2022 Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 1501 - 2000 of 3275

Nyiah Leke v. Garland
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60330
Appiah-Kubi v. Garland
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60408
Cruz Sanchez v. Garland
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60605
Cargill v. Garland  
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-51016

Justia Opinion Summary: On December 14, 2021, the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion in this case, upholding the district court's rejection of Plaintiff's challenge to an ATF rule determining that bump stocks are "machineguns" for purposes of the…

USA v. Hernandez
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11219
USA v. Jimenez-Guzman
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40866
USA v. Garcia-Correa
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50493
USA v. Manriquez-Nunez
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50968
USA v. Johnson
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51111
USA v. Cruz-Hernandez
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51152
USA v. Pizarro-Espinoza
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51220
Howard v. Ofc Spec Dep Receiver
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10240
USA v. Silva
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10255
USA v. Perez-Montano
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 22-20027
Abushagif v. Garland  
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60807

Justia Opinion Summary: In a previous opinion dated September 21, 2021, the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion in this immigration case agreeing with Petitioner that the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") "abused its discretion by entirely…

USA v. Cooper  
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10821

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant and several others were indicted on various healthcare fraud offenses stemming from a scheme in which Defendant and others would pay TRICARE beneficiaries to order certain creams and vitamins. At a jury trial,…

Flowers v. Sutterfield
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10988
USA v. Senteno
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20572
USA v. Espino-Trejo
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40654
USA v. Pulido-Yanez
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40859
USA v. Straughn
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50079
USA v. Rey-Acosta
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50260
Hernandez-Ramos v. Garland
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60037
Cntntl Auto Sys v. Avanci, L.L.C.
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11032
Valladares-Blanco v. Garland
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60560
Ngutese v. Garland
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61080
Fuller v. Rabalais Oil and Gas
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11083
USA v. Thomas
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11211
Springer v. United States
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11248
USA v. Nwoko
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20558
USA v. Landaverde-Leon
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40808
USA v. Amparano-Torres
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51074
Cruz-Herrera v. Garland
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60292
Aguirre-Cano v. Garland
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60468
Longoria v. Paxton
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 22-50110
CANarchy Craft Brewery v. Texas Alcoholic  
Date: June 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50195

Justia Opinion Summary: The Texas Legislature limited beer-to-go sales to brewers and manufacturers that produced no more than 225,000 barrels annually “at all premises [they] wholly or partly owned.” Tex. Alco. Bev. Code Ann. Sections…

Students for Fair Admissions v. Univ of TX  
Date: June 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50715

Justia Opinion Summary: Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFFA), a nonprofit organization committed to ending race discrimination in higher-education admissions, sued the University of Texas at Austin (UT) over its use of race in admitting…

USA v. Fuentes-Barriga
Date: June 20, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40015
USA v. Solano-Espino
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40726
Morales Castillo v. Garland
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60925
Mireles Hernandez v. Garland
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61037
Kondamudi v. Garland
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61085
Carswell v. Camp  
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10171

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 lawsuit against Hunt County and numerous county employees alleging that Defendants knew her son was suffering from a heart condition but failed to treat him while he was booked…

Witherspoon v. Waybourn
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10407
Hanan v. Crete Carrier
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10831
USA v. Ortuno-Palacios
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11025
USA v. Leal
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11074
USA v. Aguilar Mateo
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11158
Utley v. City of Houston
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20623
USA v. Hudson
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30749
USA v. Gutierrez-Lara
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40845
USA v. Martinez
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40861
USA v. Lozano
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50391
USA v. Rivera
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50473
USA v. Cadena
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50813
USA v. Montoya-De La Cruz
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50850
USA v. Lopez-Mendoza
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51094
USA v. Lopez-Mendoza
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51115
USA v. Venzor-Ortega
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51197
Durbois v. Deutsche Bank Ntl Trust  
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11082

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff took out a home equity loan on a house in Texas (“Property”). Deutsche Bank National Trust Company (“Deutsche Bank”) is the trustee of the loan. Deutsche Bank sought a non-judicial foreclosure order on the…

Fox v. Nu Line Transport  
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30716

