2017 Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 3001 - 3205 of 3205

Edward Busby v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: January 27, 2017
Docket Number: 15-70008
Remington Lodging v. NLRB  
Date: January 27, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60106

Justia Opinion Summary: Remington, a hotel management company, seeks review of the Board's order finding that it violated Sections 8(a)(1) and (3) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 29 U.S.C. 158(a)(1), (3). The court concluded that…

Reyna Giron-Duran v. Loretta Lynch
Date: January 27, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60201
La Tidtus Jones v. James Moore, et al
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 14-60740
Teresa Cooper v. City of Dallas, Texas, et al
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 15-10420
USA v. Jack Zimmerman
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 15-11042
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 15-20624
United States v. Solano-Hernandez  
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Numbers: 15-41554, 15-41582

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence for illegal reentry after deportation, arguing that the district court erred in determining that his prior New Jersey conviction for endangering the welfare of a child is a…

USA v. Santiago Solano-Hernandez
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 15-41582
USA v. Caleb Smith
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10272
USA v. Selwyn Martin
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10755
Harold Gause v. United States Dept of Defense, et
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-20332
Coastal Conservation Assn., et al v. COMM, et al
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30137
USA v. Gerard Smith
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30272
USA v. Pedro Acuna-Ramirez
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40452
USA v. Korea McKay
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60091
USA v. Keith Netherland
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60507
In Re: Terry Edwards
Date: January 26, 2017
Docket Number: 17-10098
Robert Back v. Amarillo Police Department, et al
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 15-11054
Demond Fobbs v. C. Maiorana, Warden
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 15-30733
USA v. Elizar Madrid, et al
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 15-51146
USA v. Walter Nixon, Jr.
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10219
USA v. Eduardo Gonzales
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-20067
Claimant ID 100250022 v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc.  
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30258

Justia Opinion Summary: After the CSSP denied ACR's claim under the Business Economic Loss (BEL) Framework of the Deepwater Economic Loss and Property Damage Settlement Agreement, ACR requested review of the decision. The district court denied…

USA v. Enrique Quintana
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40454
USA v. Fortino Martinez
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40513
USA v. Fortion Rios-Martinez
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40514
USA v. Christopher Grubbs
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40637
In Re: Terry Edwards
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 17-10066
Terry Edwards v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: January 25, 2017
Docket Number: 17-70003
USA v. Jason Bassa
Date: January 24, 2017
Docket Number: 15-50684
Arturo Ochoa-Salgado v. Loretta Lynch
Date: January 24, 2017
Docket Number: 15-60343
USA v. Mark Cleaton
Date: January 24, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10283
USA v. Kiyuntae Beaudoin
Date: January 24, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10414
United States v. Collier, II  
Date: January 24, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30523

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant plead guilty to bankruptcy fraud and then appealed his 34 month sentence. The court agreed with the district court that defendant waived his argument that the district court procedurally erred when it enhanced…

Paula Hollis v. Gregory Hollis, et al
Date: January 24, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40991
Sonja Henderson v. West Jackson Student Housing, e
Date: January 24, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60414
Heaney v. Roberts  
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Numbers: 15-31088, 16-30189

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging, inter alia, violation of his First and Fourth Amendment rights after he was silenced and then ejected at a city council meeting. The court dismissed Councilman Roberts's appeal of the…

USA v. Juan Duque-Tinoco
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 15-41638
USA v. Juan Duque-Tinoco
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 15-41642
USA v. Francisco Estrada
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 15-51185
Iruegas-Valdez v. Yates  
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 15-60532

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a Mexican national, seeks review of the BIA's affirmance of the IJ's denial of his application for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The court concluded that it…

