USA v. Daniel Melton
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40374
USA v. Joel Childers
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40621
USA v. Ivan Arroyo
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40930
Carl Chester v. Charles Samuels, et al
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41044
USA v. Jeremiah Ramon
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50596
USA v. Michael Castilla
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50832
Lopez Ventura v. Sessions
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60529
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit held that, because 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) does not overcome the presumption against retroactivity, applying it to petitioner was impermissibly retroactive. The court granted the petition for…
USA v. Jose Rodriguez-Torres
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10173
USA v. Dalia Lopez
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40132
USA v. Geovani Pizza-Martinez
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40340
USA v. Martin Palacios-Munguia
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40398
USA v. Ida Sam
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number:
18-60053
John M. O'Quinn, P.C. v. Lexington Insurance Co.
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
16-20224
Justia Opinion Summary: In a case arising from a fee dispute about litigation expenses that an arbitration panel found attorneys had improperly allocated to their clients, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment that there was…
Dacar v. Saybolt L.P.
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
16-20751
Justia Opinion Summary: Saybolt LP, a petroleum products company, used the fluctuating workweek (FWW) method to calculate overtime compensation for some of its oil and gas inspectors who worked radically varying hours each week. Plaintiffs, oil…
United States v. Miller
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10594
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence after she pleaded guilty without a plea agreement to bank fraud. The court held that the district court did not clearly err by applying a two-level enhancement under USSG…
Steven Turner, et al v. Gerald Young, et al
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20485
USA v. Juan Hernandez-Artiga
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20658
Barrera v. BP, PLC
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30122
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of 104 plaintiffs' claims related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Plaintiffs, individuals and associations located in Mexico that rely on the fishing industry…
United States v. Blount
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30623
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence after he pleaded guilty to securities fraud crimes. The court held that the district court did not plainly err by concluding that FINRA's order was a prior administrative…
United States v. Bolton
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Numbers:
17-60502, 17-60576
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed Defendant Charles Bolton and Linda Bolton's convictions and sentences for various counts of attempted tax evasion and filing false tax returns. The court held that Charles failed to show plain…
USA v. Charles Bolton
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60576
Abel Ochoa v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
17-70016
USA v. Eli Mungia
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10004
USA v. Bobby Perales
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10241
Barry Johnson v. Rickie Patton
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10364
McKinley Polk, et al v. USA
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30572
M.D. v. Abbott
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40057
Justia Opinion Summary: A certified class of minor children in the Permanent Managing Conservatorship (PMC) of DFPS filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, seeking injunctive relief and alleging that Texas' maintenance of its foster care system…
USA v. Maria Sarabia
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40129
Ronald Stafford v. Govt Emply Ins. Co., et al
Date: October 18, 2018
Docket Number:
18-60160
Melissa Lucio v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
16-70027
USA v. Reginald Jackson
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10519
USA v. Norris Fisher
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10980
HSBC Bank USA, NA v. Crum
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11206
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for HSBC in an action seeking to foreclose on defendant's property. The court held that HSBC was the holder of the home equity note and that…
USA v. Rodolfo Nunez-Medrano
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20644
USA v. Calvin Effron
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30485
Brand Services, LLC. v. Irex Corp.
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30660
Justia Opinion Summary: Brand Services appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment for Irex on Brand Services's Louisiana Uniform Trade Secrets Act (LUTSA) claim and its common law conversion claim. The Fifth Circuit affirmed as to…
USA v. Ricardo Tirado
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40788
USA v. Mario Estrada-Martinez
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41227
USA v. Raymond Tellez
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-51104
USA v. Darrell Ellington
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10272
Jonathan Raburn v. Wiener Weiss & Madison
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30109
USA v. Johnny Mason, Jr.