Justia Opinion Summary: A trooper with the Louisiana State Police was responding to a car crash when a driver, driving a tractor-trailer owned by Nu Line Transport, crashed into the parked vehicle in which Plaintiff was sitting. The trooper and…

Salazar v. Molina  
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40334

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff led police on a high-speed chase through a residential neighborhood. Once Plaintiff exited his vehicle, Defendant sheriff's deputy tased Plaintiff. Plaintiff sued the deputy, claiming he violated Defendant's…

Attala County, MS Branch v. Evans  
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60913

Justia Opinion Summary: A county chapter of the NAACP and four individual Plaintiffs brought suit against the district attorney (“DA”) for the Mississippi counties in which they live, claiming he regularly discriminates against black potential…

Alvarado De Alvarado v. Garland
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61196
Burbridge v. CitiMortgage  
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40309

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff experienced financial difficulties and applied for a loan modification. In response, CitiMortgage mailed Plaintiff an offer to participate in a Trial Period Plan (“TPP”). The TPP provided that “the terms of…

Hester v. FCI Texarkana
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40436
USA v. De Leon-Cardenas
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40659
USA v. Sheeds
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50758
USA v. Randolph
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50809
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50900
USA v. Sanchez
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51061
Ventura-De Caceres v. Garland
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60197
USA v. McWaine
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60474
Mendoza Casillas v. Garland
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60761
USA v. Fierro-Alvarado
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10444
USA v. Hamilton  
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20645

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, conspiracy to solicit and receive healthcare kickbacks, and two counts of false statements relating to healthcare matters. On appeal, Defendant challenged…

Ramirez De Ayala v. Garland
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60866
Velazquez Adame v. Garland
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61181
Chan-Villanueva v. Garland
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61225
Jackson v. City of Dallas
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10888
Pickett v. Texas Tech Univ  
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11087

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants dismissed Plaintiff from two graduate nursing studies programs. She sued, claiming that her dismissal violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), the Rehabilitation Act, and the Due Process Clause.…

Easom v. US Well Services  
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20202

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a class action complaint against their former employer, US Well Services, Inc. (“US Well”) for allegedly violating the WARN Act by terminating them without advance notice. The WARN Act requires covered…

Bunner v. Dearborn Natl Life  
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20327

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff discovered she had a brain tumor and underwent radiation. Plaintiff was later hired by Situs Group. Situs maintained a disability plan covered by the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) that…

Clearman v. Kochanowski
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20518
Zummer v. Sallet  
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30219

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a former FBI special agent, asked a federal district court to order the FBI to issue him a top-secret clearance and reinstate his employment. He also sought damages against FBI officials for revoking his…

USA v. Justin
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30370
USA v. Johnson
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30583
USA v. Meza
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40031
USA v. Galvez-Marroquin
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40188
USA v. Trevino
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50854
Menjivar Alvarado v. Garland
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60440
USA v. Omale
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50129
Herrera v. Garland
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60218
Garcia-Turcios v. Garland
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61008
Franklin v. Regions Bank  
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30324

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, two sisters, and a family friend own a large farm in north Louisiana. The farm sits atop the storied Haynesville Shale. A bank’s landman who was managing the sisters’ interests extended a mineral lease for…

USA v. Lightfoot
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30779
USA v. Vento
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40357
USA v. Smith
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40390
USA v. Ramirez  
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40557

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to transporting an alien within the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. Section 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) and (a)(1)(B)(i). At sentencing, the district court enhanced his total offense level for…

USA v. Nava
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40906
USA v. Bazan-Arenas
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40927
USA v. Ledezma-Madrid
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50529
USA v. Luis Ledezma-Madrid
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50531
USA v. Padilla
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50978
USA v. Cortez
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50985
USA v. Barajas-Salvador
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51095
USA v. Barajas-Salvador
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51101
USA v. Davis
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10070
Burch v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation, et al
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10651
Khakim v. Garland
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60611
Craaybeek v. Bristow
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10564
Aperia Solutions v. Evance
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10683
USA v. Dimas
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11172
Estrada v. Nehls
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20160
USA v. Garza
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20213
USA v. Vivia
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20268
Bridges v. Methodist Hospital
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20311
Simmons v. Jackson
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30141
USA v. Hernandez
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30299
USA v. Davis
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30569
USA v. Gater
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30602
USA v. Kieffer
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30614
State of Louisiana v. Becerra
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30734
Lumsden v. Lumpkin
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50188
USA v. Marquardt
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50451
USA v. Robles
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50666
Lozano-Aguilar v. Garland
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60042
USA v. Buckley
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60899
USA v. Bates
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40053
USA v. Dupree
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 22-60011
Robinson v. Ardoin  
Date: June 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-30333

