Texas Brine Co., LLC v. American Arbitration Ass'n, Inc.
Date: April 7, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31184
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit in Louisiana state court seeking substantial damages against one out-of-state defendant and two in-state defendants. The out-of-state defendant was served with process and immediately removed the…
Johnnie Melvin v. Barr Roofing Company
Date: April 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10214
Sergio Aguilar v. Service Lloyds Insurance
Date: April 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10403
USA v. Casye Richardson
Date: April 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10592
Wilson v. Houston Community College System
Date: April 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20237
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. 1983 complaint based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Rule 12(b)(1). Plaintiff alleged that the Board of the HCC violated his First…
USA v. Lionel Sanchez-Camacho
Date: April 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40819
In re: Gregg Abbott
Date: April 7, 2020
Docket Number:
20-50264
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit granted a writ of mandamus directing vacatur of the district court's issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO) against executive order GA-09 as applied to abortion procedures. In order to preserve…
USA v. Louis Williams
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
18-10666
Tejero v. Portfolio Recovery Assoc., LLC
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50661
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff filed suit against Portfolio under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and state law, the parties reached a settlement that forgave plaintiff's debt and awarded him $1,000 in damages. The district…
USA v. Raymorris Asencio
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60659
USA v. Romulo Ramos-Diaz
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10913
USA v. Tiffany Castro
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11034
OJSC Ukrnafta v. Carpatsky Petroleum Corp.
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20011
Justia Opinion Summary: In an international oil and gas dispute, this appeal challenges the order confirming a private tribunal award of $147 million. At issue was whether an allegedly undisclosed change in the place of incorporation of one…
USA v. Cesar Ortuno
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20043
USA v. Moises Valdez
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20281
USA v. Bryan Robinson
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30503
Carlos Martinez v. USA
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40042
Cascabel Cattle Co., LLC v. United States
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Numbers:
19-40077, 19-40086, 19-40134
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against the United States and others, alleging violations of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and seeking monetary damages associated with their loss of livestock following the implementation of a…
Delgadillo v. USA, et al
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40086
Ramirez, et al v. USA, et al
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40134
USA v. Ray Green
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40382
USA v. Melodio Reyes
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40555
USA v. Robin Geer
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50319
USA v. Michael Reisner
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50545
USA v. Reina Ramirez
Date: April 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50789
USA v. Jimmy Dixon
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
17-11376
USA v. David Matthews
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-10235
USA v. Joesephis Austin
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11464
Lual Deng v. James Parker, et al
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11583
Fraser v. Patrick O'Connor & Assoc.
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20687
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in favor of plaintiffs, property tax consultant employees, holding that plaintiffs were not exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) because the…
Nakeith Sparkman v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31281
Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Abbott
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50610
Justia Opinion Summary: After the district court concluded that the Governor and Director violated FFRF's First Amendment rights by requiring FFRF to take down a Bill of Rights nativity exhibit at the Capitol, the Governor and Director…
Avelar-Oliva v. Barr
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60421
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied the petition for review of the BIA's final order dismissing petitioner's appeal from the IJ's denial of her claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture (CAT) relief.…
Jacked Up, L.L.C. v. Sara Lee Corporation
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10391
In Re: Jimmy Dixon
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10760
USA v. R. Kerr, III
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10914
USA v. Martires Vallejo-Maradiaga
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11092
Hoffman v. Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Numbers:
19-20513, 19-20515
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit withdrew its earlier opinion and substituted the following opinion.
The court affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff and his wife's suit against the HSPCA, as well as Texas county and…
Herman Hoffman, et al v. Gordon Welch, et al
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20515
EEOC v. Vantage Energy Services, Inc.
