USA v. Ulis Alexander
Date: June 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50523
USA v. Luis Rojo-Mendoza
Date: June 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50582
USA v. Valente Duran-Garcia
Date: June 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-51101
Valentine v. Collier
Date: June 5, 2020
Docket Number:
20-20207
United States v. Calzada Vega
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
16-41663
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to one count of illegal reentry after deportation. Both parties agree that the merit's of defendant's appeal are foreclosed by the Supreme…
USA v. Michael Lister
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
17-10655
USA v. Francisco Rodriguez-Castro
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
17-50989
Yun Lin v. USA, et al
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31243
USA v. J. Mondragon-Benitez
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10749
USA v. Sergio Sandoval
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20757
United States v. Guidry
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30347
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine. The court held…
Joshua VanBuren v. Raymond Spoon, et al
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30402
Prosper Operators, Inc. v. Mitchell Navarre
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30918
Bonin v. Sabine River Authority of Louisiana
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40299
Justia Opinion Summary: The Sabine River meanders between Texas and Louisiana. Two state agencies jointly regulate its waterways and operate a hydroelectric plant--the Toledo Bend Reservoir and Toledo Bend Dam. In March 2016, heavy rains led to…
USA v. Darryl Tyson, Jr.
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40375
USA v. Heon Yoo
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40465
USA v. Francisco Valenzuela-Godinez
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40635
USA v. Jose Flores-Garzon
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40788
USA v. Jacob Herrera
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50226
Rachel Escamilla v. Pamela Elliott, et al
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50324
USA v. Jorge Diaz
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50848
USA v. Valente Duran-Garcia
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-51101
USA v. Erick Ramos-Ordonez
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-51175
Sealed Appellee v. Sealed Appellant
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60732
In Re: Schlumberger Tech. Corp.
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
20-30236
Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott
Date: June 4, 2020
Docket Number:
20-50407
Justia Opinion Summary: During the Coronavirus pandemic, Texas Governor Abbott postponed the May 2020 primary runoff elections to July 14; doubled the period for early voting by personal appearance; and declared that election officials would…
USA v. Michael Maes
Date: June 2, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60881
Sean Owens v. Neovia Logistics, L.L.C.
Date: June 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10476
Daniel v. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Date: June 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10834
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against UTSMC, seeking recovery for UTSMC's alleged discrimination and retaliation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of UTSMC's…
USA v. Andres Chavez
Date: June 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10881
USA v. Julia Poff
Date: June 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20853
USA v. Donald Sampson
Date: June 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30632
USA v. Juan Henriquez-Martinez
Date: June 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40567
USA v. Frederick Champion, Jr.
Date: June 2, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60631
United States v. Maes
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60881
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence stemming from a methamphetamine distribution and money laundering conspiracy. The court held that the district court plainly erred in limiting an inmate's…
USA v. Willie Davidson
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10883
USA v. James White
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20647
USA v. Yancy Sonnier
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30720
Derrick Dell v. Andrew Saul, Cmsnr
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30969
USA v. Juan Cabrera-Benitez
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40808
USA v. Everardo Villarreal
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40820
USA v. Rudy Gonzalez-Santos
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-41001
USA v. Pablo Carrillo-Flores
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50281
USA v. Phillip Schuessler
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50482
USA v. Oscar Banda
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50678
USA v. Gregorio Vasquez-Jimenez
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50938
Brian Alfaro, et al v. Rick Reiley, et al
Date: June 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-51080
USA v. Karina Gonzalez-Sanchez
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40958
Stratta v. Harris
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50994
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 alleging that BVGCD violated Plaintiff Fazzino's equal protection right and has taken his property without compensation, and that BVGCD violated Plaintiff Stratta's First…
Environmental Integrity Project v. Environmental Protection Agency
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60384
Justia Opinion Summary: After ExxonMobil sought a revised Title V permit under the Clean Air Act concerning an expansion of a plant in Baytown, Texas, petitioners asked EPA to object on the grounds that the underlying Title I preconstruction…
USA v. Ricardo Maes
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10811
USA v. Adrian Jimenez-Reynoso
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10912
USA v. Ramon Aguirre
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20649
Lionel Francis v. Unknown Boeker, et al
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30075
Donna Parker v. Benteler Steel
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30785
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-41003
American Stewards of Liberty v. Department of Interior
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50321
Justia Opinion Summary: Original petitioner filed suit under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), challenging FWS's negative 90-day finding regarding the delisting of the Bone Cave harvestman arachnid as arbitrary and capricious. While the…
USA v. William Billings
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50738
USA v. Fernando Silva-Villegas
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50766
USA v. Raul Barrera-Velasquez
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50808
McIntyre v. Nissan North America
Date: May 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60246
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action brought by plaintiff, alleging that he was wrongfully discharged for having a firearm in his vehicle parked in…
Gray v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co.