Justia Opinion Summary: Before the Fifth Circuit were three emergency motions to stay, pending appeal, and an order of the district court that requires the Louisiana Legislature to enact a new congressional map with a second black-majority…

Burch v. Aurzada
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11035
Crittindon, et al v. LeBlanc, et al  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30304

Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Public Safety and Corrections (“DPSC”) regularly engages local parish jails to house convicted state prisoners. Five of the locally housed prisoners brought claims under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 against…

Marlowe v. LeBlanc, et al
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30738
USA v. Henry  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20043

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was arrested and indicted on federal drug charges following the seizure of 400 grams of heroin 26 minutes into a traffic stop. At trial, Defendant unsuccessfully litigated a motion to suppress and then entered…

USA v. White
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20090
Anadarko E&P v. California Union Ins
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20548
USA v. Young
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30038
XL Insurance America v. Turn Services  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30520

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant XL Insurance America, Inc. (“XL”), as subrogee of Boh Bros. Construction Co., L.L.C. (“Boh Bros.”), challenged the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Turn Services,…

USA v. Badillo  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-40459, 21-40459

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was sentenced to 36 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to illegal reentry. As a special condition of release, the district court required that Defendant be…

USA v. Segura-Martinez
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40651
USA v. Benavides
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40843
USA v. Alvarado
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50169
USA v. McKinney
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50308
USA v. Rodriguez-Banda
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50342
Williams v. Zachary
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60753
USA v. Pereznegron
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20644
Young v. LeBlanc
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30430
Mitchell v. Goings, et al  
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30672

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of his claims as barred by 28 U.S.C. Section 1915(g), colloquially known as the “three strikes” provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PLRA”).   The Fifth Circuit…

Parrott v. Sizemore
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40586
Brantner v. Freestone Cty Sheriffs Off, et al
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50528
Walker v. Stroman, et al
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50602
USA v. Zepeda
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-51004
Alvarado-Velasquez v. Garland
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60930
USA v. Anderson
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10738
Ferrer & Poirot v. Cincinnati Ins Company  
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11046

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a law firm with offices in Dallas, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia, sued to recover lost income and expenses incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic under an insurance policy issued by The Cincinnati…

Habiniak v. Ramirez
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40678
USA v. Braddy
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50185
USA v. Alvarado-Arredondo
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50549
USA v. Alvarado-Arredondo
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50555
Singh v. Garland
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60499
Aragon-Rivera v. Garland
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60544
Esquivel-Muniz v. Garland
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60769
USA v. Rocha-Chavez
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10004
Mendoza v. Boulet
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-60045
Vandenberg v. Univ of St Thomas
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20620
Peters v. Hooper
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30098
Lopez-Agustin v. Garland
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60545
Castellon-Villalobos v. Garland
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60944
Hernandez-Arguijo v. Garland
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61131
Ramirez Rojas v. Garland
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61172
ETC Sunoco Holdings v. USA  
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10937

Justia Opinion Summary: Sunoco sued the Internal Revenue Service  (“IRS”) in Texas federal court, seeking a partial refund of its income tax payments for 2010 and 2011. Sunoco’s claims rested on a theory of reduced tax liability that the…

USA v. Gonzalez
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10954
USA v. Rahimi
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11001
USA v. Mearis  
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20047

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of five counts of sex trafficking. He appealed his conviction, arguing that his right to a speedy trial was violated, that there is insufficient evidence to support one count of his conviction,…

