Cynthia Mary, et al v. QEP Energy Company
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31107
Maria Villarreal, et al v. Petra Horn, et al
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40688
McCoy v. Alamu
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40856
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment based on qualified immunity to a correctional officer in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action. Plaintiff, a Texas prisoner, filed suit alleging that the…
USA v. Ramiro Cordova
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40883
USA v. Alexis Aguilar-Alonzo
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50627
Trendsetter HR LLC v. Zurich American Insurance Co.
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10056
Justia Opinion Summary: Zurich filed suit against Trend after Trend purchased workers' compensation insurance from Zurich and then eventually went with a new insurance provider. Trend then filed for bankruptcy and the bankruptcy court allowed…
USA v. Rufus Kariuki
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10080
USA v. Dennis Lovett
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10379
USA v. Francisco Ponce-Mares
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10469
USA v. Anthony Brown
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10511
USA v. Michael Lamon
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10595
USA v. Charles Finchum
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10597
USA v. Glen Petrak
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10675
USA v. Reynaldo Aveja
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10740
USA v. Christopher Wiggin
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10810
USA v. Gabriel Uribe
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20486
USA v. Jamaal Howard
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30107
The King/Morocco v. Peake BMW of New Orleans
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30434
King/Morocco v. Premier Honda of New Orleans
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30495
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30512
Kristopher Embry v. Hibbard Inshore, L.L.C.
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30583
USA v. Darieus Williams
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40167
USA v. Jose Hernandez-Cuellar
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40318
Guy Richards v. Lufkin Industries, L.L.C.
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40340
USA v. Rudolfo Nuncio, Jr.
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40552
USA v. Jose Sanchez-Coy
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40708
USA v. Briane Woods
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50314
USA v. Robert Ernst
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50325
USA v. Mabel Cedillo
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50348
USA v. Isidro Gonzalez-Lopez
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50632
USA v. Isidro Gonzalez-Lopez
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50633
USA v. Fidel Morales-Esteban
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50841
Allen Davison, III v. CIR
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60367
In Re: Eric Darden
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number:
20-10065
USA v. Emilio Garza
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10363
USA v. Horacio Gutierrez-Murillo
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20393
USA v. Ellis Harp, III
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30333
Paula Faciane v. Zenaido Montes, et al
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30419
In Re: Oracle Oil, L.L.C.
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30519
USA v. Oscar Campos-Lagunas
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50707
LaLangie Hoskins v. Eugene Droder, III, et al
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60203
S. O. v. Hinds County School District
Date: February 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60650
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit on behalf of her 12 year old son, alleging that an assistant principal violated her son's Fourth Amendment rights by searching his pockets after a teacher caught him selling contraband candy.…
USA v. Francisco Moreno
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11139
USA v. Willie Carhee
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31260
Mary Serafine v. Karin Crump, et al
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50719
Fabian Muyaba v. William Barr, U. S. Atty Gen
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60598
USA v. Tavori Jackson
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40142
USA v. Gabriel Mendoza
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50116
USA v. Sergio Leija-Mendoza
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50653
In Re: Jose Mederos-Ugarte
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-51116
Gale Walker v. Robert Smith
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60313
USA v. Rodregus Brown
Date: February 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60507
USA v. Lee Thompson
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11520
Hill v. Washburne
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11633
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arose out of disputes related to trusts formed by the late Texas oil baron, H.L. Hunt. At issue was the settlement involving plaintiff, H.L.'s grandson, in which he agreed to not contest the last will and…
USA v. Sandra Johnson
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20737
United States v. Williams
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60159
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he was convicted of one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. The court held that defendant failed to show that the government…
United States v. Butler
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10065
Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, the district court sentenced him under the Armed Career Criminal Act. The Fifth Circuit held that 18 U.S.C. 2113(a) is divisible, and thus the…
William Axsom, II v. Eric Wilson
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10095
USA v. Jaime Carvajal
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10575
USA v. Brandon Mallet
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10599
USA v. Eduardo Castellanos
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20525
Jason Mays v. C-Dive, L.L.C., et al
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30106
USA v. Ellis Harp, III
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30333
USA v. Azizi Ansari
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30373
USA v. Ricardo Delgado-Rojas
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40651
USA v. Jose Avelar
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40672
Harold Gause v. Mark Esper, Secretary, et al
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50135
USA v. Ciro Cruz-Lopez
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50572
USA v. Terrence Gates
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60050
USA v. Rodrecas Tims
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60371
Ricky Ewing v. J. Burke, et al
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60434
Abel Ochoa v. Bryan Collier, Executive, et al
Date: February 5, 2020
Docket Number:
20-70001
Leonard v. Deville
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-30374
Justia Opinion Summary: When a state prisoner is implicitly granted extra time to seek supervisory writs from the denial of his state post-conviction application—and he does so within that time—his initial application therefore remains…
Whitney Bank v. SMI Companies Global, Inc.
