Pierre v. Hooper
Date: October 14, 2022
Docket Number:
19-30737
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner’s filed a petition in the district court under 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 challenging his state convictions for armed robbery, kidnapping, and purse snatching on various constitutional grounds. The district court…
USA v. White
Date: October 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10839
Ultra Petro Corp v. Ad Hoc Com
Date: October 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20008
Justia Opinion Summary: Ultra Petroleum Corp. (HoldCo) and its affiliates, including its subsidiary Ultra Resources, Inc. (OpCo), entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy deep in the hole. But during the bankruptcy process, these debtors (collectively,…
Martinez v. Nueces County
Date: October 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40209
Pierre v. Hooper
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number:
19-30737
Ndudzi v. Garland
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60782
Nyabwari v. Garland
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60479
Kama v. Memorial Hermann Hlth Sys
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20044
USA v. Gonzalez-Hernandez
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40287
USA v. Castro-Pacheco
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40303
Jarrow v. Taylor
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50154
Jefferson v. Wilmington Svngs Fund Socy
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50232
Hamilton v. Dallas County
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10133
USA v. Musgraves
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10947
Ukpong v. International Leadership of TX
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11111
USA v. Guerrero-Ortiz
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20191
Smith v. Linthicum
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20232
Ramirez v. Paloma Energy Consultants
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20536
Henderson v. Harris County
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20544
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff fled from three officers investigating drug activity. An officer chased Plaintiff and commanded him to stop. Eventually, Plaintiff stopped and turned suddenly toward the officer. The officer feared Plaintiff…
Ramirez v. Talos Energy
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20665
Allen v. Kijakazi
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30771
USA v. Armendariz
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40623
USA v. Arthur
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50607
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of three counts of producing, distributing, receiving, and possessing an obscene visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 1466A(a)(1);…
Garcia v. NIBCO
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51151
Daniels v. Saucedo
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51193
USA v. Malone
Date: October 12, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30131
USA v. Galarza
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10925
June Med Svcs v. Phillips
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30001
Jones v. Admin of the Tulane Educ
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30681
Justia Opinion Summary: Two former students of Tulane University, on behalf of a putative class of current and former students, sued the University for failing to provide a partial refund of tuition and fees after Tulane switched from in-person…
Villasana v. Newman
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40360
Atkins v. US Dept of Justice
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40694
USA v. Tarnawa
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40893
USA v. Marmolejo
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50946
USA v. Perez
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51228
USA v. Castillo-Jimenez
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40084
USA v. Martinez-Brilia
Date: October 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20386
Anja v. Garland
Date: October 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60413
Islam v. Garland
Date: October 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60790
USA v. Cabrera
Date: October 10, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40201
USA v. Torres-Ibarra
Date: October 10, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50544
Ogle v. Morgan, et al
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10908
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant in his capacity as Litigation Trustee for the Erickson Litigation Trust, appeals the dismissal of his avoidance and recovery claims under the bankruptcy laws. In broad terms, these claims seek avoidance of…
Rivera-Flores v. Garland
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60315
Perez-Hernandez v. Garland
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61136
WS v. Dallas Indep Sch Dist
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10849
Guenther v. BP Retr Accumulation
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20617
Justia Opinion Summary: BP Corporation North America Inc. (“BP America”) a Defendant-Appellee in this action, acquired Standard Oil of Ohio (“Sohio). BP America converted the Sohio Plan into a new plan called the BP America Retirement Plan (the…
USA v. Rey
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40836
USA v. Cordova-Briseno
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51063
USA v. Aguero-Neave
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10135
USA v. Contreras-Flores
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50129
Jarrow v. Nunnery
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50153
USA v. Ruth
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50784
Chang v. USA
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10652
USA v. Hunter
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20624
USA v. Lee
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40928
USA v. Holmes
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50297
USA v. Ornelas
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51224
Olmos-Tenorio v. Garland
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60166
Martinez-Romero v. Garland
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60930
USA v. Jackson
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10111
USA v. Garcia
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10218
USA v. Marron
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10259
USA v. Homer
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10262
USA v. Kinsey
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10418
USA v. Nichols
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10499
USA v. St. John
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20174
Inspire Up v. B R F Hospital Holdings
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30052
Klairmont Korners, L.L.C.