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
17-60817
Justia Opinion Summary: After Gregory Tramaine Miller was crushed to death between the couplers of two rail cars while working as a conductor trainee with the railroad, plaintiffs filed suit under the Federal Employers Liability Act…
Patrick King v. James Hood, et al
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60601
USA v. Jose Vega
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10648
Lindsey Springer v. M. Underwood
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10977
USA v. Derrick Coble
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11235
USA v. Francis Stadler, Jr.
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11340
USA v. Kevin Castro-Perez
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20483
Carlwynn Turner v. N. Cain, et al
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30229
Larry Murray v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30282
USA v. Gregory Graffeo, Jr.
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-31007
USA v. Jose Loaiza-Gaspar
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40262
USA v. Joe Hernandez
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40837
USA v. Melvin Nunez-Guerra
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-41030
USA v. Baylor Scott & White Health, et al
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50818
USA v. Roberto Lujan, Jr.
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50969
USA v. Roberto Lujan, Jr.
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50977
USA v. Tomas Miguel-Martin
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-51120
United States v. Nicholson
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60365
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions for eleven federal tax offenses. Defendant's conviction stemmed from his involvement in a conspiracy to commit tax fraud by filing false tax returns. The court held even…
Bank of Louisiana v. FDIC
Date: May 28, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60564
USA v. Gary Busby
Date: May 27, 2020
Docket Number:
17-11525
In re: IntraMTA Switched Access Charges Litigation
Date: May 27, 2020
Docket Number:
18-10768
Justia Opinion Summary: Local exchange carriers (LECs) can assess interexchange carriers (IXCs) access charges when LECs provide IXCs with services that enable the IXCs to exchange wireless-to-wireline calls that originate and terminate within…
Zepeda v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Date: May 27, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20336
Justia Opinion Summary: In a prior dispute between plaintiff and her lender, Feddie Mac, the Fifth Circuit certified to the Supreme Court of Texas the following question: "Is a lender entitled to equitable subrogation, where it failed to…
Hugh Stiel v. Heritage Numismatic Auctions
Date: May 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10961
USA v. Desmond Greer
Date: May 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11348
Eastus v. ISS Facility Services, Inc.
Date: May 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20258
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's order compelling arbitration, holding that plaintiff is not exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) under the Transportation Worker Exemption. Plaintiff primarily…
USA v. Enrique Rodriguez
Date: May 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20690
USA v. Kristopher Brock
Date: May 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20786
Reza Ahmadi v. Lorie Davis, Director, et al
Date: May 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20793
Reza Ahmadi v. Lorie Davis, Director, et al
Date: May 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20811
USA v. Derrick Felton
Date: May 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30598
USA v. Heinrich Wiebe-Neudorf
Date: May 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50711
Ernest Benton v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: May 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10003
USA v. Tukrame Foster
Date: May 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11096
Pan Am Equities, Inc. v. Lexington Insurance Co.
Date: May 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20363
Justia Opinion Summary: This insurance coverage case concerns flood damage from Hurricane Harvey to two office buildings owned by Pan Am and insured by Lexington.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in…
Deana Perry v. BergHOFF International, Inc.
Date: May 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20423
USA v. Manuel Chacon-Lara
Date: May 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40072
USA v. Bryan Smith
Date: May 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40263
Sierra Frac Sand, LLC v. CDE Global Limited
Date: May 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40489
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff filed suit for fraud, misrepresentation, and breach of contract, defendant moved to dismiss under the doctrine of forum non conveniens based on a forum-selection clause found in a document external to,…
USA v. Cesar Hernandez-Marquez
Date: May 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50852
USA v. Dan Olmos-Rodriguez
Date: May 26, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50959
Farhan Awan v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: May 26, 2020
Docket Number:
20-10413
USA v. Mario Perez
Date: May 22, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11563
Schweitzer v. Investment Committee of the Phillips 66 Savings Plan
Date: May 22, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20379
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a putative class action against the Investment Committee of the Phillips 66's retirement plan for breach of fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
The Fifth Circuit…
USA v. Miguel Baez-Castillo
Date: May 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10958
USA v. Rachel Skidmore
Date: May 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11053
Anthony Ortiz v. Lorie Davis, et al
Date: May 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20212
USA v. Juan Chapa
Date: May 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20433
United States v. Lavalais
Date: May 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30161
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). The court held that, to the extent that defendant argues his indictment is fatally…
USA v. Solomon Devoil
Date: May 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30749
United States v. James
Date: May 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-31011
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of government authorization to administer antipsychotic medication to defendant involuntarily for the sole purpose of restoring her competency for trial. The court…
