2015 Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 1501 - 2000 of 3287

Edward Stewart v. Treasure Bay Casino
Date: July 29, 2015
Docket Number: 15-60087
Samuel Williams, et al v. Christopher Epps
Date: July 28, 2015
Docket Number: 12-60933
Warren Scott, III v. Cornel Hubert
Date: July 28, 2015
Docket Number: 13-30493
Texas Div, Sons of Confdr Vet, et al v. Victor Van
Date: July 28, 2015
Docket Number: 13-50411
Estate of Wilbert Lee Henson v. Wichita County  
Date: July 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10126

Justia Opinion Summary: After Wilbert Lee Henson died while in pretrial detention in a jail in Wichita County, his daughters filed suit against the county and medical staff. In this third appeal, plaintiffs challenged the district court's grant…

USA v. Robert Randolf
Date: July 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11138
United States v. McRae  
Date: July 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30995

Justia Opinion Summary: A civilian died after an encounter with a New Orleans officer in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The officer left the civilian's severely wounded body in a car. Defendant, a police officer, set the car on fire with…

Hector Rodriguez-Pena v. T. Werlich
Date: July 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31066
USA v. Agustin Bustos-Castaneda
Date: July 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51135
USA v. Trinidad Jaimes-Jaimes
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 13-41248
David Keith v. Warden E. Gutierrez, et al
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20374
Erica Blythe, et al v. Bumbo International Trust,
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40387
USA v. Pablo Cortes
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40886
Fred Flores v. Ralph Lopez, et al
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50669
USA v. Hongyan Li
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51091
Kinsale Ins. Co. v. Advanced Services, Inc.  
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60770

Justia Opinion Summary: Georgia-Pacific appealed the district court's declaratory judgment that Kinsale owed no indemnity under a policy it had issued to Georgia-Pacific. The district court found that a policy exclusion applied that related to…

Joseph Parker v. Leaf River Cellulose, L.L.C.
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 15-60034
USA v. Bennie D. Emeary, Jr.
Date: July 24, 2015
Docket Number: 09-40529
Wilcox v. Max Welders, L.L.C.  
Date: July 24, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-31281, 14-30137

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an employer of Max Welders, was working as the borrowed employee of Wild Well, a subsidiary of Superior, when he sustained injuries while welding on an offshore platform. Plaintiff filed suit against all…

Robert Fox v. William Stephens, Director
Date: July 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20144
USA v. Fayez Al-Jabri
Date: July 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20483
Joseph Wilcox, et al v. Max Welders, L.L.C., et al
Date: July 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30137
USA v. Bennie D. Emeary, Jr.
Date: July 23, 2015
Docket Number: 09-40529
Harry McMillan v. Donal Schmidt, et al
Date: July 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10458
USA v. Ted Snider
Date: July 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10772
Dixon v. Toyota Motor Credit Corp.  
Date: July 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30426

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against TMCC and Troy Campise, the Sales Manager of Lakeside Toyota, an automobile dealership, alleging that TMCC and Campise defrauded him by leading him to believe that a lease for a Toyota Corolla…

USA v. James Davis
Date: July 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30915
McCardell v. HUD  
Date: July 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40955

Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerns a plan to replace public housing units destroyed by Hurricane Ike in part by redeveloping on two of the sites destroyed by Ike. At issue are questions concerning the scope of standing to sue under the…

USA v. Samuel Ucles
Date: July 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50375
USA v. Eric Maldonado-Guzman
Date: July 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51256
Terrance Woods v. John Keiffer
Date: July 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10679
Calvin Carrick v. Communication Workers of Amer, e
Date: July 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10831
USA v. Elida Jasso
Date: July 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20294
Allied Home Mortgage Corp., et al v. HUD, et al
Date: July 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20523
Comite Dirt Pit, Incorporated, et al v. Robert Bar
Date: July 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30872
USA v. Victor Mendoza-Toledo
Date: July 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40325
USA v. Shekeila Jones
Date: July 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60724
USA v. Eddie Outlaw
Date: July 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60842
Byron Thomas v. City of Houston, et al
Date: July 22, 2015
Docket Number: 15-20026
Jorge Villanueva v. William Stephens, Director
Date: July 21, 2015
Docket Number: 12-70015
USA v. Jorge Garcia, Sr.
Date: July 21, 2015
Docket Number: 13-40562
Guy Allen v. William Stephens, Director
Date: July 21, 2015
Docket Number: 13-70027
USA v. Troy Powell
Date: July 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11055
USA v. Luis Sepulveda-Uribe
Date: July 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40091
USA v. Eddie Hemphill, Jr.
Date: July 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51062
USA v. Daniel Munoz
Date: July 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51094
Ramirez-Mejia v. Lynch  
Date: July 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60546