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40371
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s order denying Klairmont Korners, L.L.C. (“Klairmont”) claim that a debtor’s decision to reject a commercial lease pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section 365 should not receive…
USA v. Powell
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50081
USA v. Aguirre Cruz
Date: October 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50248
Douthit v. Collier
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20550
Gomez-Vargas v. Garland
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60429
USA v. Robinson
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20636
State of Texas v. USA
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40680
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012 the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Eight states and the Governors of two states, led by Texas, have challenged DACA’s…
Logan v. Hennigan
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10076
USA v. Gentry
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30138
USA v. Giron-Vargas
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40260
USA v. Nieto-Uribe
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50077
DeMarco v. Bynum
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11047
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Texas prisoner, appealed the summary judgment dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 claim that a correctional officer at the Allred Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), confiscated…
Ndifon v. Garland
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60997
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner a native and citizen of Cameroon, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his claim for protection under the Convention…
Crane v. City of Arlington
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10644
Justia Opinion Summary: T.C.’s estate and the passengers of T.C.’s car sued an Arlington police officer and the City of Arlington for the use of excessive force during a traffic stop in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The district court…
USA v. Gutierrez-Munoz
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40903
USA v. Lee
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50591
Welsh v. Collier
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50878
Sneed v. Austin Indep School Dist
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50966
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued her school district under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleging racial discrimination by other students. After a bench trial, the district court ruled for the school district. Plaintiff argued…
Cordero-Chavez v. Garland
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60370
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner petitions for review of the dismissal of her application for asylum and withholding of removal. She claimed abuse by a former boyfriend and gang member, but the immigration judge (“IJ”) denied her application…
Kizito v. Garland
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60491
Alvarado-Ferman v. Garland
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60862
Velancous Serpa v. Garland
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60938
USA v. Dominguez-Morales
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10037
Manzo v. Mateware
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10091
USA v. Gibson
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20006
USA v. Cahee
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20218
Butler v. E I DuPont de Nemours
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30069
Tercero v. TX Southmost College
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40004
Washington v. UTMB, et al
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20434
Adv Indicator v. Acadia Ins
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20092
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Advanced Indicator and Manufacturing, Inc. claims its building was damaged by Hurricane Harvey’s winds. Advanced’s insurer, Acadia Insurance Company, determined that the damage to the building was caused by…
Fields v. Brown
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40818
Santa Maria Ochoa v. Garland
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60220
Zuet v. Garland
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60922
Perez-Leiva v. Garland
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60935
Wazelle v. Tyson Foods
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10061
USA v. Rayford
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10339
USA v. Gonzalez-Cortes
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20119
Semien v. Burlington Insurance
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20195
Diamond Svc v. Travelers Casualty
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40240
Rodriguez-Cruz v. Garland
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60092
USA v. Senegal
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
19-40930
Bond v. Nueces Cty, et al
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40050
Ruiz-Perez v. Garland
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61133
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner petitioned for review of a decision that she is ineligible to have her removal order canceled. The Fifth Circuit denied Petitioner’s petition. The court explained that Petitioner is ineligible for any relief…
Crane v. City of Arlington
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10644
Justia Opinion Summary: Tavis Crane’s estate and the passengers of Crane’s car sued Arlington Police Officer (Officer) and the City of Arlington for the use of excessive force during a traffic stop in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The…
Denning v. Bond Pharmacy
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30534
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff began receiving prescription medication administered through a pain pump and filled by AIS Healthcare (“AIS”). In 2021, she discovered that AIS was billing her insurer at a rate of $120 per day for allegedly…
US Inventor v. Vidal
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40601
USA v. Cordova-Espinoza
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50518
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court’s denial of a motion to suppress evidence obtained by federal agents after a hotel manager opened the door to a room containing Defendant. Defendant moved to suppress the fruits of…
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51209
Gau v. Garland
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60552
McInnis v. Liberty Mutual
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30022
Leone v. School Board of Caddo Parish
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30115
Brown v. Alixa-RX
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40160
USA v. Munoz
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50047
Guillen-Perez v. Garland
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60108
Cuxum Sis v. Garland
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60134
Medina-Rodriguez v. Garland
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60334
Freedom From Religion v. Mack
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20279
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a Texas Justice of the Peace, opened his courtroom with a prayer every morning. The plaintiffs, a group of litigants appearing before the judge, sought an injunction preventing Defendant from doing so. The…
USA v. Ortiz
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50947
USA v. Stevens
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51048
USA v. Ingram
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51120