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30128
USA v. James Harber
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30146
USA v. Edwin Amaya
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40145
USA v. Valentin Hernandez-Colunga
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40203
Jeneba Barrie v. Nueces Cty District Atty Off
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40513
Detra Perkins v. Child Care Associates
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11096
Allen v. Walmart Stores, LLC
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20404
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's claims against defendants after plaintiff's daughter died from inhaling a large quantity of aerosol dust remover in a Wal-Mart parking lot. The…
State Bank & Trust Co. v. C&G Liftboats, LLC
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30792
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit dismissed defendants' appeal of the district court's grant of summary judgment to plaintiff in an action under the Ship Mortgage Act. The court held that it lacked jurisdiction over the appeal because…
USA v. Sandra Haro
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40539
Darlene Amrhein v. USA, et al
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41017
USA v. Mario Garrido
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41081
James Barrett v. Nancy Berryhill, Acting Cmsnr
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41177
USA v. Jeffrey Torres
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50400
USA v. Omar Villalpando-Gonzalez
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50716
Joseph Ward, et al v. John Hellerstedt
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50899
USA v. Erika Ramirez Luna
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10310
USA v. Joe Ramirez
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10680
USA v. Jose Arellano-Gonzalez
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20037
USA v. Rodney Puente
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40092
USA v. Jorge Rojas-Arriaga
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40201
USA v. Gonzalo Mejia-Aguirre
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50323
Ricky Langley v. Howard Prince, Warden
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30486
USA v. Antonio Benjamin
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20625
Paul Poupart v. Timothy Hooper, Warden
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30411
Smith v. School Board of Concordia Parish
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30548
Justia Opinion Summary: A party is bound by the terms of a consent decree that it voluntarily entered. The Fifth Circuit mostly affirmed the district court's judgment finding that Delta had violated a consent decree requiring Delta to comply…
United States v. Rivas-Estrada
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40033
Justia Opinion Summary: When a defendant had no opportunity to object to special conditions (because they were unmentioned at sentencing), the Fifth Circuit reviews for abuse of discretion, and any "unpronounced" special conditions must, upon…
Barrett v. Berryhill
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41177
Justia Opinion Summary: A social security disability claimant does not have an absolute right to question medical consultants. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the denial of disability benefits to plaintiff, holding that disability claimants'…
USA v. Jeffrey Torres
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50400
Moon v. City of El Paso
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50572
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff was exonerated for a crime that he served seventeen years in prison for, he filed suit against various government and law enforcement personnel over his wrongful conviction and imprisonment. The Fifth…
USA v. Jesus Olivares
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
17-51115
Donise Wilkey v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10246
USA v. Arnoldo Garza, Jr.
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10280
USA v. Guillermo Davila-Salazar
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20067
Patrick Murphy, et al v. HSBC Bank USA
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20144
USA v. Rafael Castaneda-Acosta
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40184
USA v. Roberto Betancourt-Castillo
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40190
USA v. Dionicio Carbajal-Escobar
Date: October 15, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40287
USA v. Damoni Owens
Date: October 12, 2018
Docket Number:
15-11045
Sealed Appellee v. Sealed Appellant
Date: October 12, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50092
USA v. Ruben Rangel-Vargas
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11267
Mejia v. Davis
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41137
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated the district court's grant of habeas corpus ordering petitioner to be retried for killing the victim in a bar fight. The court held that the federal court failed to defer to the state court's…
United States v. Fuentes
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50407
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's five year sentence, imposed after the revocation of defendant's supervised release. The court held that it was not plain that under existing law the statutory maximum…
USA v. Adrian Pineda-Orozco
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50867
Edgar Bran-Garrido v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60641
Ibukun Washington v. Michael Mackey, et al
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10039
USA v. Pedro Orozco
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10103
USA v. Samuel Campos
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10356
Bruce Alexander v. Donald Trump, et al
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30616
USA v. Raul Arreola-Marron
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40134
USA v. Jeffrey Parker
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40304
USA v. Jose Chang-Ramos
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50218
USA v. Adrian Gomez-Ureaba
Date: October 10, 2018
Docket Number:
15-10670
USA v. Silvano Garcia-Ibarra
Date: October 10, 2018
Docket Number:
15-10870
USA v. Rodrigo Roman
Date: October 10, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41033
USA v. Jorge Ortiz-Esquivel
Date: October 10, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41203
USA v. Damien Victor
Date: October 10, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30125
Curtis Sheppard, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: October 10, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40172
USA v. Alberto Proa-Dominguez
Date: October 10, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40324
USA v. Jesus Esquivel
Date: October 10, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50060
Michael Davis v. Gary King, et al
Date: October 9, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41086
USA v. Andres Avila-Cruz
Date: October 9, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41267
USA v. Yoni Rayo-Espinoza
Date: October 9, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10210
USA v. Justin Castro
Date: October 9, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10219
USA v. Richard Borek, Jr.
Date: October 9, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30250
USA v. Sara Villarreal
Date: October 9, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40148
Leroy Smith v. DOWCP, et al
Date: October 9, 2018
Docket Number:
18-60099
USA v. Bryce Hansen
Date: October 8, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11240
USA v. Simon Castro, Jr.
