Johnson v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al.
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number:
12-31011
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a products liability suit against generic and brand-name manufacturers of the prescription drug metoclopramide, alleging that her long-term use of generic metoclopramide caused her to develop tardive…
USA v. David Meals, Jr.
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10855
USA v. George Pickens
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11062
Nancy Royal v. John Spragins, et al
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11143
USA v. Luis Rojas
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11148
Darrell Hall v. Ana Sanchez, et al
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20450
Fidel DeLeon v. General Insulation, Inc.
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30933
Prentis Wilson v. Exxon Mobil Corporation
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30985
USA v. Salvador Gonzalez-Hernandez
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41118
USA v. Hipolito Mejia-Escobar
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50909
USA v. Federico Chavira-Soto
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-51196
Gwendolyn Green v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: July 11, 2014
Docket Number:
14-10254
USA v. Victor Esquivel
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
11-50907
USA v. Efrain Portillo-Caballero
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
12-41354
USA v. Julio Rodriguez
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
12-50824
USA v. Elmer Spencer
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10555
USA v. Ivan Carvajal
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20087
USA v. Felix Lagos
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20183
USA v. Quirino Perez-Martinez
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20520
Timothy Oliver v. Billy, et al
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30867
USA v. Francisco Madrigal
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40730
USA v. Alberto Mejorado
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41091
USA v. Acension Garcia-Lopez
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41189
USA v. Mario Rodriguez-Martinez
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50742
Vahe Harutyunyan v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60551
USA v. Noel Sumrall
Date: July 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60556
USA v. Suriel Maldonado-Amador
Date: July 9, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10755
USA v. Samuel Bonner
Date: July 9, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20550
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of TX v. United States, et al.
Date: July 9, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40644
Justia Opinion Summary: The Tribe filed suit against the United States and others alleging, inter alia, violations of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 500 et seq., and federal common law. The Tribe claimed that the Government…
USA v. Carmen Alonzo
Date: July 9, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40777
USA v. Ruben Castelan-Jaimes
Date: July 9, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50794
USA v. Francisco Gutierrez-Garcia
Date: July 9, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50848
Tewari De-Ox Systems, Inc. v. Mountain States/Rosen, L.L.C.
Date: July 9, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50956
Justia Opinion Summary: Tewari, a Texas corporation with its principal place of business in Texas, appealed the district court's denial of its motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. MTSR is a limited liability company with two members: a…
USA v. Ryan Marvin
Date: July 9, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50973
Tracie Jackson, et al v. NAACP, et al
Date: July 9, 2014
Docket Number:
14-20010
USA v. Diamond Moody
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10707
USA v. Alex Mendoza-Cano
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11064
Paul Humphrey v. William Stephens, Director
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20280
Dieter Finch v. Univ of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20666
Mary Bell v. Bell Family Trust
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31219
USA v. Marcos Torales-Sanchez
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40295
USA v. Alvaro Mejia-Aguilar
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40472
USA v. Nicolas Almanza Rosas
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41119
USA v. Cong Pham
Date: July 8, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50922
USA v. John Mosely
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number:
12-30640
Douglas v. Trustmark National Bank
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number:
12-60877
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff briefly had a checking account with Union Planters Bank and had signed a signature card binding her to arbitration. Union Planters merged with Regions Bank. Years after closing her account, plaintiff was…
USA v. Andrew Siebert
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11015
USA v. Odis Jackson
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20740
USA v. Marcus Carey
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31126
USA v. Melvin Rodriguez
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40752
Shupe v. Cisco Systems, Inc., et al.
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40807
Justia Opinion Summary: Relator filed a qui tam action on behalf of the United States alleging that defendant telecommunication companies violated the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729, while bidding for and being awarded contracts to…
USA v. Andres Gonzalez
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41079
Viegelahn v. Harris, III
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50374
Justia Opinion Summary: Debtor filed a bankruptcy petition under Chapter 13, made regular payments from his wages to the trustee under a confirmed Chapter 13 plan, and eventually converted his case to Chapter 7. At issue was whether the…
USA v. Demetrius Woods
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number:
14-30206
USA v. Eugenio Villa
Date: July 7, 2014
Docket Number:
14-50022
Luminant Generation Co., L.L.C, et al. v. EPA, et al.