Fields v. QBE Specialty Ins
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30318
Mackey v. American Multi-Cinema
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30687
USA v. Hester
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40253
USA v. De Leon-Sanchez
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40303
USA v. Luquez
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40667
USA v. Casas
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40688
USA v. Montemayor
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50802
Hardine v. Kijakazi
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60226
Kaba v. Garland
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60409
Brown v. Uselton
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60962
Gibson v. Barrere, et al
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 19-30581
Osei Fosu v. Garland  
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60749

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 1349. He was sentenced to one year and one day of imprisonment and ordered to pay $229,717.30 in restitution.   The…

Reyes v. Garland
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60794
Aleman-Garcia v. Garland
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60867
Monsonyem v. Garland  
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60952

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted in Texas state court of the felony offense of injury to a child, in violation of Texas Penal Code Section 22.04(a)(3). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) served Petitioner with a Notice to…

Taylor v. Poffinbarger
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20097
Ballard v. Hilcorp Energy
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30632
USA v. Villanueva
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40356
USA v. Woodruff
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50788
USA v. Crayton
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50967
Li v. Garland
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60683
Armijo-Borjas v. Garland
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60783
Field v. Rusco Operating  
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-20054

Justia Opinion Summary: Rusco Operating, L.L.C. and Planning Thru Completion, L.L.C. are two companies that offer an online application (“app”) that connects oil field workers looking for work with oil-and-gas operators looking for workers. The…

Lopez-Mejia v. Garland
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60142
USA v. Perales
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10611
Team Contractors v. Waypoint NOLA
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30654
Gaitan v. Saenz
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40042
USA v. Desire
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40636
USA v. Mireles
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40852
USA v. Aguilar
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50686
USA v. Ochoa
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51119
Khachatryan v. Garland
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60097
USA v. Scott
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60825
USA v. Portillo-Rodriguez
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-50014
USA v. Portillo-Rodriguez
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-50015
Bertrand v. Garland  
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60620

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Haiti, experienced targeted violence while in Haiti. He fled to the United States, where he was detained and transferred to a detention center in Texas. He sought asylum, withholding…

George v. SI Grp, et al  
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40427

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was severely burned when the landing gear on a tanker-trailer detached from its tractor and sank into a gravel surface, causing the tanker-trailer to tip over and spill scalding water on him. Plaintiff brought…

USA v. Ashford
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10811
USA v. Saenz-Lara
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11089
Parsons v. Liberty Insurance
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11220
USA v. Santiesteban-Delgado
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40669
Cornelious v. Steifer
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40921
USA v. Charpia
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50288
USA v. Santos-Dubon
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50833
Singh Masi v. Garland
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60458
Williams v. Shaw
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60886
USA v. Ramos-Guerrero
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60940
Davis v. Lumpkin  
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 19-20873

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an inmate, brings a Section 1983 suit alleging the Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and unidentified prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs in violation of the…

Ancar v. Robertson, et al
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 19-30524
McBride v. Lumpkin
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 19-51160
USA v. Vargas-Soto  
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10705

Justia Opinion Summary: A certificate of appealability to the Fifth Circuit was granted on two issues: 1.) Was Defendant’s sentence enhanced under the unconstitutional residual clause found in 18 U.S.C. Section 16(b)? and 2.) Is Defendant…

Miller v. Dunn  
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11054

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit in federal court against his ex-wife, two state judges, and several others under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. The district court sua sponte dismissed the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under…

Moore v. Collier, et al
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20616
Moreno v. Sentinel Ins  
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20621

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court’s summary judgment dismissal of the breach of contract claims that he has asserted, as a third-party beneficiary, against Defendant. The district court determined that the insurer’s…

Abdul-Khaliq v. Garland
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60747
Sears v. Zions
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10448
USA v. Perez-Garcia
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11235
USA v. Silva-Mendoza
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11236
U.S. Bank v. Lamell
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20326
USA v. Venegas
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20545
Petro Marine v. Cox Operating
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30100
Ottemann v. Knights of Columbus  
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30138

Justia Opinion Summary: The Knights of Columbus (“the Order” or “the KCs”) offers insurance products to its members. To promote and sell these insurance products, the Order contracts with Field Agents (“FAs”) and General Agents (“GAs”). FAs…