Date: October 8, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50447
Harvey Funches v. Chase Noland
Date: October 8, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60431
USA v. Daniel Moss
Date: October 8, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10215
Shell Offshore, Inc. v. Tesla Offshore, LLC
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30528
Justia Opinion Summary: After an underwater sonar device (towfish) used by Tesla struck the mooring line of an offshore drilling rig owned by Shell, Shell filed suit against Tesla and International, the company who chartered a vessel for Tesla…
USA v. Juan Ruvalcava-Garza
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10414
USA v. Baldemar Solis
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10678
USA v. David Ledesma
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10969
USA v. Oakey Chikere
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20022
Barry v. Freshour
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20726
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a physician licensed in Texas who worked part time at the Red Bluff Clinic in California, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging violation of his Fourth Amendment rights when defendants, employees of the…
USA v. Jesus Ortiz-Flores
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20735
Yarls v. Bunton
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30779
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit dismissed as moot an action challenging the discontinued practice of Louisiana public defenders of placing indigent, non-capital defendants on wait lists for appointed counsel. The court held that the…
USA v. Jeffery Perry
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30843
USA v. Jorge Lopez
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41073
Yudhvir Singh v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60167
USA v. Jeremy Tucker
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20111
USA v. Joshua Finley
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30101
USA v. Dennis Brass
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30164
USA v. Saturnino Rodriguez-Quiroz
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40151
USA v. Saturnino Rodriguez-Quiroz
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40152
USA v. Dennis Boquin
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40277
Abie Wolf v. Randolph Osherow
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50310
Tucker v. Collier
Date: October 3, 2018
Docket Number:
15-41643
Justia Opinion Summary: After officials of the TDCJ banned incarcerated adherents of the Nation of Gods and Earth from congregating together as their religion requires, plaintiff filed suit under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized…
Patrick Ghosh v. Gregory David, et al
Date: October 3, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10844
USA v. Adan Melendez
Date: October 3, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40375
USA v. Mariano Garcia
Date: October 3, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40821
Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Date: October 3, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50840
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Whole Foods and its executives, alleging that the company and its executives defrauded Whole Foods shareholders in violation of federal securities law by perpetuating weights-and-measures…
USA v. Miguel Urquia-Melendez
Date: October 3, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50007
USA v. Miguel Urquia-Melendez
Date: October 3, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50008
Donna Pryor v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: October 3, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50009
USA v. Daniel Gonzalez-Bautista
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
15-41467
USA v. Mario Cruz
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
16-20785
USA v. Jose Vanegas-Martinez
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
16-40976
USA v. Waymon McLaughlin
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10915
In Re: Deepwater Horizon
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30912
USA v. John Jackson
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41152
USA v. Johan Ramirez-Ibanez
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40023
USA v. Manuel Mendoza-Calderon
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40157
USA v. Mario Martinez-Espinoza
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40186
Alex Roy v. Tanya Lawson, et al
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40222
George Davis, IV v. USW Local 13-423
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40259
Donna Pryor v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50009
USA v. Rodolfo Olivas-Lozano
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50177
Charles Cueva, II v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number:
16-41211
United States v. Luminant Generation Co.
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10235
Justia Opinion Summary: An action to recover civil penalties for violation of the preconstruction requirements for major emitting facilities under 42 U.S.C. 7475(a) must be brought within five years of the first day of the alleged construction…
USA v. Juan Marin-Cardona
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11091
United States v. Contreras
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11271
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress after he pleaded guilty to two counts of receipt of child pornography. The court held that the information at issue fell under the…
USA v. DeAngelo Tate
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20117
Manuel v. Turner Industries Group, LLC
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30835
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Prudential and Turner for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and state law. Prudential counterclaimed, seeking repayment of short term disability (STD)…
Dzhamol Mukhtarov v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60734
Reginald Nelson v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20531
USA v. Antonio White
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50002
In re: Robert Luttrell, III
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10589
Brian Porter, et al v. Jordon Lear, et al
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30811
USA v. Tom McCardell
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30919
USA v. Zerrick Walker, et al
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40207
USA v. Charles Hurt
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40467
USA v. Jose Fabian
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40713
USA v. Kristopher Ardoin
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41016
USA v. Elias Alvarez
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41213
Funches v. Progressive Tractor and Implement Co.