USA v. George Ingram
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51164
USA v. Granados-Dominguez
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51216
USA v. Gutierrez
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51227
USA v. Etheridge
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10148
USA v. Rodriguez-Zarraga
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10392
USA v. Villarreal-Medrano
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40038
USA v. Mendoza-Espinoza
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50079
USA v. Mendoza-Espinoza
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50080
USA v. Villasana-Hernandez
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50133
USA v. Moncada-Aguirre
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50388
USA v. Romero-Carreon
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50657
Campaign Legal Center v. Scott
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50692
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, including the American Civil Liberties Union, sought an injunction compelling the Texas Attorney General to release the names of certain individuals who were suspected of being non-citizens but were…
Cosme-Ramos v. Garland
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60093
USA v. Orellana
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60162
USA v. Orellana
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60163
USA v. Clark
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
17-11079
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. This offense typically carries a maximum penalty of ten years incarceration. The presentence report (PSR), however, recommended sentencing Defendant…
USA v. Love
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10979
USA v. Cobourn
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11242
USA v. Love
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11246
Woodruff v. Caris MPI
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11249
USA v. Sanchez
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11281
Fire Protc Svc v. Survitec
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20145
Franlink v. BACE Services
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20316
Justia Opinion Summary: In a dispute over the applicability of a forum selection clause contained in a franchise agreement, the Fifth Circuit held that non-signatories to a franchise agreement may be bound to the contract’s choice of forum…
USA v. Juarez
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51161
Lozano v. Garland
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60742
Paredes Echavarria v. Garland
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60760
Lopez Rodriguez v. Garland
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60903
Duenas-Sanchez v. Garland
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60913
Grimes v. Avis Budget Car Rental
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10117
USA v. Jordan
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10374
Miller v. Meacham
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10776
USA v. Duhon
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30029
June Medical Svcs v. Phillips
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30425
USA v. Urias-Renteria
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50076
Jackson v. Daniel
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50558
Bye v. MGM Resorts
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60034
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was employed by Employer, an operator of a casino resort, from January 7, 2015, until she gave two weeks’ notice on June 28, 2019. Upon the termination of her employment, Plaintiff claimed she was subject to…
K. v. King
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60228
John Hale v. Roland Abangan, et al
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
18-60183
EEOC, et al v. Ryan's Pointe Houston, et al
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
19-20656
Waller v. Hoeppner
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10129
Waller v. Hoeppner
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10457
Waller v. Fort Worth
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10458
USA v. Ceniceros-Deleon
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10852
USA v. Moreno
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50661
Marquez v. Benavides
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50952
Farish v. Lynx
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51223
USA v. Garcia-Lara
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10176
USA v. Encinas
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10180
USA v. Cruz
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10191
USA v. Cano
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10242
USA v. Pina-Carrillo
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40093
Clay v. Hanson
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40180
Moose v. LNU
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50002
USA v. Urias-Renteria
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50069
Medrano-Hernandez v. Garland
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60071
Evans v. NetSpend Corporation
Date: September 26, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50310
USA v. Malagerio
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10729
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant, a Canadian citizen not legally present in the United States, was arrested and charged with various firearms offenses following the execution of an administrative warrant at his trailer. Appellant…
Mobley v. Vine
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40814
USA v. Williams
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51207
Chhetri v. Garland
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60298
Chowdhury v. Garland
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60815
USA v. Ayala
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10200
USA v. Hernandez
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10400
USA v. Cardenas-Ramirez
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10404
USA v. Gonzalez-Alvarez
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40123
Witcher v. LaSalle Corrections
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40259
USA v. Mora-Mendez
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50436
USA v. Johnson
Date: September 22, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10151
USA v. Mimms
Date: September 22, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10424
USA v. Hinojosa-Alvarez
Date: September 22, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40199
USA v. Gutierrez-Virrueta
Date: September 21, 2022
Docket Number:
18-20744
Kumar v. Garland
Date: September 21, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60712
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner petitioned for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The order dismissed his appeal of an Immigration Judge’s denials of his claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection…
BlueStar Cabinets v. Jaddou
Date: September 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10116
USA v. Walker
Date: September 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20385
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. His plea reserved the right to appeal the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress. He challenges the district court’s…
USA v. Weldon
Date: September 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30474
USA v. Rodonaia
Date: September 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40510
USA v. Garcia
Date: September 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51104
June Medical Svcs v. Phillips
Date: September 21, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30425