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitioned for review of the BIA's dismissal of her appeal. Petitioner's order of removal was reinstated following her illegal reentry into the United States. The BIA ruled…

Flores v. Stephens  
Date: July 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-70032

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, requests a certificate of appealability (COA) authorizing him to appeal the district court’s denial of his request to amend his federal habeas petition to…

USA v. Andres Sanchez-Medina
Date: July 20, 2015
Docket Number: 13-40923
Charles Julian v. City of Houston
Date: July 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20628
Harold Joe Black v. James LeBlanc, et al
Date: July 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30746
USA v. Maria Gutierrez-Orozco
Date: July 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40677
USA v. Martin Guillen
Date: July 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41080
USA v. Jose Munoz-Munoz
Date: July 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41285
Raul Prasai v. Loretta Lynch
Date: July 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60598
Environmental Integrity Proj, et al v. EPA
Date: July 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60649
Joe Ruffin v. Carolyn Colvin, Acting Cmsnr
Date: July 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60801
In Re: Red Barn Motors, Inc.  
Date: July 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-30067

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus to order the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana to vacate its transfer to the Southern District of Indiana. The petitions were filed more than three…

USA v. Juan Alvarado-Aranda
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 13-40829
USA v. Ernest McCarty
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 13-51040
USA v. Ernest McCarty
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 13-51136
Donald Lempar v. Brad Livingston, et al
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20257
Brauner v. Coody  
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30801

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a paraplegic inmate, filed suit against several doctors and jailers, claiming that they were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical condition in violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on…

USA v. Yiping Qu
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30907
Sun v. Colvin  
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31058

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the denial of her claims for disability insurance benefits (DIB) and supplemental security income benefits (SSI) based on a fractured ankle in 2011. The ALJ denied her claim, concluding that…

Edna Webb, et al v. Brad Livingston, et al
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40579
Gwen Togonidze, et al v. Brad Livingston, et al
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40586
Ashley Adams, et al v. Brad Livingston, et al
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40756
USA v. Mohamed Dioubate
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40868
USA v. Adan Amador-Cuenca
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41208
USA v. Baltazar Lara-Lorenzo
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41351
USA v. Jesus Garcia-Monge
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51120
Garcia v. Stephens  
Date: July 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-70035

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of capital murder, appealed the denial of his second habeas petition. Petitioner now requests a certificate of appealability (COA) from this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(1) to appeal the…

USA v. Vincente Palacios-Pascacio
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 13-41355
USA v. Hermenegildo Melchor-Garcia
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 13-50832
USA v. Sergio Suarez-Colima
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10426
USA v. Leslie Slaton
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10775
USA v. Victor Chapa
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10781
USA v. Victor Santa Cruz
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10882
USA v. Arturo Pacheco
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11196
USA v. Jose Villa
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20185
Goudeau v. National Oilwell Varco, L.P.  
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20241

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against his employer, NOV, after he was terminated, alleging claims of age discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. 621, et seq., and…

USA v. Jarriette Hawkins
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20279
Brian Dorsey v. McFarlin, et al
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20451
Lake Eugene Land Dev. v. BP  
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30823

Justia Opinion Summary: BP and related entities reached a settlement with a class of individuals after the Deepwater Horizon incident where the settlement agreement established a fund and an elaborate multi-tiered claims process. A provision in…

Barbara Lumpkins v. Office of Community Devel, et
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31216
USA v. Ruben Pena-Gonzalez
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40126
Collie Williams v. Warden USP Beaumont
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40557
William Chance, Jr. v. TDCJ, et al
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40631
USA v. Julian Espinoza
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40757
USA v. Artemio Blanco-Gomez
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41348
USA v. Baltazar Lara-Lorenzo
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41351
USA v. Luis Martinez-Leyva
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50440
NetSpend Corporation v. AXIS Insurance Company, et
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50878
USA v. Trashanda Scott
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51115
Randy Jackson v. Dunn, et al
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60510
USA v. Raymond Shoemaker, et al
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60536
Mildred Fitzpatrick, et al v. Pontotoc County, Mis
Date: July 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60629
USA v. Jose De La Cruz-Gutierrez
Date: July 15, 2015
Docket Number: 13-41255
John Battaglia v. William Stephens, Director
Date: July 15, 2015
Docket Number: 13-70035
USA v. Marcelino Galindo, Jr.
Date: July 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11035
Josette Ripoll v. Patrick Dobard, et al
Date: July 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30445
USA v. Sergio Ramirez-Gandarilla
Date: July 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40969
Bosarge v. MS Bureau of Narcotics  
Date: July 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60242

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and Mississippi state law against the Bureau and two state agents, alleging that the agents falsely identified him as a participant in a drug ring and caused him to be unlawfully…