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Numbers:
12-60694, 13-60538
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners, owners of two power plants, challenged the legal sufficiency of the notice of violation issued by the EPA under Section 7413(a) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(a). The EPA filed a second, amended notice…
Frederick Opiyo v. Timothy Musgrave, et al
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11259
Rawan Alaswad, et al v. Jeh Johnson, et al
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20411
USA v. Edwin Martinez-Lopez
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40725
USA v. Jose Salazar-Medina
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50071
Orozco v. Plackis
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50632
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a former employee of a franchise of Craig O's Pizza, filed suit against defendant, the founder of Craig O's, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201. The court held that plaintiff failed to…
Donald Pugh, et al v. Mike Byrd, et al
Date: July 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60852
Trinity Industries, Inc. v. United States
Date: July 2, 2014
Docket Number:
12-11012
Justia Opinion Summary: Trinity, a designer and builder of vessels, appealed the district court's holding that the tax due Trinity was $135,787.60 for 1994 and $0 for 1995. The court vacated the district court's holding as to the consistency…
Al Rushaid, et al. v. National Oilwell Varco, Inc., et al.
Date: July 2, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20159
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against defendants over a dispute regarding various, separate contracts between ARPD and individual defendants. On appeal, defendants challenged the district court's denial of a motion to compel…
USA v. Joseph Smith
Date: July 2, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31069
United States v. Gonzalez-Medina
Date: July 2, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40927
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for failure to register as a sex offender, contending that he was not required to register because his Wisconsin conviction for having sexual intercourse with a child age sixteen or…
USA v. Hussein Yassine, et al
Date: July 2, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50069
USA v. David Sanchez
Date: July 2, 2014
Docket Number:
13-51031
National Liability & Fire Ins. Co. v. R & R Marine, Inc., et al.
Date: July 1, 2014
Docket Number:
10-20767
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose out of the sinking of a vessel owned by Hornbeck while at R&R's shipyard for repairs. R&R's liability insurer, National, filed suit to disclaim liability under its policy. Hornbeck counterclaimed. The…
Latrina Thomas v. City of Winnfield
Date: July 1, 2014
Docket Number:
12-30527
Meadaa, et al. v. K.A.P. Enterprises, L.L.C., et al.
Date: July 1, 2014
Docket Number:
12-30918
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants appealed the grant of partial summary judgment in favor of seven investors. The court concluded that it had jurisdiction to review all of the orders listed in defendants' notice of appeal; the district court…
Mijkia Whittaker v. Rodney Chandler
Date: July 1, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11280
Fredrick Greer v. Burl Cain, Warden, et al
Date: July 1, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31282
Garcia v. Holder, Jr.
Date: July 1, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60381
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitioned for review of the BIA's dismissal of his appeal from the IJ's denial of his application for statutory withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture…
William Eckles, Jr. v. Rodney Chandler
Date: July 1, 2014
Docket Number:
14-10184
Hernandez, et al. v. United States, et al.
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Numbers:
11-50792, 12-50217, 12-50301
Justia Opinion Summary: U.S. Border Patrol Agent Mesa, standing in the United States, shot and killed Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca, a fifteen-year-old Mexican citizen, standing in Mexico. Hernandez's family filed suit against the United…
USA v. Jesus Ruiz-Sanchez
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number:
12-40199
Garcia v. Holder, Jr.
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number:
12-60490
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Mexico and a lawful permanent resident of the United States, appealed the IJ's determination that he was ineligible to apply for cancellation of removal to the BIA. The BIA dismissed…
USA v. Arturo Catalan-Nava
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10441
USA v. Jakari Daniels
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10495
Matthew Davison v. Rodney Chandler
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11326
African Methodist Episcopal Church v. Lucien, Jr., et al.
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30617
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal concerns a dispute over church property between a dissident local congregation (Saint James) and the national church (AME) with which it had been affiliated for many decades. The court held that the district…
USA v. Anthony Giaimis
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30865
Resa Latiolais v. Bradley Griffith, et al
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30972
The Aransas Project v. Shaw, et al.
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40317
Justia Opinion Summary: TAP filed suit against TCEQ under the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., seeking an injunction prohibiting TCEQ from issuing new permits to withdraw water from rivers that feed the estuary where whooping…
United States v. Ramos-Delgado
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Numbers:
13-40367, 13-40394
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants appealed their sentences after pleading guilty to various counts related to the transportation of illegal aliens. The court concluded that the district court did not err in applying a ten-level enhancement…
USA v. Wilson Salgado-Flores
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40394
Curtis Sheppard v. D. Dewberry, et al
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41321
USA v. Kevin Greenwood
Date: June 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-51038
Crownover, et al. v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co.
