2012 Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

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USA v. Jorge Ovalle
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20745
USA v. Jose Alvarez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20783
USA v. Fredy Roman
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20798
USA v. Jose Briseno-Flores
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20863
USA v. Steven Hebert
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30917
USA v. Ray Kirt
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31009
USA v. Enrico Hawkins
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31028
Tony Manns v. J. Young
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31093
USA v. David Prejean
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31163
USA v. Elias Pacheco-Leon
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40365
USA v. Juan Soto
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40932
USA v. Julio Ledezma-Vargas
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41033
USA v. Jorge Aguilera-Ovalle
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41145
USA v. Jose Martinez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41168
USA v. Ruben Carmona-Benavidez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41188
USA v. Alejandro Gomez-Gaona
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41209
USA v. Jose Flores-Lopez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41248
Bradford Condit v. Marilyn McKeithan
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41305
USA v. Faustino Hernandez-Aguilar
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41326
USA v. Rey Canela-Apolonio
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41354
USA v. Jose Martinez-Ramirez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41366
USA v. Isidro Vasquez-Perez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41370
USA v. Humberto Medina-Soriano
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41398
USA v. Jorge De La Rosa Rangel
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41405
USA v. Jymlu Young
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50320
USA v. Raymundo Lopez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50536
USA v. Marvin Hawkins, Jr.
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50754
USA v. Sergio Corral-Chavira
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50824
USA v. Graciela De Cardenas
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50983
USA v. Ricardo Ramirez-Lopez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51018
USA v. Maria Conejo-Garcia
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51079
USA v. Gabriel Cardenas
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51102
USA v. David White
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51113
USA v. Marcelo Contreras-Bejarano
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51137
USA v. Chuck McCarty
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51144
USA v. Chance Alexander
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51165
USA v. Zoel Sanchez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51173
Connie King, et al v. Freedom Life Insurance Compa
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60862
USA v. Jason Bishop
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-10030
USA v. Roberto Garcia
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-10053
USA v. Juan Grajeda-Gonzalez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-10114
USA v. Billy Mitchell
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30166
USA v. James LeBlanc
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30178
USA v. Keith Parker
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30181
USA v. Warren Jones
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30269
USA v. Luis Solis-Flores
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40001
USA v. Jose Chavez-Garcia
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40005
USA v. Carlos De La Cruz-Martinez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40024
USA v. Hector Martinez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40029
USA v. Emilio Vasquez-Garcia
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40034
USA v. Fidencio Castillo-Saucedo
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40037
USA v. Alex Galeano-Valdez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40039
USA v. Fausto Segura-Rodriguez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40045
USA v. Asuncion Pena-Fernandez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40047
USA v. Sixto Aldape
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40106
USA v. Noah Mirelez-Garcia
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40115
USA v. Ulises Alaniz-Diaz
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40135
USA v. Octavio Lopez-Ramos
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40146
USA v. Victor Rodriguez-Raga
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40160
USA v. Andrew Allard
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-50002
USA v. Josue Ceren-Martinez
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-50003
USA v. Roman Mondaca
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-50014
USA v. Fernando Ramirez-Rebollar
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-50073
USA v. Jose Montejo
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-50130
Planned Parenthood Assoc., et al. v. Suehs  
Date: August 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-50377

Justia Opinion Summary: Planned Parenthood obtained a preliminary injunction to block the enforcement of regulations which stated that health care providers participating in a Medicaid-like program must not perform or promote elective…

Monique Roman v. Western Manufacturing, Inc.
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number: 10-31271
Larry Powell, et al v. Dallas Morning News, L.P.,
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10697
Spindletop Films, L.L.C., et al v. Cesare Wright
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20560
Jones v. Astrue  
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30975

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the denial of her social security disability benefits, arguing that the ALJ improperly disregarded evidence from her treating physicians without re-contacting him to obtain further documentation.…

USA v. Ernesto Lopez
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50326
USA v. Joseph Gianni
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50924
Deborah Armando v. AT&T Mobility
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-10151
Matthew Provensal v. Michael Gaspard, et al
Date: August 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30325
Roman v. Western Manufacturing, Inc.  
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-31271

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found defendant liable to plaintiff under the Louisiana Products Liability Act, La. Rev. Stat. 9:2800.54, for injuries caused by a defect that rendered one of its stucco pumps unreasonably dangerous. The central…

GlobeRanger Corp. v. Software AG, et al.  
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10939

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, developer of a passive radio frequency identification (RFID) system for commercial use, alleged a number of Texas claims against a group of software companies in state court. Defendants moved the suit to…

Choice Inc. of Texas, et al. v. Greenstein  
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30296

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sued the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, challenging the constitutionality of Louisiana's Act 490, which amended Louisiana's Outpatient Abortion Facility Licensing Law of 2001.…