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31189
Justia Opinion Summary: Whitney Bank filed suit against SMI and its president and loan guarantor in order to collect under two loan agreements upon which SMI allegedly defaulted. SMI filed several counterclaims.
The Fifth Circuit held that…
Dong Huang v. Jalea Hill, et al
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40608
USA v. Juan Villalobos-Cervantes
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10435
USA v. Margarito Zarate-Hernandez
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20305
Curtis Wiggins v. Golden Corral Corporation
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20374
Keith Washington v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20402
USA v. Odilon Molinero-Jimenez
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40506
USA v. Erwin Semien
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40716
Ruben Martinez v. Univ Interscholastic League
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50603
David Melasky, et al v. CIR
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60084
Bryn Ellis v. Ron King
Date: February 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60598
USA v. Erika Rodriguez
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40329
USA v. Jhosep Mejia
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40765
Deamus Casterline v. David Gutierrez, et al
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40945
USA v. Ziechidias Caleb
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50824
USA v. Melvin Stewart
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20330
USA v. Adam Garcia
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50114
USA v. Ruben Mondragon
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50218
USA v. Urbano Baz-Bautista
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50382
USA v. Jose Yepez-Valencia
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50474
USA v. Eduardo Najera
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50551
USA v. Servando Parra-Murillo
Date: January 31, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50728
Samuel Gurrola v. Walgreen Company
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number:
17-51108
David Malone v. Eric Wilson
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10449
USA v. Forest Geffert
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10558
USA v. Nicolas Olloque, III
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20034
USA v. Jose Vargas Castro
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20394
USA v. Pedro Guevara
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20507
Karl Pentecost v. LA Sfty Assn Timbermen
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30602
USA v. Mohammed Yasin
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50170
Leslie Coleman v. USA
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50505
USA v. Saul Quinones-Vega
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50604
USA v. Marvin Barrios-Perez
Date: January 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50626
State of Texas, et al v. USA, et al
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10011
USA v. Adrian Flores, Jr.
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10828
USA v. Odwar Palomeque-Ramos
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20382
USA v. Daniel Banda-Lopez
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40691
USA v. Herman Adams
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50185
Sara Roberts v. Brinkerhoff Inspection, Inc.
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50337
USA v. Daniel Pena-Morales
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60297
USA v. Joseph Vergara-Moran
Date: January 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60307
John Doe v. DeRay Mckesson, et al
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number:
17-30864
BP Exploration & Production, Inc. v. Claimant ID 100354107
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31275
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's decision declining discretionary review of the appeal panel's affirmance of a Settlement Program determination that Walmart's submission was a "start-up business" claim.…
Jerry Bangmon v. Damon Alexander, et al
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41043
USA v. Cesar Contreras-Orosco
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10193
USA v. Do Kim
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10289
USA v. Kenneth Jones
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40448
USA v. William Gonzalez-Ramirez
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50372
United States v. Chambliss
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50741
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to reduce his sentence under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), a part of the First Step Act of 2018. The court held that the district court…
USA v. Rajubhai Patel
Date: January 27, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20629
Jason Eugene v. Keith Deville, Warden, et al
Date: January 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30168
USA v. Deandre Bennett
Date: January 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40390
USA v. Ismael Vicente-Lopez
Date: January 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40500
USA v. Jesus Machado-Leyva
Date: January 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50405
USA v. Magdaleno Medina, Jr.