Larry Maples v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: May 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40225
USA v. Jose Diaz
Date: May 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40948
David Renteria v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: May 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-70009
USA v. Zachariah Castro
Date: May 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11247
USA v. Joshual Hilton
Date: May 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30284
W. L., IV v. Scott Zirus
Date: May 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50896
Dieuvil v. Gebrueder Knauf Verwaltungsgesellschaft, KG
Date: May 20, 2020
Docket Number:
20-30120
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff joined the Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Multi-District Litigation, alleging that his home contained defective Chinese-manufactured drywall. Plaintiff challenged the district court's award of…
USA v. Nestor Campos-Ramenthol
Date: May 20, 2020
Docket Number:
20-60362
United States v. Gomez
Date: May 19, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11578
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's revised sentence imposed after he was convicted of drug trafficking and firearms offenses. The court rejected defendant's reading of the First Step Act of 2018 and joined its sister…
USA v. Joe Carcamo
Date: May 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10562
USA v. Deshawn McCarter
Date: May 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11011
USA v. Codi Dodge
Date: May 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30156
USA v. Joshual Hilton
Date: May 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30284
USA v. Maurice Speights
Date: May 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30317
USA v. Armando Magallon-Molina
Date: May 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40996
USA v. Carlos Meza-Cruz
Date: May 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50931
USA v. Carlos Meza-Cruz
Date: May 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50941
USA v. Donald Bullard
Date: May 19, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60740
United States v. Payton
Date: May 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10360
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's imposition of a standard condition of supervised release requiring defendant to "permit a probation officer to visit at any time at home or elsewhere and permit…
USA v. Francisco Lopez-Barron
Date: May 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20582
USA v. Jordan Marshall
Date: May 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40139
USA v. Rogaciano Jaramillo-Renteria
Date: May 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40791
USA v. Martin De Vicente-Olvera
Date: May 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50675
USA v. James Godfrey, III
Date: May 18, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50754
Laura Covington v. Jeffery Covington, et al
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20723
Leonard v. Deville
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
18-30374
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit treated the petition for en banc rehearing as a petition for panel rehearing, granted the rehearing, withdrew its prior opinion, and substituted the following opinion.
Petitioner appealed the district…
Troy Greenup v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31055
United States v. Emordi
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10400
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants were convicted of conspiracy to engage in Medicare and Medicaid fraud in their operation of a home healthcare business, continuing over a period of three years and causing over $3.5 million in losses.
The…
USA v. Francisco Garcia
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10488
USA v. Damon Williams
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10667
USA v. Michael Heavin
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20770
USA v. Roderick Wiggins
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30324
Jason Frizzell v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40303
USA v. Kendrick Thompson
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40682
USA v. Kendrick Thompson
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40684
USA v. Gerardo Trejo
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50403
USA v. Romeo Maldonado, Jr.
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50692
USA v. Aleoghena Okhumale
Date: May 15, 2020
Docket Number:
20-10387
Adolfo Romero v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: May 14, 2020
Docket Number:
17-11420
USA v. Meera Sachdeva
Date: May 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60847
USA v. Barry Bailey
Date: May 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10763
Paul Poupart v. Jeffrey Landry, et al
Date: May 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-31017
Katherine P. v. Humana Health Plan, Inc.
Date: May 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50276
Justia Opinion Summary: This dispute arose from Humana's denial of coverage for plaintiff's hospital stay as not "medically necessary" for treatment of an eating disorder. The Fifth Circuit reviewed Employee Retirement Income Security Act…
Michael Baker v. Bruce Armstrong, et al
Date: May 13, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50334
United States v. Alvear
Date: May 13, 2020
Docket Numbers:
19-10040, 19-10041
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's revocation of defendant's supervised release and sentence of 27 months in prison. Defendant was convicted for various drug crimes. On appeal, defendant argued that the…
USA v. Ramon Alvear
Date: May 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10041
USA v. Edwin Peralta-Castro
Date: May 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20522
USA v. Jose Lizarraras-Chacon
Date: May 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40424
Jackson v. City of Hearne
Date: May 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50663
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the city and others under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and 1985, alleging violations of his First Amendment, equal protection, and due process rights. Plaintiff's claims relate to his charge, and…
USA v. Tonya Mims
Date: May 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50937
Ronnie Smith v. Pelicia Hall, et al
Date: May 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60316
Ricky Ewing v. J. Burke, et al
Date: May 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60434
USA v. Natalie Barton
Date: May 13, 2020
Docket Number:
20-30270
USA v. Dominic Walton
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
17-10199
Beverly Hawkins v. AT&T, et al
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20374
CBX Resources, LLC v. ACE American Insurance Co.