USA v. Brian Robinson
Date: July 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60700
JoAnn Fields, et al v. Stephen F. Austin State Uni
Date: July 15, 2015
Docket Number: 15-40011
USA v. Yuviel Tavera-Jaimes
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 12-50879
USA v. Jesus Lopez-Cabrera
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 13-40826
Rocco Funari v. Warden, et al
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10391
USA v. Fernando Castrejon-Esteban
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20116
Keith Hardesty v. Waterworks District #4 of Ward,
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31114
USA v. Alfredo Pineda
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40753
USA v. Javier Gonzalez-Gonzalez
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41356
USA v. Oscar Reyes
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50052
USA v. Hugo Estrada
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50534
Joseph Blyn v. Davis S.R. Aviation, L.L.C., et al
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50704
USA v. John Hughes
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50892
Heriberto Cruz-Vizcarra v. Loretta Lynch
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60324
Cathy Toole v. Barack Obama, et al
Date: July 14, 2015
Docket Number: 15-60093
USA v. Edgar Alegria-Mera
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 13-20452
USA v. Jose Villatoro-Ortez
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 13-40618
Sealed Appellee v. Sealed Appellant
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10274
USA v. Saville McKnight
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10933
Riverbend Condo. Ass'n v. Green  
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31117

Justia Opinion Summary: Riverbend filed a Proof of Claim in the bankruptcy proceeding of debtor, owner of a condominium in Riverbend. Debtor filed a Motion to Avoid Riverbend's Lien on the grounds that after deducting the balance of the first…

Glenn Alphonse, Jr. v. Arch Bay Holdings, L.L.C.,
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31320
USA v. Rosali Ramos-Sorto
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40062
USA v. Jesus Plancarte-Penaloza
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41147
Maria Tejada v. Travis Assn for the Blind
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50943
USA v. Alvaro Arreola-Escalante
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51172
USA v. Javier Quesada-Rios
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51317
Rigsby v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.  
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60160

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq., claiming that State Farm submitted false claims to the government for payment on flood policies arising out of damage caused by…

Lian Ye v. Loretta Lynch
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60345
USA v. Luom Ngo
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60454
Cathy Toole v. Barack Obama, et al
Date: July 13, 2015
Docket Number: 15-60093
Bodin Concrete, L.P. v. Concrete Opportunity Fund
Date: July 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11186
USA v. Juan Torres-Rodriguez
Date: July 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40229
USA v. Maria Villegas
Date: July 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50987
USA v. Kevin Miles
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10996
Eartha Johnson v. United Airlines, Incorporated
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20662
Andres Landor, et al v. Scty of the Roman Catholic
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31097
Courtland Lindsay v. Smith County Sheriff's Office
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40938
Jiangshan Xiao, et al v. Jeh Johnson, et al
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41332
USA v. Jose Santos-Quinino-Salome
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51206
USA v. Miguel Medina-Tobias
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51221
USA v. Javier Lara
Date: July 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10692
USA v. Javier Lara
Date: July 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10986
USA v. Jose Pena-Garza
Date: July 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20258
USA v. Donal Amerson
Date: July 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20318
Kenneth Duggan v. Department of the Air Force, et
Date: July 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20575
Ball v. LeBlanc  
Date: July 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30067

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, death-row inmates at a new state-of-the-art prison facility that has no air conditioning, filed suit against the State and various prison officials, alleging that the heat that they endure during the summer…

USA v. Demetrio Vallejo
Date: July 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40383
USA v. Sergio Oliveros-Martinez
Date: July 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50204
USA v. Jose Sanabria
Date: July 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50900
Juan Salgado v. Loretta Lynch
Date: July 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60507
USA v. Dwight Bowling
Date: July 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60508
Dennis Gallipeau v. Luisa Martinez
Date: July 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60667
Robert Jennings v. William Stephens, Director
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 12-70018
USA v. William Hornbeak
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 13-20056
Robert McClure v. Kevin Mayfield, et al
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 13-20484
Kendell Murphy v. Barry Andrews, et al
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 13-40610
USA v. Elmer Godoy-Castaneda
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 13-41038
USA v. Julio Sarabia-Baltazar
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 13-41068
USA v. Stephen Eikelboom
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 13-50708
USA v. Walter Hampton
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 13-60404
USA v. Samuel Velez
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10125
USA v. John Hyder
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10665
Demetreous Brown, Sr. v. Rodney Chandler
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11025
Peter Beasley v. John Krafcisin, et al
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11050
Ernest Newman v. Executive Director of the TDCJ, e
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20495
USA v. Quenshey Mitchell
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31219
USA v. Sotero Ramirez-Ballejo
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40450
USA v. Noe Zepeda-Rangel
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40629
Jerry Anderson v. William Stephens, et al
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40805
USA v. Keith Jones
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40869
USA v. Ronnie Lewis
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41004
Edward Avila v. County of Hidalgo, Texas
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41231
USA v. Rolando Bernardez-Avila
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41316
USA v. Jesus Marin-Arrellanes
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41338
USA v. Artemio Blanco
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41344
USA v. Carlo Reyes
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50774
USA v. Jorge Marquez-Apodaca
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51273
Steve Freeman, et al v. Clarke County
Date: July 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60567
Comar Marine, Corp. v. Raider Marine Logistics  
Date: July 6, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-30156, 13-30819