USA v. Zarate
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30377
Lawson v. Excel Contractors
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30438
USA v. Pendleton
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30452
Kennemer v. Pittman
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40120
H. v. NW Indep Sch Dist
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40316
USA v. Sanchez
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40556
Cruz v. Lumpkin
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40613
Raspberry v. Lofton
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50449
USA v. Vidana-Vidana
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50645
Kiolbassa Provision v. Travelers
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51033
USA v. Arsiniega-Navarrete
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51082
Adamou v. Garland
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60165
Garcia-Alves v. Garland
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60517
Martinez-Hernandez v. Garland
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60604
Carlisle v. Lopinto
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30720
Lopez-Perez v. Garland  
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60131

Justia Opinion Summary: An asylum Petitioner argued that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Her application was…

USA v. Johnson
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10454
USA v. Miranda-Silva
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11198
Pedder v. Marquez
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20305
Lafaye v. City of New Orleans  
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30358

Justia Opinion Summary: The City of New Orleans (the “City”) implemented a program called the Automated Traffic Enforcement System (“ATES”), which used mail to collect fines for traffic violations captured by street cameras. Plaintiffs alleged…

USA v. Pierre
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40213
Bank of New York Mellon v. Riley
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40383
Sims v. Griffin  
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40457

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 action shortly after her son’s death, alleging that officers violated her son’s constitutional rights by failing to provide him with medical treatment while he was dying in a…

Searcy v. Paxton
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40602
Yahm v. Garland
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60914
USA v. Seabourne
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11043
USA v. Ralios-Chajal
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11072
USA v. Moore
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11224
USA v. Vargas  
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20140

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sections 846, 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B). The probation officer determined that Defendant…

USA v. Tovar-Valencia
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20459
USA v. Sosa-Almontes
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30703
James Tate v. United Steel
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30763
USA v. Gomez-Fajardo
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40674
USA v. Romero
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40902
Welsh v. McLane
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50284
USA v. Welcome
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51147
Kengni Noumbissi v. Garland
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60012
Logan v. CIA
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10195
Argueta v. Garland
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60695
Ndelela v. Garland
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60743
Severino-Jerez v. Garland
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61005
USA v. Carreon-Grimaldo
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11085
Schwarzer v. Hernandez
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40018
USA v. Ponce-Navarrete
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50506
Rodriquez v. Midland Cty Hosp Dist
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50635
Hinkle v. Phillips 66 Company  
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50905

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant is a pipeline-inspection company that hires inspectors and sends them to work for its clients. When Plaintiff was hired, Appellant had him sign an Employment Agreement that contained an arbitration clause. That…

USA v. Rodriguez
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50965
USA v. Rangel
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51067
Marroquin-Flores v. Garland
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60176
Easley v. Kijakazi
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60888
USA v. Martinez
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10080
Stewart v. Entergy Corporation  
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-30177

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, a group of individuals affected by power outages during Hurricane Ida, filed a state court class-action lawsuit against various energy companies. The energy companies removed the case to federal court. The…

Neal v. Foley
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10143
USA v. Johnson
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10901
USA v. Camillo-Amisano
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10945
Bailey v. KS Mgmt Services  
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20335

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued her employer under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), claiming that Defendant engaged in unlawful age discrimination and retaliation. Plaintiff filed a motion with the district court…

USA v. E.R.R.  
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30028

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants, ERR, LLC; Evergreen Resource Recovery, LLC (collectively “ERR”), owns and operates a wastewater treatment facility. One of ERR’s spill contractors, Oil Mop, performed oil removal and soil remediation. Oil Mop…

USA v. Moreno
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30604
USA v. Orona-Guzman
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50830
USA v. White
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50943
USA v. Johnson
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60674
USA v. Harris
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10957
USA v. Martinez-Ruelas
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20597
USA v. Galindo
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50123
Morningstar v. Kroger
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60361
In Re: Lucas Babin
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40306
USA v. Hill, et al  
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-20251

Justia Opinion Summary: Four Defendants were involved in an armored car robbery at a bank automated teller machine. Defendants were each convicted of aiding and abetting robbery, attempted robbery, and aiding and abetting the use of a firearm…

Cardona-Franco v. Garland  
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60789

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner applied for asylum and withholding of removal based on claims he was targeted by gangs for his religious activities. An immigration judge (IJ) disbelieved Petitioner’s story and denied his application. After…