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60431
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff lost his arm when his vehicle collided with a piece of farm equipment being towed by a truck, plaintiff filed suit against Progressive, the company that leased the equipment to the driver of the truck,…
USA v. David Delgado
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10204
USA v. Mark Barnes
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20047
USA v. Christian Rivera-Garcia
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40015
USA v. Roberto Lara
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50155
USA v. Anthony Glover
Date: September 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41266
USA v. Ramiro Martinez
Date: September 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50642
Griggs v. S.G.E. Management
Date: September 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50655
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a class action filed by plaintiff, alleging claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The court held that the district…
USA v. Santos Diaz-Martinez
Date: September 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-51076
Jose Vasquez-Rosas v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: September 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60717
USA v. Jameson Bearden
Date: September 27, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10155
USA v. Pedro Briones-Garcia
Date: September 27, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20039
USA v. Jorge Morales-Villanueva
Date: September 27, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30397
USA v. Armando Amieva-Rodriguez
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
15-41198
United States v. Gomez
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10690
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his 652 month sentence for drug trafficking and firearms offenses, arguing that the district court improperly enhanced his sentence by applying a two level adjustment pursuant to USSG 3B1.1(c) for…
June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30397
Justia Opinion Summary: Louisiana's Unsafe Abortion Protection Act passed constitutional muster even under the stringent requirements of Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, 136 S. Ct. 2292 (2016) (WWH). The Act requires abortion providers to…
USA v. Luis Ruiz-Dominguez
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40099
USA v. Arturo Pacheco-Zavala
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40697
Jody McCreary v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40720
Aric Hall v. LVNV Funding, L.L.C.
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41023
USA v. Mario Castillo
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50742
USA v. Jeremiah Ybarra
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50788
USA v. Jose Vasquez
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
17-51109
Gilmore v. Mississippi
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60608
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff's action against the Installation Commander of Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center and the denial of remand. The court held that the district court did not err…
USA v. Daniel Dixon
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10572
USA v. Jose Cervantes-Valles
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40183
USA v. Carlos Soriano-Vasquez
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50045
Cole v. Hunter
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Numbers:
14-10228, 15-10045
Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit considered this case in light of the Court's decision in Mullenix v. Luna. Plaintiffs filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that officers used excessive force when…
Randy Cole, et al v. Michael Hunter, et al
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Number:
15-10045
USA v. Michael Guardiola
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Number:
16-41576
Jose Mejia v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Number:
16-60179
USA v. Joshua Milson
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10274
Sindhi v. Raina
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11388
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's entry of a default judgment against defendant in an action filed by plaintiff, alleging misappropriation of confidential software and copyright infringement claims, as well…
USA v. Christopher Frank
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30823
USA v. Jesus Alvarez
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40525
Chun Yang v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60755
USA v. Raul Arellano-Espinal
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40314
Christopher McCoy v. D. Harmon, et al
Date: September 24, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11510
Shumpert v. City of Tupelo
Date: September 24, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60774
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's Fourth Amendment, 42 U.S.C. 1983 excessive force, and state law claims against the city and a police officer after the…
USA v. Jose Gonzalez
Date: September 24, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40144
USA v. Juan Dominguez-Hernandez
Date: September 24, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40258
In Re: Alfred Bourgeois
Date: September 24, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40270
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied movant's request for authorization to consider a successive motion to vacate his death sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255(h). The court held that movant's successive section 2255 motion presented only…
USA v. Joshua Jackson
Date: September 21, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10930
USA v. Ejalte Deleon
Date: September 21, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41140
USA v. Venshard Douglas
Date: September 21, 2018
Docket Number:
17-51046
Voices for International Business and Education, Inc. v. NLRB
Date: September 21, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60364
Justia Opinion Summary: A Louisiana charter school did not qualify for the "political subdivision" exemption of the National Labor Relations Act and was therefore subject to the Act. In this case, petitioners challenged the NLRB's finding that…
United States v. Nature's Way Marine, LLC
Date: September 21, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60698
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's summary judgment determination that Nature's Way, as the owner of a tugboat, was also "operating" an oil barge that the tugboat was moving at the time of a collision, as…
USA v. Joel Lomas-Torres
Date: September 21, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50210
USA v. Jose Olivarez
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
15-20637
USA v. Tommy Hull, Jr.
