2022 Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

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USA v. Thomas
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20156
USA v. Johnlouis  
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30085

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant moved to suppress narcotics evidence that the Government seized after a letter carrier’s thumb slipped through a hole in a package, initiating an allegedly illegal search. According to Defendant the Fourth…

Borel v. Sch Bd Saint Martin Parish  
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30514

Justia Opinion Summary: On appeal, the St. Martin Parish School Board (the “School Board”) challenges the district court’s (1) exercise of remedial jurisdiction over the case, (2) denial of its motion for unitary status, and (3) imposition of…

Mills v. LeBlanc
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30589
Argonaut Insurance v. Falcon V  
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30668

Justia Opinion Summary: After the bankruptcy court confirmed Falcon V’s reorganization plan, Argonaut Insurance Company asked the court to interpret the plan, arguing primarily that a $10.5 million suretyship agreement was an “executory…

USA v. Fontenot
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30747
Angton v. Collier
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40428
USA v. Lapop
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40838
USA v. Alvarez-Flores
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40909
Rost v. USA  
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51064

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff formed the Enelre Foundation as a Stiftung under the laws of Liechtenstein. Stiftung is a German word meaning, roughly, “foundation” or “endowment.” Enelre’s purpose is to provide education and general support…

USA v. Rodriguez
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51186
Everastico Sotelo v. Garland
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60750
Rohlf v. Lumpkin
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10038
USA v. Rocha
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10079
USA v. Salinas
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10118
USA v. Teran
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10181
Huffman v. Activision Publishing
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40067
Arriaga Gonzalez v. Garland
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 18-60830
Simons v. Davis
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40570
USA v. Larock
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10857
USA v. Carranza
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11101
Espinoza v. Humphries  
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11202

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued Defendant in a Texas federal court to recover unpaid legal fees. The federal rules allow service under the law of the state “where service is made,” Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e)(1), so Plaintiff tried serving…

USA v. Williams
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11263
Richards v. Gonzales
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20214
Sowell v. Estelle Med Dept
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20603
Allemang v. State of Louisiana
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30360
Nygren v. Dollar Tree Stores
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30584
Lopez v. Ramirez
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40235
USA v. Castro-Delgado
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50789
Ramirez v. Escajeda  
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50858

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, El Paso found Plaintiff’s son in the process of hanging himself from a basketball hoop. But it was dark, Defendant was afraid the man might have a weapon, and the man did not respond to Defendant’s orders to…

USA v. Rivas
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50921
USA v. Cante-Dondiego
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51069
Reyes-Amaya v. Garland
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60105
Mahamed Mahamud v. Garland
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60163
Nelson v. C. R. Bard, Incorporated  
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60689

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sued Defendants, C.R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (“Bard”), due to complications Plaintiff experienced after implantation of a filter used as a medical device. The Plaintiffs now appeal the…

Sanchez-Fuentes v. Garland
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60697
Sifuentes-Rosales v. Garland
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60943
Carcamo-Moya v. Garland
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 22-60003
USA v. Wright
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11063
USA v. Guthrey
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11133
Van Overdam v. Texas A & M Univ  
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20185

Justia Opinion Summary: In response to sexual abuse allegations by another student, a Texas A&M panel found Plaintiff responsible for violating Texas A&M’s policy. Plaintiff sued Texas A&M and several university administrators for sex…

Miciotto v. Hobby Lobby Stores
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30456
Thunderhorse v. Collier
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40746
Reece v. Butt
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50163
USA v. Pinon-Saldana
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50536
USA v. Villalobos-Alcala
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50538
Dunsmore v. McLane
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50541
Norman v. Bodum USA  
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50542

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs seek to hold Bodum USA, Inc., responsible for an alleged manufacturing defect in one of its French press coffee makers (“the Press”) that they claim caused it to malfunction and injure their young child. The…

USA v. Pinon-Saldana  
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50546

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States post-removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. Section 1326(a). He was sentenced to twenty-one months of imprisonment and one year of supervised release. During…