S.H., et al v. Plano Independent School Dist
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40518
Christopher Lindsey v. Coastal Bend Detention Cent
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40666
USA v. Patrick Orr
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41212
Ray Sanchez, III v. County of El Paso, Texas, et a
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50419
USA v. Alexander Herrera-Itzep
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51118
Mark Zavala v. John Whitmire, et al
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51161
A. Soriano v. Neshoba County MS Bd of Supr, et al
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60481
USA v. David Scruggs
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60564
Meida Guzman-Aguilera v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60712
Ibarra v. Thaler  
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-70031

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner filed a motion to vacate the district court's judgment denying his petition for habeas relief in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Martinez v. Ryan. Petitioner argued that Martinez invalidated the…

Carnella Marks v. Wayne Edwards, et al
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30229
John Balentine v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: August 17, 2012
Docket Number: 12-70023
Westlake Petrochemicals, L.L.C v. United Polychem,
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20634
Earl Mackey, III v. Michael Astrue, et al
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10983
Eugene Flores v. Select Energy Services, L.L.C.
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11024
Poole v. City of Shreveport  
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30158

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arose out of the alleged use of excessive force in the arrest of Roger Poole following a traffic stop in Louisiana. Poole sued police officers John Stalnaker and J. Creighton, former chief of police Mike…

Sikes v. Crager  
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30982

Justia Opinion Summary: Debtor filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 13. After Debtor filed her petition and plan, the Trustee objected to confirmation of the plan, asserting that Debtor's petition and plan were not filed in good faith and that…

USA v. Calvin Odom
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31098
Backe v. LeBlanc  
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40460

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellees, several individuals, claimed that the City of Galveston police used excessive force against them. Appellees filed this 42 U.S.C. 1983 against Appellants Steven LeBlanc and and Charles Wiley, former city…

Physician Hosps. of Am. v. Sebelius  
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40631

Justia Opinion Summary: A trade group and a physician-owned hospital sued the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. They sought injunctive relief to remedy multiple alleged constitutional infirmities with Section 6001 of the…

USA v. Jose Carbajal-Soto
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40638
Murriah McMaster, et al v. John Small
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40888
United States v. Stevens  
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50862

Justia Opinion Summary: An FCC investigation concluded that Jerry and Deborah Stevens operated an unlicensed FM radio station from their Austin, Texas residence in violation of section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934. The FCC issued a…

USA v. Lauro Estrada
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50966
United States v. Scruggs  
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60564

Justia Opinion Summary: David Scruggs pleaded guilty to a one-count superseding information charging misprision of a felony. After he was released from prison but before the conclusion of his term of supervised release, Scruggs filed a motion…

Frederick Todd, II, et al v. CIR
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60845
Brenda Ford v. Joe Keffer
Date: August 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-10069
United States v. Wines  
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 10-30233

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was found guilty of conspiracy with intent to distribute cocaine base, conspiracy to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of and in…

United States v. Tickle  
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Numbers: 10-30852, 10-31085

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considered these cases jointly because they raised a single issue: whether Defendants, who were convicted of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, among other things, were…

USA v. Don Jackson
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 10-31022
USA v. Jabar Gibson
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 10-31085
USA v. David Burney
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10670
John Reilly v. TXU Corporation
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10691
CRG Partners Group, L.L.C. v. United States Truste
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10774
Maxon Morgan v. Fuerzas Armadas Colombianas, et al
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10911
Courier Solutions Incorporated v. CSA Delivery Inc
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11158
Craig Mendenhall v. Mack Hughes
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11193
USA v. Joseph Benitez
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20419
Dewayne Shelton v. Michael Lemons, et al
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20670
USA v. Kerry Owens
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30366
Beech v. Hercules Drilling Co., LLC  
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30415

Justia Opinion Summary: This case required the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to decide whether vicarious liability principles under the Jones Act allowed a seaman's wife to recover from her husband's employer for the events that led to his…

Antonio Jimenez, III v. Sun Life Assurance Company
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30872
Kimberly Johnson v. Maestri Murrell Property Mgmt
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30914
USA v. William Johnson, Jr.
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31109
Pat Terry v. James LeBlanc, et al
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31177
USA v. Jose Escalante-Reyes
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40632
United States v. Alvarado  
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40771

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Adrian Alvarado appealed his 170-month prison sentence and life term of supervised relief following a guilty plea to the receipt of child pornography. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and…

USA v. Ruben Joslin
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40863
Ovidio Garcia, Jr. v. Juanita Gonzalez, et al
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51125
United States v. Teel  
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60509

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants Walter Teel, Paul Minor and John Whitfield raised several appellate issues arising from their final amended judgments of convictions and sentences entered by the district court after the Fifth Circuit Court of…

Elmer Reyes-Mercado v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60782
Anthony Pinder v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60853
Edward Celestine v. SSA
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-20004
Curtis Bryant, Jr. v. Diana Kukua, et al
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-20087
USA v. Lamont Williams
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30219
USA v. Hector Serna
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40058
Edward Smith v. Giddings, TX, et al
Date: August 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-50121
Dealer Computer Services, Inc. v. Michael Motor Co
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20053
USA v. Jose Jaimes-Aranda
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51093
USA v. Mehmood Patel
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 09-30490
United States v. Polidore  
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 09-40896