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11465
USA v. Frank Flores
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20733
Doe v. Marine-Lombard
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30292
Justia Opinion Summary: Three exotic dancers under the age of 21 filed suit challenging Louisiana's amendment of two statutes (Act No. 395) that required entertainers on premises licensed to serve alcohol and whose breasts or buttocks are…
Ralph Jones v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30322
USA v. Alex Washington
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41090
USA v. Christopher Ferrell
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41280
Dyrian Strong v. J. Grimes, et al
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
17-51134
Pedro Soriano v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60393
Wrecker Works, L.L.C., et al v. City of Aberdeen,
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60810
James Gressett v. Sheriff's Dept Offcr Precinct
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20018
USA v. Juan Cuellar
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20109
USA v. Cosme Pimental-Armenta
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number:
18-60114
USA v. Jesus Montalvo Davila
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
16-20081
Michael Roberts v. City of Houston, et al
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20273
Rickey Gipson v. Keith Deville, Warden
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30871
USA v. Anastacio Hernandez
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40658
Jason Fregia v. Ann Bright, et al
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41193
USA v. Juan Medrano
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41194
USA v. Rene Colon
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41269
USA v. Jimmy Stokes
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60617
Lu Zhang v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60646
USA v. Mickey McClendon
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10063
USA v. Jefferson Aspirlla
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20028
USA v. Ashley Owens
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30007
USA v. Joel Lomas-Torres
Date: September 19, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50211
Alvarez v. City of Brownsville
Date: September 18, 2018
Docket Number:
16-40772
Justia Opinion Summary: This case was reheard en banc after plaintiff obtained a $2.3 million judgment that was reversed and his claims were dismissed. The court held that plaintiff's Brady v. Maryland claim should have been dismissed as a…
USA v. David Lopez
Date: September 18, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50520
USA v. Antonio Cisneros
Date: September 18, 2018
Docket Number:
17-51145
Changfu Lu v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: September 18, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60408
Mark Soliz v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: September 18, 2018
Docket Number:
17-70019
Miriam Blank v. Jack Nuszen, et al
Date: September 18, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20189
USA v. Obed Lopez-Lozano
Date: September 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11527
USA v. James Quintero
Date: September 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20727
Roberson-King v. Louisiana Workforce Commission
Date: September 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30899
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to LRS in an action filed by plaintiff alleging that she was denied a promotion because of her race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights…
USA v. Christian Delgado
Date: September 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40447
USA v. Evola Brent
Date: September 17, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50241
USA v. Ruben Hernandez-Correa
Date: September 17, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10035
USA v. Michael Robertson
Date: September 17, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10123
USA v. Sixto Morales-Garcia
Date: September 17, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10294
USA v. Nelson Cruz
Date: September 17, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20034
USA v. Kevin Mitchell
Date: September 17, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40102
USA v. Jorge Agustin-Garcia
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
16-41041
Rodriguez-Saragosa v. Sessions
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
16-60515
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's motion to reopen. In this case, petitioner's application for cancellation of removal was denied for reasons that have since become…
USA v. Felipe Romero-Araiza
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11143
USA v. Neil Rene
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11456
USA v. Luis Zubia
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11458
Calvin Lewis v. Charles Landis, et al
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20549
Gary Mount v. John Wakefield, et al
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20718
USA v. Martin Teran-Contreras
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40522
Lauren C. v. Lewisville Independent School District
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40796
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of attorneys' fees for plaintiff under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The court held that the hearing officer's decision did not make…
USA v. Juan Acevedo-Azua
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40868
Stephen Mabry v. Petrohawk Energy Corporation, et
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41013
USA v. Samuel Barragan-Rosales
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41112
Stephen Ostiguy v. Equifax Info Services, L.L.C.,
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50495
Belinda Saunders v. Equifax Info Services, L.L.C.
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50761
Macel Fillmore v. Equifax Information Services
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50960
USA v. Vancent Curtin
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-51051
Hitendrakumar Patel v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60496
Longru Wei, et al v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60705
USA v. David Looney
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10060
USA v. Lionel Martinez-Labra
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40074
USA v. Oscar Mora
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50118
USA v. Jose Barraza-Carrera
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50250
United States v. Vialva
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Numbers:
18-70007, 18-70008
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Bernard and Vialva were convicted of capital murder under federal law and sentenced to death. The Fifth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability (COA) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(2). The court held that…
USA v. Brandon Bernard
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number:
18-70008
Westfall v. Luna
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Numbers:
16-11234, 16-11708
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded the district court's grant of summary judgment to Officers Nathaniel Anderson, Jose Luna, and Venessa Trevino on plaintiff's false-arrest claims and to Luna on the excessive-force…
Constance Westfall v. Jose Luna, et al
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
16-11708
Gilkers v. Vannoy
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30279
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of petitioner's Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motion seeking relief from the district court's judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for a writ of…
USA v. Russell Shen
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11253
USA v. Andre Hernandez
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11260
USA v. Roberto Puebla Saavedra
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11358
USA v. Edgar Moreno
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20739
Erick Lawson v. William Stephens, et al
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40387
USA v. Martin Teran-Contreras
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40522
USA v. Salvador Alamilla
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41158
Roy Woodson v. Stuart Jenkins, et al
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50731
USA v. Erasmo Aviles, Jr.