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number:
11-10166
Justia Opinion Summary: In this diversity case, the court considered whether Mid-Continent was obligated under Texas law to pay for damage caused by one of its insureds, Arrow, when Arrow failed to promptly correct work in the home that it had…
USA v. Eleazar Flores
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number:
12-20226
United States v. Escobedo
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number:
12-40205
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for conspiracy to transport an alien within the United States for private gain. Defendant contended that the district court erroneously allowed the government to introduce at trial…
Carl Terry v. BP Amoco Chemical Co
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number:
12-40913
Edward Talone, et al v. Anloc, L.L.C.
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20273
United States v. Rainey
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30770
Justia Opinion Summary: This criminal prosecution stemmed from BP's response to the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in April 2010. Defendant, BP's former Vice President of Exploration for the Gulf of Mexico, contended that he…
Noe Montoya-Gonzalez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60580
Garcia v. Stephens
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number:
13-70034
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a death row inmate, appealed the denial of federal habeas relief on his intellectual disability and ineffective assistance of counsel claims. Petitioner contended that he was entitled to a certificate of…
Mays v. Stephens
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number:
13-70037
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of murder and sentenced to death, appealed the denial of his federal habeas petition. The court denied petitioner a certificate of appealability (COA) in regards to petitioner's ineffective…
Terry James v. David Godbey, et al
Date: June 27, 2014
Docket Number:
14-10216
United States v. Mackay
Date: June 26, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10521
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possession with intent to distribute and to possession with intent to distribute marijuana - not cocaine. The cover sheet of his presentence report (PSR)…
USA v. Roderick Lyons
Date: June 26, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11159
Dennis Davis v. Lanette Lithicum, et al
Date: June 26, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20427
USA v. Courtney Powell
Date: June 26, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50182
USA v. Anthony Kizzee
Date: June 26, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60199
Jose Hernandez-Mendez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 26, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60654
Delmar Shelby v. Andera Dupree, et al
Date: June 26, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60748
Andrew Tillman v. Country Credit, L.L.C.
Date: June 26, 2014
Docket Number:
14-60056
Jordan v. Epps
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number:
10-70030
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the district court's denial of a certificate of appealability (COA) for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. 2254. Even assuming arguendo that petitioner had raised a presumption of vindictiveness…
United States v. Rodriguez-Lopez
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Numbers:
12-41177, 13-40559
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Rodriquez-Lopez and Barron appealed their convictions and sentences for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Defendants raised a number of issues on appeal. The court concluded that a rational jury could…
USA v. Bernard Dolenz
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11185
USA v. Ben Echols
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20238
Dexter Rhines v. Salinas Const Technologies
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40473
USA v. Luis Barron
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40559
Lisa Kramer v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Date: June 25, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50920
Thomas, et al. v. St. Martin Parish
Date: June 24, 2014
Docket Number:
12-30850
Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerns the district court's decision to revisit a school desegregation case in which the last order prior to 2009 was entered in 1974. The school board appealed the dismissal of its motion to dismiss the…
Partain, et al. v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co.
Date: June 24, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20099
Justia Opinion Summary: The Insureds filed suit against Mid-Continent alleging that it failed in its obligation to defend them when it refused to pay the fees of the Insureds' chosen attorney who represented them in an underlying lawsuit…
USA v. Eric Moss
Date: June 24, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40260
USA v. Mark Castillo
Date: June 24, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50245
Paul Gonzalez v. Brian Maneevese, et al
Date: June 24, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50673
USA v. Carlos Ortega
Date: June 24, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50825
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. v. 804 Congress, L.L.C.
Date: June 23, 2014
Docket Numbers:
12-50382, 12-50392, 12-50425
Justia Opinion Summary: The principal issue in this case was whether, after an automatic stay in bankruptcy has been lifted and a creditor was permitted to foreclose on real property, federal or state law governed an oversecured creditor's…
Greta Goldsby v. 804 Congress, L.L.C.
Date: June 23, 2014
Docket Number:
12-50425
Central States, SE and SW Areas Health and Welfare Fund v. Health Special Risk, Inc., et al
Date: June 23, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10705
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a large Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., provider, sought a declaration that defendants, three independent, non-ERISA insurance providers, were bound by the terms of the…
Indemnity Ins. Co., et al. v. W & T Offshore, Inc.
Date: June 23, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20512
Justia Opinion Summary: Anticipating that W&T, an energy exploration and development company, would seek recovery for its Removal of Debris (ROD) expenses as a result of Hurricane Ike under its Umbrella Policies, Underwriters sought a…
Smith, et al. v. Regional Transit Auth., et al.