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20541
Justia Opinion Summary: After the EEOC brought an enforcement action against Vantage on behalf of an employee, Vantage moved to dismiss based on the EEOC's failure to exhaust administrative remedies. In a one-sentence judgment, the district…
Leroy Lodge v. James LeBlanc, et al
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30158
USA v. Eric Means
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30620
USA v. Paul Della Rocco
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50363
Wise v. Wilkie
Date: April 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60194
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, alleging disability discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Rehabilitation Act. At issue in this appeal is the enforceability of the parties'…
Travis Thompson v. Leslie Roussell, et al
Date: April 2, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60672
Bowles v. OneMain Financial Group, LLC
Date: April 2, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60749
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's order compelling arbitration of plaintiff's age discrimination suit against OneMain. The court held that the district court correctly rejected plaintiff's meeting of the…
USA v. Deron Edwards
Date: April 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10873
USA v. R. Kerr, III
Date: April 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10914
USA v. Sandra Ramirez
Date: April 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40352
USA v. Pablo Enriquez-Villegas
Date: April 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40752
USA v. Carlos Arrez
Date: April 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40804
USA v. Frank Pate
Date: April 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40928
Texas v. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
Date: April 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50400
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit held that the Restoration Act governs the legality of the Tribe's gaming operations, which bars gaming that violates Texas law, rather than the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which establishes federal…
Benny Daneshjou v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Date: April 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50503
USA v. Javier Galindo-Caballero
Date: April 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50788
Williams v. Reeves
Date: April 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60069
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, low-income African-American women whose children attend public schools in Mississippi, filed suit against state officials, alleging that the current version of the Mississippi Constitution violates the…
Finnis Davis, II v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
17-11379
USA v. Eric Cruz
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11651
USA v. Jossue Flores
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10633
USA v. Irving Garcia-Catalan
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10745
USA v. Darrell Woods
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20252
Hoffman v. Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Numbers:
19-20513, 19-20515
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' suit against the HSPCA, as well as Texas county and state officials, for unlawful search and seizure under 42 U.S.C. 1983. The court held that the…
Herman Hoffman, et al v. Gordon Welch, et al
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20515
USA v. Demetrius Germany
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30304
USA v. Patrick Lomas
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30651
USA v. Genaro Salas-Bernal
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40844
USA v. Omar Chavez
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50264
USA v. Hugo Villarreal-Solis
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50536
USA v. Jeffrey Ellis
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50557
CWA v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co, et al
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50686
USA v. Andres Mendoza-Munguia
Date: April 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50861
United States v. Phea
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
17-50671
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of defendant's 28 U.S.C. 2255 petition, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. The court held that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to…
Jaime Perez v. USA
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11529
USA v. Jason Ehret
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41159
USA v. Sunday Oyinloye
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11037
Ali Yazdchi v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20082
USA v. Rafael Artiaga
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20444
Kathy Coon v. CoreLogic, Incorporated, et al
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20813
Kevin Larson, Jr. v. Amy Westbrook
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40266
USA v. Jose Garcia-Pereira
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40582
USA v. Antonio Lopez-Perez
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40695
USA v. Delton Jones
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50640
USA v. Rosalio Hernandez-Armendariz
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50736
Estate of Frank D. Streightoff v. Commissioner
Date: March 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60244
Justia Opinion Summary: The Commission issued the Estate a notice of deficiency, determining that the Estate had a $491,750.00 tax liability which differed from the Estate's tax return valuation. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the tax court's…
USA v. Victor Zelaya-Funez
Date: March 30, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31294
Mitchell v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
Date: March 30, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60776
Justia Opinion Summary: The term "Actual Cash Value" is ambiguous with respect to the withholding of labor depreciation in Mississippi homeowners insurance policies that provide no further definition of ACV. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the…
USA v. Javier Lopez-Garcia
Date: March 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10300
Amedee v. Shell Chemical, L.P.
Date: March 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30525
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Shell in an action brought by plaintiff under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In…
USA v. Timothy Van Mol
Date: March 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30544
USA v. Enrique Quintana
Date: March 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40401
Graham Sonnenberg v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: March 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50105
USA v. Jesus Estrada
Date: March 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50790
Joiner v. United States
Date: March 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10202
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit withdrew its prior opinion and substituted the following opinion.
The court affirmed the district court's dismissal, based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction, of plaintiff's action under the…
USA v. Jeffrey Hatfield
Date: March 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10710
Dustin Mitchell v. Denton County, et al
Date: March 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40459
USA v. Carlos Quintana-Rojas
Date: March 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40658
Communications Workers of America v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
Date: March 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50686
Justia Opinion Summary: After a union representing employees of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company filed a grievance against the company, the arbitrator initially sided with the union and found that the company had violated the parties'…
Miller v. Travis County
Date: March 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50360
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury awarded plaintiffs each damages for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the jury determined that the county had not shown that plaintiffs' recommendations as to other employees were…
Kriss Camp v. Kenneth Putnam, et al
Date: March 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50842
MMR Constructors, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Date: March 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60027
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the Board's order awarding benefits to claimant under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. The court held that claimant was on navigable waters at the time of injury and thus his…
Corn v. Mississippi Department of Public Safety
Date: March 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60247
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's order granting several motions for judgment on the pleadings brought by defendants in a First Amendment retaliation action. The action stemmed from the termination of…
Cruson v. Jackson National Life Insurance, Co.