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
17-11176
USA v. Rogelio Ramos, Jr.
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
17-41274
USA v. Roberto Contreras, Jr.
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50773
Cathy Bowles v. OneMain Financial Group, LLC
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60749
Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, PLLC
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10169
Justia Opinion Summary: Emotional distress damages are not available under the Rehabilitation Act (RA) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). In this case, plaintiff filed suit against Premier, a federal funding recipient,…
USA v. Barry Harrell
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10362
USA v. Hunter Howard
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10441
USA v. Jorge Nevarez
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10579
USA v. Rickey Clark
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10703
USA v. Jose Vasquez-Soto
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10804
USA v. Sidney Williams
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11373
Issis Elwin v. Richard Hunt
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30201
USA v. Scott Koch
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40119
USA v. Jose Nunez-Lopez
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50528
USA v. Jose Nunez-Lopez
Date: January 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50530
James North v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number:
18-10306
USA v. Traion Bailey
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11649
USA v. Edgardo Navarro
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10471
Deborah Cross v. Bank of New York Mellon, et al
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20462
USA v. Wayne Watson
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40153
Ivan Pagoaga-Castro v. Pierson, et al
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40305
USA v. Jose Castillo-Castillo
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50621
USA v. Jose Castillo-Castillo
Date: January 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50634
Frank v. P N K (Lake Charles) LLC
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31060
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a wrongful death action against defendants, alleging inter alia, claims for negligence, premises liability, and breach of warranty. On appeal, plaintiffs argued that the Texas court erred in not…
USA v. Steve Scott
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31202
Defense Distributed v. United States
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50811
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, Second Amendment advocates, filed suit seeking to prevent the State Department from blocking their efforts to publish plans for how to assemble a firearm using a 3D printer. Plaintiffs settled with the State…
USA v. Garian King
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10001
USA v. Damon Hall
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10426
Louisiana v. United States
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30213
Justia Opinion Summary: Louisiana filed suit against the United States, alleging that the Corps failed to maintain the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in compliance with the River and Harbor Improvements Act.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the…
USA v. Pablo Bejarano
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50521
Sara Hoke, et al v. Robert Anderson, et al
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50602
USA v. Joe Flynn
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60300
USA v. Michael Smithey
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60349
Melissa Lucio v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: January 20, 2020
Docket Number:
16-70027
Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc. v. ACE American Insurance Co.
Date: January 20, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11043
Justia Opinion Summary: GAIC filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment that it was not required to defend or indemnify Eastern Concrete because of a pollution exclusion in its insurance policy. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's…
Harding v. County of Dallas
Date: January 20, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11256
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit challenging the county's 2011 redistricting plan for electing county commissioners, alleging a violation of their rights under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause of…
Roger Johnson v. Rolando Abangan, et al
Date: January 20, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60481
USA v. Christina Whichard
Date: January 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10486
USA v. Herman Cuenu-Valencia
Date: January 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20291
USA v. Jason McCullough
Date: January 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50356
USA v. Eduardo Avendano-Chacon
Date: January 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50574
Charles Stroud, Sr. v. Walmart, Incorporated
Date: January 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60403
USA v. Isaac Taylor
Date: January 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10617
USA v. Benjamin Salgado
Date: January 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50186
USA v. Jeremiah Guerra
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10429
USA v. Jade Dupuis
Date: January 16, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30073
USA v. John Acord
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
16-20820
USA v. Nicholas Gomez, et al
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
18-10971
Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. v. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, LP
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Numbers:
18-20350, 18-20615
Justia Opinion Summary: EIG, publisher of "Oil Daily," filed suit alleging numerous instances of copyright infringement and violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) against KA, a boutique investment firm. KA purchased an annual…
Palm Valley Health Care, Inc. v. Azar
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41067
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed HHS's decision that extrapolating the Medicare underpayment rate to all claims paid over the relevant time period resulted in a repayment demand of more than $12 million. The court held that…
White Glove Staffing, Inc. v. Methodist Hospitals of Dallas
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10006
Justia Opinion Summary: White Glove appealed the district court's dismissal of its 42 U.S.C. 1981 racial discrimination claim and grant of summary judgment on its 42 U.S.C. 1981 retaliation claim.