Date: June 23, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30647
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit claiming denial of medical insurance, Medicare premiums, and deductible reimbursements. The district court held that the pension plan benefit plan was a "governmental plan" exempt from the Employee…
Tammy Gatte, et al v. Judy Dohm, et al
Date: June 23, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31033
USA v. Carl Campbell
Date: June 23, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31092
USA v. Domingio Tax-Garcia
Date: June 23, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40124
United States v. Anderson
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number:
12-10979
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of aiding and abetting bank robbery. On appeal, defendant challenged his conviction, sentence, and various rulings by the district court. The court concluded that the district court did not err by…
Moore, et al. v. Ford Motor Co.
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Numbers:
13-40761, 13-40774
Justia Opinion Summary: Pursuant to protective orders entered ten years ago, Ford produced a number of Volvo documents that it designated as confidential. After objecting to the confidential status of these documents, plaintiffs distributed and…
USA v. Jose Garcia-Limon
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50415
USA v. Jose Siguil-Vasquez
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number:
13-51194
Zhi Li v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 20, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60478
Camsoft Data Sys., Inc. v. Southern Electronics Supply, et al.
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
12-31013
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court's remand to state court. Plaintiff moved to dismiss the case. At issue was whether the district court has jurisdiction over an inventorship dispute where the contested patent has not…
USA v. Kevin Calmes, et al
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
12-31227
USA v. Carmen Boche-Perez
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
12-40141
USA v. Kwaesi Collins
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10074
USA v. William Hackler
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10220
USA v. Rodney Tydus, Jr.
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30072
Lee Lucas v. Burl Cain, et al
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30989
USA v. Alex Interiano-Zavala
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50898
USA v. Trinidad Leonel-Jimenez
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50918
USA v. Luis Balbuena-Flores
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50928
USA v. Rogelio Valencia-Arroyo
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50960
Munoz v. Holder, Jr.
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60037
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native of Mexico and a lawful permanent resident, sought review of the BIA's order finding her inadmissible for having committed a crime involving moral turpitude and thus ineligible for cancellation of…
Adiam Hebtemariam v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60275
Milat v. Holder, Jr.
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60362
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a national of Eritrea, requested asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Petitioner claimed that he fled Eritrea to escape an assignment within the country's…
USA v. Mack Bowens
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60398
David Martindale v. Rodney Chandler
Date: June 19, 2014
Docket Number:
14-10056
USA v. Xavier Degollado
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number:
12-40469
Morlock, L.L.C. v. Bank of America, N.A.
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20603
Rogers v. Bromac Title Services, L.L.C., et al.
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31097
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of her former employer, Bromac, dismissing her claims under the Jury System Improvement Act (JSIA), 28 U.S.C. 1875. The court rejected…
USA v. Jose Garay-Acevedo
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41072
Chen Zhang v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 18, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60550
Robert Tolan, et al v. Jeffrey Cotton, et al
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
12-20296
United States v. Boche-Perez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
12-40141
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to knowing possession of child pornography but reserved the right to appeal the denial of a motion to suppress a series of confessions given to border patrol agents. The court held that when…
USA v. Octavio Carranco-Rivera
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
12-40624
USA v. Elida Villegas
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
12-50819
USA v. Hosie Tucker
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10114
USA v. Jaime Hernandez-Avalos
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10366
USA v. Brian Watkins
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10405
USA v. Kendrick Chapple
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10424
USA v. Antonio Scott
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10597
USA v. Markus Garza
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10687
USA v. Donald Pryor
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10718
USA v. Jason Estep
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10739
USA v. Christopher Harlan
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10777
USA v. Michael McMeekin
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10846
USA v. Derrick Johnson
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10860
USA v. David Meals, Jr.
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10862
USA v. Brian Frazier
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10981
USA v. Robert Argueta-Lopez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10982
USA v. Justice Arguello
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10988
USA v. Berton Payne
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10989
USA v. Victor Williams
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11006
USA v. Sergio Picasso-Nieto
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11031
USA v. Maria Vasquez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11039
USA v. Jacob Albarado
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11055
USA v. Miguel Garcia-Martinez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11065
USA v. Jose Picazo-Pineda
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20031
USA v. Ismael Melgoza-Arredondo
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20339
USA v. Felix Cuevas-Hernandez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20509
USA v. Franco Echavarria
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20539
USA v. Edwin Aguilar
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20545
USA v. Martin Rivas Medina
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20551
USA v. Giovanni Deleon
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20574
USA v. Jose Castillo-Hernandez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20580
USA v. Orlando Abad-Lopez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20593
USA v. Edgar Garcia
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20604
USA v. Young Anyanwu
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30182
USA v. Dante Carson
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30774
USA v. Jose Lopez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30809
USA v. Joseph Toussaint
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31206
USA v. Jose Martinez DeLeon
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31238
USA v. Milton Hernandez-Gonzalez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40179
USA v. Edgar Rodriguez-Balvaneda
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40546
USA v. Kenneth Fries
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40583
USA v. Ismael Garcia-Garcia
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40630
USA v. Guillermo Arenas-Casanova
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40666
USA v. Eduardo Hinojosa-Munoz
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40678
USA v. Luis Gomez-Perez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40691
USA v. Fernando Mora-Robledo
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40707
USA v. David Dominguez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40753
USA v. Jose Martinez-Mazariego
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40781
USA v. Juan Vallejo
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40845
USA v. Juan Hernandez-Contreras
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40847
USA v. Alejandro Perez-Gonzalez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40871
USA v. Julio Salazar-Martinez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40875
USA v. Sergio Vasquez-Rivera
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40894
USA v. Felipe Rios-Herrera
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40898
USA v. Jose Alaniz-Uribe
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40914
USA v. Imer Rosales-Hernandez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40928
USA v. Meliton Ruiz
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40934
USA v. Reyes Caraballo, Jr.