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40605
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and other Texas residents filed a putative class action against a life insurance company that sells annuities, alleging that the company overcharged them by miscalculating early-withdrawal fees in breach of the…
USA v. Judy Harmon
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60273
USA v. Luis Velarde-Aguilar
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10328
USA v. Antonnyer Morrison
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10598
William Jones v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20306
USA v. Israel Zavala-Macias
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20572
USA v. Esnoraldo Posada-Rios
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20634
USA v. Christopher Armstrong
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30733
USA v. Jose Sandoval-Miranda
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40518
USA v. Sobec Lopez-Urgell
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40680
USA v. Luis Balderas-Castillo
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40787
USA v. Tamatha Buckholt
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50118
Petro Harvester Operating Co. v. Keith
Date: March 25, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60151
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants own the surface of land sitting atop the property leased by Petro Harvestor. When the lease expired, Petro Harvestor sought a declaratory judgment that it could continue to operate its oil and gas activities…
USA v. Yousef Hendi
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11467
USA v. Luis Herndon
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50541
USA v. Wendell Taylor
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60425
Dish Network Corporation v. NLRB
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60522
Steven Morton v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10438
Juan Albarado v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10544
USA v. Forest Geffert
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10558
USA v. Ronald Thornton, Sr.
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10612
USA v. Robert Bazan
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10658
Voss v. Goode
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20167
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment on plaintiff's claim of false arrest in violation of the Fourth Amendment against a sheriff's office deputy. Plaintiff's claim arose from a…
ING Bank, N.V. v. Bulk Finland M/V, No. 9691577
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30418
Justia Opinion Summary: Bomin filed suit asserting an in rem claim for a maritime lien against a ship to which it supplied fuel bunkers under a contract with one of the affiliates of O.W. Bunker. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's…
USA v. Arnoldo Belmontes, Jr.
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40001
USA v. Victor Reynoso-Valdez
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40417
USA v. Roque Cruz-Flores
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40561
USA v. German Milla-Rodriguez
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50578
USA v. John Baxter
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60276
Rose Smith, et al v. Jose Ramirez
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60581
USA v. Rickey Jennings
Date: March 23, 2020
Docket Number:
18-10619
USA v. Donald West
Date: March 23, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11594
Bradley v. Ackal
Date: March 23, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31052
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed and vacated the district court's order denying vacatur of sealing orders. The court held that the decision denying vacatur of the sealing orders is appealable under the collateral order…
United States v. Barnes
Date: March 23, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60497
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and waived his right to challenge his conviction and sentence. After defendant was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), the Supreme…
USA v. Lester Polty
Date: March 23, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10402
USA v. Forest Geffert
Date: March 23, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10558
USA v. Santos Benitez
Date: March 23, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10750
USA v. Rafael Maldonado
Date: March 23, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20283
USA v. Reginald Felton, Jr.
Date: March 23, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30466
Prince McCoy v. J. Esquivel
Date: March 20, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20547
Dish Network Corp. v. NLRB
Date: March 20, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60522
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit held that the Board did not have substantial evidence to gainsay DISH's impasse determination and penalize the employer for refusing still more years of negotiation. In this case, the Board's decision…
North Cypress Medical Center Operating Co. v. Cigna Healthcare
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20576
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's adverse judgment against plaintiffs on Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) claims assigned by Cigna-insured patients. The court held that the law of the case…
Theodore Streater v. Sharon Allen, et al
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40870
Eddy Spearman v. William Stephen, et al
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40917
Vetcher v. Barr
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60449
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's order of removal under Section 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and Section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act. The…
USA v. Lydiah Breaux
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10619
USA v. Eduardo Gamboa
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10717
Edminster, Hinshaw, Russ & Assoc. v. Downe Township
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20176
Justia Opinion Summary: After EHRA filed suit against the township for breach of contract and unjust enrichment in the Southern District of Texas, the district court granted summary judgment in EHRA's favor on the issue of contract liability.…
USA v. Milton Carbe
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20343
USA v. Jason Carter
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30420
USA v. Daniel Compton
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40345
USA v. Efrain Garza
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40677
USA v. Jose Morales-Mercado
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50827
Butts v. Aultman
Date: March 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60063
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against the county, the school board, and state officials, alleging claims arising out of the Mississippi legislature's July 2016 decision to administratively consolidate two school districts and…
United States v. Eustice
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11519
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's 84 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty, without a plea agreement, to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute an unspecified amount of…
Terry Colley v. Dr. Dandan, et al
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
18-30832
Denton County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. NLRB
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60474
Justia Opinion Summary: CoServe challenged the Board's ruling that it engaged in unfair labor practices and the Board's issuance of an affirmative bargaining agreement and public-notice-reading order.
