Valencia
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41303
USA v. Jamaica McDade
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51214
USA v. Robert Moore
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number:
11-10558
Myron Butler v. W. Pendergraff
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number:
11-20245
USA v. Joshua
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
08-30354
USA v. Richard Tucker
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
09-41206
USA v. Juan Villarreal-Pena
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10862
USA v. Richard Manuel
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11257
Tracy Brown v. DFS Services, L.L.C., et al
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20507
USA v. Luis Rios-Castano
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20604
USA v. Regan Gatti
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30390
USA v. Cesar Landeros-Fuente
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30748
USA v. Rene Lopez
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40366
USA v. Felix Guerra
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41084
USA v. Heriberto Marin-Hipolito
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50556
Nasim Ali, et al v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60357
Rebecca Reid v. Texas Workforce Commission
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number:
11-10157
USA v. Peoples
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
08-50554
School Board of Avoyelles Prsh v. U. S. Dept. of Interior
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Numbers:
09-30660, 09-30897, 09-31102
Justia Opinion Summary: These three closely related appeals arose out of two district court cases, each involving a different tract of land owned by the Avoyelles Parish School Board (School Board), where neither tract was accessible by public…
Wells Fargo Bank NA v. Stewart, et al.
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
09-30832
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose when elderly widow Dorothy Chase Stewart filed for bankruptcy in 2007 and Wells Fargo Bank filed a proof of claim with the bankruptcy court reciting debts owed from an outstanding mortgage on Ms.…
Janvey v. Alguire, et al.
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10617
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose when the SEC brought suit against Stanford Group Company (SGC), along with various other Stanford entities, including Stanford International Bank (SIB), for allegedly perpetrating a massive Ponzi scheme.…
USA v. Tiffin Navejar
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10898
USA v. Florencio Paisano-Martinez
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20649
USA v. Herbert Goldsmith
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30718
USA v. Jacinto Buendia-Gallego
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30775
USA v. Beato Reynoso
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30968
Patrick Dooley v. Parks and Recreation
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-31254
United States v. Piazza
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40675
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm where the government presented evidence at trial that he sold two firearms to a named individual. Shortly after sentencing, defendant filed a motion for…
USA v. Juana Catalan
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40934
USA v. Alvino Torres-Zuniga
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50471
USA v. Arlana Moore
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50855
USA v. Carlos Jacobo
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51034
Richard Lay v. Robert Tanner
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30100
Spicer v. Laguna Madre Oil & Gas II LLC, et al.
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10717
Justia Opinion Summary: Texas Wyoming Drilling, Inc. (TWD) filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 and filed its disclosure statement and plan, which eliminated all of TWD's shareholders' stock interests in TWD. Central to…
USA v. Carlos Otero
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10899
USA v. Victor Delgado
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20704
USA v. Carlos Molina
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20828
USA v. Tracy Aubert
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30883
USA v. Ponciano Torre
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50872
USA v. Rodrigo Lopez-Vegara
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50969
David Felt, et al v. CIR
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60512
NLRB v. PDK Investments, L.L.C.
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60705
USA v. Christopher Rubio
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number:
11-50071
The Archdiocese v. Halliburton Co, et al
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number:
08-11195
Fox v. Vice, et al
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number:
08-31135
USA v. Delano Watson
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10724
Charles Warner, Jr. v. Curtis Wright, et al
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10972
Mary Tyler v. Cedar Hill ISD, et al
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11022
Robert Chacon v. York, et al
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20730
USA v. Stephen Brum
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30730
Damon Wood v. Timothy Simmons, et al
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40902
USA v. Jessie Lozano-Riva
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50904
Druery v. Thaler
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number:
10-70022
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. Petitioner raised five claims on appeal of the district court's decision to deny him a certificate of appealability (COA): (1) ineffective assistance of…
David Taylor v. Warden U.S. Pentry Pollock
Date: July 20, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30026
Colony Ins. Co. v. Peachtree Constr. Ltd.
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
09-11106
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants, Peachtree Construction, Ltd. (Peachtree) and Great American Insurance Company (Great American), which was Peachtree's excess liability insurer, appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor…
USA v. Pedro Munoz
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10885
USA v. Moises Sanchez
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20553
Crosby v. Louisiana Health Serv.