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found Defendant guilty of possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute it. On appeal, Defendant contended that reversible error occurred when portions of two 911 calls were admitted into evidence because…

USA v. Raymond Rodriguez, Jr.
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 10-11169
State v. EPA  
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60614

Justia Opinion Summary: Sixteen years tardy, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disapproved a revision to Texas's plan for implementing the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The untimely disapproval unraveled approximately 140…

Ahmad v. Old Republic Nat'l Title Ins. Co.  
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10695

Justia Opinion Summary: This was an interlocutory appeal from the district court's grant of class certification in a case involving allegations that the defendant title insurance company charged premiums for title policies that exceeded the…

Lou Tyler v. Citi Residential Lending, Inc.
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10974
Juan Mendoza v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20242
Donald Loosier v. Unknown Medical Doctor, et al
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40361
Rodolfo Munoz v. Claude Maye
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51072
USA v. Carla Nandin
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51119
USA v. Antonio Reese
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60228
Nino v. Holder  
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60314

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Mexico, entered in the United States in 1999. She had authorization to remain for a temporary period, not to exceed six months, but she remained beyond that period without…

USA v. Anthony Belvin
Date: August 13, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30003
USA v. Lance Bennett, et al
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 10-30920
USA v. Wayne Handy
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 10-40899
Deloris Phillips v. United Parcel Service
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10766
CRG Partners Group, LLC v. Neary  
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10774

Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this case was whether the Supreme Court's decision in Perdue v. Kenny A. ex rel Winn, which curtailed the authority of district courts to award fee enhancements in federal fee-shifting cases, unequivocally…

Delta Fuel Company, Inc. v. Randy Maxwell, et al
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31104
Gary Cooper v. Dao Hung, et al
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40482
USA v. Lino Zamora-Cantu
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40883
Adrian Miles v. Jack Staude, et al
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41191
Samuel Daugherty v. Hien Luong
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41383
USA v. Eliseo Chavez-Garcia
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51075
Pardeep Kumar v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60597
Teddy Gatamba v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60857
USA v. Lamont Williams
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30219
Paul Roberts, Jr. v. Burl Cain, Warden
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30236
Castillo-Enriquez v. Holder  
Date: August 10, 2012
Docket Number: 12-60389

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant illegally entered the United States in 2002. In 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiated removal proceedings. Defendant applied for relief from removal based on his fear of harm in his native…

USA v. Paula Whitfield
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20505
Robert McIntosh v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 10-50918
Filer v. Donley  
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10296

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was a dual-status air reserve technician (ART) in the 301st maintenance group (301st MG). ARTs are full-time civilian employees who are also required to serve in the Air Force Reserve in the units for which…

Jaive Stewart v. RSC Equipment Rental, Inc.
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30668
Kenemore v. Roy  
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40507

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, conspiracy to embezzle funds from employee benefit plans, conspiracy to launder money, mail fraud, embezzlement from employee benefit plans, money laundering,…

USA v. Esequiel Avila-Bujanos
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40843
USA v. Allen Ortega
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41021
USA v. Martin Rodriguez
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41186
USA v. All Right, Title & Interest, et al
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51158
McMahan Jets, L.L.C. v. X-Air Flight Support, L.L.
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60652
Claudia Pena-Hernandez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60824
USA v. Robert Reeder
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30165
Lafayette Howard v. Joseph Young
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30248
United States v. Dugue  
Date: August 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30529

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a police investigator, was charged with participating in the cover-up of the Danzinger Bridge shootings in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Defendant was brought to trial in early 2012. Near the…

Anthony Arnold v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 08-50181
Paul Koumjian v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 09-50729
United States v. Hernandez  
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 10-51136

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Aaron Hernandez appealed his convictions and sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and aiding and abetting the theft of government money. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (1)…

USA v. Martin Hermoso
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20375
United States v. Branham  
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20632

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Donald Branham pleaded guilty to numerous counts of bank fraud and was sentenced to thirty months in prison and ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution. The district court issued a writ of garnishment to…

Resa Latiolais v. Bradley Griffith, et al
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30423
Ewing Constr. Co. v. Amerisure Ins. Co.  
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40512

Justia Opinion Summary: The original opinion in this case was filed on June 15, 2012. Because this Texas diversity law case involved important and determinative questions of Texas law as to which there is not controlling Texas Supreme Court…

USA v. Joey Hawkins
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40694
USA v. Carlos Casares
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41332
Dell Cullum v. Diamond A Hunting, Inc., et al
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50044
USA v. Cameran Flanagan
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51042
Shabana Ali, et al v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60744
Rodney Roebuck v. Diamond Detective Agency, et al
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60762
David Lloyd v. Michael Astrue
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30216
USA v. Francesk Shkambi
Date: August 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40362
Westlake Petrochemicals, L.L.C v. United Polychem,
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20634
United States v. Romero-Rosales  
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 10-41203