USA v. Carrillo-Ortiz
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51077
USA v. Carrillo-Ortiz
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51081
Badruddoja v. Garland
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60304
Guillen v. Garland
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60395
Burale v. Nash
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60833
Galvan-Cerda v. Garland
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60882
USA v. Porras
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10046
Sanchez v. US Immigration Dept
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-20078
USA v. Reyna
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40048
CAE Integrated v. Moov Technologies  
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-50034

Justia Opinion Summary: CAE Integrated L.L.C. and Capital Asset Exchange and Trading, L.L.C. (collectively CAE) sued its former employee and his current employer, Moov, for misappropriation of trade secrets and then moved for a preliminary…

Wallace v. State of Mississippi  
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60098

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner sought habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 pursuant to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). Following a state trial court’s Judgment of Conviction based on guilty pleas and…

Calle-Yanza v. Garland
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60834
Prible v. Lumpkin  
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-70010

Justia Opinion Summary: The jury convicted Petitioner and sentenced him to death. After a decade of federal proceedings, including extensive discovery and an evidentiary hearing, the district court issued Petitioner a writ of habeas corpus and…

USA v. Martinez
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20414
USA v. Senteno
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20571
Thibodeaux v. Rockhill Insurance
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30543
USA v. Pea
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30691
USA v. Jackson
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30744
USA v. Brannan
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40534
USA v. Martinez
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50561
USA v. Tello
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51045
USA v. Almejo-Gradilla
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51106
USA v. Almejo-Gradilla
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51132
Casco-George v. Garland
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60406
Enamorado-Dubon v. Garland
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60528
Clemente-Bernardino v. Garland
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60561
Ramirez-Orellana v. Garland
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60600
USA v. Addison
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10147
USA v. Harris
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40111
USA v. Ramirez-Juan
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-50167
USA v. Johnson-Ellis
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50833
Castillo-Gutierrez v. Garland  
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60492

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of Mexico, entered the United States in 1990 with a border-crossing card. On August 21, 2014, the DHS initiated a case by issuing Petitioner a notice to appear (“NTA”). The NTA did not state a…

Coomer v. Massey
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10721
USA v. Porter  
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10817

Justia Opinion Summary: In this sentencing appeal following a child pornography conviction, Appellant asked the Fifth Circuit to disturb the district court’s revocation judgment, claiming the judge (1) relied on unsworn statements by the…

USA v. De La Paz-Aguirre
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11230
USA v. Alexander
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11237
USA v. James Wilks
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11265
USA v. James Wilks
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11269
USA v. Ware
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11275
Agbonzee v. Wal-Mart Stores Texas
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20395
Capers v. Lindsay
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20526
Paradies Shops v. Brothers Petroleum
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30225
Kemp v. Glass-Bradley
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30343
USA v. Thompson
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30591
Ragona v. LA Workforce Commission
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30652
Robinson-Williams v. C H G Hospital
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30659
Wilkins v. Linthicum
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40414
Tracy v. Lumpkin  
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40686

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal and his state habeas petition was also unsuccessful. Through state habeas counsel, Petitioner filed a motion…

USA v. Chapa
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40707
Newman v. Plains All Amer Pipel
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50253
USA v. Amador-Guardado
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51092
USA v. Gonzalez-Ramirez
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51096
USA v. Gonzalez-Ramirez
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51097
USA v. Amador-Guardado
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51117
USA v. Holt
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51176
USA v. Dent
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60569
Aguilar-Manzanares v. Garland
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60891
USA v. Ramos-Perez
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40080
Merchant v. Merchant
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 22-60009
Poe v. Fuller, et al
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30692
Elue v. Garland
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61087
USA v. Yang
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10309
USA v. Minor
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10896
SEC v. World Tree  
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30063

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arises from an enforcement action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Appellants World Tree Financial, L.L.C. (World Tree) and its principals. After a bench trial, the district…