Justia Opinion Summary: Comar filed suit against vessel-owning LLCs after the LLCs decided to terminate an agreement with Comar in which Comar would manage the vessels on behalf of the LLCs. JPMorgan and Allegiance provided the financing for…

Comar Marine Corp. v. Raider Marine Logstics
Date: July 6, 2015
Docket Number: 13-30819
Teresa Cooper v. Dallas Police Association
Date: July 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10599
USA v. Derek Lackey
Date: July 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10614
USA v. Javier Resendez
Date: July 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20745
United States v. Roetcisoender  
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 13-41241

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for two counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The court concluded that the evidence was sufficient to support his conviction for…

Gerald Eldridge v. William Stephens, Director
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 13-70023
USA v. Stuart Mitchell
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10713
Randy Warren v. Mtge Elec Reg Sys, Inc., et al
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11102
James Boswell v. Texas Christian University, et al
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11113
Raul DeLeon, Jr. v. Ming Ho, et al
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11284
USA v. Larry Caillier, II
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31241
USA v. J. Garcia-Jasso
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40180
Gate Guard Svc. v. Perez  
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40585

Justia Opinion Summary: Gate Guard filed suit against the DOL seeking a declaration that it was in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., and attorneys' fees if it prevailed. Before Gate Guard served the…

USA v. Jorge Lopez-Merino
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40807
Joseph Fowler, Sr. v. Timber Rock Railroad, L.L.C.
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41419
USA v. Raul Palacios-Garcia
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50401
Mark Burgess v. Michael Reddix, et al
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60234
Jose Arduengo-Rivera v. Loretta Lynch
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60484
Emerson Osborne v. Ronald King
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60563
Dexter Johnson v. William Stephens, Director
Date: July 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-70024
Jamaha Robinson v. State of Louisiana
Date: July 1, 2015
Docket Number: 13-30016
Robicheaux v. Caldwell  
Date: July 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31037

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, seven same-sex couples and an organization whose membership includes same-sex couples and their families, seek to marry in Louisiana or to have their marriage in another state recognized in Louisiana. The…

USA v. Demetrio Vallejo
Date: July 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40383
DeLeon v. Abbott  
Date: July 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50196

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are two same-sex couples who seek to marry in Texas or to have their marriage in another state recognized in Texas. The district court subsequently issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the state from…

USA v. Juan Torres-Mata
Date: July 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50961
Campaign for Southern Equality, et al v. Phil Brya
Date: July 1, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60837
Ralph Janvey, et al v. Golf Channel, Incorporated,
Date: June 30, 2015
Docket Number: 13-11305
USA v. Fidel Cardenas
Date: June 30, 2015
Docket Number: 13-20726
Spear Marketing, Inc. v. BancorpSouth Bank  
Date: June 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10753

Justia Opinion Summary: SMI filed suit against BCS and ARGO, alleging violations of various Texas state law claims related to defendants' alleged theft of trade secrets in connection with a software program developed and sold by SMI. After…

Michelle Hall, et al v. Robert Robinson, et al
Date: June 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20710
United States v. Mix  
Date: June 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30837

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a BP engineer, was prosecuted for deleting text messages and emails related to oil spill calculations of the Macondo well from the Deepwater Horizon accident site. Defendant was convicted of obstruction of…

USA v. Luis Mendoza-Hernandez
Date: June 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40661
USA v. Eric Smith
Date: June 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41139
Henderson v. Stephens  
Date: June 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-70001

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of capital murder, appealed the district court's denial of federal habeas relief on his claim that he is ineligible to be executed because he is intellectually disabled. Considering all of the…

USA v. Salvador Valadez
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 12-11194
USA v. Charles Hooper
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11153
USA v. Alberto Rivera-Nevarez
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11156
Test Masters Educ. Svc. v. State Farm Lloyds  
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20473

Justia Opinion Summary: TES filed suit against State Farm, seeking a declaratory judgment that State Farm owes TES a duty to defend in an underlying lawsuit with Robin Singh Education Services involving test preparation services. The court…

Bank of America, N.A. v. Fulcrum Enterprises, L.L.
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20532
Michelle Hall, et al v. Robert Robinson, et al
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20710
Antoinette Lampkin v. AJILON Professional Staffing
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20722
Anthony Minnis v. Board of Supervisors of LA
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31251
USA v. Oscar Gimenez-Martinez
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40714
Marcus Harrelson v. Lufkin Industries, Inc.
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41458
Charles Grogan, et al v. Eddy Lange, et al
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50879
Ying Qhao v. Loretta Lynch
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60275
USA v. Garry Waddle
Date: June 29, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60451
Dallas County, TX v. MERSCORP, Inc.  
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10392