Guideone Elite Insurance Co., et al v. Mount Carme
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 15-60915
USA v. Jesus Zuniga-Valencia
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10683
Andrew Antony, et al v. United Midwest Savings Ban
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-20378
Michael Maldonado v. CitiMortgage, Inc.
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-20541
Anna Davis v. Jack Strain, et al
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30169
Tom Heaney v. Christopher Roberts, et al
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30189
Stephen Bandi, et al v. Christopher Becnel
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30633
USA v. Pedro Lopez-Torres
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40901
USA v. Pedro Lopez Torres
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40903
Travis Phillips v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50692
Garry Rose v. William Sherman, et al
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 15-10589
Repub Waste Svc of TX, Ltd. v. Texas Disposal Syst
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 15-11035
Katherine Johnson v. Loyola University New Orleans
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 15-30814
USA v. Ramiro Castaneda-Morales
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 15-41653
USA v. Luis Castro-Delgado
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 15-50181
USA v. Dawn Flournoy
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10528
USA v. Chaz Steptoe
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-20263
Zeringue v. Allis-Chalmers Corp.  
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30058

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit in state court against Crane and 24 other defendants to recover injuries allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos. After removal to federal district court, the district court remanded to state court.…

Sergei Boissier v. Kara Katsur
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30463
USA v. Gustavo Ortega
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40523
USA v. Jesus Sotelo-Duran
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50348
USA v. Jesus Sotelo-Duran
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50349
Dana Mohammadi v. Augustine Nwabuisi, et al
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50437
USA v. Ray Lenoir
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60189
Herman Smith, Sr. v. Bill Melchionne
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60425
Safeway, Incorporated v. PDX, Incorporated, et al
Date: January 19, 2017
Docket Number: 15-10552
Petrie Robinson v. Ricky Allen, et al
Date: January 19, 2017
Docket Number: 15-41670
Jeff Hatcher, et al v. City of Grand Prairie
Date: January 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10488
Gulf Coast Rod Reel & Gun Club, et al v. Jerry Pat
Date: January 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40181
Rebecca Bowden v. Jefferson County, Texas, et al
Date: January 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40311
USA v. Ryan Taylor
Date: January 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40421
USA v. Jose Nieto-Costales
Date: January 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-41033
Donnika Ivy, et al v. Michael Williams
Date: January 18, 2017
Docket Number: 14-50037
USA v. Dantana Tanksley
Date: January 18, 2017
Docket Number: 15-11078
Liza Ariza v. Loomis Armored US, L.L.C.
Date: January 18, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30131
USA v. Melvin Wiand
Date: January 17, 2017
Docket Number: 15-10835
Texas Capital Bank N.A. v. Dallas Roadster, Ltd.  
Date: January 17, 2017
Docket Number: 15-41396

Justia Opinion Summary: Dallas Roadster, the borrower, sought damages and TCB, the lender, sought attorneys' fees after receiving full payment on loans through the borrower’s bankruptcy proceedings. The parties argue that the other breached the…

USA v. Christopher Brown
Date: January 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30108
Coastal Conservation Association v. U.S. Department of Commerce  
Date: January 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30137

Justia Opinion Summary: CCA filed suit challenging Amendment 40 to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan and the Final Rule implementing that amendment. Amendment 40 was proposed as a means to address problems that had arisen with the red…

Francisco Pena v. Texas Medical Board, et al
Date: January 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40451
Brandy Hamilton, et al v. Nathaniel Turner
Date: January 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40611
USA v. Juan Celaya-Cartajena
Date: January 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40872
Matthew Jackson v. Susan Pamerleau, et al
Date: January 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50498
USA v. Rodney Henderson
Date: January 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60193
Santillana v. Upton  
Date: January 16, 2017
Docket Number: 15-10606

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of distributing a schedule II controlled substance that resulted in the death of another individual, seeks habeas relief under Burrage v. United States. The district court dismissed the petition for…