The Fifth Circuit reversed the district…
USA v. Desmond Jackson
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20143
USA v. Broderick Mathes
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30084
Marshall Williams v. Calvin Johnson, Warden
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30371
United States v. Varner
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40016
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied defendant's motion to change the name of his judgment of confinement to "Kathrine Nicole Jett." Plaintiff had previously come out as a transgender woman. The district court denied the motion as…
Ratliff v. Aransas County
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40121
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff was shot five times during an armed confrontation with two sheriff's deputies, he filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action alleging that the deputies used unreasonable and excessive force in violation of the Fourth…
USA v. Eduardo Contreras-Flores
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40476
USA v. Victor Mateo-Tavarez
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40619
Tracy Gibson v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40975
General Land Office of the State of Texas v. United States Department of the Interior
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50178
Justia Opinion Summary: The General Land Office challenged both the Service's listing of the Golden-Cheeked Warbler as an endangered species in 1990 and, about 26 years later, the Service's denial of a petition seeking to delist the…
USA v. Julio Vargas-Licona
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50456
USA v. Ankit Puri
Date: January 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60103
Clark v. Champion National Security, Inc.
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11613
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of Champion's motion for summary judgment on workplace-discrimination claims brought by plaintiff, an employee, who alleged that he was fired because of a…
USA v. Luis Gama-Peralta
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31039
BP Exploration & Production, Inc. v. Claimant ID 100354107
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Numbers:
18-31115, 18-31118, 18-31122, 18-31123, 18-31128
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of discretionary review of five awards made to Walmart under the Settlement Agreement arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The court held that there was…
Joseph Blueford v. Timothy Hooper, Warden
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31169
Doyle Foster, et al v. USA
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50797
Robert Rock, et al v. USA
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50817
USA v. Edgar Alfredo-Valladares
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50953
USA v. Edgar Becerra-Sandoval
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10051
USA v. Eloy Lozano
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10257
Quezada v. Bechtel OG & C Construction Services, Inc.
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20042
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's confirmation of an arbitrator's award under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). Bechtel and its former employee entered arbitration on the employee's claims of disability…
USA v. Juan Gonzalez-Rangel
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40472
USA v. Erik Olguin
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60140
USA v. Jose Luna
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50850
Brett Horvath v. City of Leander, Texas, et al
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number:
18-51011
USA v. Maximo Martinez
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10387
USA v. Julio Garcia-Longoria
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20491
USA v. Julio Lopez-Espinoza
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40287
USA v. Jose Perez-Deras
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40520
USA v. Santos Carrillo-Montoya
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40646
USA v. Tracy Marriot
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50187
USA v. Michelle Hawkins
Date: January 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60514
USA v. Kevin Prentice
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11084
USA v. Kevin Prentice
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11273
Kemper Corporate Services, Inc. v. Computer Sciences Corp.
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11276
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's confirmation of an arbitral award over the objection that the arbitrator had exceeded his authority. In the final award, the arbitrator found that CSC breached the Exceed…
USA v. Olusola Akingbade
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11382
USA v. Charles Fulmer
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11642
United States v. Ross
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20496
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit rejected defendant's contentions that 18 U.S.C. 2252A, receipt of child pornography, is unconstitutional because possession and receipt of child pornography are logically inseparable; both section…
United States v. Stockman
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20780
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions on twenty-three felony counts related to his role in schemes to defraud philanthropists, using their money to finance his personal life and political career. Defendant…
Phillip Haskett v. Scott Beckmen, et al
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40873
USA v. Roger Olson, II
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10196
Joiner v. United States
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10202
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal, based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction, of plaintiff's action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). Plaintiff, a…
USA v. Johnny Martinez
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10205
USA v. Issac Chandler
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10364
James-Zachary Jordan v. Noah Zavolas
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20166
USA v. Jose Gomez-Lopez
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20190
Mark Jenkins v. Robert Murphy, et al
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30112
Phillip Haskett v. Scott Beckman, et al
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40002
USA v. Enrique Tavarez
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50159
Escribano v. Travis County
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50236
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, six Travis County Sheriff's Office detectives, filed suit alleging that they were entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The county argued that plaintiffs were exempt as both…
Hobbs v. Petroplex Pipe and Construction, Inc.