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30043
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant appealed the district court's summary judgment on her ERISA, 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(1)(B), claim to recover denied health care benefits and the magistrate judge's decision to limit discovery. At issue was the scope…
Kinsel v. Cain
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30443
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana district court for sexually abusing the ten-year-old daughter of his girlfriend at the time. Eight years later, the daughter voluntarily approached the parish…
USA v. Michael Simmon
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30616
Conway v. United States
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40485
Justia Opinion Summary: This case stemmed from the transportation excise tax that National Airlines (National) owed the government. Plaintiff appealed the district court's summary judgment determination that, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 6672, he was…
USA v. Rick Contrera
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40791
USPPS, Ltd. v. Avery Dennison Corp., et al.
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50612
Justia Opinion Summary: This suit stemmed from the efforts of plaintiff and its owner and founder to obtain a patent for an invention related to personalized postage stamps and the suit involved state law claims of fraud and breach of fiduciary…
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Qore, Inc.
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60266
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed from the district court's award of attorney's fees to plaintiff in a breach of contract and negligence suit where plaintiff hired defendant to investigate land and provide a design that would allow for…
Jon Barkley v. Singing River Electric Power
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60599
United States v. Breland, Jr.
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60610
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed convictions stemming from his fraudulent application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster-relief benefits following Hurricane Katrina. At issue was whether the district court could…
Estate of Mable Dean Bradley v. Royal Surplus Lines Ins. Co. Inc, et al.
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60650
Justia Opinion Summary: The Estate of Mable Dean Bradley (Estate) filed suit against defendants, excess insurers, in federal district court seeking recovery for defendants' alleged bad faith failure to indemnify the Mariner defendants in an…
ANR Pipeline Co., et al. v. Louisiana Tax Comm'n, et al.
Date: July 19, 2011
Docket Number:
11-30101
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants, owners of interstate natural gas pipelines subject to a 25% ad valorem tax under Louisiana Constitution article 7, section 18, brought and won a state court suit alleging certain intrastate pipelines were…
United States v. Hernandez
Date: July 18, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10695
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of one count of conspiracy to posses with intent to distribute and distribution of a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846. Defendant appealed the district court's order denying his…
Brown, et al v. Continental Airlines, Inc., et al.
Date: July 18, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20015
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants filed suit against nine pilots and their spouses asserting claims for equitable relief under 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(3) of ERISA where appellants alleged that the pilots and their spouses obtained "sham" divorces…
Bonnie Giles v. Michael Astrue, Commissioner
Date: July 18, 2011
Docket Number:
10-31006
David Ali v. Nathaniel Quarterman
Date: July 18, 2011
Docket Number:
10-41045
Donald Simmons v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number:
09-11025
USA v. King Arthur, et al
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number:
09-20877
Nat'l Fed'n of the Blind, et al. v. Abbott
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10236
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, Texas enacted a statutory scheme (the Act), Tex. Bus. Com. Code Ann. 17.921-17.926, where the Act required "for-profit entities" to make certain disclosures when collecting donated clothing or household goods…
Greta Crawford v. USA, et al
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10670
USA v. Jose Bosques-Gutierrez
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30224
Rivera v. PNS Stores, Inc.
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50328
Justia Opinion Summary: This case stemmed from a personal injury suit between the parties where plaintiff slipped and fell on defendant's premises. Plaintiff contended that the district court exceeded its authority under Federal Rule of Civil…
Shaun Wilson v. Randall Buster, et al
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number:
11-10036
Kenneth Menard v. Timothy Evans, et al
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number:
11-40166
USA v. Kebodeaux
Date: July 14, 2011
Docket Number:
08-51185
USA v. Latarsha Barne
Date: July 14, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50934
USA v. Marco Smith
Date: July 14, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50958
George Rivas v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 14, 2011
Docket Number:
10-70007
Donald Newbury v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 14, 2011
Docket Number:
10-70028
USA v. Shon Jefferson
Date: July 13, 2011
Docket Number:
09-11168
Heath Thompson v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 13, 2011
Docket Number:
09-20045
Sanches v. Carrollton-Farmers Branch Indep. Sch. Dist.