Justia Opinion Summary: Following Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022), the State of Louisiana filed an “emergency Rule 60(b) motion to vacate permanent injunction” concerning the enforcement of Act 620, which requires…
USA v. Rios
Date: September 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10371
Adler & Sons v. Axis Surplus Ins Co
Date: September 20, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30478
Justia Opinion Summary: During the covid-19 pandemic, state and local authorities in Louisiana ordered nonessential businesses to close for a time. This required Plaintiff to temporarily shut his jewelry stores and event spaces in New Orleans.…
USA v. Munguia-Portales
Date: September 20, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50190
USA v. Collazo
Date: September 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11233
USA v. Moore
Date: September 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11240
B. v. Houston Indep Sch Dist
Date: September 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20229
Russell v. Jones
Date: September 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20269
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sued Harris County and its Sheriff to enjoin enforcement of Harris County’s allegedly unconstitutional felony-bail system. While doing so, plaintiffs served subpoenas duces tecum on county district judges…
USA v. Rodriguez-Puente
Date: September 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20531
BRFHH Shreveport v. Willis-Knighton
Date: September 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30622
Justia Opinion Summary: BRFHH Shreveport sued Willis-Knighton Medical Center for antitrust violations. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim. The Fifth Circuit affirmed. The court held (A) BRF’s Section 1 claim…
Gonzales-Jimenes v. Garland
Date: September 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60424
Rhone v. City of Texas City
Date: September 19, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40551
Razvi v. Dallas Fort Worth Intl
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10016
USA v. Medina-Rodriguez
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51013
NetChoice v. Paxton
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51178
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves HB 20, a Texas statute that regulates large social media platforms. The law regulates platforms with more than 50 million monthly active users (“Platforms”), such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.…
USA v. Munoz
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51196
Gonzales-De Valle v. Garland
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60138
Alvarado Dominguez v. Garland
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60890
Martinez-Montes v. Garland
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60905
USA v. Leal
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10098
USA v. Williams
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10312
USA v. Renteria-Herrera
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50258
Defense Distributed v. Platkin
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50669
Moler v. Baty, et al
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number:
19-31015
USA v. Lopez-Guzman
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11177
Dobbs v. Warden
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10657
USA v. Woodson
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11005
Franklin v. United States
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11104
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed from the dismissal of his claims challenging tax penalties assessed against him, as well as the revocation of his passport pursuant to those penalties. He also appealed the denial of an award of…
USA v. Gomez-Santacruz
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11143
USA v. Cuatepotzo-Cortes
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50957
USA v. Mark
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60649
Zavala-Salgado v. Garland
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60736
USA v. Evans
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60871
USA v. Espinoza Ruiz
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20140
Pontchartrain v. Tierra de Los Lagos
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30286
Justia Opinion Summary: Pontchartrain Partners, L.L.C. (“Pontchartrain”) and Tierra De Los Lagos, L.L.C. d/b/a Bee Sand Company (“Bee Sand”) are construction companies involved in a breach-of-contract dispute. In June 2021, Bee Sand sued…
USA v. Clark
Date: September 14, 2022
Docket Number:
17-11079
BG Gulf Coast LNG v. Sabine-Neches
Date: September 14, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40158
Justia Opinion Summary: The Sabine–Neches Waterway is vitally important to the local, state, and federal economies. Despite its importance, sixty years have gone by without much effort to maintain or otherwise improve it. The Sabine–Neches…
Island Operating Company v. Sanchez
Date: September 14, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60153
USA v. Singleton
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60773
USA v. Singleton
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60822
USA v. Singleton
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60823
USA v. Santana
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10150
USA v. Moreno-Gomez
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40233
USA v. Wedgeworth
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60325
USA v. Betancourt
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11188
Dougherty v. Steve Hart Restoration
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20663
USA v. Pedraza
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50221
USA v. Lopez-Morales
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50751
USA v. Lopez-Morales
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51187
USA v. Horne
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10106
USA v. Castro-Salazar
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10251
USA v. Canales
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10264
USA v. Moreno-Hernandez
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20194
USA v. Newton
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number:
19-11196
USA v. Rose
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10463
Justia Opinion Summary: The government challenged the district court’s partial grant of Defendant’s motion to suppress. The Fifth Circuit reversed, concluding that the evidence at issue was obtained following a constitutionally valid…
USA v. Calderon-Portillo
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11097
USA v. Gollihugh
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11132
USA v. Aguirre-Garcia
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20666
USA v. Medina-Rodriguez
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50981
USA v. Johnson
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51189
Agustin-Matias v. Garland
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60288
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal of an immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of his application for cancellation…
USA v. Phanyavong
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10152
USA v. Garcia-Gonzalez
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40141
Craig v. Martin
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number:
19-10013
Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerns the denial of qualified immunity to a police officer. Plaintiff and four of her children sued the officer asserting claims for unlawful arrest, bystander injury, and excessive use of force. The…
Cloyd v. KBR
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20676
USA v. DeJean
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30755
USA v. Centeno