The Fifth Circuit denied CoServ's…
USA v. Gregory Wind
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10613
USA v. Treshun Bates
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10813
USA v. Jorge Madero-Gil
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20241
USA v. Miranda Sierra
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30174
IberiaBank Corp. v. Illinois Union Insurance Co.
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30190
Justia Opinion Summary: IberiaBank filed suit against the insurers for breach of contract after the insurers denied IberiaBank's claim for coverage in the underlying DOJ Settlement.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of the…
USA v. Anthony Meaux
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30238
William Short v. Marlin Gusman, et al
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30314
Michael Carr v. Cross Keys Bank, et al
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30553
USA v. Juan Noriega-Alanis
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40360
Kimberly Crockett v. Humana Behavioral Health
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40632
USA v. Hilaria Aldaco
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40770
Singleton v. Elephant Insurance Co.
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50470
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a complaint brought by two policyholders against their insurance company, claiming that it should pay for the taxes and fees associated with replacing their…
USA v. Laci Landers
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50502
USA v. Irving Adame-Adame
Date: March 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50716
Benjamin Franklin v. Glenna Blair
Date: March 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10453
USA v. Jesus Espriella-Vera
Date: March 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40713
USA v. Jose Rivas-Miranda
Date: March 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40821
USA v. Victor Mendoza
Date: March 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50336
USA v. Alfredo Estrada-Eugenio
Date: March 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50755
USA v. Alfredo Estrada-Eugenio
Date: March 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50763
George Benavides v. William Barr, et al
Date: March 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-51131
Joseph Hunter v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: March 16, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11650
Antione Thompson v. Eric McFarland, et al
Date: March 16, 2020
Docket Number:
18-30443
USA v. Randy Randall
Date: March 16, 2020
Docket Number:
18-30517
United States v. Rodriguez-Leos
Date: March 16, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40161
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated defendant's sentence for unlawful possession of ammunition by a person admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa. After determining that defendant's challenge was properly…
USA v. Gail Owens
Date: March 16, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60101
John Hummel v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: March 16, 2020
Docket Number:
20-70002
Albert Hill, III v. Tom Hunt, et al
Date: March 13, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11633
United States v. Jiminez-Garcia
Date: March 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10625
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court's denial of his Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(4) motion for relief from the 2010 judgment convicting him of, and sentencing him for, bank robbery.
The Fifth Circuit vacated…
USA v. Javier Melendez-Wisenthal
Date: March 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20333
USA v. Ira Roberts, Jr.
Date: March 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40560
USA v. James Neira
Date: March 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50712
USA v. Armando Fraire-Castaneda
Date: March 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50806
Lorenzo Escudero v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
17-41258
Nelson v. Davis
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
17-70012
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit granted a certificate of appealability (COA) to challenge petitioner's claim that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate two other individuals' alleged participation in the murder. The…
Albert Hill, III v. Tom Hunt, et al
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11633
Joanna Lester v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
18-30422
Anderson v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60546
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff alleged that her mortgage lender improperly enforced an adjustable-rate rider and that an assignment of her mortgage was invalid. After the parties executed a settlement agreement disposing of the first…
USA v. Michaela Moncrief
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10603
USA v. Reynaldo Rendon, Jr.
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10653
USA v. Renata Foreman
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30208
Brandon LaVergne v. Michael Vaughn, et al
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30272
USA v. Elvin Shepherd
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30594
Iscavo Avocados USA, LLC v. Pryor
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40253
Justia Opinion Summary: Iscavo and Villita filed suit against defendant and his now-defunct product distribution company, Coram Deo, for violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's…
USA v. Edwin Mejia-Sibrian
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40689
USA v. Donovan Jacobs
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50399
Crain v. City of Selma
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50490
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against defendants, alleging that they discriminated against him on the basis of race when they rejected his bid to purchase a parcel of property sold by the city, and that defendants discriminated…
Salinas v. R.A. Rogers, Inc.