Justia Opinion Summary: The Counties filed suit against defendants, alleging that defendants violated Texas Local Government Code 192.007 and Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 12.002, and, alleging claims of fraudulent misrepresentation…

USA v. Jarrod Williams
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10958
USA v. Onan Herrera-Sanchez
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40499
Raymond Rabe, et al v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40931
USA v. Rudolph Tatum
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50001
Harold Ryals v. Attorney General of Texas, et al
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51259
Roberto Jimenez Garcia v. Loretta Lynch
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60470
Rizwan Rahim-Momin v. Loretta Lynch
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60520
Stanley McWilliams v. Natl Farm Life Ins Co.
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Number: 15-10122
USA v. Jose Zavala
Date: June 25, 2015
Docket Number: 13-51200
Troy Davis v. Jonathan Roundtree, et al
Date: June 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31135
USA v. Shawn Thibodeaux
Date: June 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31277
USA v. Hessel Banegas
Date: June 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40144
Shelly Smith v. Bank of America, N.A., et al
Date: June 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41204
USA v. Jose Flores
Date: June 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50799
USA v. Jose Flores
Date: June 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50801
Ifeyhewen Badidi v. Loretta Lynch
Date: June 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60155
Charles Bruce, et al v. CIR
Date: June 25, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60910
Terry James v. Dallas Police Department, et al
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 13-11208
Mary Viegelahn v. Charles Harris, III
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 13-50374
USA v. Cirilo Madrid
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 13-50414
USA v. Eduardo Esquivel
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10527
USA v. Jorge Rodriguez-Zamora
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10620
Daniel Valderaz v. Lubbock County Hospital Dist
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10761
USA v. Jesus Castillo
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10964
USA v. Javier Carbajal-Jaimes
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40287
USA v. Arturo Gonzalez
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40344
USA v. Jorge Medina-Villarreal
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40909
USA v. Jose Flores-Flores
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41242
Lindsey Springer v. Rachel Chapa
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50561
USA v. Steven Fritz, et al
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51177
Erick Perez v. Loretta Lynch
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60085
Digna Villalobos-Ramirez v. Loretta Lynch
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60582
Robert Claunch v. FIA Card Services, N.A., et al
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60742
Albert Woodfox v. Charles Foti, et al
Date: June 24, 2015
Docket Number: 15-30506
USA v. Charles Jones
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 13-10735
USA v. Gabriel Granado
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11026
USA v. Mohammad Rashid
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20307
Denise Bailey, et al v. Arthur Lawson, Jr., et al
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31286
United States v. Lozano  
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40042

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to Count Two of a thirteen-count indictment relating to a conspiracy to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. Count Two referred to a conspiracy involving “La Hacienda Clinic” that began “on or about”…

United States v. Gonzalez  
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40344

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of three counts of unlawful exporting based on his sale of hundreds of AK-47 magazines out of his army surplus store. On appeal, defendant argued that the empty AK-47 magazines are not a…

USA v. Jesus Jimenez
Date: June 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51332
USA v. Martin Navarro
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 13-11413
Culbertson v. Lykos  
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-20569, 13-20751

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the County, District Attorney Pat Lykos, and one of her assistants, Rachel Palmer, for causing their termination by the college that had contracted to oversee breath…

Amanda Culbertson, et al v. Pat Lykos, et al
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 13-20751
USA v. Gerardo Garcia
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 13-41149
Roman Catholic Diocese v. Sylvia Burwell, Secretar
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10241
Pal-Con, Limited, et al v. Bert Wheeler
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10615
Roman Catholic Diocese, et al v. Sylvia Burwell, S
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10661
East Texas Baptist Univ. v. Burwell  
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-20112, 14-10241, 14-40212, 14-10661

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, religious organizations, filed suit under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. 2000bb to 2000bb-4, challenging a requirement that they either offer their employees health insurance that…

Gloria Boyd v. Corrections Corp of Am
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31221
Eryon Luke v. CPlace Forest Park SNF, L.L.C.
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31347
Catholic Diocese of Beaumont, et al v. Sylvia Burw
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40212
CAP Holdings, Inc. v. Lorden  
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50397

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1990, property encumbered by a deed of trust held by the RTC was foreclosed upon and sold to a third party in a tax sale, purportedly extinguishing the RTC’s lien. Two years ago, CAP Holdings, the alleged current…