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, an alien, was charged with being unlawfully and knowingly present in the United States after deportation. Defendant entered a guilty plea, and the district court sentenced him to forty-one months' imprisonment…

SEC v. Microtune, Incorporated, et al
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10594
Jean Gray, et al v. Wal-Mart Louisiana, L.L.C.
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30946
Herring v. Campbell  
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40953

Justia Opinion Summary: In this ERISA benefits case, the plan administrator (Appellant) appealed the district court's judgment that a deceased plan participant's stepsons, rather than his siblings, were entitled to the deceased's benefits.…

USA v. Alejandro Rodriguez-Alvarez
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51116
USA v. Mario Ibarra-Vera
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51120
USA v. Gladys Bishop
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-20084
Gina Delphin v. Grayson County, Texas
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40102
Tito Alvarado-Rabanales v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-60055
Klein Independent Sch. Dist. v. Hovem  
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20694

Justia Opinion Summary: Per Hovem (Per), a former student of Klein Independent School District (KISD), along with his parents, filed a claim under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for reimbursement of private school…

USA v. Oscar Hernandez
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 10-40613
Allan Ramos-Garcia v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60925
USA v. William Ward, et al
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60992
USA v. Juan Rodriguez-Barajas
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10545
USA v. Mark Ramirez
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11081
James Lett v. Omega Protein, Incorporated, et al
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30985
USA v. Jorge Vera
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41022
USA v. Antonio Rodriguez-Ortiz
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50993
USA v. Manuel Olmos, Jr.
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51132
USA v. Mark Guadalcasar
Date: August 6, 2012
Docket Number: 12-10002
Donald Le Clair v. TX Board of Criminal Justice
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40758
USA v. Bruce Laws
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51279
Lowry Dev., LLC v. Groves & Assocs. Ins., Inc.  
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60670

Justia Opinion Summary: After its property sustained wind damage during Hurricane Katrina, a real-estate developer sued its insurance provider for coverage, and, in the alternative, its insurance agent for professional negligence. The district…

Tilden Holliday v. Commonwealth Brands, Inc.
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30278
In Re: Leonard Johnson
Date: August 3, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30710
United States v. Rico-Soto  
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number: 09-30648

Justia Opinion Summary: After being arrested by U.S. Border Patrol Agent Harold Gill at a traffic stop in Louisiana, Defendant Francisco Rico-Soto was convicted of harboring illegal aliens. Defendant appealed the admission of evidence obtained…

USA v. Perla Guel, et al
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number: 10-31029
USA v. Rosalinda DeLeon, et al
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number: 10-50970
United States v. Thomas  
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number: 10-50982

Justia Opinion Summary: Chedowry Thomas, Henry Davis, and Woodrow Chapman were tried on counts of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance and attempt to possess with the intent to distribute a controlled…

Anthony Petrello v. Matthew Prucka, et al
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20139
Anthony Petrello v. Matthew Prucka, et al
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20273
Lightfoot v. MXenergy Elec., Inc.  
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30553

Justia Opinion Summary: The bankruptcy Trustee of MBS Management Services, Inc. (MBS), a management company for dozens of apartment complexes, appealed judgments rejecting his claim that payments made by the debtor to MXEnergy Electric, Inc…

Barry Wion, et al v. Stuart Jenkins, et al
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50343
Berkley Reg. Ins. Co. v. Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co.  
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50595

Justia Opinion Summary: The underlying personal injury case stemmed from an injury suffered by Dentist on the premises of Condominium. Condominium had general liability coverage issued by Primary Insurer and excess coverage through Excess…

Israel Mata-Lozano v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60556
Deborah Smith, et al v. Johnson & Johnson, Inc., e
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60624
Verlena Sexton-Walker v. Allstate Insurance Compan
Date: August 2, 2012
Docket Number: 12-60209
Rogers Smith, et al v. Robin America, Inc., et al
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20325
USA v. Martin Gandarilla
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20657
USA v. Arturo Hernandez-Garcia
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20722
USA v. Kemmie Houston
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20889
United States v. Davis  
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40265

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant were convicted of illegal gambling, conspiring to commit illegal gambling, and money laundering for their roles in a "sweepstakes" promotion at three Internet cafes in Texas. Defendants challenged their…

USA v. Eduardo Diaz-Melendez
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51097
USA v. Saul Corona-Porras
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51186
Sonia Carter v. Jackson Public School District, et
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60369
Azmi Hakim v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60538
James Jones v. Janet Smith, et al
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60555
USA v. Wendell Hollis
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60606
Wendell Duncan v. Merrian Carmichael, et al
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60719
Melody Harris v. First American Natl Bancshares
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60771
USA v. David Kates
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-10041
Wayne Binford v. Kathryn Marteeny
Date: August 1, 2012
Docket Number: 12-20091
Villas at Parkside Partners, et al v. City of Farm
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10751
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10788
USA v. Santiago Valdez
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10866
Little v. Shell Exploration & Prod. Co.  
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20320