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40347
USA v. Barrera-Telles
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10196
R. v. Jasso
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50017
USA v. Ramirez-Nery
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50022
USA v. Vargas
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50058
USA v. Timpson
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
19-50924
NexPoint v. Highland Capital Management
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10449
Justia Opinion Summary: Highland Capital Management, L.P., a Dallas-based investment firm, managed billion-dollar, publicly traded investment portfolios for nearly three decades. However, myriad unpaid judgments and liabilities forced Highland…
Janvey v. GMAG
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10483
Janvey v. GMAG
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10882
USA v. Lopez
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11215
John Hancock v. Wheatley
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20508
Ward v. Cross Keys Bank
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30649
Anderson v. Daniels
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40767
USA v. Fernandez
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50283
Justia Opinion Summary: A grand jury indicted Defendant for being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm. Defendant moved to suppress the statements he made to the police. The district court granted Defendant’s…
Amawi v. Paxton
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50360
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought suit challenging a Texas law, which was later amended so as to moot their claims before the merits were adjudicated. Nevertheless, the district court determined that their fleeting success in obtaining…
USA v. Ibarra
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50790
USA v. Zahner
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51009
Cruz-Sanchez v. Garland
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60415
Quintanilla-Lizano v. Garland
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60694
USA v. Franco
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10136
USA v. Gonzalez-Garcia
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10210
Torson v. Hyundai Oilbank
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20065
USA v. McCall
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30065
USA v. Payan-Martinez
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40078
USA v. Brito-Brito
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50308
USA v. Flores-Brewster
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40817
USA v. Jalloul
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10434
USA v. Lopez-Enciso
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11146
McZeal v. State of Louisiana
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30631
USA v. Lawrence
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30759
USA v. Mascarenas-Jaramillo
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40108
Alcoser v. Ford
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50626
USA v. Osorio-Mendez
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50651
USA v. Osorio-Mendez
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50658
USA v. Ansari
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50915
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted on all five counts of a 2011 indictment charging himself and two co-conspirators with a variety of offenses arising from a well-orchestrated scheme to circumvent American export controls designed…
Samsonyan v. Garland
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60405
USA v. Gillingham
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10279
USA v. Vasquez
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10362
USA v. Monge Garcia
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20122
USA v. Wheaten
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30040
USA v. Preston
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40024
Courtney v. USA
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60131
Parada v. Garland
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number:
19-60425
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner and her minor daughter petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying their motion to reopen removal proceedings to allow them to apply for cancellation of removal. The Fifth…
Pan v. Garland
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number:
19-60606
USA v. Stiff
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10997
Ovalle v. United Rentals
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11076
Scott v. Wollney
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11161
Loggerhead Holdings v. BP
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30573
Justia Opinion Summary: Loggerhead Holdings, Inc., a holding company that owned a scuba diving cruise business, was one of many plaintiffs who brought suit against an oil company because of the explosion of an offshore drilling rig and the…
USA v. Castillo-Santana
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40530
King v. Cardinal Services
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40562
USA v. Turner
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40634
Sweetin v. City of Texas City
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40784
Justia Opinion Summary: Texas City’s “permit officer” handles applications for ambulance permits for the City. One day, he spotted an ambulance without a permit. He knew he was powerless to issue citations to the drivers himself, so he summoned…
Saavedra-Vargas v. BP Exploration & Production
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30010
USA v. Davis
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30151
Parada v. Garland
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number:
19-60425
Cecilio Rodriguez v. Garland
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60332
USA v. Vera
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10096
USA v. Williams
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11094
Love v. Kijakazi
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10008
USA v. Alexander
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10288
USA v. Hernandez
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50263
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to transporting illegal aliens for financial gain. At his original sentencing, the district court applied an enhancement for intentionally or recklessly creating a risk of death or serious bodily…
USA v. Graham
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60084
Byrd v. Harrell, et al
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
17-40996
Justia Opinion Summary: While violently resisting several prison guards, Plaintiff’s arm was broken by one guard’s baton strikes. Plaintiff sued for excessive force. The district court granted the guard summary judgment based on qualified…
Harrison v. Young
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
19-10874
Justia Opinion Summary: This dispute is about whether Texas must provide around-the-clock nursing services to a disabled individuals even though the expense of doing so exceeds the cost cap in the state’s Medicaid program. Plaintiff contends…
Hammoud v. Ma'at
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
19-50914
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. Section 2241 habeas corpus petition for lack of jurisdiction. The Fifth Circuit explained that because Petitioner could have raised all his present claims in a Section…
USA v. Molina
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11232
Fox v. Nu Line Transport
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30716
Resendez v. Abbott, et al
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50647
Henley v. Biloxi H.M.A.