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50618
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against a debt collection agency, alleging a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The district court held that the collections letter that was mailed to plaintiff accurately…
USA v. Eugene Mona
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50776
United States v. Smith
Date: March 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60340
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence, holding that law enforcement officers conducted a reasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment by extending a routine…
Amador v. Vasquez
Date: March 11, 2020
Docket Number:
17-51001
Justia Opinion Summary: After Deputies Vasquez and Sanchez shot and killed Gilbert Flores, Flores's estate filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action alleging that the deputies violated Flores's Fourth Amendment right to be free from excessive force. The…
USA v. Jose Ramirez
Date: March 11, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40989
Sanchez v. Smart Fabricators of Texas, LLC
Date: March 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20506
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff was injured when he tripped on a pipe welded to the deck of a jacked-up offshore drilling rig, he filed a negligence action against Smart Fabricators under the Jones Act. The district court denied…
USA v. Jose Cornejo-Jimenez
Date: March 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50292
Jon Doe v. Harlandale Indep School Dist
Date: March 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50654
USA v. Benito Valerio
Date: March 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50702
USA v. Milton Barrios-Alvarado
Date: March 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50773
George Clark v. Champion National Sec, Inc.
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11613
USA v. Nallely Alejandro
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40213
USA v. Demetrius Brock
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50849
USA v. Jason Johnston
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10312
Sealed Appellee v. Sealed Appellant
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10405
Veritex Community Bank v. Osborne
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10479
Justia Opinion Summary: Veritex filed an adversary proceeding requesting that debtor's debt not be discharged because he furnished the bank with a materially false written financial statement. The bankruptcy court found that the statement was…
USA v. Ismael Rico
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10812
Hassan Abdul, IV v. Robert Tanner, Warden
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30305
Christopher Verdin v. Charles Cook, et al
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30588
USA v. Kennon Searcy
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40535
Block v. Texas Board of Law Examiners
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50286
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the Board for its refusal to waive the active practice requirement to accommodate his disability. The district court dismissed plaintiff's claim as barred by sovereign immunity.
The Fifth…
USA v. Daniel Villalonga-Herrera
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50296
USA v. Randy Garcia
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50661
USA v. Dennis Stephen
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50720
USA v. Fermin Herrera-Angeles
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11515
Patrick Dyas v. Keith Deville, Warden
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31170
USA v. Eugenio Cerda
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41009
Fred Martinez v. State Bar of Texas, et al
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50930
USA v. Rodney Wynn
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10072
USA v. Jerry Thompson
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10445
Casalicchio v. BOKF, N.A.
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20246
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff requested that the court set aside a foreclosure sale of his residence because his lender mailed him a preforeclosure notice with the wrong deadline for curing default. In this case, the letter contained a…
Guilherme Casalicchio v. BOKF, N.A.
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20277
USA v. Sean Rodriguez
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20334
A. A. v. Northside Independent School District
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50007
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a parent's motion for summary judgment against the school district for alleged procedural and substantive violations of the Individuals with Disabilities…
James Striblin v. Duan Killian, et al
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50207
USA v. Luis Ramirez
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50525
USA v. Patrick Porter
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50822
USA v. Brandon Wright
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60091
USA v. Rahim Williams
Date: March 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60277
USA v. Ronnie Ellis
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number:
18-10689
USA v. Kenneth Milton
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50867
Joemar Jackson v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10124
Jana Bowers v. Abundant Home Health, L.L.C.
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10537
USA v. Marva Flenory
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30081
USA v. Joseph Wilbon
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30085
USA v. Kenneth Milton
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50084
USA v. Guadalupe Pina-Hernandez
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50416
Southern Finance L.L.C v. Troy Rogers
Date: March 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60668
United States v. Scully
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
16-51429
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and three substantive counts of wire fraud, relating to the operation of his…
Timothy Flasik v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10008
USA v. Omar Lozano
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20327
Rogelio Campos v. Natchitoches, et al
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30438
Zachary Terrell v. Troy Pichon, et al
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30770
USA v. Ramon Alvarado
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40005
USA v. Mario De Leon
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40168
USA v. Jose Flores-Flores
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40228
USA v. Gregorio Garcia, Jr.
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50438
USA v. Deandre Chapman
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50494
David Goad v. Gary Steel, et al
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50568
USA v. Antonio Hugger
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60306
Darryl Williams v. Cheron Nash
Date: March 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60326
USA v. Beatriz Adriano-Sanmartin
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41036
USA v. Stanley Bates
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50785
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. All American Check Cashing, Inc.