Whole Woman's Health, et al v. David Lakey, et al
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50928
Randy Jackson v. William Waller
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60683
USA v. Erin Rivas-Monroy
Date: June 19, 2015
Docket Number: 13-40895
USA v. Martin Alarcon-Aguilera
Date: June 19, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40675
USA v. Adam Gomez
Date: June 19, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40978
USA v. Mario Ramos-Martinez
Date: June 19, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41013
Debra Stephens v. City of Austin, et al
Date: June 19, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51182
Mary Wilde v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc., et al
Date: June 19, 2015
Docket Number: 15-30476
USA v. Edgar Rodriguez-Guaiquirian
Date: June 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10740
USA v. Elenilson Flores-Rodriguez
Date: June 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40409
USA v. Antonio Maldonado
Date: June 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40562
USA v. Larry Adams
Date: June 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40665
USA v. Justin Holmes
Date: June 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50073
USA v. Sergio Reyes Bustillos
Date: June 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50693
USA v. Jerome Wellington
Date: June 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60022
USA v. Donnell Cogdell
Date: June 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60453
William Frey v. William Stephens, Director
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 13-40362
USA v. Daniel Ramos
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 13-40726
Robert Martin, Jr. v. Scott Young
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 13-40808
Timothy Frazin v. Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., et al
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10547
USA v. Jack Baker
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11033
USA v. Mario Reyes
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20561
USA v. Michael Robertson
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30439
Robert Martin, Jr. v. Michael Carvajal
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40217
USA v. Juan Anzueto-Barrios
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40678
USA v. Abel Lopez
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40702
USA v. Anselmo Medina-Cabrera
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40725
USA v. Richard Menyweather
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41036
USA v. Mario Urena-Ocampo
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41110
USA v. Vernon Walker
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50957
USA v. Vicente Miranda-Cuevas
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51072
Dey v. State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co.  
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60300

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against State Farm, seeking damages based on an uninsured motorist claim, bad-faith denial of the claim, and conversion. The district court granted summary judgment to State Farm and granted State…

Deborah Whitaker v. Flagstar Bank FSB
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 15-10064
Felicia Jones v. United States Postal Service
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 15-20175
USA v. Beverly Smith
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 12-31158
Electrostim Med Services, Inc. v. Health Care Serv
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 13-20649
USA v. Aurelio Ramirez-Garcia
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 13-41131
USA v. Hildegardo Rodriguez Viron
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 13-41222
USA v. Jose Fuentes
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 13-41336
United States v. Ceballos  
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 13-50786

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of transporting, attempting to transport, and engaging in a conspiracy to transport an alien within the United States for private financial gain. Defendant appealed her conviction, raising three…

USA v. Medardo Hernandez-Mejia
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 13-50886
USA v. Fernando Jimenez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 13-51183
USA v. Juan Espinoza-Luviano
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10484
USA v. Erasmo Castaneda-Torres
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10511
USA v. Omar Hervert
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10534
USA v. Osmany Ruiz
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10677
USA v. Albert Guzman
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10709
USA v. Eric Jones
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10769
USA v. Leobardo Zarate-Arguello
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10779
USA v. Anthony Galloway
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10824
United States v. Heredia-Holguin  
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10846

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to illegal reentry following a previous deportation and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, as well as a three-year term of supervised release. Since filing this appeal, defendant has…