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60991
Justia Opinion Summary: This is an appeal from a district court’s grant of a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. Plaintiff sought a declaratory judgment that Defendant Biloxi H.M.A., L.L.C., doing business as Merit…
McCollum v. Lewis
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11259
Baxter v. USA
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20258
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States appeals the district court’s summary judgment rulings rendered in this federal income tax refund action filed by Plaintiffs. The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court’s ruling and found that the…
Hawkins v. Sanders
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30545
Alexandria v. Collier
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50022
USA v. Cortez
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50152
USA v. English
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50496
Macharia v. Garland
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60157
Kshetri v. Garland
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60448
USA v. Lewellen
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10063
Env TX Citizen Lobby, et al v. ExxonMobil, et al
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number:
17-20545
Justia Opinion Summary: Environmental groups sued ExxonMobil under the Clean Air Act for thousands of unauthorized emissions from the company’s complex in Baytown, Texas. Applying guidance from the Fifth Circuit, the district court determined…
Fears v. Lumpkin
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40563
NextEra, et al v. D'Andrea, et al
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50160
Justia Opinion Summary: Texas recently enacted such a ban on new entrants in a market with a more direct connection to interstate commerce than the drilling of oil wells: the building of transmission lines that are part of multistate…
Morash v. Val Ridge Roofing
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10212
Bank of America v. Mann
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11192
Lopez v. Cintas
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20089
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was a local delivery driver for Cintas Corporation. That means he picked up items from a Houston warehouse (items shipped from out of state) and delivered them to local customers. Lopez does not want to…
DHI Group v. Kent
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20274
DHI Group v. Kent
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20474
USA v. Gonzalez-Moreno
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40112
Pearson v. Specialized Loan Servicing
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20005
Marisela Aguilar v. Garland
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60006
Hutchings v. Cty of Llano, et al
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50885
USA v. Hefley
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10863
USA v. Martinez
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11045
Aubrey v. Estate of Ira Tobolowsky
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11091
Rollins v. State of Texas
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20482
Stanley Access v. Home Depot
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20493
Laviage v. Fite
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20678
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was prosecuted for knowing failure to report scrap metal transactions to the Texas Department of Public Safety, as required by state law. A jury acquitted him. Plaintiff then sued Houston Police Sergeant,…
Greene v. Demoss
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30044
Fugedi v. Initram
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40365
USA v. Mamoth
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40422
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his guilty plea conviction for attempted bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 2113(a). Defendant contends that the district court violated Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1) by…
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51154
USA v. Sanchez-Juarez
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51247
USA v. Serna
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10099
USA v. Ford
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30109
USA v. Martinez
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10307
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court’s imposition of fifteen conditions of supervised release in the written judgment, arguing the conditions are discretionary and conflict with those orally pronounced at sentencing.…
Franciscan Alliance v. Becerra
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11174
Justia Opinion Summary: Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act prohibits health care programs that receive federal funds from discriminating against patients on the basis of sex. Section 1557 incorporates Title IX’s…
USA v. Arellano
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11229
USA v. Teague
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30605
Holm v. Sassenhagen
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50074
USA v. Saucedo-Delgado
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50128
USA v. Chavez-Garcia
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50273
Barnhill v. Hildreth-White
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50646
Mullis v. Lumpkin
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-70008
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was sentenced to death. He did not appeal or pursued state habeas relief. However, he subsequently filed for a Certificate of Appealability with the Fifth Circuit on several grounds. The Fifth Circuit rejected…
Cole v. Lumpkin
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
21-70011
USA v. Zuniga-Ramirez
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10039
Acosta v. O'Connor
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10072
USA v. Perez-Gonzalez
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10266
USA v. Hernandez
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10393
USA v. Hernandez-Torres
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40106
USA v. Torres-Robles
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40135
USA v. Lopez
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10609
USA v. Lopez
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10864
Warner v. Zook
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10961
USA v. Reese
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11016
Mendoza v. Lumpkin
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20501
Henderson v. Atmos Energy
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30046
People Source Staffing v. Robertson
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30368
Efthemes v. Amguard Insurance
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30556
USA v. Howard
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40873
USA v. Garcia-Marcelo
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50700
Garcia v. Orta
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50890
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff claimed that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated because he was detained without probable cause for driving while intoxicated. He brought suit under Section 1983, seeking damages from the officers who…
Menzia v. Austin Indep School Dist
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50979