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60302
Justia Opinion Summary: Judge Higginson concluded that the restrictions on the President's removal authority under the Consumer Financial Protection Act are valid and constitutional. Judge Higginson found that neither the text of the United…
In Re: Ryan Ray
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10875
BP Exploration & Production, Inc. v. Claimant ID 100191715
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30264
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal stemming from the Deepwater Horizon litigation, the Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's order granting discretionary review and affirming a $77 million award against BP.
The court held that the…
United States v. Arambula
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40330
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his 120 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base. Defendant argued that his 1994…
USA v. Willie Blackmon, Jr.
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60240
USA v. Christopher Kidd
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60292
James Gonsoulin v. CIR
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60520
Alvix Laboratories, L.L.C. v. USA
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60614
United States v. Sanders
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
17-20492
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendants' convictions for conspiracy and fraud for participating in a plot to defraud the federal workers’ compensation fund. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to convict…
United States v. Alvarado-Palacio
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
17-51030
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress his statements and confession. Defendant was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or…
United States v. Moton
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40884
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for two counts of possession with intent to distribute a synthetic cannabinoid. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the jury's finding…
Robert Lockwood v. Gary Johnson, et al
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10187
USA v. Chrisheena Milburn
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10576
Alton Mackey v. Enventives, L.L.C.
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10604
USA v. Encarnacion Hurtado-Cruz
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10752
Calvin Hester v. Folashade Ituah
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20175
USA v. Melissa Martinez
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40123
Herbert Feist v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40245
USA v. Andrew Weathers
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50256
USA v. Mario Chairez-Medina
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50623
USA v. Mario Chairez-Medina
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50624
USA v. Twmell Lott
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60441
USA v. Twmell Lott
Date: March 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60442
Mejia v. Barr
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
17-60580
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied petitions for review challenging the BIA's decision denying petitioner relief from an order of removal in absentia. The court agreed with the BIA that petitioner's ten year delay in filing his…
USA v. Cynthia Rodriguez
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40773
Kitchen v. BASF
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41119
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in an action alleging that his former employer, BASF, discriminated against him in violation of the Americans with…
USA v. Fernando Cornejo-Capi
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10366
USA v. Jose Flores-Dominguez
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10659
USA v. Christopher Hernandez
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10665
USA v. Miguel Andrade
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10680
United States v. Berry
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20050
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's final order of garnishment under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act. Defendant pleaded guilty and was convicted of wire fraud, mail fraud, and falsifying a tax return,…
Jeffrey Batista v. Christin Carter, et al
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20279
Kehinde Elebute v. Village Capital & Investment
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20326
USA v. Jeff Grainger
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40346
USA v. Edgar Vanegas
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40723
USA v. Teresita Arrambide
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50154
USA v. Ledarvis Joiner
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50432
Terry Miles v. Horatio Aldredge, et al
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50540
USA v. Donnie Thompson
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50590
USA v. Dijon Seales
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60345
Tommy O'Bryant v. Walgreen Company, et al
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60363
Yanez-Pena v. Barr
Date: February 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60464
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's decision denying petitioner's motion to reopen her removal proceedings. The court held that the information statutorily required to be contained in a notice to…
USA v. Ashvinbhai Chaudhari
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20550
Lucas Roddy v. Ricky Babin
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31050
Port of Corpus Christi Authority v. Sherwin Alumina Co.
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40557
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied the petitions for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc, and substituted the following opinion in place of the prior opinion.