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50350
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against their former employer, Petroplex, alleging claims for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Plaintiffs were former pipe welders for Petroplex and they claimed that they worked…
USA v. Selvin Bustillo-Romero
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50378
USA v. Francisco Plascencia-Ramos
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50531
USA v. Enrique Tavarez
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50581
USA v. Emilio Medina-Rodriguez
Date: January 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50779
Joshua Parrish v. Lorie Davis, Director, et al
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20704
PHI, Inc. v. Apical Industries, Inc.
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31019
Justia Opinion Summary: After a helicopter owned by PHI was required to make an emergency landing in the Gulf of Mexico when its Rolls-Royce-manufactured engine failed, PHI filed suit against Rolls-Royce, Apical, and OHS. The emergency…
Southern Credentialing Support Services, LLC v. Hammond Surgical Hospital, LLC
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31160
Justia Opinion Summary: Southern Credentialing filed suit claiming that Hammond's ongoing use of credentialing forms infringed Southern Credentialing's copyrights. The district court granted summary judgment as to the existence of the…
USA v. Larry Brown
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50962
USA v. Larry Brown
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50963
Horvath v. City of Leander
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
18-51011
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the fire chief and the city after he was terminated from his position as a driver/pump operator at the fire department because he objected to having TDAP vaccinations based on religious…
Linyi Zheng v. William Barr, U. S. Atty Gen
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60584
State of Texas, et al v. USA, et al
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10011
USA v. Freddie Salgado
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10061
DynaColor, Inc. v. Razberi Technologies, Inc.
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10720
USA v. Joseph Rivers
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30155
Psara Energy, Ltd. v. Advantage Arrow Shipping, LLC
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40071
Justia Opinion Summary: Psara Energy appealed the district court's order granting a motion to refer to arbitration this action alleging breach of contract, fraudulent transfer and corporate succession theories against the Advantage…
USA v. Michael Shelley
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40129
USA v. Darrell Love
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50191
USA v. Raul Solis-Arroyo
Date: January 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50370
Marice Nalls v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
17-30975
United States v. Griffin
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
17-60452
Justia Opinion Summary: Mississippi aggravated assault is a felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a 28 U.S.C. 2255 petition, in which petitioner argued that the Mississippi…
Ronald King v. Eric Wilson
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11488
USA v. Donald Givens
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50027
Flecha v. Medicredit, Inc.
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50551
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a putative class action alleging that Medicredit's collection letter made a false threat of legal action against her, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The Fifth Circuit…
Smit Patel v. William Barr, U. S. Atty Gen
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60818
USA v. Jason Scott
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10472
USA v. Webster Johnson
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10606
USA v. Jagdishkumar Chaudhari
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20340
Julian Okeayainneh v. DOJ, et al
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30322
USA v. Jose Garcia-Morales
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40551
USA v. Alberto Llanos-Reyes
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40572
USA v. William Dow
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50148
James Gonsoulin v. CIR
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60518
Lance Felton v. City of Jackson, Mississippi
Date: January 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60563
Kriss Camp v. Elizabeth McGill, et al
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11034
Soaring Wind Energy, LLC v. Catic USA Inc.