Justia Opinion Summary: Relators filed two qui tam suits against Shell, alleging that Shell had defrauded the U.S. Department of the Interior. At the time their suits were filed, Relators were federal employees who discovered wrongdoing in the…

Chevron USA, Inc. v. Aker Maritime, Inc.  
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30369

Justia Opinion Summary: Following a jury trial, Chevron USA, Inc. was awarded damages from Aker Maritime, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and from Oceaneering International, Inc. for the failure of small and inexpensive bolts used on an oil…

City of New Orleans v. BellSouth Telecomm., Inc.  
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Numbers: 11-30607, 11-31058

Justia Opinion Summary: The City of New Orleans filed suit against BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC, claiming that the company owed it additional compensation for the use of its public rights-of-way. The district court rejected the City's…

BellSouth Telecomm., LLC v. City of New Orleans  
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Numbers: 11-31058, 11-30607

Justia Opinion Summary: The City of New Orleans filed suit against BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC, claiming that the company owed it additional compensation for the use of its public rights-of-way. The district court rejected the City's…

USA v. Thomas Blake
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31089
Kenneth Smith v. Jody Upton
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40845
Gene Garland v. Keith Roy
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41030
USA v. Jesus Jaramillo
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50662
William Hill v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50729
William Hill v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50730
Larbie v. Larbie  
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50859

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Evelyn Larbie filed a petition under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Convention), seeking the return of her son, K.L., to the United Kingdom. The district court…

USA v. Jose Berrones-Zavala
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51123
USA v. Everardo Aguilar-Ortiz
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51133
Carol Copeland v. U.S. Bank National Association
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51206
USA v. Christopher McMillen
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60575
Carlos Martell-Garcia v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60790
USA v. Sameh Danhach
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-20415
Sam Solomon, et al v. Steve Spalitta, et al
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30011
USA v. Steven Skillern
Date: July 31, 2012
Docket Number: 12-50009
USA v. Raymond Rodriguez, Jr.
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 10-11169
Gonzalez v. Fresenius Med. Care N.A.  
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 10-50413

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Rebecca Gonzalez (Relator) brought a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Defendants, Fresenius Medical Care N.A., Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Bio-Medical Applications of Texas,…

Rebecca Gonzalez v. Fresenius Med Care N America,
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 10-51171
Luminant Generation Co. v. EPA  
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60934

Justia Opinion Summary: Two sets of petitioners sought review of the EPA's final rule partially approving and partially disapproving the most recent revision to Texas's State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Texas Commission on…

BP Exploration Libya Ltd. v. ExxonMobil Libya Ltd.  
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20547

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from an underlying dispute involving three parties related to an alleged breach of an assignment agreement. The three parties disagreed over the appointment of arbitrators to hear their dispute. The…

H D R E Bus Partners Ltd. Grp v. R A R E Hospitali
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30970
Eugene Blackmon v. Warden Kukua, et al
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40316
USA v. Joseph Simington
Date: July 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50354
USA v. Abel Trejo-Martinez
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11123
Richard Winfrey, Jr. v. San Jacinto County, et al
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20555
USA v. Gerard Jackson, Jr.
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30719
EEOC v. Boh Bros. Constr. Co., LLC  
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30770

Justia Opinion Summary: The EEOC brought this Title VII case against Boh Brothers Construction Company on behalf of the alleged discriminatee, Kerry Woods, a male construction worker in an all-male crew, who claimed that the Boh Brothers' crew…

USA v. Antwain Robinson
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30950
Sawyer v. E I DuPont de Nemours & Co.  
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40454

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals withdrew its previous opinion in this case filed on April 20, 2012. Because the case involved important and determinative questions of Texas law as to which there was no controlling…

USA v. Omar Morin
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41086
USA v. Louis Joulevette
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41386
USA v. Priscilla Cadena
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50638
Wayne Manemann v. Nathan Garrett, et al
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50828
Carol Copeland v. U.S. Bank National Association
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51206
Jose Perez-Perez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60687
Donald Wilson, Sr. v. USA
Date: July 27, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30063
USA v. Raymond Rodriguez, Jr.
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 10-11169
Donald Newbury v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 10-70028
USA v. Manuel Duran-Munez
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10343
Mary Edelmann v. Joe Keffer
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11009
Nakia Harris v. Eric Holder, Jr., et al
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11011
USA v. Jazzmyne Dunlap
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11142
USA v. Jose Nino, Jr.
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20715
J. H. v. Fort Bend Independent Sch Dist
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20718
USA v. Louis Gonzalez-Bello
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20804
USA v. Thomas Blake
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31089
USA v. Glenn Metz
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31176
Stacy Conner v. TX Court of Criminal Appeals
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40945
USA v. Raquel Barrandey, et al
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50810
USA v. Ruben Guerrero
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51100
De-Mei Zhang v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60679
FTC v. National Business Consultants
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30026
USA v. Elijah Sam
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30144
USA v. Curtis Driver
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 12-50010
USA v. Roberto Sandoval
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20644
Ramiro Martinez v. Offshore Specialty Fabricators
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30518
United States v. Escalante-Reyes  
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40632