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40948
USA v. Victor De Leon-Cervantes
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40953
USA v. Arturo Garcia, Jr.
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40956
USA v. Albino Ocampo-Abarca
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40959
USA v. Hector Lazo
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40968
USA v. Isidro Maldonado-Granados
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40972
USA v. Juan Robinson-Jesus
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40985
USA v. Arturo Salinas-Morin
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41000
USA v. Luis Soriano-Garcia
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41032
USA v. Julio Chavez-Mendez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41035
USA v. Manuel Pruneda
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41044
USA v. Angel Diaz-Henriquez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41046
USA v. Ramon Checo-Rodriguez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41059
USA v. David Guerra-Sanchez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41061
USA v. Rumaldo Guajardo-Rodriguez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41074
USA v. Alverto Gonzalez-Robles
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41140
USA v. Rigoberto Figueroa-Benitez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41151
USA v. Francis Percel-Guillen
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41220
USA v. Juvenal Garza-Munoz
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41236
USA v. Jose Mora-Perez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41242
USA v. Jorge Iglesias-Vasquez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41287
USA v. Veronica Ramirez-Diaz
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41340
USA v. David Duran
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50236
National Fire Insurance Co. v. Hector Giron
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50271
USA v. Robert Bahena, Jr.
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50366
USA v. David Lopez, Sr.
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50373
USA v. Hilario Brito-Raymundo
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50509
USA v. John Lavota, Jr.
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50658
USA v. David Vasquez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50776
USA v. Richard Gonzales
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50780
USA v. Kelvin Rojas-Alcantara
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50805
USA v. Luis Rodriguez
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50820
Mary Rust v. Bank of America, N.A.
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50961
Shaoling Chen v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60485
Jose Navarro-Hernandez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 17, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60714
USA v. Randy White
Date: June 16, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11125
USA v. Juan Rios-Garcia
Date: June 16, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20313
United States v. Blevins
Date: June 16, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30090
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed her conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of a weapon in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court concluded…
Jesse Ramirez v. Cotrette, et al
Date: June 16, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30297
USA v. William Jewell
Date: June 16, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30687
USA v. Pal Sat
Date: June 16, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31056
USA v. Ruben De La Garza-Gutierrez
Date: June 16, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40865
USA v. Manuel Ramirez-Jimenez
Date: June 16, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50378
Davoodi v. Austin Indep. Sch. Dist.
Date: June 16, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50824
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against his former employer, the school district, asserting claims of national origin discrimination, retaliation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. On appeal, plaintiff challenged…
USA v. Faustino Dominguez-Amador
Date: June 16, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50932
Angela Mulu v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 16, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60593
Allen, et al. v. Coil Tubing Services, L.L.C., et al.
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number:
12-20194
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against their employer, CTS, alleging that they worked more than forty hours a week and that CTS wrongfully denied them overtime pay in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C.…
United States v. Phea
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number:
12-51031
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence for causing a person under the age of 18 to engage in a commercial sex act, and aiding and abetting the promotion of prostitution. The court concluded that there was…
USA v. Robert Mayne
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10677
USA v. Lovo Graves
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10692
Joseph Oguntodu v. Tony Pate, et al
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11096
United States v. Richards, et al.