USA v. Walker
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30606
Nunez-Mena v. Garland
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60216
Medina-Reyes v. Garland
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60526
Cota-Quintana v. Garland
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60761
Singh v. Garland
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61157
Robinson v. Wells Fargo Bank
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11011
USA v. Harris
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11151
USA v. Moreno
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20139
Williams v. American Commercial Lines
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30609
USA v. Croft
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50380
USA v. Lujan-Madrid
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51133
USA v. Lujan-Madrid
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51134
Gaspar-Miguel v. Garland
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60025
Ahrabi v. Garland
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60339
Mortera v. State Farm Fire and Cslty
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60785
USA v. Aguilar
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11013
USA v. Johnson
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30459
Simmons v. LeBlanc
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30610
USA v. Gonzalez
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40580
USA v. Zapata
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40646
USA v. Ortega
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40728
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50680
USA v. Morales
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50801
USA v. Molina-Rodriguez
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51195
USA v. Molina-Rodriguez
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51206
McLemore v. Walmart TX Stores, et al
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40637
Watts v. Pickett
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60203
USA v. Dial
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11071
Moses v. Edwards
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30270
Amer Petro Tankers v. Amer River Trans
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30420
Amer Petro Tankers v. Amer River Trans
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30487
Garza v. Molina
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40805
Bechuke Bertrand v. Garland
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60571
Lay v. USA
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60776
USA v. Reyes
Date: May 20, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40006
Arias v. Garland
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 18-60417
USA v. Charleston
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 19-31032
Overstreet v. Allstate  
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10462

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff bought a home insurance policy from Allstate that covered damage from wind and hail. On June 6, 2018, a wind and hail storm hit the area where Plaintiff lived, allegedly damaging his roof. An Allstate adjuster…

CHP v. Schwyhart
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10704
USA v. Moore
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10995
USA v. Rodriguez-Villanueva
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11035
Hart v. Lowe's Home Centers
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30689
Galan v. Petit
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30728
USA v. Valdez-Rojas
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40544
Cantu v. Guerra
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40584
USA v. Shaw
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40853
Escalante v. Lidge  
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50097

Justia Opinion Summary: A wrongful-death suit ended in default when a trucking company went bankrupt. That left two plaintiffs who both claimed to be the decedent’s common-law wife. The district court awarded damages to just one of them because…

USA v. Goiburo Martinez
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50629
USA v. Islas-Macias
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51001
USA v. Islas-Macias
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51026
Morelos Cortes v. Garland
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60199
Chaj-Perez v. Garland
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60376
USA v. Spear
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 18-60530
Maxim Crane Works v. Zurich Amer Ins
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 19-20489
Nkenglefac v. Garland  
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60647

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner a native and citizen of Cameroon, applied for admission into the United States on May 9, 2018. The immigration judge (“IJ”) denied Petitioner’s application for relief from removal and ordered him removed to…

Capio Funding v. Rural/Metro Oprt, et al  
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11218

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff buys and collects on delinquent healthcare accounts. Defendant sells such accounts. Business between the two soured, and Plaintiff sued for breach of contract and tortious interference. The district court…

USA v. Parcon
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11258
Hutchings v. Cty of Llano, et al
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50885
Jarkesy v. SEC  
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61007

Justia Opinion Summary: The SEC brought an enforcement action within the agency against Petitioners for securities fraud. An SEC administrative law judge adjudged Petitioners liable and ordered various remedies, and the SEC affirmed on appeal…

Salcido v. Wilson
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11029
USA v. Altamirano
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20164
USA v. Sylvester
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30202
Rolls v. Packaging Corp of America  
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30435

Justia Opinion Summary: After her ex-husband died in a containerboard mill explosion, Plaintiff brought a wrongful death and survival action against Defendant Packaging Corporation of America (“PCA”) and PCA employee, a supervisor alleged to…

USA v. Luna-Gonzalez  
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40397

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(5)(A), which makes it unlawful for aliens illegally in the country to possess firearms. But he insisted the district court erred at sentencing by applying…

USA v. Cordova-Lopez  
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40426