USA v. Williams
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30719
Wilson v. Nino
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40024
USA v. Luedde
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40258
USA v. Taing
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50408
USA v. Olivas
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50445
USA v. Searcy
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50887
USA v. Ramirez-Ortiz
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51118
Mtaza v. Garland
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60046
Gonzalez Martinez v. Garland
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60276
Gutierrez-De Diaz v. Garland
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60291
Fatubaro v. Garland
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60629
Zavala v. Garland
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60680
Alves-Ribeiro v. Garland
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60786
USA v. Daniels
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60835
Rolan v. Lasalle Southwest Corr
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10018
USA v. Carter
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10022
Biegon v. City of Dallas
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10075
Mull v. Houston Indep Sch Dist
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-20001
De Haan v. Select Portfolio Servicing
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-20003
Fluitt v. Hurricane Shoals Entities
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-30316
USA v. Valerio-Marquez
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40046
USA v. Escajeda
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-50044
Campos-Chaves v. Garland  
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60262

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner petitioned for review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals, dismissing his appeal from the decision of the immigration judge (“IJ”) to deny his motion to reopen. Petitioner…

Hamilton v. Dallas County  
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10133

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are nine female detention service officers working at the Dallas County Jail who are employed by Defendant-Appellee Dallas County Sheriff’s Department. Dallas County (“the County”). A gender-based scheduling…

Exxon Mobil v. USA  
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10373

Justia Opinion Summary: Exxon sought $1.5 billion from the IRS. The source of this sum is two retroactive changes Exxon made to its returns. The first change involves a tax issue: whether a transaction is a mineral lease or mineral sale. See,…

USA v. Said
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10455
USA v. Hite
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10711
State of Texas v. Biden
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10806
Dockery v. TDCJ
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20439
Babin v. Plaquemines Parish
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30417
Payton v. Town of Maringouin
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30440
USA v. Garner
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30706
Searcy v. Trochesset
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40500
USA v. Perez  
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50945

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant made two social media posts indicating that he paid another man, who was positive for COVID-19, to lick every item at a local grocery store. Defendant did not actually pay the other man, but the posts "set off…

USA v. Kent
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51172
Ramirez-Lara v. Garland
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60045
Mercado-Alvarez v. Garland
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60445
Padilla Suarez v. Garland
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60461
Asongafac v. Garland
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60537
Kayeh v. Garland
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60923
United Specialty Insurance v. Truong
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 22-30027
Poe v. Fuller, et al
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30692
Taylor v. Nelson
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-51051
USA v. Valdez-Cejas
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10659
USA v. Reyes-Alejandres
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11155
USA v. Fyke
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11284
USA v. Dominguez-Torres
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20563
Scottsdale v. Discovering Me
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20595
USA v. Kaiser
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30334
Macias v. Salazar
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51127
USA v. Gibson
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51183
Molina-Ponce v. Garland
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60630
USA v. Ray
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10032
USA v. Hernandez, et al
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 19-51135
Ackerson v. Kijakazi
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30682
USA v. Green
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50056
Tendo v. Garland
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60038
Flores-Flores v. Garland
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60601
Flores-Flores v. Garland
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60603
USA v. Davis
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11127
Hall v. City of Houston
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20451
Dickie Brennan v. Zurich American Ins
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30776
USA v. Gonzalez-Holguin
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51049
Fuanya v. Garland
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60746
USA v. Benitez-Marquez
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10350
USA v. Rose
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10463
Salazar v. Linthicum
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10610
USA v. Bull
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11138
Natixis Funding v. GenOn Mid-Atl  
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20557

Justia Opinion Summary: GenMa is a power company that, long ago, leased two coal-fired power plants from the Lessors. To comply with those leases, GenMa paid NFC $130 million to insure the Lessors up to that sum if GenMa didn’t pay rent. Too…

Larkin v. Juneau
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30381
Gonzalez v. Trevino  
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50276

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellee brought a retaliatory arrest claim against the Mayor and Chief of Police of Castle Hills, claiming that she was arrested for engaging in protected speech. However, Appellee acknowledges that there was probable…

State of Missouri v. Biden
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40110
Eubanks v. Bishop
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20408
USA v. Gomez-Perez
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20487
Kiwia v. Bulkship Management
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30353
Tyson v. County of Sabine  
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40590

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arises from an alleged sexual assault committed by a law enforcement officer while he was conducting a welfare check on Plaintiff at her home. The district court found that the officer was entitled to…