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a person of color and of mixed heritage, reported to school administrators that she was harassed by her peers on the basis of her race and national origin during her sixth-grade year in the Austin Independent…
Sheikh Osman v. Garland
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60508
USA v. Cabrera
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40200
USA v. Gonzales-Arreola
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50008
USA v. Gonzalez-Arreola
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50009
Harness v. Watson
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
19-60632
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the en banc court was whether the current version of Miss. Const. art. 12, Section 241 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. This provision was upheld in Cotton v.…
Lee, et al v. Anthony Lawrence Collection, et al
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30796
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs petitioned the United States Patent and Trademark Office for federal registration of the mark “THEEILOVE”. That phrase, “Thee I Love,” comes from the alma mater of Jackson State University. They then sued the…
USA v. Seekins
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10556
USA v. Green
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10651
USA v. Selgas
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10672
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants were convicted by a jury of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) by interfering with its lawful functions and evasion of payment of taxes. On appeal, Defendants both challenge the…
Ramirez v. City of Arlington, Texas
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10856
USA v. Ochoa
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11277
USA v. Vargas
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20140
SCD BLK 251 Houston v. Mt. Jefferson
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20396
EEOC v. Cash Depot
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20515
USA v. Tucker
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30194
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was found guilty of three counts of making false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 922(a)(6) and two counts of possession in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section…
USA v. Gilbert
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51057
USA v. Yorkman
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51219
Eyong v. Garland
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60331
Wu v. Garland
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60420
Harris v. Clay County, MS
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60456
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, on behalf of her son, sued District Attorney, Sheriffs, and Clay County under Section 1983 alleging that Defendants violated her son’s Fourteenth Amendment due process rights by unlawfully detaining him for…
Campos v. Garland
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60464
Goree v. City of Verona
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60911
USA v. Vences-Enciso
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10184
Williams v. Biomedical Research
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30064
USA v. Rodriguez-Juarez
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50004
USA v. Rodriguez-Juarez
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50011
USA v. Morton
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
19-10842
Justia Opinion Summary: State troopers arrested Defendant after finding drugs in his car during a traffic stop. Morton also had three cell phones in the car. A state judge later signed warrants authorizing searches of the phones for evidence of…
USA v. Hamilton
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11157
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted under 18 U.S.C. Section 666 for two counts of “bribery concerning a local government receiving federal benefits,” plus a conspiracy count under Section 371. The question here was whether…
Uptown Grill v. Camellia Grill Holdings
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30639
Justia Opinion Summary: The Grill Holdings, L.L.C. (Khodr) filed suit in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans seeking a declaratory judgment as to whether CGH (Shwartz) had the right to audit their books and records under the…
King v. Baylor University
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50352
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff signed a Financial Responsibility Agreement (“FRA”) with Baylor University to secure her enrollment for the Spring 2020 semester. The FRA required Plaintiff to pay Baylor for “educational services,” and she…
Ixquier-Morales v. Garland
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60485
Gadsden v. Withers
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60832
Lopez Zamora v. Garland
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
18-60888
Castellanos-Ulloa v. Garland
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60916
Hignell-Stark v. City of New Orleans
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30643
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves three constitutional challenges to New Orleans’s regulation of short-term rentals (“STRs”)—the City’s term for the type of lodging offered on platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo. The district court…
USA v. Romero
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50485
Yin v. Garland
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60364
Stanton-Black v. Garland
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60782
NexPoint v. Highland Capital Management
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10449
Justia Opinion Summary: Highland Capital Management, L.P., a Dallas-based investment firm, managed billion-dollar, publicly traded investment portfolios for nearly three decades. By 2019, however, myriad unpaid judgments and liabilities forced…
Luke v. State of Texas
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50791
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, who is deaf, was arrested for marijuana possession. Throughout his encounter with the criminal justice system—during his arrest, court proceedings, and interactions with probation officers—he was denied a sign…
USA v. Zubia
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50811
Fuentes-Guevara v. Garland
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60077
Rogers v. Hall
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60533
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was fired from his position as the Chief of Investigation of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman (Parchman) about three months after he testified at a probable cause hearing on behalf of one of his…
USA v. Crittenden
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
18-50635
Justia Opinion Summary: A grand jury charged Defendant and co-Defendant with three offenses: conspiracy to deal methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine; and conspiracy to deal marijuana.…
Sambrano v. United Airlines
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11159
Vidrine v. Guillot
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30203
USA v. Harbarger
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40332
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of illegally possessing an unregistered firearm, specifically a “destructive device,” under the National Firearms Act (“NFA”). Appealing his conviction, Defendant argues that the NFA is…