The Port filed an adversary proceeding against debtors, seeking to…
Delija Florjan v. William Barr, U. S. Atty Gen
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60553
USA v. Jorge Madrid-Uriarte
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10370
Hayward & Associates P.L.L.C. v. Comerica Bank
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10514
Herman Hoffman v. Leslie Maybin, et al
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20511
Dwayne Lumar v. Monsanto Company
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30561
Earl Thompson v. Sally Jewell, Secretary, DOI
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30626
USA v. Luis Frias
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40604
USA v. Juana Gonzalez-Morales
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50376
USA v. Douglas Yarbrough
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50424
USA v. Jesus Hernandez-Medrano
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50616
USA v. Jesus Hernandez-Medrano
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50617
USA v. Jose Hernandez-Macias
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50645
USA v. Luis Gonzalez-Herrera
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50756
USA v. Reynaldo Esparza-Lopez
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50769
USA v. Reynaldo Esparza-Lopez
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50771
Desmond Hunter v. Administrative Review Board
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60426
United States v. Williams
Date: February 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60463
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) imposed after he pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm after a felony conviction. Defendant argued that he could not be…
USA v. Joshua Edwards
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31171
Powers v. Northside Independent School District
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50983
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against the school district and its superintendent, alleging free speech and retaliation claims in violation of their First Amendment rights under 42 U.S.C. 1983; Article 1, Section 8 of the Texas…
R. S. v. Highland Park Independent School District
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10458
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that the school district violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by failing to develop and implement an Individual Education Plan (IEP) that was reasonably calculated…
USA v. Binh Nguyen
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10484
USA v. Travon Johnson
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10517
Joseph Hill v. Raquel King
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20492
Genesis Marine, LLC v. Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30313
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of attorney's fees to both parties, because both parties prevailed in this case. The court found two prevailing parties where Genesis obtained the $722,346.35 that…
USA v. Juan Garcia
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40418
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50214
Justia Opinion Summary: Several Organizations and eligible voters filed suit challenging the constitutionality of Texas's winner-take-all (WTA) method of selecting presidential electors, claiming that the WTA violates the one-person, one-vote…
USA v. Wilmer De La Cruz-Puac
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50392
USA v. Glenn McGarity, Jr.
Date: February 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50630
Ali v. Barr
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number:
17-60604
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's decision upholding the IJ's denial of petitioner's asylum application. The BIA concluded that petitioner's status as a legal permanent resident (LPR) ended his…
Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc.
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number:
18-30652
Justia Opinion Summary: Upon reconsideration of the scope of the revised Federal Officer Removal Statute, the en banc court held that Avondale was entitled to remove this negligence case filed by a former Navy machinist because of his exposure…
USA v. KanHua Wu, et al
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41128
USA v. Brent Anderson
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10180
Hendrick Medical Center v. Azar
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10334
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the Secretary in an action brought by Hendrick challenging Medicare payments it received for the 2015 federal fiscal year. The court held that…
USA v. Damien Kimble
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40223
Michael LaFlamme v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40484
Elizabeth Domel v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Date: February 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50753
USA v. Julio Arellano-Galeana
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11071
Schofield v. Saul
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11390
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed the denial of social security disability benefits to plaintiff. The court held that the denial of benefits was not supported by substantial evidence, because the ALJ failed to apply the SSA's…
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's v. Axon Pressure Products Inc.
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20453
Justia Opinion Summary: This dispute arose from a 2013 oil well blowout on the HERCULES 265 drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. After the rig's charterer filed suit raising products liability claims against a refurbisher of the rig's…
Artimus Fegans v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20609
USA v. Dearieus Duheart
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31009
USA v. Raymond Knox
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30239
USA v. Craig Hill
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40449
Gabriel Sanchez v. City of San Antonio
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50500
USA v. Joel Arredondo-Moreno
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50772
Lovepreet Singh v. William Barr, U. S. Atty Gen
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60016
Krishna Sharma v. William Barr, U. S. Atty Gen
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60121
John Helmert, Jr. v. Cenlar FSB, et al
Date: February 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60547
Canada, Jr. v. United States (Internal Revenue Service)
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11398
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff successfully challenged in bankruptcy court a tax penalty assessed against him by the IRS that exceeded $40 million, plaintiff filed suit against the IRS and three IRS agents, in their individual…
Alexander v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20278
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. 1983 complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). Plaintiff's allegations stemmed primarily from the aftermath of a prison…
Keller v. Fleming
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60081
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit withdrew its original opinion and substituted the following opinion.
After decedent was struck and killed by a motor vehicle as he walked along a highway in the dark after being dropped off at the…
USA v. Roberto Gonzalez-Gatica
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10643
USA v. Manuel Saucedo
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10655
USA v. John Chesteen, Jr.
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30195
USA v. Jesus Itza-Ibarra
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40705
Jackson Women's Health Organization v. Dobbs
Date: February 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60455
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's preliminary injunction enjoining Senate Bill 2116, which makes it a crime to perform an abortion, with exceptions only to prevent the death of, or serious risk of…
USA v. Edward Catano Lopez
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41129
USA v. Quinnterrion Courrtez Martin
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10506
Phyllis Russo v. Andrew Saul, Commissioner
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10523
USA v. Miguel Rodriguez-Prieto
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50079
USA v. Jorge Armendariz-Torres
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50285
USA v. Mark Rosario
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50458
USA v. Jose Esparza-Rodriguez
Date: February 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50497
Smith v. McConnell
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number:
18-30287
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, plus two counts of unlawful use of communications facilities. The…
United States v. James
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31069
Justia Opinion Summary: The Louisiana offense of armed robbery qualifies as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). Defendant was sentenced as an armed career criminal after pleading guilty to one count of being a felon in…
Arredondo v. University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41186
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against UTMB and his supervisors for various claims brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The…
Chevron Oronite Co., LLC v. Jacobs Field Services North America, Inc.