Date: July 13, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10325
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed summary judgment on her claims of sex discrimination and retaliation under 20 U.S.C. 1681(a) (Title IX) and 42 U.S.C. 1983. The court found that the case was nothing more than a dispute fueled by a…
Amy Newman v. Joe Keffer
Date: July 13, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11200
USA v. Wendy Chriss
Date: July 13, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30101
USA v. James Joseph
Date: July 13, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30593
United States v. Thompson
Date: July 13, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30671
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant, who was the Executive Director of the Poverty Point Reservoir District (PPRD), was convicted of extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. 1951, and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment where appellant…
United States v. Herrera
Date: July 13, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40500
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to illegal re-entry into the United States and was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment. At issue was whether the district court erred in applying the sixteen-level enhancement under U.S.S.G.…
USA v. Roberto Sanchez, III
Date: July 13, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40651
United States v. Kebodeaux
Date: July 12, 2011
Docket Number:
08-51185
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a federal-adjudged sex offender, was convicted of knowingly failing to update his sex offender registration after his intrastate change of residence as required by the Sex Offender Registration and…
United States v. McElwee, Jr., et al.; United States v. Chriss
Date: July 12, 2011
Docket Numbers:
10-30099, 10-30101
Justia Opinion Summary: Dr. Tandy McElwee, Ava McElwee, and Wendy Chriss, three former employees of a private medical practice, were convicted for engaging in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain large amounts of hydrocodone, a controlled…
Noel Dean v. Burl Cain, et al
Date: July 12, 2011
Docket Number:
10-31269
USA v. Juan Ramon-Diaz
Date: July 12, 2011
Docket Number:
10-51128
USA v. Goynes
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number:
08-30776
United States v. Mudekunye, et al.
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number:
09-10968
Justia Opinion Summary: Fabian Muyaba, Joseph Mudekunye, and three co-defendants were charged in a 39-count indictment stemming from their tax-fraud conspiracy. Muyaba, Mudekunye, and one co-defendant were convicted in a joint jury trial.…
Black v. Pan American Laboratories, et al.
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number:
09-51092
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued her former employer alleging various sex discrimination claims and a retaliatory termination claim under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq., and the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA), Texas Lab.…
Kevin M. Ehringer Enter., Inc. v. McData Serv. Corp.
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10197
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a technology company that sold data centers, appealed the district court's judgment on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, a company that purchased defendant's fiber management systems and intelligent fiber…
USA v. Ernestine Girod
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30128
United States v. Girod, et al.; United States v. Langley
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Numbers:
10-30128, 10-30339
Justia Opinion Summary: Ernestine Girod, Una Favorite Brown, and Melinda Langley were each indicted on one count of conspiracy and multiple counts of healthcare fraud, and Brown and Girod were charged with three counts each of making false…
USA v. Armando Garcia
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40705
USA v. Edgar Cruz
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50948
USA v. Earline Rawl
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60766
USA v. Maria Delgado
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
07-41041
USA v. Paul Arceneaux
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
09-60656
Robertson-Dewar v. Holder, Jr.
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
09-60847
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, who was born in Jamaica and admitted into the United States as a lawful permanent resident in 1993, petitioned for review of the BIA's decision that the IJ correctly determined that petitioner was removable.…
Jack Bell v. Dallas Cty Dept Hlth Human Svc
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10317
USA v. Alfredo Medina
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-10375
Robert Solis v. Doug Dretke, et al
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-11089
Craig Bowcock v. Continental Airlines, Inc.
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-20856
Alexander v. United States
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30451
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. 2671-2680, action on behalf of her minor son against the government for injuries allegedly related to his exposure to potentially dangerous, high levels of…
United States v. Henderson
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-30571
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm and sentenced to 60 months imprisonment where the district court stated that the upward departure was necessary to ensure that he had an opportunity to…
USA v. Eleazar Garcia, et al
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40427
USA v. Brenda Miller
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-40896
USA v. Antonio Sanchez-Jaime
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50785
USA v. Antonio Sanchez-Jaime
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-50792
Dulin v. Bd of Comm'r of the Greenwood LeFlore Hosp.
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60095
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging race discrimination when defendant terminated his contract. Plaintiff, who was white, served as the attorney for defendant for 24 years and was subsequently replaced by a black women as…
Liancai Li v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60590
USA v. Jason Brown
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number:
10-60837