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50740
Justia Opinion Summary: After losing on its claim for a declaratory judgment that ACE had a duty to defend, CBX dismissed its Texas Insurance Code claims without prejudice. Because those statutory claims were not resolved on the merits, CBX is…
USA v. Darius Hinton
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10766
USA v. Jaquon McKnight
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11069
USA v. Webster Johnson
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11070
Gruver v. Louisiana Board of Supervisors
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30670
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from the tragic death of Maxwell Gruver after a fraternity hazing event at Louisiana State University (LSU). Maxwell's parents filed suit against LSU for violations of Title IX and state law, alleging…
Jeffrey Engle v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40131
USA v. Brian Stowe
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50951
USA v. Gregory Jackson
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50963
USA v. Jose Diaz-Lira
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-51060
USA v. Edwin Gomez
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-51108
USA v. Jconcepcion Alonso-Tobar
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-51142
Munoz-Granados v. Barr
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60758
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's dismissal of petitioner's appeal from the IJ's order denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against…
USA v. Gregory Dotson
Date: May 12, 2020
Docket Number:
20-50299
USA v. Jose Salas-Crisostomo
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11169
USA v. Shaunna Doyle
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10739
USA v. Roque Garcia
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20761
USA v. Troydarius Jackson
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30742
David Tijerina v. Reginaldo Stanley, et al
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40364
USA v. Aaron Avery
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40625
USA v. Juan Saballo-Flores
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40877
USA v. Hector Mireles-Morales
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40972
USA v. Mauricio Lemus
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50445
City of San Antonio v. Hotels.Com, L.P.
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50701
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's conclusion that it was obligated under Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 39 to tax in excess of $2 million in appeal bond costs against the City of San Antonio. The…
USA v. Henry Reyes-De La Cruz
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50780
Laiq Khan v. William Barr, U. S. Atty Gen
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60059
USA v. Dontrelle Sanford
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60397
USA v. Dontrelle Sanford
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60398
USA v. Alejandro Martinez
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60534
Howard v. Davis
Date: May 11, 2020
Docket Number:
19-70018
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied petitioner's motion for a certificate of appealability (COA) to contest the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner sought a COA for the issue of whether his lawyer failed to…
USA v. Lavada Carreon
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
16-11239
United States v. Hicks
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11352
Justia Opinion Summary: This case was remanded from the Supreme Court in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191, 2200 (2019), which held that in 18 U.S.C. 922(g) prosecutions the government must prove that the defendant "knew he…
USA v. Jimmy Fields
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11499
USA v. Jesse Santibanez, et al
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50682
Gery Scott v. State of Texas, et al
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10284
USA v. Jerry Curry
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11027
USA v. Justin Monroe
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11035
USA v. Lorena Carrillo
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11125
Lewis Whitmire v. D. Booker, et al
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20141
Eric McClain v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30162
Nelson Rivers v. Larry Galloway
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30910
USA v. Gelacio Flores-Flores
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40847
USA v. Anthony Strong
Date: May 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60250
Bradley v. Sheriff's Department St. Landry Parish
Date: May 7, 2020
Docket Number:
18-30600
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the Sheriff's Department and others under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and Louisiana state law, alleging wrongful arrest, wrongful detention, and malicious prosecution.
The Fifth Circuit vacated in part…
USA v. Stephan Hamilton
Date: May 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10546
Sun Coast Resources, Inc. v. Conrad
Date: May 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20058
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied defendant's motion for sanctions against Sun Coast under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 38 for pursuing a frivolous appeal. The court noted that the case for Rule 38 sanctions is strongest…
USA v. Joel Buitron
Date: May 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20585
Ralph Ferguson, Jr. v. Eric Dunn, et al
Date: May 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40600
USA v. Mayra Rodriguez
Date: May 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40858
USA v. Enrique Tavares
Date: May 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50587
USA v. Timothy Bryant
Date: May 7, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60433
USA v. Lavada Carreon
Date: May 6, 2020
Docket Number:
16-11239
USA v. Alma Borrayo-Villasenor
Date: May 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10706
USA v. Christopher Sevier
Date: May 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10936
USA v. Tony Lam
Date: May 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30387
Benavides Nolasco v. Crockett
Date: May 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30646
Justia Opinion Summary: Federal courts lack jurisdiction over challenges to the denial of aliens' applications for LPR status unless and until the challenge has been exhausted in removal proceedings.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district…
Aucoin v. Cupil
Date: May 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30779
Justia Opinion Summary: When a prison inmate engages in willful misconduct, a prison guard may use reasonable force to restrain him—but after the inmate submits, there is no need, and thus no justification, for the further use of force. Under…
USA v. Marvin Loucious
Date: May 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30825
Brian Tucker v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: May 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40208
USA v. David Diehl
Date: May 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50165
USA v. Lamar Moore
Date: May 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50867
USA v. Alejandro Landeros-Ramirez
Date: May 6, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50944
USA v. Jaquirro Scott
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31092
Joe Lewis v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10225
USA v. Jesus Sanchez-Chacon
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10602
United States v. Longoria
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20201
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit held that the base offense level of 20 was proper for defendant's felon-in-possession crime involving a semiautomatic firearm that is capable of accepting a large capacity magazine. In this case,…
Brian Dietrich v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30341
USA v. Michael Lord
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30613
USA v. Jarius Carson
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30723
USA v. Guadalupe Galindo
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50232
USA v. Kalub Doyle, Jr.