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20265
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants were charged with, inter alia, four counts of creating and one count of distributing animal crush videos. On appeal, the government challenged the district court's dismissal of counts one through five.…
USA v. Maynor Orellana
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20577
USA v. Marbis Diaz-Espinoza
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40805
USA v. Jesus Avalos-Nunez
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50628
USA v. Jorge Ramirez
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50683
USA v. Jose Nunez-Palacios
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50774
Brandon Lavergne v. Brook Broussard
Date: June 13, 2014
Docket Number:
14-30308
USA v. Tommy Daniel
Date: June 12, 2014
Docket Number:
11-10050
United States v. Jones
Date: June 12, 2014
Docket Number:
12-40877
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence for being a felon unlawfully in possession of a firearm. The district court concluded that defendant's prior federal conviction for escaping from the custody of the BOP by leaving a…
Lea, et al. v. Buy Direct, L.L.C.
Date: June 12, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20281
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit seeking statutory damages under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), 15 U.S.C. 1640(a)(2)(A), claiming that Buy Direct (dba Direct Buy) failed to provide the dates that payments would be due on an…
Deren Smith v. Basic Marine Services, Inc.
Date: June 12, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31159
United States v. Garcia-Figueroa
Date: June 12, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40114
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence for conspiracy to bring illegal aliens into the United States, bringing illegal aliens into the United States, and being unlawfully present in the United States following a prior…
Alex Vergara-Maldonado v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 12, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60516
Simba Nyika v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 12, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60671
George Dulin v. Board of Commissioners
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number:
12-60961
Andrew Siebert v. Rodney Chandler
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10604
Shalinder Gupta v. Patrick Donahoe
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20553
United States v. Medeles-Cab
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40374
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed her conviction for possessing with the intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. The court affirmed the district court's judgment because the evidence at issue did not amount to an…
Mandel Stoker v. Stemco, L.P.
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40540
USA v. Gavino Garcia-Rivas
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41130
USA v. Nemicio Ramon
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50065
USA v. Joel Gonzalez-Ruiz
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50813
Green, et al. v. Life Ins Co. of N. America
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60049
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of LINA upholding LINA's denial of life insurance benefits to plaintiffs, beneficiaries of two policies. The court concluded that LINA properly…
Whitehouse Hotel Ltd. Prtnshp., et al. v. CIR
Date: June 11, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60131
Justia Opinion Summary: Whitehouse appealed a second time from a ruling of the Tax Court disallowing a significant portion of a tax deduction claimed for a historic conservation easement. The easement burdened the Maison Blanche building in New…
USA v. Michael Wright
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
09-31215
In Re: Amy Unknown
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
09-41238
USA v. Doyle Paroline
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
09-41254
USA v. Angel Garcia
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
12-41091
GE Capital Commercial, Inc., et al. v. Wright & Wright, Inc.
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10171
Justia Opinion Summary: GE Plaintiffs filed suit against Worthington under the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (TUFTA), Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code 24.009(a), seeking to void transfers that Worthington received from the GE Plaintiffs'…
USA v. Larry Lake
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10780
USA v. Gaspar Fortuna-Figueroa
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10986
USA v. Jermaine Irvin
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11011
USA v. Raul Sanchez-Perez
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11228
Edward Sanchez v. Rodney Chandler, Warden
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11318
Buddy Trahan v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20717
Tetra Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Vertex Services, L.L.C.
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30516
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arose from an insurance coverage dispute concerning an industrial accident that occurred on a decommissioned platform in the Outer Continental Shelf. The key issue on appeal was whether the district court…
USA v. Samuel Castillo-Ramirez
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40098
USA v. Sergio Torres-Torres
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40174
USA v. Jose Garza, II
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40842
USA v. Octavio Manzanares-Puente
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50563
USA v. Octavio Manzanares-Puente
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50565
USA v. Harris Yarbrough, III
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50572
Cox, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60454
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and her husband filed suit against Wal-Mart after she fell while entering through an automatic sliding door at a Wal-Mart store and sustained injuries. At issue on appeal was whether the district court erred…
Martha Valdez-Gomez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60610
Jonas Malm v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 10, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60781
Callou Corporation v. 3600 Alvar, L.L.C.
Date: June 9, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31133
United States v. Elizondo-Hernandez
Date: June 9, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40887
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty of being illegally present in the United States after removal. The court affirmed the district court's application of a sixteen-level crime-of-violence enhancement…
Raul Rojo Calderon v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 9, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60486
Brandon Lavergne v. Claire Higgingbottom
Date: June 9, 2014
Docket Number:
14-30225
Bluebonnet Hotel Ventures v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30827
Justia Opinion Summary: Bluebonnet appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment for Wells Fargo on Bluebonnet's claim for rescission of contract. The court concluded that Bluebonnet has not demonstrated a genuine factual issue as to…
United States v. Davis
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40612
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant challenged his conviction and sentence for passing an altered obligation of the United States with intent to defraud. Defendant attempted to pass a forged $100 bill at a Dollar Tree. The court concluded that…
USA v. Juan Solis-Venegas
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40701
USA v. Nicolas Alanis-Soto
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40920
USA v. Librado Liendo-Saucedo
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50258
USA v. Librado Liendo-Saucedo
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50259
USA v. Charles Branch
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50603
USA v. Leticia Bretz
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50668
USA v. Antonio Martinez-Alonzo
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50764
USA v. Jose Sanchez
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50766
Contreras v. Holder, Jr.