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30088
Justia Opinion Summary: After Wayne Bourgeois contracted mesothelioma, he filed suit against Chevron and other defendants in state court. Chevron settled with Bourgeois for $550,000, and then sought contractual indemnity from Jacobs Field…
USA v. Marvin Velasquez-Casco
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50322
S. O. v. Hinds County School District, et al
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60650
United States ex rel. Drummond v. BestCare Laboratory Services, LLC
Date: February 17, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20501
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the United States in a False Claims Act (FCA) suit alleging that BestCare obtained millions of dollars in reimbursements from Medicare for…
USA v. Juan Cantu-Siguero
Date: February 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20524
USA v. Kelly Williams
Date: February 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30321
USA v. Antonio Perez-Zavala
Date: February 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40630
Faludi v. U.S. Shale Solutions, LLC
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
17-20808
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit withdrew its prior opinion and substituted the following opinion.
This case arose when plaintiff, a former practicing attorney, filed suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), seeking to recover…
Christopher Woolverton v. TDCJ, et al
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11373
Roy v. City of Monroe
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31063
Justia Opinion Summary: Clarence Roy, a Christian street preacher, was issued a summons outside a nightclub in Monroe, Louisiana, after a woman accused him of following her and making inflammatory remarks. The summons, which was issued by…
USA v. Teofilo Vela Diaz
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50382
Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. DOWCP, et al.
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60698
Justia Opinion Summary: Clarence Ceasar, Jr. injured his neck and back while working as a longshoreman for Sea-Land Services, Inc. in 1997. Because of those injuries, Ceasar was unable to work and had to undergo several medical procedures.…
Joey Chandler v. Wexford Health, et al
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60714
USA v. Ronald Thomas
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10262
USA v. Arthur Marin, Jr.
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10372
USA v. Juan Trevino-Villarreal
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20378
USA v. Fernando Soto
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20609
USA v. Anthony Felix
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30401
The King/Morocco v. Matt Bowers Nissan
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30425
USA v. Brian Hebert
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30554
United States v. Mecham
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40319
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-appellant Clifford Mecham took his computer to a technician for repairs. The technician discovered thousands of images showing nude bodies of adults with faces of children superimposed. The technician reported…
Bimal Banik, et al v. Angel Tamez
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40437
USA v. Juan Cervantes-Merlos
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40574
USA v. David Torres-Mendez
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40577
USA v. James Houston
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50240
Bruce Becker v. Robert Wilkie, et al
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50351
T. Guajardo v. State Bar of Texas, et al
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50477
USA v. Abdias Rodriguez-Ramirez
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50764
Vizaline, LLC v. Tracy
Date: February 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60053
Justia Opinion Summary: The Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors filed suit against Vizaline to enjoin its business and disgorge its profits. Vizaline then filed suit against the Board, alleging that as…
United States v. Horton
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11577
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-appellant Phillip Horton appealed his sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Horton argued the district court erred…
USA v. Arun Sharma
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20755
In re: Deepwater Horizon
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31292
Shane Matthews v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40992
USA v. David Smith-Garcia
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60021
USA v. Keith Woods
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10513
USA v. Omar Olivas
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20497
In re: Deepwater Horizon
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30001
T. Guajardo v. State Bar of Texas, et al
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50477
Jason Alston v. MS Dept of Transportation
Date: February 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60583
USA v. Fred Brooks, III
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number:
18-30943
Nanette Blanchard-Daigle v. Shane Geers, et al
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number:
18-51022
USA v. Melissa Garza
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10698
USA v. Dennis Garcia-Catalan
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10708
Lasques Prudhomme v. Jay Russell, et al
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30071
Louisiana Oil & Gas Interests, LLC v. Shell Trading U.S. Co.
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30396
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) dismissal of LOGI's complaint for failure to state a claim. The magistrate judge and district court concluded that LOGI failed to…
USA v. Adrian Rangel
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40357
USA v. Roberto Villasenor-Ortiz
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40468
USA v. Andres Gonzalez
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40583
USA v. Gregory Ross
Date: February 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50835
Glen Carter v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20734