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of illegal re-entry. Defendant contended that the district court erred in considering his need for anger management courses in determining the length of his sentence. At issue in this case was…

USA v. William Kleinkauf
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40971
USA v. Robert Martinez
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51160
New Orleans Depot Servs., Inc. v. Dir., Office of Worker's Comp. Programs  
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60057

Justia Opinion Summary: Claimant was employed by New Orleans Depot Services, Inc. (NODSI) as a mechanic from 1996 until 2002. Prior to his employment with NODSI, Claimant was employed by New Orleans Marine Contractors (NOMC) for five months.…

USA v. Brenda Ford
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: 12-10178
Catholic Ldrshp Coaltn of TX, et al v. David Reism
Date: July 25, 2012
Docket Number: 12-50732
Westlake Petrochemicals, LLC v. United Polychem, Inc.  
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20634

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant United Polychem, Inc. (UPC) and Lynne Van Der Wall (collectively, Appellants) and Plaintiff Westlake Petrochemicals, LLC (Westlake) appealed different results of a jury trial. At the core of the trial was an…

United States v. Coney  
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30387

Justia Opinion Summary: The Government filed suit against Defendant, Barbara Coney, to reduce to judgment the tax liability owed by Barbara and her deceased husband, Curtis, for the tax years 1996-2001. The district court granted summary…

Petrohawk Props., L.P. v. Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P.  
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30576

Justia Opinion Summary: The Stockmans entered into an extension of their mineral lease with Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P. and received a $240,000 bonus. In May 2008, the Stockmans entered into a mineral lease with Petrohawk Properties, L.P. for a…

Martin v. Spring Break '83 Prods., LLC  
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30671

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants were employed as grips with Spring Break Louisiana (Employer) for the filming of Spring Break '83 (the movie). Throughout the filming period, Appellants were members of a union (Union), which entered into a…

United States v. Garcia  
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40742

Justia Opinion Summary: The Criminal Justice Act (CJA) creates a system for the appointment and payment of counsel for defendants unable to afford representation. At issue here was subsection (c), which concerns the ability of district courts…

USA v. Johnny Guerra
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40940
John Harris v. John Fox
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41061
USA v. Eugenia Ortiz-Pena
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41065
Steve Stapleton v. John Fox
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41399
United States v. Teuschler  
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50362

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Edward Teuschler pled guilty to distributing child pornography after he sent pornographic images to an undercover officer posing as a thirteen-year-old girl. The district court sentenced Defendant to 180 months…

USA v. G.B. Coleman, Jr.
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50998
USA v. Raymond Hoffman, Jr.
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51030
USA v. Jose Gonzalez-Martinez
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51150
Octavio Gonzalez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60627
Larry Butler v. Betty Williams
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 12-20152
USA v. Melvin Sykes
Date: July 24, 2012
Docket Number: 12-60084
USA v. Mario Sanchez-Baltazar
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10831
USA v. Corey Holmes
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11073
Jan Harris, et al v. Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20151
Chester Huff v. Richard Crites, et al
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40895
USA v. Samuel Acosta-Ruiz
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50444
Ronald Steves v. Carl Labella, et al
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50817
USA v. Alton Moore
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51197
Terry Keys v. N. Cain, et al
Date: July 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30072
Naiel Nassar v. UT Southwestern Health Sys
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10338
USA v. Hugo Ortiz
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20220
Pervasive Software, Inc. v. Lexware GMBH & Co. KG  
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50097

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, Pervasive Software Inc., a Delaware corporation having its principal office in Austin, Texas, sued Defendant, Lexware GmbH & Co. Kg, a corporation organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany,…

Jorge Cuellar Angel v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60839
USA v. Kelvin Spencer
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-10229
USA v. Jeffrey Lighten
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30019
Aurelio Arteta-Quezada v. USA
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 10-50218
Jesus Jaquez-Munoz v. USA, et al
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 10-50525
Isabel Martinez-Perez v. USA, et al
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 10-50598
Naiel Nassar v. UT Southwestern Health Sys
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10338
USA v. Robert Mielnicki, Jr.
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11069
USA v. Tonya Womack, et al
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20210
Dameware Dev., LLC v. Am. Gen. Life Ins. Co.  
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20218

Justia Opinion Summary: Dameware Development, LLC Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Trust bought several life insurance policies from American General Life Insurance Company. After Dameware was unable to obtain the tax benefits it hoped would…

Likens v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.  
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20653

Justia Opinion Summary: After coming home drunk, Wesley Vincent was found face-down in front of his house by his wife, Cheryl Likens. Vincent was taken to the hospital but eventually died. Likens tried to collect as the beneficiary of an…