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50946
USA v. Rodrigo Ramirez-Garcia
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50957
USA v. Rodrigo Ramirez-Garcia
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50958
USA v. Christopher Younger
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60243
Richard Chichakli v. USA, et al
Date: May 5, 2020
Docket Number:
20-10018
Williams v. Taylor Seidenbach, Inc.
Date: May 4, 2020
Docket Numbers:
18-31159, 18-31161
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit held that the district court properly entered partial final judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b), and thus the court has jurisdiction to hear these appeals. Accordingly, the court…
USA v. Victor Gonzalez
Date: May 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40092
USA v. Mario Yax
Date: May 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40698
USA v. Ray Espinoza
Date: May 4, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50696
USA v. Diego Palacios-Villalon
Date: May 1, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41002
USA v. Damoni Owens
Date: May 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10254
USA v. Matthew Merrill
Date: May 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10324
USA v. Eric Johnson
Date: May 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10971
Sharon Burns v. Megan Brennan
Date: May 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30885
United States v. Jordan
Date: May 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40499
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of defendants' motion for a new trial on the basis of prejudicial outside influence on the jury. The court held that the district court did not abuse its broad…
USA v. Yerson Hinestroza
Date: May 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40700
United States v. McNabb
Date: May 1, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50265
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to possessing a gun after having been convicted of a felony. The court held that defendant is not entitled to relief on his claim that the…
United States v. Nava
Date: April 30, 2020
Docket Number:
17-51077
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's two concurrent 480-month sentences for drug-trafficking offenses. The court held that the district court did not clearly err in finding that the methamphetamine seized in Gulfport…
United States v. Smith
Date: April 30, 2020
Docket Number:
18-10476
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant filed a 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion seeking vacatur of his sentence in light of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), which rendered a residual clause similar to the one found in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B)…
Garcia v. Blevins
Date: April 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20494
Justia Opinion Summary: After Phillip Garcia, Jr. was shot and killed by an officer, Garcia's parents filed suit against the officers for violation of Garcia's constitutional rights. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of…
Lina Salek v. Suntrust Mortgage, Inc.
Date: April 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20576
Ulysses Hill v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: April 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30432
USA v. Dewaine Hayes
Date: April 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30439
United States v. Douglas
Date: April 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30488
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. 371 to commit a deprivation of civil rights, an offense defined by 18 U.S.C. 242. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the…
USA v. Raul Lara, Jr.
Date: April 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40609
USA v. Victor Mejia-Hernandez
Date: April 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40707
United States v. Rodriguez-Saldana
Date: April 30, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50949
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to felony illegal reentry. In this case, defendant was in the United States to receive necessary eye surgery. Defendant contends that the…
United States v. Diggles
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40521
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit heard this case en banc to resolve inconsistency in its caselaw on one common issue: How does the requirement that a court pronounce its sentence in the presence of the defendant apply to supervision…
Scott Gibson v. Francois Jean-Baptiste
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50844
Cruz v. Maverick County
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50885
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's finding that Maverick County willfully violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and that the Deputies were entitled to backpay, liquidated damages, and attorneys' fees.…
United States v. Badgett
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10146
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the terms of supervised release and the revocation sentences imposed by the district court. In United States v. Haymond, 139 S. Ct. 2369 (2019), the Supreme Court struck down 18 U.S.C. 3583(k),…
USA v. Ferald Holland
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10748
USA v. Cedric Burns
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10850
USA v. Omero Nino-Guerrero
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10994
Melody Fulford v. Lowe's Home Centers, L.L.C.
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11215
USA v. Louis Jones
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30406
USA v. Horace Hanzy, Jr.
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30892
Wallace Lester v. M. Lewis
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40590
USA v. Jose Chavez-Ceja
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40797
USA v. Julio Ruiz-Bautista
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40801
USA v. Maximiliano Mendoza-Garcia
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50053
USA v. Ubaldo Acosta-Leyva
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50554
USA v. Christal Potter
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50802
Manuel v. Merchants and Professional Bureau, Inc.