Date: June 6, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60407
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was denied special rule cancellation of removal under section 203 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA), Pub. L. No. 105-100, 203(a)(1), 111 Stat. 2160, 2196, because the BIA…
Mohammad Alim v. KBR, Incorporated
Date: June 5, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11094
USA v. Michael Sonnier
Date: June 5, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31216
USA v. Ezequiel Lopez-Hernandez
Date: June 5, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40727
Scott Minnick v. Britney Lane, et al
Date: June 5, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50839
In Re: Deepwater Horizon
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number:
12-30883
Justia Opinion Summary: BP and Andarko appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the the government on the question of their liability for civil penalties under 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(A). Section 1321(b)(7)(A) imposes…
USA v. Cristian Enriquez-Facio
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number:
12-50640
USA v. Lishon Hudson
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10339
USA v. Kendrick Fulton
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10693
USA v. Robert Hart, III
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30583
USA v. Fernando Sanchez Cortes
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40370
USA v. Bibian Garcia-Montejo
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40737
USA v. Manuel Carbajal
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40835
Janice Johnson v. JP Morgan Chase Bank
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number:
13-41015
USA v. Raymundo Trillo-Garfio
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50758
USA v. Silviano Tinoco Nieto, et al
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60059
USA v. Ryan Hearn
Date: June 4, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60448
Bubba Williams v. J. Martin, et al
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
12-20829
United States v. Curtis
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
12-30819
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant filed a motion to vacate his conviction for concealment of bankruptcy estate assets valued at more than $942,000 under 28 U.S.C 2255, arguing that his court-appointed counsel rendered ineffective assistance.…
USA v. John Guadarrama
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
12-50709
USA v. John Guadarrama
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
12-50725
David Wilson v. Gerald Birnberg, et al
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20165
USA v. Andre McDaniels
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20376
USA v. Ezequiel Lopez-Hernandez
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40727
USA v. Hector DeLeon-Ajiataz
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40814
USA v. Juan Flores
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50837
USA v. Antonio Monjaras-Negrete
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50871
USA v. Jedbal Quintanilla-Sagastizado
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-51171
Zhong Yang v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60519
Brandon Lavergne v. Mac Sanford, et al
Date: June 3, 2014
Docket Number:
14-30231
Sealed Appellee 1 v. Sealed Appellant 1
Date: June 2, 2014
Docket Number:
12-10153
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant challenged her commitment to a mental health treatment facility within the federal prison system under 18 U.S.C. 4245. The court concluded that the Government's petition for a commitment hearing was authorized…
USA v. Ricky Keele
Date: June 2, 2014
Docket Number:
12-10551
USA v. Moses Coppin, et al
Date: June 2, 2014
Docket Number:
12-10586
In re: Jewell Allen, et al.
Date: June 2, 2014
Docket Number:
12-40954
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus directing the district court to give them "crime victim" status under the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA), 18 U.S.C. 3771. The court concluded that petitioners have a right to file…
United States v. McLauling
Date: June 2, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20350
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to being found unlawfully present in the United States after deportation following conviction of a felony offense in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326(a), and being an alien…
Kagan, et al. v. City of New Orleans
Date: June 2, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30801
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, tour guides, filed suit challenging the City's requirement that those conducting tours for hire in the city have a tour guide license. Plaintiffs claimed that the City's requirement violated their First…
S. Davis, Sr. v. USA
Date: June 2, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31057
USA v. Abdel Muhammad
Date: May 30, 2014
Docket Number:
12-30231
USA v. Jose Ramirez-Mata
Date: May 30, 2014
Docket Number:
12-41202
USA v. Jose Pena-Medrano
Date: May 30, 2014
Docket Number:
12-41221
USA v. Benito Lopez
Date: May 30, 2014
Docket Number:
12-41271
USA v. Samuel Ramirez-Valenzuela
Date: May 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10813
USA v. Sandra Thompson
Date: May 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30279
USA v. Lonnie Poydras
Date: May 30, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30762
USA v. Eleazar Flores
Date: May 29, 2014
Docket Number:
12-20226
Aspen Technology, Inc. v. Tekin Kunt
Date: May 29, 2014
Docket Number:
12-20388
USA v. Joel Jimenez-Ramirez
Date: May 29, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40497
Jose Gonzales v. William Stephens, Director
Date: May 29, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40545
Edwin Schneider v. Jim Kaelin, et al
Date: May 29, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40557
USA v. Cedrick Fowler
Date: May 29, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40792
USA v. Trevor Boutte
Date: May 29, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40848
USA v. Alejandro Munoz
Date: May 29, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50650
United States v. Hill
Date: May 29, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60095
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence for possessing a firearm and ammunition after having been convicted of a felony. The court concluded that the totality of the circumstances - including defendant's brisk…
USA v. Ransel Pryor
Date: May 29, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60529
Brandon Lavergne v. Claire Higgingbottom
Date: May 29, 2014
Docket Number:
14-30225
United States v. Conde-Castaneda
Date: May 28, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10590
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence for illegal reentry. The court held that defendant's previous conviction in Texas state court for burglary was a predicate offense constituting a "burglary of a dwelling" under the…
USA v. Jesus Lopez
Date: May 28, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10709
Gorman v. Verizon Wireless Texas, L.L.C., et al.