Daniel Sanford v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40551
USA v. Harry Kelley
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40782
USA v. John Zimmerman
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41070
USA v. Jose Mondragon-Pineda
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41233
Henry Adams, Jr. v. Bank of America, et al
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41287
USA v. Julio Reyes-Gutierrez
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41318
USA v. Lues Cardenas
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41353
Steven Perez v. USA, et al
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41362
USA v. Maria Martinez
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41401
USA v. Reginald Adams
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51172
USA v. Philip Stone
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51251
USA v. Samuel Pineda
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40077
USA v. Rick Blankenship
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10805
Gallegos-Hernandez v. United States  
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 10-50943

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, an alien with a detainer placed against him, challenged the denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2241 petition seeking the benefit of drug-rehabilitation programs and halfway house placement. The district court dismissed…

USA v. Thomas Buehler
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10367
Paul Williams v. R. Tamez
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11043
USA v. Rick Blankenship
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11119
USA v. Demond Houston
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20015
USA v. Leonel Arce
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20714
Ramiro Bocanegra, Sr. v. Oliver Bell, et al
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20838
Clarence Arceneaux v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31020
USA v. Jose Mondragon-Pineda
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41233
Alonzo Seay, Jr. v. Kenneth Hutto, et al
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41259
Xia Lin v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60578
USA v. Broderick Davis
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60783
Theodore Lee v. Richland Parish Detention Ctr, et
Date: July 18, 2012
Docket Number: 12-30055
USA v. Jibreel Rashad
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10645
USA v. Alfredo Martinez
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-20829
Manning v. Epps  
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-70008

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted in Mississippi of capital murder. Petitioner later filed a petition for habeas relief in federal district court. While acknowledging that Petitioner's habeas petition was filed more than one year…

Willie Manning v. Christopher Epps, Commissioner
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 10-70010
McMurray v. ProCollect, Inc.  
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10291

Justia Opinion Summary: An individual owing a debt sued a debt collection agency. The suit alleged the agency's debt-collection letter violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. 1692, by contradicting and overshadowing the…

GuideOne Specialty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Missionary Church of Disciples of Jesus Christ  
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10894

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant was injured in a car accident. The other car in the accident was owned by Amanda Salgado, a superintendent of a church (the Church), and driven by Michael Meyer, a member of the Church. The accident occurred…

Toni Haynes v. Patrick Donahoe
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11099
Joseph Marshall v. Eric Holder, Jr., et al
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11145
Petrofac, Inc. v. DynMcDermott Petro. Operations Co.  
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20141

Justia Opinion Summary: DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Company (DM) subcontracted with Petrofac, Inc. to design and install a plant to serve the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the Department of Energy. DM and Petrofac agreed to resolve any…

United States v. Ortiz  
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20220

Justia Opinion Summary: The government filed a two-count indictment charging Defendant and three other co-defendants with interference with commerce by robbery and conspiracy to commit the same offense. Defendant moved to dismiss the charges…

USA v. Maribel Robles
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20496
Edith Villarrubia, et al v. Encompass Indemnity Co
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30638
Evelyn Bevis, et al v. City of New Orleans, et al
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30711
Dannie Hayward, Sr. v. Willie Douglas, et al
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30967
George Watson v. John Fox
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41017
USA v. William Acevedo
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41306
USA v. Jose Gutierrez
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50892
Ronald Morgan v. James Studensky
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51180
USA v. Rochelle Ervin
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51227
USA v. Andreo Salgado-Marin
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60683
USA v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10379
Frontera Eastern Georgia, Ltd. v. Arar, Incorporat
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20661
ACS Recovery Services, Inc., et al v. Larry Griffi
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40446
USA v. Luis Palomo
Date: July 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40542
USA v. Lester Henderson
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10274
USA v. Edgar Cofer, III
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11217
USA v. Peter Tran
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20382
Antonio Naylor v. Atlantic Sounding Company, Inc
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31129
Robert McClure v. J. Turner, et al
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40810
Joseph Di Ruzzo v. Joe Tabaracci, et al
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51143
Rosemary Wolfe v. Walter Rayford
Date: July 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60737
USA v. Miguel Garcia-Cabrera
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 10-11125
Gerardo Esquivel-Solis v. USA, et al
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10401
Bryan Arender v. Hunt County, Texas
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10474
USA v. Jose Lujan-Ruiz
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10477
Mick Haig Prods. E.K. v. Does 1-670  
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10977

Justia Opinion Summary: Evan Stone, counsel for Plaintiff, appealed sanctions imposed on him. The underlying case involved Plaintiff's lawsuit alleging copyright infringement against 670 persons who allegedly unlawfully downloaded Plaintiff's…

USA v. Terry Hargers
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11201
Juan Rojas v. Judith Roddam, et al
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41228
Raul Galaz v. Lisa Galaz
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50761
USA v. Selvin Rodriguez-Lopez
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50864
USA v. Ovispo Mateo-De Los Santos
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50917
USA v. Ovispo Mateo-De Los Santos
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50930
Pearl Johnson v. Earl Watkins, et al
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60261
Dayo v. Holder  
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60524