USA v. Cardenas-Mendoza
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40673
USA v. Simmons
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40810
USA v. Ramirez-Ramirez
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10035
Lonero v. USA
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10317
USA v. Romero
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40014
Mattlage-Thurmond v. First Natl Bank
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50021
Midship Pipeline v. FERC
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60225
Justia Opinion Summary: Midship Pipeline Company, L.L.C. challenged part of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) order directing an administrative law judge to determine the “reasonable cost” for Midship to complete remediation…
Data Marketing Partnership v. LABR
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11179
Justia Opinion Summary: This ERISA case presented the Fifth Circuit with three questions:
1.) Whether the Department of Labor’s self-labeled “advisory opinion” is reviewable “final agency action” under the Administrative Procedure Act;
2.)…
Douglass v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30382
USA v. Navarro
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11024
State of Louisiana v. Biden
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30505
Justia Opinion Summary: On January 20, 2021, Acting Secretary of the Interior Scott de la Vega suspended delegated authority “[t]o issue any onshore or offshore fossil fuel authorization . . . .” On January 27, 2021, President Biden issued…
James v. Cleveland School Dist
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60688
Justia Opinion Summary: As the result of a longstanding desegregation decree, Plaintiff’s high school was consolidated with another school before her senior year. This reshuffled the class rankings, and Plaintiff ended up third. She sued school…
USA v. Martinez
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20074
Huskey v. Jones, et al
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number:
19-60588
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought suit against Defendants for conduct that occurred during his incarceration at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Defendants, and Plaintiff…
Alcide v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30379
Douglass v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30382
Justia Opinion Summary: Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (“NYK”), incorporated and headquartered in Japan, is a major global logistics company that transports cargo by air and sea. On June 17, 2017, the ACX Crystal, a 730-foot container ship…
Taylor v. HD and Associates
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30815
Justia Opinion Summary: Cable technicians working for HD and Associates (HDA) alleged that they did not receive overtime pay, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Granting summary judgment to HDA, the district court ruled that…
Tamayac v. Garland
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60138
USA v. Wright
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60877
Donnell v. USA
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40296
Chandler v. Phoenix Services
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10626
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are oil-field manufacturing and services companies (collectively, “Chandler”) who brought Walker Process fraud and sham patent litigation claims against defendants Phoenix Services, LLC, and its CEO, Mark…
Allen v. Sherman Operating
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40913
Perez v. McCreary, Veselka, Bragg
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50958
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff recieved a debt-collection letter from Defendant, a law firm that specializes in collecting debt on behalf of the Texas government. However, the limitations period for the debt mentioned in the letter had run.…
Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10116
TPC Group v. China Navigation
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20002
Justia Opinion Summary: A time-chartered vessel allided with a barge and a dock in the Houston Ship Channel. The owner of the barge and the lessee of the dock sued both the vessel’s owner and her then-time charterer, seeking damages for…
D G Louisiana v. One Spine Institute
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30498
USA v. Slape
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
18-41085
Justia Opinion Summary: In exchange for Defendant’s guilty plea on the superseding indictment’s principal drug-dealing charge (“Count 1”), the Government dismissed all other charges. The parties stipulated to a recommended prison sentence of…
Villarreal v. City of Laredo
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40359
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff regularly reports on local crime, missing persons, community events, traffic, and local government. Plaintiff published a story about a man who committed suicide and identified the man by name and revealed that…
Rodriguez Hernandez v. Garland
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61241
Westfall v. Luna
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10159
Drerup v. Con Nuclear Security
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10600
Jones v. Dallas County
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10617
USA v. Holmes
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10959
Wallace v. Lumpkin
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11050
USA v. Ruiz
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11126
USA v. Kimbrell
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30338
Jones v. Bergami
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50070
USA v. Trigueros-Recinos
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50924
Mbeawoh v. Garland
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60102
Lema Nogales v. Garland
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60665
USA v. Poff
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
22-20212
USA v. Sanchez-Vargas
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50271
Andres-Francisco v. Garland
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60046
USA v. Sheperd
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
19-20073
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant the owner of a home health agency was convicted of Medicare fraud. On appeal, she complained that her Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel had been violated. Turns out, Defendant’s pretrial…
Stramaski v. Lawley
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20607
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff claimed her employment was terminated in retaliation for complaining she was going to be paid late. She filed a complaint against a department head within the Texas A&M Engineering Station in his individual…
Juarez v. Garland
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60904
Rodriguez-Alvarado v. Garland
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61090
Melgoza v. Hardin
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10497
Kennebrew v. Amarillo Parole
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10732
Harrison Company v. A-Z Whsle
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11028
Justia Opinion Summary: Harrison Co., L.L.C. executed a credit agreement with A-Z Wholesalers, Inc. to supply A-Z with tobacco products and other goods. Barkat Ali personally guaranteed A-Z’s payment. A-Z fell behind $2.6 million on payments…
USA v. Clark
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11099