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to unlawfully re-entering the United States following removal. The district court sentenced him to 51 months in prison. On appeal, Defendant argued that the district court miscalculated his…

USA v. Gharib
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40779
Law Ofc of Ryan Downton v. Little River
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50616
USA v. Arteaga
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50886
USA v. Adkins
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50951
Mboba v. Garland
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60001
Stilley v. Garland
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60022
Kadiwal v. Garland
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60147
Flores-Abrego v. Garland
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60231
USA v. Lee
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60666
USA v. Britain
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60692
Carr, et al v. City of Spring Valley, et al
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 19-20373
USA v. Del Angel
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20258
Marzett v. Tigner, et al
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30154
Price v. Sanders, et al
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30450
Sanchez-Felipe v. Garland
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60999
USA v. Jenkins
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10003
USA v. Perez-Solis
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10904
USA v. Alexander
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10929
Smith v. AT&T Mobility Services
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20366
USA v. Stewart
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20430
Gamel v. Forum Energy Technol
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20479
USA v. Ambers
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20581
Bank of Louisiana v. FDIC  
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30494

Justia Opinion Summary: The Bank of Louisiana (“BOL”) and two of its directors appeal the district court’s dismissal of their complaints against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The district court ruled that the complaints…

Underwood v. Parker Towing
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30531
USA v. Anita-Botello
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40742
USA v. Camacho-Govea
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40764
USA v. Frazier
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50141
USA v. Stoglin  
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50206

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base and one count of knowingly possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. The…

USA v. Solis-Ramirez
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50718
USA v. Arias-Quintanilla
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51080
USA v. Felipe-Pascual
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51103
USA v. Felipe-Pascual
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51124
Martinez-Cortes v. Garland
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60322
USA v. Elias
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 19-20540
USA v. Nnaji
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11190
USA v. Jackson
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30778
Garcia-Avila v. Garland
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60406
Melendez-Monge v. Garland
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60814
Ehimare v. Garland
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61122
Dabur v. Garland
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61154
USA v. Perkins
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11113
Rockwell v. Sprouts Farmers Market
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20354
Dill v. Fed Home Loan Mtge
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20533
Roberts v. Fuentes
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40036
Cano v. Garcia
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50742
USA v. Fleming
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50894
Reyes-Rivas v. Garland
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60185
USA v. Sanchez
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60669
Vasquez-De Martinez v. Garland  
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60856

Justia Opinion Summary: A mother and daughter from El Salvador were ordered removed. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed. Mother and daughter retained counsel and filed a petition for review in the Fifth Circuit. As a result of personal…

Rivers v. Lumpkin
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 18-11490
Yanez-Pena v. Garland
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60464
USA v. Gross
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10303
Owens v. Circassia Pharmaceuticals  
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10760

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff alleged that her former employer, Circassia Pharmaceuticals (“Circassia”), fired her for discriminatory and retaliatory reasons. The district court granted summary judgment for Circassia, holding that Owens had…

USA v. Vazquez-Tellez
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11067
Higgins v. Lumpkin
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20058
USA v. Rodriguez  
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20150

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was the passenger of a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation. During the stop, the officer became suspicious, removed the men from the car, and found a firearm in a jacket on the rear floorboard of the…

USA v. Miller
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30432
USA v. Ortega
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40737
USA v. Castillo-Rubio  
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50140

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was a high-ranking member of the Juarez Cartel between 2000 and 2011. He was charged and convicted of three narcotics offenses, and given three life sentences. He appealed his convictions and sentences on…

USA v. Torres
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50426
USA v. Guerra
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50815
USA v. Salazar-Munoz
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51139
Realty Income v. Golden Palatka
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60567
Stonewater Adolescent v. Lafayette Cty
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60672
USA v. Herrera
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60684
Buckeye Partners v. FERC
Date: May 13, 2022
Docket Number: 22-60100
USA v. Perry, et al  
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Numbers: 17-30610, 17-30611

Justia Opinion Summary: Many Defendants belonging to the "39ers" a New Orleans gang, were convicted of various RICO-related offenses. Ten Defendants appealed their convictions on multiple grounds. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the vast majority…

USA v. Price, et al
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 17-30611
Engle v. Lumpkin  
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 19-40356