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50814
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Merchant's surety, Travelers, alleging claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), alleging that 2017 collection letters were false or misleading and unfair or unconscionable…
Chavez v. Plan Benefit Services, Inc.
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50904
Justia Opinion Summary: A district court must engage in a "rigorous analysis" when it certifies a class action. Plaintiffs filed suit against FBG under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), alleging that FBG has acted as…
Nancy Elsas v. Brent Preston
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60179
Daniel Leiva v. Administrative Review Board
Date: April 29, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60524
Randy Cole, et al v. Michael Hunter, et al
Date: April 27, 2020
Docket Number:
14-10228
Degan v. Board of Trustees of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System
Date: April 27, 2020
Docket Number:
18-10423
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against the Board over changes to their pension fund, alleging that limiting plaintiffs' ability to withdraw from their Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) funds constituted an unlawful taking…
United States v. Rodriguez-Pena
Date: April 27, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40978
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated defendant's sentence for illegal reentry where the Government conceded a Guidelines calculation error. The court held that the error affected defendant's substantial rights and failure to…
USA v. Roger Langston
Date: April 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10203
Daniel Caldwell v. Parker University
Date: April 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11157
Realogy Holdings Corp. v. Jongebloed
Date: April 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20864
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's preliminary injunction enforcing a non-competition agreement between defendant and her former employer Realogy. The court held that the district court did not abuse its…
USA v. Vicki Stark-Fitts
Date: April 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40636
Amawi v. Paxton
Date: April 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50384
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2017, Texas enacted a law that forbids its governmental entities from contracting with companies who engage in economic boycotts of Israel. Plaintiffs, who support the Palestinian side of the conflict, filed two…
William Bell v. Thomas Bergami
Date: April 27, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50410
Eric Darden v. City of Fort Worth, Texas
Date: April 24, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11624
Charise Logan v. Homeland Security, et al
Date: April 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11208
Justin Scott v. City of Austin
Date: April 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50028
Taylor Lohmeyer Law Firm. P.L.L.C. v. United States
Date: April 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50506
Justia Opinion Summary: The IRS served a John Doe summons on the Texas Law Firm, which provides tax-planning advice, seeking documents for “U.S. taxpayers," who, during specified years, used the Firm's services "to acquire, establish, maintain,…
Kelli Goode v. City of Southaven, et al
Date: April 24, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60350
Williams v. Banks
Date: April 23, 2020
Docket Number:
17-60716
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to prison officials in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action brought by plaintiff, an inmate in custody at the MDOC, alleging that defendants violated the…
USA v. Antonio Muro, Jr.
Date: April 23, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50752
USA v. Anthony Moreno
Date: April 23, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10401
USA v. Deborah Petty
Date: April 23, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10430
USA v. Richard Anderson, Jr.
Date: April 23, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40827
Henry Zoch, II v. Daimler, AG
Date: April 22, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41151
USA v. Reymundo Villarreal-Arelis
Date: April 22, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50112
Sanchez v. Young County
Date: April 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10222
Justia Opinion Summary: After Diana Simpson died of a drug overdose while she was a pretrial detainee at the Young County Jail, her family filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations, as well as a claim…
Cassius Medlock v. Calvin Johnson, Warden
Date: April 22, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30474
Valentine v. Collier
Date: April 22, 2020
Docket Number:
20-20207
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit alleging that TDCJ's adoption and implementation of measures guided by changing CDC recommendations in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic do not go far enough. Plaintiffs filed a class action alleging…
USA v. Will Brown
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
17-60499
United States v. Johnson
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
17-60852
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. 922(g) and 924(e) by knowingly possessing a firearm after he had been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic…
USA v. Odingo Odak
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11170
Dante Walker v. Calvin Johnson, Warden
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31155
Michael Shoemaker v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31173
USA v. Zack Sayas
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
18-40776
United States v. McGinnis
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10197
Justia Opinion Summary: 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), which prohibits individuals subject to certain domestic violence protective orders from possessing firearms or ammunition for any purpose, is facially constitutional under the Fifth Circuit's…
Theron Owens v. Lorie Davis, et al
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20316
USA v. Ameth Gutierrez-Rodriguez
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20361
Singleton v. Cannizzaro
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30197
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs allege that for years, prosecutors at the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office, under the direction of District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, used fake "subpoenas" to pressure crime victims and witnesses to…
USA v. Marlon Gladney
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30283
Chirag Patel v. Regions Bank, et al
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30582
M.D.C.G. v. United States
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40076
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and two minors filed suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), asserting claims of assault and battery, false imprisonment/false arrest, intentional and negligent infliction of…
USA v. Cesar Chavira-Madrid
Date: April 21, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50693
USA v. David Davalos, Sr.