Date: May 28, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20562
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit in state court against Verizon, alleging that Verizon discharged her in retaliation for complaining of discrimination and harassment pursuant to Texas law. Verizon moved to federal court based on…
USA v. Danny Bradham, Sr.
Date: May 28, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30855
John Jones v. Chad Menzina, et al
Date: May 28, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31225
Melvin Schield v. James Brawner, et al
Date: May 28, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40619
USA v. Hector Peralta-Mejia
Date: May 28, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40627
Williams, Sr., et al. v. Placid Oil Co.
Date: May 27, 2014
Docket Number:
12-11120
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant and his children brought tort claims against Placid in connection with the allegedly asbestos-related illness and death of his wife. On appeal, appellants challenged the district court's affirmance of the…
USA v. Valente Alaniz, III
Date: May 27, 2014
Docket Number:
12-41410
USA v. Wayne Turner
Date: May 27, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10205
USA v. Bobby Teets
Date: May 27, 2014
Docket Number:
13-20461
USA v. Edgar Branch
Date: May 27, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30359
USA v. Seyba Diallo
Date: May 27, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30886
Tracy Mitchell v. Union Tank Car, L.L.C.
Date: May 27, 2014
Docket Number:
13-31142
USA v. Rodolfo Molina-Borrayo
Date: May 27, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40629
McKay, et al v. Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp.
Date: May 27, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50404
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against Novartis in the Western District of Texas, then the case was transferred by the Judicial Panel on MDL to the Middle District of Tennessee. Plaintiffs' compliant alleged, inter alia, that…
Blanca Ruiz v. Patrick Donahoe
Date: May 23, 2014
Docket Number:
12-11008
Clarence Brown v. Allison Taylor, et al
Date: May 23, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10588
Richard Lay v. Robert Tanner
Date: May 23, 2014
Docket Number:
13-30708
Norman Birl, Jr. v. Natrenia Hicks, et al
Date: May 23, 2014
Docket Number:
13-40763
State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co. v. Mosley, et al.
Date: May 23, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60287
Justia Opinion Summary: Elizabeth Mosley, a volunteer driver for LogistiCare, provided non-emergency medical transportation services for Medicaid patients using an automobile insured by State Farm. After Mosley was involved in an accident in…
USA v. Theodore Kendrick
Date: May 23, 2014
Docket Number:
13-60784
USA v. George Grace, Sr.
Date: May 22, 2014
Docket Number:
12-30926
United States v. Herrera-Alvarez
Date: May 22, 2014
Docket Number:
12-41425
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant challenged his sentence after pleading guilty to illegal reentry. The court concluded that an offense defined by Louisiana Revised Statutes section 14:34, as narrowed pursuant to the modified categorical…
Burnett Ranches, Ltd. v. United States
Date: May 22, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10403
Justia Opinion Summary: The government appealed the district court's Final Judgment which rejected the government's efforts to tax Burnett Ranches as a "farming syndicate" tax shelter per I.R.C. 464. The court agreed with the district court…
USA v. Manuel Ramirez-Cordoba
Date: May 22, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10605
Edna Gorham-Bey v. Jody Upton
Date: May 22, 2014
Docket Number:
13-10740
USA v. Kevin Mathis
Date: May 22, 2014
Docket Number:
13-11087
USA v. Joe Antu
Date: May 22, 2014
Docket Number:
13-50530