USA v. Jose Cruz-Martinez
Date: January 16, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10506
George Jones v. Dustin Anderson
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 15-10514
Courtney Sandoz, et al v. Cingular Wireless, L.L.C
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 15-30576
Omega Protein, Incorporated v. Anthony Scott, et a
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 15-31032
Omega Protein, Incorporated v. Anthony Scott, et a
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 15-31060
USA v. Victor Valles-Velazquez
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 15-40324
USA v. Garmon Coats
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10479
Linda Dunbar v. City of Houston, et al
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-20501
USA v. Jon Quinones
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30564
USA v. Marcos Garcia
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40044
USA v. Heesham Broussard
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40106
USA v. Michael Cox, Jr.
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40509
USA v. Joe Magallan
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40897
USA v. Roman Centeno-Guerrero
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50249
Foremost Insurance Company v. Charles Pendleton
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60240
Michael Anderson v. Jackson State University
Date: January 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60259
USA v. Francisco Trevino-Rodriguez
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 14-41091
USA v. Armando Garcia-Garcia
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 15-10876
USA v. Samuel Jackson
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 15-20495
USA v. Milton Carbe
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 15-20716
United States v. Morgan  
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 15-30420

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by filing a 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion. The district court dismissed the motion and granted a certificate of appealability on the issue of…

USA v. Juan Esparza
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 15-41106
USA v. Geronimo Sanchez
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 15-41710
USA v. Daniel Thilburg
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 15-51122
USA v. Willie Cole, Jr.
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 15-51173
Mohamed Ferjani v. Loretta Lynch
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 15-60530
Belarmino Castaneda-Merchan v. Loretta Lynch
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 15-60766
Spear Marketing, Incorporated v. BancorpSouth Bank
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10155
USA v. Christopher Stewart
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10294
Amanda Darby v. Jody Upton
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10623
USA v. Rigoberto Mata, Jr.
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-11186
Charlotte Tubbs v. Gerard Nicol
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-20311
USA v. Roderick Washington
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30631
Tyniski Evans v. Dillard University
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30928
USA v. Daniel Aleman, II
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40068
Michael Garrett v. William Stephens, et al
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40354
USA v. Michael Cox, Jr.
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40508
Hamilton v. Kindred  
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40611

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against officers and their employers, alleging 42 U.S.C. 1983 claims after plaintiffs were subject to an invasive cavity search. On appeal, Defendant Kindred challenges the district court's denial…

USA v. Manuel Miranda-Zapata
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40748
USA v. Alfredo Reyes-Ruiz
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50432
USA v. Alfredo Reyes-Ruiz
Date: January 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50433
Ultraflo Corp. v. Pelican Tank Parts, Inc.  
Date: January 11, 2017
Docket Number: 15-20084

Justia Opinion Summary: Ultraflo filed suit against Pelican, asserting an unfair competition by misappropriation claim under Texas law. Ultraflo alleged that Pelican stole its drawings showing how to design valves and then used them to make…

USA v. Martin Podio
Date: January 11, 2017
Docket Number: 15-40995
Jorge Ibanez-Beltran v. Loretta Lynch
Date: January 11, 2017
Docket Number: 15-60183
USA v. Roberto Villasenor-Ortiz
Date: January 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10366
USA v. Alfredo Medina
Date: January 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10483
USA v. Robert Everhart
Date: January 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10663
D. Smitherman v. Bayview Loan Servicing, L.L.C., e
Date: January 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-20328
USA v. Juan Hernandez
Date: January 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50228
Annette Saldivar v. Austin Independent School Dist
Date: January 11, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50372
USA v. Danny Varner
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 15-40146
Bruce Anderson v. State of Texas
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 15-40836
USA v. Mario Macias, Jr.
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 15-50968
Full House Resorts, Inc., et al v. Boggs & Poole C
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 15-60785
USA v. Andre Saunders
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10379
Richard Bosarge v. Cheramie Marine, L.L.C.
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30187
USA v. Christopher Smith
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30611
USA v. Jose Moctezuma-Barragan
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40223
USA v. Arnoldo Pulido
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40572
USA v. Javier Garcia-Roman
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50295
USA v. Hector Velardo-Benitez
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50514
Jose Flores-Larrazola v. Loretta Lynch
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 14-60888
In Re: Deepwater Horizon
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 15-30599
USA v. Bill Womack
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 15-31096
USA v. Juan Estrada, Jr.
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 15-51143
Jimmie DeRamus, et al v. City of Alexandria, et al
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30627
Leah Heck v. Carolyn Colvin, Acting Cmsnr
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30871
United States v. Hearns  
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40222

Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, the district court attributed loss amounts from nine additional transactions that allegedly occurred within the same scheme to defraud…

USA v. Rolando Escamilla-Romero
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50269
Scott Mathews v. City of San Antonio, Texas, et al
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50323
Teresa Miller v. Fleetwood Homes of Tennessee, et
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60389
USA v. Alarcon Wiggins
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 13-51101
Irfan Ahmed v. Loretta Lynch
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 14-60903
In Re: Deepwater Horizon  
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 15-30599

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal stems from a loan that Woodbridge Baric gave Jarrod Burrle. Woodbridge Baric and Burrle agreed that Burrle would not be required to repay the loan if his economic loss claims in connection with the Deepwater…

USA v. George Martinez
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 15-51006
USA v. Adeodato Ibarra-Alcarez
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 15-51156
Full House Resorts, Inc., et al v. Boggs & Poole C
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 15-60785
USA v. Carlos Martinez
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10242
USA v. Alejandro Morales-Sigala
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10860
Scott Mathews v. City of San Antonio, Texas, et al
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50323
USA v. Rafael Flores-Botello
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50710
USA v. William Tacker, II
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60229
Teresa Miller v. Fleetwood Homes of Tennessee, et
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60389
Shore v. Davis  
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 16-70008

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of capital murder during the course of an aggravated assault, seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) in order to appeal the denial of habeas relief. The court concluded that petitioner is not…

USA v. Elder Tzacir-Garcia
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 14-41437
USA v. Jose Villa-Sanchez
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 15-11169
USA v. William Gutierrez
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 15-20595
USA v. Ellis Barber
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 15-30886
USA v. Juan Garcia
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 15-50441
USA v. James Reneau
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 15-50836
USA v. Jesus Gonzalez
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 15-51092
USA v. Pedro Lopez-Maya
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10132
USA v. Roberto Leon
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10762
Tommie Rice v. Cornerstone Hosp of W Monroe
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30500
USA v. Dexter Powell
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30501
USA v. Rigoberto Dominguez-Flores
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40803
United States v. Casillas-Casillas  
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50379

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to attempted illegal reentry by a removed alien. On appeal, defendant challenges the imposition of a four-level enhancement under USSG 2L2.2(b)(3)(A) for using a fraudulently-obtained United States…

Thomas Jones v. Singing River Hlth Services
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-60263
Arthur Williams v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 16-70019
USA v. Macario Fernandez-Hernandez
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 15-41715
USA v. Jose Carpio-Natividad
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 15-50425
USA v. Donovan Smith
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10215
Cheryl Johnson-Williams v. Mortgage Elec Regstn Sy
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10276
USA v. Corey Jackson
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 16-10678
Lee Edmison, Jr., et al v. Caesars Entrtnmt Oprt C
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30484
Darrin Lavine v. Bank of America, N.A., et al
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 15-10795
Adhikari v. Kellogg Brown & Root  
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 15-20225

Justia Opinion Summary: After an Iraqi insurgent group kidnapped and murdered twelve Nepali men as they traveled through Iraq to a United States military base to work for Daoud, a Jordanian corporation that had a subcontract with KBR, the…

Oswald Barake v. Loretta Lynch
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 15-60416
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 15-60545
USA v. Carry Le
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-20151
USA v. Luis Hernandez Tamayo
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-20157
USA v. Larry Bluitt
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-30582
USA v. Ana Muniz
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40026
USA v. Santos Martinez
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-40576
USA v. Jose Cisto-Vargas
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-41044
USA v. Randle Jackson, III
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50485
USA v. Randle Jackson, III
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50496
USA v. Guillermo Gomez Gonzalez
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-50554

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