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30001
USA v. Michael Cupp
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30254
In Re: Oleg Jankovic
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50720
Zu Aihung v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: September 12, 2018
Docket Number:
16-60651
USA v. Anthony Gutierrez
Date: September 12, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10170
USA v. Jorge Ruelas-Martinez
Date: September 12, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11177
USA v. Xiao Lin
Date: September 12, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11255
Smit v. SXSW Holdings, Inc.
Date: September 12, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50674
Justia Opinion Summary: After an intoxicated driver fled Austin police and knowingly accelerated through a closed city block during the South by Southwest Festival and killed four people, the family of one of the victims filed a wrongful death…
Norma Bustillo-Ramirez v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: September 12, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60597
United States v. Islas-Saucedo
Date: September 11, 2018
Docket Number:
16-40672
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to illegal reentry after having been deported. While his appeal was pending, the Fifth Circuit held in United States v. Herrold, 883 F.3d 517, 517 (5th Cir. 2018) (en…
USA v. Jesus Galaviz-De La Cruz
Date: September 11, 2018
Docket Number:
16-41621
Parfait v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Date: September 11, 2018
Docket Number:
16-60662
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit dismissed a petition for review challenging a ruling by the Benefits Review Board in a proceeding in which petitioner sought benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA).…
Calvin Hester v. Angela Mamukuyomi, et al
Date: September 11, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41287
USA v. Gilberto Perez-Martinez
Date: September 11, 2018
Docket Number:
17-51036
USA v. Carol Morris
Date: September 11, 2018
Docket Number:
17-51125
James Ferguson v. Tonya Morgan, et al
Date: September 11, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60703
USA v. Brenda Rosas
Date: September 11, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20056
USA v. Marvin Paige
Date: September 11, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30100
Wayne Gordon v. Lacey Langino, et al
Date: September 11, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30134
USA v. Jose Acuna-Garza
Date: September 11, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40124
USA v. Joel Patton
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10942
USA v. Bryan Cerda
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11010
Alishia Morris v. Lubbock Cty Deten Ctr, et al
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11259
USA v. Miguel Rodriguez-Garcia
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11345
USA v. Abraham Hernandez
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20521
Richard Norman v. H&E Equipment Services, Inc.
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20631
Conn Credit I, LP v. TF Loanco III, LLC
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40148
Justia Opinion Summary: Conn Credit filed suit against TF Loan for breach of contract and TF Loan counterclaimed for breach. The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's judgment in favor of Conn, holding that Conn's representations and…
USA v. Ezequiel Rueda-Saenz
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
17-51067
Melvin Grayer v. James Filliyaw, et al
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60715
Alishia Morris v. L.C.D.C., et al
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10089
Alishia Morris v. Texas Boys Ranch, et al
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10120
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Burke
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20026
Justia Opinion Summary: After the magistrate judge concluded, on remand, that defendants met the remaining requirements to foreclose on their mortgage under Texas law, the Fifth Circuit reversed and rendered judgment in favor of Deutsche Bank.…
USA v. Marco Diaz Bernal
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20087
USA v. Armando Garcia-Cazares
Date: September 10, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40054
United States v. Davis
Date: September 8, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10330
Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit held that Sessions v. Dimaya, 584 U.S. ___, 138 S. Ct. 1204 (2018), did not affect defendants' convictions for Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. 924(c). Therefore, the…
DeVoss v. Southwest Airlines Co.