Date: April 20, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50784
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle, Inc. v. Azar
Date: April 20, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60592
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the parties dispute the proper method for calculating the hospital specific limit for annual DSH payments. The Hospitals filed suit challenging the 2017 final rule clarifying that hospitals' "costs…
Hewitt v. Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
Date: April 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20023
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit held, consistent with the dissent in Faludi v. U.S. Shale Sols., 950 F.3d 269, 271 (5th Cir. 2020), that an employee who is paid a daily rate is not paid on a "salary basis" under 29 C.F.R. 541.602(a).…
Dorothy Jackson v. John Pierre, et al
Date: April 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30853
USA v. Luis Magallon-Contreras
Date: April 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40496
USA v. Rafael Alvarez, Jr.
Date: April 20, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50700
In re: Greg Abbott
Date: April 20, 2020
Docket Number:
20-50296
Justia Opinion Summary: On April 7, 2020, the Fifth Circuit issued a writ of mandamus vacating the district court's temporary restraining order (TRO) that exempted abortions from GA-09, an emergency measure temporarily postponing non-essential…
Smith v. Ochsner Health System
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31264
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of defendants' motion for summary judgment in a Fair Labor Standards Act suit brought by plaintiff for unpaid overtime wages. The court held that the district court…
Henry Hinton, Jr. v. Janet Moore
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60192
USA v. Juan Navarro
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10444
USA v. Willie Washington
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10728
USA v. Faye Bass
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30601
Kenyon Garrett v. USA
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30994
USA v. Daniel Compton
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40343
Anthony Prescott v. Greg Abbott, et al
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50538
USA v. Ignacio Martinez-Ventura
Date: April 17, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50849
Gerald Bradley v. Trentin Farrell, et al
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11376
USA v. Eduardo Zamarripa
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11435
United States v. Hinojosa
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
18-41134
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the substance abuse testing requirement in defendant's term of supervised release. The court held that there was no conflict between the oral pronouncement and the written judgment, rejecting…
Bradley Barton v. D. Buckner, et al
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
18-51075
Sun Coast Resources, Inc. v. Conrad
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20058
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought an overtime claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) against Sun Coast in arbitration on behalf of a class of similarly situated employees. In a clause construction award, the arbitrator…
USA v. German Sevilla
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20383
Mark Tennyson v. Harris County Texas, et al
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20556
USA v. Rayfield Wells
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30016
USA v. Juan Urquizo
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40585
USA v. Juan Sanchez-Hernandez
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50787
USA v. Daniel Alvarez-Reyes
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
19-51130
Anthony Williams, et al v. CIR
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60804
USA v. Christopher Faulkner
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
20-10128
USA v. Brandon Sims
Date: April 16, 2020
Docket Number:
20-50206
United States v. Koutsostamatis
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
18-20594
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated the district court's order of restitution imposed under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act after defendant was convicted of wire fraud. Defendant's conviction stemmed from him posing as a…
United States v. Holguin-Hernandez
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
18-50386
Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit held that the district court did not reversibly err in assessing defendant's sentence. The court explained that the twelve-month revocation sentence is within the…
USA v. Centene Management Co., L.L.C.
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60746
USA v. Forest Geffert
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10558
USA v. Abdul Chappell
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10681
USA v. Golwer Cruz-Silva
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10820
Smith v. Harris County
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20194
Justia Opinion Summary: After Danarian Hawkins committed suicide while incarcerated in the Harris County Jail, his mother filed suit against the County for compensatory damages under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section…
USA v. Jose Garcia Guzman
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20405
USA v. Randy Baker
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20568
Jane Milligan v. Home Depot USA, Incorporated
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20670
Luwisch v. American Marine Corp.