Justia Opinion Summary: Kingsley Dayo petitioned the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to review the denial by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against…

Zhen Yuan v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60570
USA v. Michael Giventer
Date: July 12, 2012
Docket Number: 12-20111
USA v. Eli Paniagua
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20097
USA v. Daniel Bustamante
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40944
Carlos Ayestas v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-70004
Kimberly McCarthy v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: 11-70019
USA v. Hipolito Balderas
Date: July 11, 2012
Docket Number: 12-40009
United States v. Rashad  
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10645

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Jibreel Rashad, the owner of a construction company, was convicted and sentenced for violating the Hobbs Act in a crude pay-to-play scheme practiced by Dallas, Texas officials against low-income housing…

James Rose v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 10-40982
USA v. Quawi Gates
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 10-60788
United States v. Olvera  
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10793

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted on one count of attempting to persuade, induce, or entice a child to engage in criminal sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422(b) and one count of receipt of child pornography. The…

Mark Kupstis v. Donald Davis, et al
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10910
Junial Douglas v. Smith International, Inc.
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20784
USA v. Julia Dawes
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40378
James Camp v. Jerrey Walraven, et al
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40826
USA v. Ramon Rojo
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51015
USA v. Elias Hernandez-Martinez
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51192
USA v. Elias Hernandez-Martinez
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51193
Veronica Munos-Banega v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 10, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60632
Calvin McNac v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 10-10701
USA v. Anthony Sherley
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10626
USA v. Jose Sanchez
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20788
Braylon Guidry, et al v. Georgia Gulf Lake Charles
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30561
USA v. Salvador Gonzalez-Hernandez
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30802
Sonya Turner, et al v. Larry Talbert
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31006
USA v. John Meneweather
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31074
United States v. Jarman  
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31217

Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this case was 18 U.S.C. 3509(m), which contains specific instructions that mandate government retention of child pornography evidence during criminal proceedings. Section 3509(m)'s retention mandate that…

USA v. Emily Tovar
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40541
USA v. Ruperto Valle-Porcallo
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41053
USA v. Ruperto Valle-Porcallo
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41054
Job Andrade v. Odessa Police Department, et al
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50620
USA v. Javier Montanez
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50745
USA v. Jose Everardo-Abrego
Date: July 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51103
United States v. Kebodeaux  
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 08-51185

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a federal sex offender, was convicted under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of failing to update his change of address when he moved intrastate. A panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal…

USA v. Randel Mason
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 10-31240
USA v. James Reese, Jr.
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20817
Pat Terry v. James LeBlanc, et al
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30864
USA v. Juan Cavazos
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41011
Song Lin v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60667
Ramiro Ibarra v. Rick Thaler, Director
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-70031
USA v. Franklin Garcia
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10287
USA v. Charles Wegmann, III
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30531
USA v. Wilber Fuentes-Ventura
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31101
USA v. Brian Andrews
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41052
USA v. Jeremias Hernandez, et al
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50188
USA v. Antonio Sanchez
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50609
USA v. Malaquias Flores-Lucas
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50943
USA v. Julio Herrera-Delgado
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51003
USA v. William Zellmar
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51085
John Wooley, et al v. Dennis Faulkner, et al
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51108
Benny Falcon v. Tyler Holly
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-10758
Jerry Thompson v. Eric Holder, Jr., et al
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11039
Matias Maciel v. City of Fort Worth Drug Task, et
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11084
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Matthew Lange, e
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-20396
USA v. Brandon Banks
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30484
James Neal v. Nabors Drilling USA, L.P.
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30861
USA v. Warrick Castille
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-31085
USA v. Francisco Meza-Rojas
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40015
USA v. Crystal Parker
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40621
USA v. Robby Hawkins
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40710
USA v. Jerrod Gardenhire, et al
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50123
USA v. Alfredo Jimenez
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50566
USA v. Ernesto Gomez
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50973
USA v. Carlos Barahona-Hernandez
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51080
USA v. Charlie Brown
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51259
Michael Owenga v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60480
Ian Morrison v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60605
Uwe Taylor v. Michael Astrue, Commissioner
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-11085
George Stennett v. Premier Rehabilitation Hosp, et
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-30271
USA v. Yarez Sala
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40579
USA v. Rayford Leach
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-40614
USA v. Benigno Ayala-Juarez
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41103
USA v. Jorge Galvan-Hernandez
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-41275
USA v. Andre Lewis
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-50678
USA v. Jose Palomo-Delgadillo
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51060
Christopher Emerson v. Rissie Owens
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-51220
Ayton v. Holder  
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60131

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner pled guilty to the charge of conspiring to possess cocaine with intent to distribute. He was not informed that his conviction made him eligible for deportation. Later, an immigration judge conducted a hearing…

Israel Aldape-Garcia v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-60724

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