Date: September 8, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11462
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for Southwest in an action filed by plaintiff under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), alleging claims of interference and retaliation. The…
USA v. Juan Rodriguez-Mantos
Date: September 8, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40842
USA v. Lino Carrillo-Hernandez
Date: September 7, 2018
Docket Number:
15-20731
USA v. Osvaldo Torres-Sosa
Date: September 7, 2018
Docket Number:
15-60210
Yusufu Danmola v. USA
Date: September 7, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10647
USA v. Gerardo Licon
Date: September 7, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10966
United States ex rel. Vaughn v. United Biologics, LLC
Date: September 7, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20389
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal with prejudice as to relators and without prejudice as to the Government in an action under the False Claims Act (FCA). The court held that the district court did…
USA v. Salvador Colima-Suarez
Date: September 7, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40879
USA v. Delores Rodriguez
Date: September 7, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10100
USA v. John Cheek
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10226
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. The Source for Public Data
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10732
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of CFPB's petition to enforce a civil investigative demand (CID) against Public Data. The court held that, pursuant to 12 U.SC. 5562(c)(2), CFPB failed to advise…
USA v. Tymaine Lewis
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11118
Hager v. DBG Partners, Inc.
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11147
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that DBG had discontinued its Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) health plan without notifying him, in violation of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Recovery Act's (COBRA) notice…
USA v. Clyde Retiz
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11235
USA v. Mario Reyes-Tavera
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11288
USA v. Michael Duenas
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11426
Martha Lockett v. Houston Indep School District
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20656
E. Drake v. Costume Armour, Incorporated, et al
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20671
Patrick Sanders v. Chippi, et al
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20782
USA v. Manuel Cisneros
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40799
USA v. Chad Brewer
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10158
USA v. Marco Baho
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20137
Clay Riggs v. Crawford Jordan, et al
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30233
USA v. Servando Calleja-Sabino
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40089
USA v. Deangelo Swindle
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50021
Sandra Stone v. Kroger Limited Partnership I
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number:
18-60152
Black v. Davis
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number:
16-10159
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated a certificate of appealability (COA) on two issues and dismissed the appeal. The court held that it had no jurisdiction to issue a COA on an issue in which the district court did not deny a COA.…
Linicomn v. City of Dallas
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10101
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action brought by plaintiff, alleging that police officers violated his Fourth Amendment…
Philippe Tanguy, et al v. William West
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20655
Mirza Baig v. Robert McDonald
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20784
Joel Porter v. Times Group, et al
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30144
USA v. Rafael Cepeda-Olguin
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41002
Jason Walker v. Derek Edge
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41142
Charles Brooks v. Columbus L. Swoops, Jr.
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50239
Juan Martinez-Mendez v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60469
Robert Gross v. Jeanine Dannatt
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10078
USA v. Raul Duarte-Torres
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40122
David Trimble v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30876
Angela Putty v. Federal National Mortgage Assn
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11404
Richard Barroso v. State of Texas, et al
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20433
Dewey Edwards, et al v. DoorDash, Incorporated
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20757
USA v. Omar Vazquez-Avendano
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41015
Enedelia Rivas v. Wal-Mart Stores Texas, L.L.C.
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41058
Bloom v. Aftermath Public Adjusters, Inc.
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41087
Justia Opinion Summary: Texas's special tolling rule in Hughes v. Mahoney & Higgins, 821 S.W.2d 154, 157 (Tex. 1991), which suspends the statute of limitations on legal malpractice claims until completion of the litigation from which they…
Martone v. Robb
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50702
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Whole Foods executives, alleging that they breached their fiduciary duties by allowing employees to continue to invest in Whole Foods stock while its value was artificially inflated due to a…
Willard Head v. City of Columbus Light & Water
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60649
Richard Barroso v. State of Texas, et al
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20092
In Re: Alfred Bourgeois
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40270
Justia Opinion Summary: Movant, a federal death row inmate, sought authorization for a successive motion to vacate his death sentence, claiming that he is intellectually disabled. The Fifth Circuit held that the larger statutory context favors…
USA v. David Kates
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11031
USA v. Oree Roberson
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11365
Joel Porter v. Times Group, et al
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30144
Mote v. Walthall
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40754
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit dismissed defendant's challenges to the district court's rejection of her qualified immunity defense. In this case, plaintiff filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit against defendant, the police chief, for…
USA v. Alejandro Prieto
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40986
Zadeh v. Robinson
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50518
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's partial grant of summary judgment of defendants' motion to dismiss and later grant of summary judgment rejecting all remaining claims. In this case, plaintiff and one of…
USA v. Wautesse Bell
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60763
USA v. Reynaldo Hernandez-Hernandez
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20095
USA v. Rene Garcia-Montejo
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40051
USA v. Edwin Ruano-Herrera
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40248
United States v. Fuentes-Canales
Date: August 30, 2018
Docket Number:
15-41476
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for panel rehearing and withdrew the previous opinions, substituting the following opinion.