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30499
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's finding that American Marine was liable for most of plaintiff's injuries. Plaintiff was working as a seaman for American Marine when he was injured on board a vessel owned…
USA v. Roberto Tafolla-Rojas
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40843
USA v. Raymundo Ramos-Garcia
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40918
USA v. Gabriel Gonzalez-Cortez
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50200
USA v. Zeferino Francisco-Matias
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50847
USA v. Leondus Garrett
Date: April 15, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60452
USA v. Ryan Dennis
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-10025
USA v. Justin Fry
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31266
USA v. Rickey Cole
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10629
USA v. Edward Mahan
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20211
USA v. David Jaimes
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20529
Mark Tennyson v. Harris County Texas, et al
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20556
USA v. Kevin Honeycutt
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30098
Carter Anderson v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30397
USA v. Daniel Laurel
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40490
USA v. Oscar Avila-Jaimes
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50019
USA v. Edgardo Grande
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50272
Hector Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50290
USA v. Timothy McWilliams
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50705
USA v. Luis Perez-Gutierrez
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
19-51003
In re: Greg Abbott, et al
Date: April 14, 2020
Docket Number:
20-50296
USA v. Anderson Alexander
Date: April 13, 2020
Docket Number:
17-60360
United States v. Prentice
Date: April 13, 2020
Docket Numbers:
18-11084, 18-11273
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed defendant's sentence for possession of a firearm as a felon. The court held that, contrary to defendant's approach, Shular v. United States, 140 S. Ct. 779 (2020), broadens the understanding of…
USA v. Kevin Prentice
Date: April 13, 2020
Docket Number:
18-11273
USA v. Jaime Coca-Ortiz
Date: April 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10510
USA v. Marvin Carabali-Diaz
Date: April 13, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20261
In re: Greg Abbott, et al
Date: April 13, 2020
Docket Number:
20-50296
USA v. Rechard Young
Date: April 10, 2020
Docket Number:
17-30688
United States v. Huntsberry
Date: April 10, 2020
Docket Number:
18-31269
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for various drug offenses and for possessing firearms as a convicted felon. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's felon in possession…
USA v. Brian Brown
Date: April 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10425
United States v. Martinez-Ovalle
Date: April 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10957
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated defendant's sentence for illegal reentry after removal. The court held that the Ex Post Facto Clause required the sentencing court to apply the 2016 Guidelines to his 2018 offense. The court…
USA v. Juan Cadenas-Urena
Date: April 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40322
Herron Duckett v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: April 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40759
USA v. Christian James
Date: April 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50282
Sandford Pulley v. Grounds Effect Landscaping
Date: April 10, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50872
In re: Greg Abbott, et al
Date: April 10, 2020
Docket Number:
20-50296
Inestroza-Antonelli v. Barr
Date: April 9, 2020
Docket Number:
18-60236
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit granted a petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's denial of petitioner's motion to reopen her removal proceedings. Petitioner relied in part on the alleged dismantling of…
Dyer v. Houston
Date: April 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10280
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs appealed the district court's dismissal, on qualified immunity grounds, of their deliberate-indifference claims against paramedics and police officers employed by the City of Mesquite. Plaintiffs' claims arose…
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. Rust-Oleum Corp.
Date: April 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20210
Justia Opinion Summary: Illinois Tool Works, maker of Rain-X, filed suit against Rust-Oleum over a commercial for its competing product, RainBrella. Illinois Tool Works alleged that the commercial made three false claims. After a jury ruled in…
Hamid Ihsan v. Weatherford US, L.P.
Date: April 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20663
Marcus Sheffield v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: April 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50404
Jose Guerrero-Yanez v. Lorie Davis, Director
Date: April 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50507
USA v. Pedro Rodriguez-Garcia
Date: April 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50575
Carolyn Barnes v. USA, et al
Date: April 9, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50925
Golden Spread Electric Cooperative v. Emerson Process Management Power & Water Solutions
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10238
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Golden Spread and Westport's tort claims against Emerson. The claims arose after Emerson installed a new control system for Golden Spread and the control…
Rheashad Lott v. E. Oseguera, et al
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10314
USA v. Jose Garcia-Lizanaga
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10325
USA v. Brandi Braddock
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10492
USA v. Marcos Dominguez
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10819
USA v. Rene Solis
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10911
Khue Nguyen v. Estate of Thin Thi Ta, et al
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-10934
Samuel Russell v. State of Texas
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-11191
USA v. Ramiro Escobar-Benitez
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20209
Deana Perry v. BergHOFF International, Inc.
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20423
USA v. Antonio Valdez Rojas
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-20527
Chester Brown v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30485
USA v. Nelson Bell, Jr.
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-30673
USA v. Juan Zambrano
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40568
USA v. Aaron Acuna-Duenas
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40666
USA v. Luis Cerda-Gaona
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40769
USA v. Daniel Mata
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-40939
USA v. Leonard Borden
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50355
Robert Schuler v. Andrew Saul, Commissioner
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50390
USA v. Bryan Montoya-Rosado
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50571
USA v. Arisdel Hernandez-Valdez
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50719
USA v. Gilberto Capetillo
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50805
USA v. Jose Pulido-Mendez
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50833
USA v. Jose Pulido-Mendez
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-50834
Arteaga-Ramirez v. Barr
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60024
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of the BIA's decision dismissing petitioners' appeal of the IJ's denial of their application for relief under, inter alia, the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Petitioners…
USA v. Reba Moody
Date: April 8, 2020
Docket Number:
19-60548