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11192
Justia Opinion Summary: Catic, a California corporation with Chinese corporate parentage, appealed the district court's confirmation of an adverse arbitral award. The arbitration panel awarded Soaring Wind Energy $62.9 million against Catic and…
Pedro Umana v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20127
USA v. Tenisha Carter
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31010
Jerome Randle v. J. Sloan, et al
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40810
Williams v. Catoe
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40825
Justia Opinion Summary: In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. 1983, a district court's interlocutory order denying a motion for appointment of counsel is not immediately appealable under the collateral-order doctrine. The Fifth Circuit held that…
USA v. Leandro Cortez-Zamora
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40944
Robert McCray v. Brad Livingston, et al
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41168
Reza Heidari v. William Barr, U. S. Atty Gen
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60543
Novick v. Shipcom Wireless, Inc.
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20056
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the trial court's judgment in an action brought by former Shipcom employees, alleging overtime claims under the Federal Labor Standards Act. After plaintiffs were awarded both actual and…
USA v. Pablo Garcia-Silva
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40379
USA v. Herberth Turcios-Cuadra
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40481
USA v. Roberto Chavez-Barrios
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40730
USA v. David Drake
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50277
Chavez-Mercado v. Barr
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
17-60212
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner sought review of the BIA's order dismissing an appeal from the IJ's denial of his motion to terminate removal proceedings and order of removal.
The Fifth Circuit held that res judicata did not preclude DHS…
Reinaldo Dennes v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
17-70010
United States v. Tapia
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
18-10161
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Applying the plain error standard of review, the court held that…
USA v. Jorge Virgen-Gonzalez
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11143
USA v. John Ware
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10099
USA v. Qualan Bullock
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10126
USA v. Teasie Scott
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10260
USA v. Steven Segovia
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10521
USA v. Oscar Olivo Anaya
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20460
USA v. Donnie Lewis
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30055
USA v. Veronica Morales-Romero
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40487
USA v. Roel Lopez-Cisneros
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40732
USA v. Godofredo Olmos-Solis
Date: January 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50057
Universal Truckload, Inc. v. Dalton Logistics, Inc.
Date: January 3, 2020
Docket Number:
17-20725
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's adverse judgment against Universal Truckload following a jury trial, holding that Universal Truckload failed to demonstrate reversible error. The court held that the…
Efrain Areizaga v. ADW Corporation
Date: January 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-10304
BNSF Railway Co. v. Panhandle Northern Railroad, LLC
Date: January 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11416
Justia Opinion Summary: PNR appealed the district court's judgment in favor of BNSF in a contract dispute between the two railroad companies. The Fifth Circuit held that the first issue raised by PNR was determinative of the appeal, and that…
Sheron Terrell v. Gary Hunter, et al
Date: January 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41015
McMahon v. Fenves
Date: January 3, 2020
Docket Numbers:
18-50710, 18-50800
Justia Opinion Summary: In these consolidated cases, plaintiffs challenged the removal or relocation of Confederate monuments from a San Antonio park and on the University of Texas's Austin campus. The district courts dismissed plaintiffs'…
Cadena v. El Paso County
Date: January 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50765
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sought review of the district court's dismissal of her claim against the county under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and 42 U.S.C. 1983. Plaintiff's claims stemmed from the conditions of her arrest…
Richard Brewer, et al v. Ron Nirenberg, et al
Date: January 3, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50800
USA v. Rodrigo Rodriguez-Diaz
Date: January 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10242
USA v. Rodolfo Albarran
Date: January 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10315
United States v. Foley
Date: January 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20129
Justia Opinion Summary: A district court errs when it relies on a bare allegation of a new law violation contained in a revocation petition unless the allegation is supported by evidence adduced at the revocation hearing or contains other…
USA v. Jesus Burgos-Brito
Date: January 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40400
USA v. Jose Garcia-Suarez
Date: January 3, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50374
USA v. Cedric Witcher
Date: January 2, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11473
USA v. Alton Simpson
Date: January 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10423
USA v. Meco Deere
Date: January 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10684
USA v. Roland Chambers
Date: January 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30042
Bourgeois v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Date: January 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60337
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied the petition for review of the Board's decision affirming the ALJ's conclusion that plaintiff did not suffer more severe shoulder and back injuries for the purpose of receiving benefits under the…