The court held that, in light of United States v. Herrold, defendant's conviction for…
Sealed Appellee v. Sealed Appellant
Date: August 30, 2018
Docket Number:
16-50408
David Collie v. Hugo Barron
Date: August 30, 2018
Docket Number:
17-10935
Allegiance Bank Texas v. M/V Lake Limo, et al
Date: August 30, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41048
USA v. Juan Torres-Carrillo
Date: August 30, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41284
USA v. Victor Garcia Garcia
Date: August 30, 2018
Docket Number:
18-20160
Larry Gegenheimer, et al v. Raoul Galan, Jr.
Date: August 30, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30044
William Muse v. Kenneth Bryan, et al
Date: August 30, 2018
Docket Number:
18-30094
USA v. Victor Castillo-Gonzalez
Date: August 30, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40131
USA v. Victor Castillo-Gonzalez
Date: August 30, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40133
USA v. Edwin Garrido
Date: August 29, 2018
Docket Number:
15-40347
Lyda Swinerton Builders, Inc. v. Oklahoma Surety Co.
Date: August 29, 2018
Docket Number:
16-20195
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit withdrew its prior opinion and substituted the following opinion in light of the Texas Supreme Court's opinion on rehearing in USAA Texas Lloyds Co. v. Menchaca, 545 S.W.3d 479 (2018). This case…
Felix Price v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: August 29, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30689
SCF Waxler Marine, LLC v. Aris T M/V
Date: August 29, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30805
Justia Opinion Summary: After a marine accident that resulted in damages estimated to exceed $60 million, Valero, Shell and Motiva asked the court to resolve whether the excess insurers of one of the involved vessels may limit their liability…
USA v. Dustin Glass
Date: August 29, 2018
Docket Number:
17-51071
USA v. Peter Hoffman, et al
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30013
USA v. Michael Arata, et al
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30104
USA v. Peter Hoffman
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30226
USA v. Peter Hoffman, et al
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30527
USA v. Servando Nambo-Alcantar
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20482
Providence Behavioral Health v. Grant Road Public Utility District
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20571
Justia Opinion Summary: Providence filed suit against Grant Road after Grant Road denied water, drainage, and septic services to Providence's intended psychiatric facility. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment dismissing…
USA v. Sunny Robinson
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20653
USA v. Eduardo Ramirez
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41161
USA v. Rosel Escobar-Martinez
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41270
Steven Jenkins v. D. Harmon
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10132
USA v. Servando Calleja-Sabino
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40085
USA v. Jose Sandoval-Sifuentes
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number:
18-50418
USA v. Sergio Lagos
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
16-20146
USA v. Xiao Lin
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11191
Joshua White v. Robert Jenkins, et al
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20622
Ricardo Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, et al
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20691
Renwick v. P N K Lake Charles, LLC
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30767
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff was injured when he fell off a defective ladder between a casino vessel and hotel owned by PNK, he filed suit against PNK for damages under Louisiana law. The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's…
USA v. Aaron Sanchez
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40959
Charles Gerard v. John Fox
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40973
USA v. Jason Montgomery
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-41182
USA v. Dimas Rodriguez-Gonzalez
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50306
USA v. Dimas Gonzalez
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50309
Maria Reyes Lopez v. Jefferson Sessions, III
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
17-60449
USA v. Alberto Silva-Ibarra
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10022
USA v. Antonio Anderson
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
18-10064
USA v. Victor Almanzar-Cardenas
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number:
18-40019
USA v. Peter Hoffman, et al
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30013
USA v. Michael Arata, et al
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30104
USA v. Peter Hoffman
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30226
USA v. Peter Hoffman, et al
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number:
16-30527
USA v. Federico Matias-Pena
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number:
17-11475
Ibukun Washington v. Brian Collier, et al
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number:
17-20641
Miraglia v. Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State Museum,
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number:
17-30834
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the Museum, alleging discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, and seeking equitable relief and damages. Plaintiff, a quadriplegic with cerebral…
Martinez v. OGA Charters, LLC
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number:
17-40920
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's finding that proceeds of debtor's liability police were property of the bankruptcy estate. The court held that, in limited circumstances such as the one here, where a…
United States v. Hopkins
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50439
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for evading arrest or detention while using a motor vehicle in violation of the Assimilative Crimes Act. The court held that security force officers on a military…
USA v. Marciano Vasquez
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number:
17-50564