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Petitioner initiated a postconviction proceeding in federal district court. The district court rejected all of Petitioner’s claims of trial…

Burch v. Homeward
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11057
Puente Perez v. Garland
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60625
Santos-Garcia v. Garland
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60850
Perez Mantilla v. Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60879
Pena-Lopez v. Garland  
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60911

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2004, Petitioner was ordered removed in absentia; however, he continued to reside in the United States. In 2019, Petitioner filed a motion to reopen under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1229a(c)(7)(C)(iv)(III), which extends the…

Tzul Lacan v. Garland
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61229
USA v. Hawks
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10167
USA v. Reyna
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11118
Johnson v. Caroli
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20231
Tutus v. JLG Industries
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20383
USA v. Castro-Lopez
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20420
USA v. Rivera-Salinas
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20607
Thomas v. Ameritas Life Insurance  
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30254

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and his son’s mother met with the insurance company’s producer seeking insurance covering the life of their adult son. The producer filled out the application, as well as a temporary insurance agreement (the…

USA v. Pimentel-Soto
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40517
USA v. Hamann  
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50122

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine after DEA agents executed a search warrant at his motel room, recovering more than 150 grams of methamphetamine. The indictment alleged two prior…

USA v. Karr
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50219
USA v. Onoimoimilin
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50630
USA v. Villegas
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50876
USA v. Villegas
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50977
USA v. Soto-Rueda
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51060
USA v. Pacheco-Apodaca
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51108
USA v. Pacheco-Apodaca
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51110
Loftin v. City of Prentiss, MS  
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60611

Justia Opinion Summary: Officers of the Prentiss Police Department arrested Plaintiff for aggravated assault after he and others told the officers that Plaintiff had shot the victim. Plaintiff sued the officers and the City of Prentiss under 42…

Pleasant v. Lumpkin
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 19-20664
Badgerow v. Walters, et al
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 19-30766
Enriquez v. Lumpkin
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20554
Hernandez Roman v. Garland
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60844
Ocampo Villalobos v. Garland
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61243
USA v. Lucio
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10787
Bradford Realty Svc v. Hartford Fire
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11047
USA v. Kemp
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11152
Salas v. City of Galena Park
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20170
Salas v. Knox
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20333
Leachman v. Gonzalez
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20499
Baker v. Puckett
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40085
USA v. Aderinoye  
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40220

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant and accomplices stole millions of dollars in a transcontinental business email compromise scheme. A jury convicted him of fraud, money laundering, and identity theft for his role in the operation. On appeal,…

Hargrave v. AIM Directional Svcs
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40496
USA v. Morales
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50383
USA v. Thomas
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50663
OHT Hawk AS v. Cruz
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60796
Buckeye Partners v. FERC
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 22-60100
USA v. Terry
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: 19-11039
Okankiri v. Garland
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60629
Marroquin-De Garcia v. Garland
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60818
USA v. Bell
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10690
USA v. Contreras-Zamora
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10813
USA v. Griego
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10956
USA v. Mata
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11019
Springboards to Educ v. Pharr San Juan  
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40336

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff is an education company that owns various trademarks, including "Read a Million Words," "Million Dollar Reader," "Millionaire Reader," and " Millionaire Reading Club." Plaintiff filed suit against Defendant, a…

USA v. Upchurch
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50810
Rubio v. Lumpkin
Date: May 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20158
Roque v. Shrode, et al
Date: May 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40153
USA v. Rodriguez-Huitron
Date: May 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10082
USA v. Grant
Date: May 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20573
USA v. Tucker  
Date: May 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30194

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was involuntarily committed to the emergency room for protective custody after law enforcement found he was a danger to himself or others. He remained committed for 15 days. Two weeks later, Defendant was again…

Celino v. Biotronik
Date: May 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30626
USA v. Brooks  
Date: May 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60633

Justia Opinion Summary: A grand jury charged Defendant with two counts of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. As his criminal case proceeded, medical examiners diagnosed Defendant with paranoid schizophrenia. Defendant moved to…

USA v. Reedy
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10895
USA v. Lopez
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40437
Sanders v. Lumpkin
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40626
USA v. Anderson
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50864

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