USA v. Alberto Ortiz-Vasquez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10873
USA v. Pathom Daniels
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10912
USA v. Erin Patton
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10978
USA v. Abraham Macias-Ochoa
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11036
USA v. Christopher Lovato
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11217
USA v. Elenilson Flores-Rodriguez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20237
USA v. Ho Lam
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20301
USA v. Jose Martinez-Hernandez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20535
USA v. Olsegun Martins
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20558
USA v. Juan Barron
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20599
USA v. Julio Triana
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20683
USA v. Enrique Salas
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20707
USA v. Oliverio Valencia-Garcia
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20708
USA v. Carl Batts
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30918
USA v. Gerald Cormier
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30957
In re: Deepwater Horizon
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31026
USA v. Ricardo Tirado
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40092
USA v. Marco Salinas-Lozoya
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40115
USA v. Jorge Gomez-Munoz
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40260
USA v. Miguel Hernandez-Castaneda
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40314
USA v. Issy Avila-De Lujian
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40360
USA v. Armando Carbajal-Preciado
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40429
USA v. Felipe Rosales-Fuentes
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40440
USA v. Octavio Argueta-Perdomo
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40445
USA v. Pedro Vargas-Fernandez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40495
USA v. Lirio Capellan-Javier
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40515
USA v. Francisco Mendoza-Gomez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40543
USA v. Rafael Galan-Castro
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40592
USA v. Rafael Galan-Castro
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40593
USA v. Rufino Amado-Bruno
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40602
USA v. Jonathan Castro-Hernandez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40605
USA v. Juan Monjarez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40614
USA v. Pedro Torres-Rodriguez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40707
USA, et al v. Flavio Lozano-Torres
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40759
USA v. Lilia Garza
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40766
USA v. Diego Tepaz-Sac
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40785
USA v. Sergio Espericueta
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40787
USA v. Cristian Giron-Ramirez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40813
USA v. Nelson Martinez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40855
USA v. Mario Flores-Yzarraras
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40861
USA v. Carlos Mendiola-Martinez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40863
USA v. Gilberto Gonzalez-Reyes
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40865
USA v. Agustine Sanchez-Hernandez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40876
USA v. Marco Reyes-Losoya
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40877
USA v. Avilino Moreno-Gutierrez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40890
USA v. Rosendo Arias-Samano
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40891
USA v. Hildebrando Ramos-Rivas
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40897
USA v. Dyller Lemus-Vasquez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40904
USA v. Horacio De Leon-Rodriguez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40907
USA v. Reino Herrera-Garcia
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40908
USA v. Jose Perfecto-Mendoza
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40920
USA v. Michael Kane
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40922
USA v. Marcial Carranza-Villegas
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40933
USA v. Alberto Canton
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40952
USA v. Fernando Tovar-Espinoza
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40984
USA v. Alonso Gonzalez Contreras
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40988
USA v. Fernando Garcia-Garcia
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41008
USA v. Jerardo Barbosa-Martinez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41023
USA v. Napoleon Velasquez-Lopez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41033
USA v. Juan Velasquez-Pablo
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41034
USA v. Leopoldo Orozco-Juarez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41045
USA v. Angel Martinez-Morales
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41058
USA v. Manolo Perez-Lopez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41069
USA v. Paulo Montoya-Rodriguez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41073
USA v. Yair Estrada-Figueroa
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41106
USA v. Jesus Rodriguez-Pena
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41143
USA v. Lenin Amador-Amador
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41151
USA v. Jose Gonzalez-Salazar
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41156
USA v. Dayna Velasquez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41171
USA v. Hector Enriquez-Tostado
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41172
USA v. Hugo Aguirre
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41176
USA v. Jose Navarrete-Cordova
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41180
USA v. Oscar Delgadillo
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41197
USA v. Mario Dominguez-Flores
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41211
USA v. Pedro Silva-Gallegos
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41251
USA v. Jose Medina
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41267
USA v. Luis Andrade-Rodriguez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41279
USA v. Brenda Williams-Pozas
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41304
USA v. Jose Andrade-Rocha
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41314
USA v. Marco Retta-Reyes
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41337
USA v. Roslyn Collins
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41350
USA v. Joel Torres-Salas
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41383
USA v. Luis Oyuela-Baquedano
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50077
USA v. Henry Calix
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50176
USA v. Jose Chavez-Perez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50199
USA v. Hugo Mercado-Juarez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50402
USA v. Hugo Juarez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50404
USA v. Jose Saenz-Aranda
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50517
USA v. Ramona Martinez
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50791
USA v. Guadalupe Hernandez-Deluna
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50850
USA v. Juan Estrada-Zolorzano
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50962
USA v. Gabriel Plascencia-Acosta
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 15-40066
Hunn v. Dan Wilson Homes Inc.  
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-11297, 14-10365

Justia Opinion Summary: Ben Lack was employed as a draftsman at Marshall Hunn's architectural design firm. After Lack resigned from his position from a project for Hunn's client, Dan Wilson Homes, Dan Wilson hired Lack to complete the project.…

Marshall Hunn v. Dan Wilson Homes, Incorporated, e
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10365
Christie Lawson v. Parker Hannifin Corporation
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11209
USA v. Kerry Gayfield
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31121
Robb Billups v. Retail Merchants Assn, Inc., et al
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31205
David McCaig, et al v. Wells Fargo Bank (Texas), N
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40114
Jackson v. Frisco Indep. Sch. Dist.  
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40371

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against FISD, alleging that FISD discriminated against him because of his race and retaliated against him for reporting the discrimination, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,…

USA v. Mario De Santiago-Guillen
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40514
USA v. Jesus Cardenas-Gonzalez
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40979
USA v. Rafael De la Cruz-Bautista
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41035
Eric McCorvey v. TDCJ
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41403
Zente v. Credit Mgmt.  
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50910

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from Credit Management's debt-collection phone calls to plaintiff. On appeal, plaintiff's attorney challenged the district court's referral of his conduct to the disciplinary committee. Credit Management…

Owens v. Jastrow  
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 13-10928

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, a putative class of former Guaranty stockholders whose equity interests were wiped out when Guaranty failed, filed suit alleging federal securities law claims against four former Guaranty executives.…

USA v. Eduardo Perez-Rodriguez
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 13-20771
USA v. Felipe Telles-Sanchez
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 13-41285
USA v. Heriberto Luna
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10673
United States v. Elashi  
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-10751, 14-10800

Justia Opinion Summary: Majida Salem appealed the district court’s final order of garnishment that orders her to pay the balance of the $3,500 special assessment that was part of her husband’s (defendant) criminal conviction and sentence. The…

USA v. Ghassan Elashi
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10800
Zastrow v. Houston Auto Imports Greenway  
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20359

Justia Opinion Summary: Zastrow appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment on their claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. 961–1968, and 42 U.S.C. 1981 and 1982. The court concluded…

USA v. Aubrey Davis
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31022
Charles Bradford v. U.S. Dept of Agriculture, et a
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31239
USA v. Benjamin Rodriguez-Rodriguez
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40701
USA v. Ricardo Castillo-Huerta
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41054
USA v. Edil Avila-Cruz
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50121
USA v. Victor Tavarez-Levario
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50415
USA v. Fernando Barraza-Reveles
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50792
Woodfox v. Cain  
Date: June 12, 2015
Docket Number: 15-30506

Justia Opinion Summary: The district court a quo granted petitioner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus on the ground of racial discrimination in the selection of the foreperson of the grand jury. This court affirmed and, on remand, the…

USA v. Alejandro Ruiz
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 13-10574
USA v. Julio Cardenas
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 13-41334
Transverse, L.L.C. v. Iowa Wireless Services, L.L.
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 13-51098
USA v. David Galeas Correa
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20422
Martin Operating Partnership v. USA, et al
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20435
David Adler v. Gregory Frost, et al
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31109
Carroll, Jr. v. Abide  
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31230

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against Abide, alleging that Abide violated their Fourth Amendment rights while serving as the bankruptcy trustee for plaintiffs’ bankrupt estate and the bankrupt estate of their closely held…

Meyers Warehouse, Incorporated v. Canal Insurance
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31266
Christopher Taylor v. Carolyn Colvin, Acting Cmsnr
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31291
Emmitt Atkins v. Joseph Bradford, et al
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40219
USA v. Benjamin Perez-Arreaga
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40798
USA v. Santos Ortiz-Maldonado
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-41071
Keith Austin v. USA
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50880
USA v. Carlos Oliva-Serrano
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50963
Cantwell v. Sterling  
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51095

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Texas prisoner, filed suit alleging that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, causing him injury and violating his constitutional rights. The district court granted…

Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51148
USA v. Christopher Allen
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51212
Hugo Perez v. Loretta Lynch
Date: June 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60448
Eddie Wooten v. McDonald Transit Assoc, Inc.
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 13-11035
Ironshore Specialty Ins Co. v. Aspen Underwriting  
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 13-51027

Justia Opinion Summary: Endeavor and Basic entered into a master services agreement (MSA) containing an indemnity provision in which they agreed to cover any liability resulting from claims brought by their own employees, even if the other…

Bennie Ward v. Marshall Fisher, et al
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 13-60152
Juliana Jett v. Experian Info Solutions, Inc.
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10771
USA v. Jose Cortez-Guzman
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11121
USA v. Thomas Blake
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31191
McCaig v. Wells Fargo Bank  
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40114

Justia Opinion Summary: Wells Fargo appealed a jury verdict finding that it committed violations of the Texas Debt Collection Act (TCDA), Tex. Fin. Code 392.001-392.404, and awarding damages and attorney's fees. The court concluded that…

USA v. Jose Flores-Pedraza
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-40582
USA v. Ousainou Mahanera
Date: June 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-60214
United States v. Morales-Rodriguez  
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 13-10364

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty of illegally reentering the United States after removal. Defendant contended that the government withheld an additional reduction based on his decision not to waive…

Jose Rodriguez-Avalos v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 13-60736
Gregory Rowe v. Ruben Gonzalez, et al
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11078
Denny Hardin v. Myron Batts
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11285
Gary Leonard, et al v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, L.L.C
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20611
USA v. Lutricia Feast
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30797
USA v. Emil Rath
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-30912
Hamis Chande v. Raymond Moore, et al
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50542
Whole Woman's Health v. Lakey  
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-50928

Justia Opinion Summary: Texas abortion providers filed suit against the State seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the enforcement of amendments to Texas's law regulating abortions. At issue is H.B. 2’s physician admitting…

Teresa Garofolo v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, L.L.C.
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-51156
James Freeman v. William Stephens, Director
Date: June 9, 2015
Docket Number: 15-70001
Robert Templeton v. Walter O'Cheskey
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10563
USA v. Donald Sanford
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-10695
Stephen Avdeef v. Royal Bank of Scotland, P.L.C.,
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11039
In Re: John Skelton, III, et al
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-11066
USA v. Roberto Ramos
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20205
James Williamson v. County Montgomery
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-20285
Kane Marceaux, et al v. Lafayette City-Prsh Con Go
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31043
Kane Marceaux, et al v. Lafayette City-Prsh Con Go
Date: June 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-31213

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