Winston v. Pratt
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50507
Hernandez-Lemus v. Garland
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60481
Singh v. Garland
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60606
USA v. Mendez
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10293
USA v. Brown
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-30062
USA v. Dennis  
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-50855

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found Defendant guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana. Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence.  Defendant challenged the denial of three pre-trial…

Maradiaga-Sandeal v. Garland
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60767
Leal v. Becerra
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10302
McKnight v. Helix Energy
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20109
USA v. Perez
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50310
Fedesna v. Canada Life Assurance
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50884
USA v. Gonzalez-Ruiz
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50914
Ta v. Garland
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60607
Gomez-Ponce v. Garland
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60840
USA v. Choochongkol
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-50082
USA v. Bahena-Valladares
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-50161
USA v. Rodriguez  
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20270

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant owned and operated a healthcare clinic. Along with another provider, Defendant engaged in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare for home health services that were not properly authorized, not medically…

USA v. Rodriguez
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20270
USA v. Mercado-Garcia
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20656
USA v. Green
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30624
Davis v. Parish of Caddo
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30694
Matthews v. LeBlanc
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40086
Villatoro-Barrios v. Garland
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60070
Rahman v. Garland
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60562
USA v. Medina
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10071
USA v. Diaz-Acosta
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10089
USA v. Perez-Lopez
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11194
USA v. Rivera-Loera
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40847
USA v. Flores-Lopez
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40869
E.T. v. Paxton  
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51083

Justia Opinion Summary: In accordance with powers vested in him by the Texas Legislature, Governor Greg Abbott promulgated Executive Order GA-38 to unify the State’s response to COVID-19. Among other things, GA-38 prohibited school districts…

Zhu v. Garland
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60192
USA v. Dickenson
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10059
USA v. Mendez Garcia
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10060
Moore v. LaSalle Management
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30739
Ndudzi v. Garland
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60782
Lozano v. Schubert  
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20010

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a 1983 civil rights complaint against various employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) who worked at the Wallace Pack Unit. Plaintiff, who is Muslim, alleged that when he was evacuated…

Crotts v. Robinson
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20347
Union Pac. RR v. City of Palestine  
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40445

Justia Opinion Summary: Union Pacific Railroad Company (“Union Pacific”) sought to end its operations in Palestine, Texas but has been unable to do so because of a 1954 Agreement between its predecessor and Defendants City of Palestine…

USA v. Contreras
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40616
USA v. Simpson
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40877
Perez-Vasquez v. Garland
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60524
USA v. Valenzuela
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10213
State of TX v. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, et al  
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 19-50400

Justia Opinion Summary: The State of Texas sought to enjoin the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo from holding live-called and electronic bingo. The district court granted the injunction and the Fifth Circuit upheld it under its prior decisions.   In…

USA v. Brooks
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10401
USA v. Mitchell
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50843
Hernandez-Marchante v. Garland
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60887
Amaya-Ventura v. Garland
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61076
Domingo-Torrez v. Garland
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61173
USA v. Young
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10824
USA v. Gomez-Bastida
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11218
Frazier v. McDonough
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20375
Davis v. Police Dept Shreveport
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30172
Armstrong v. Lumpkin
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40130
Cantu v. Guerra & Moore
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40493
USA v. Lopez
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40666
USA v. Davis
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50648
USA v. Brown
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51025
USA v. Monk
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51130
Valladares v. Garland
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60340
Masin-Ventura v. Garland  
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60610

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was ordered to be removed from the United States in absentia on June 23, 2006. On August 26, 2019, Petitioner, represented by counsel, filed a motion to reopen the removal proceedings and rescind the…

USA v. Parker
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10090
Riojas v. Department of the Army
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 22-50019
Flowers v. Sutterfield
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10988
Ndudzi v. Garland  
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60782

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner alleged that the Angolan government identified her as a supporter of the independence movement after she attended a church-organized, pro-independence rally in 2016. Soon thereafter, three armed men in…

Alvarenga-Palacios v. Garland
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61218
SEC v. Hallam  
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10222

Justia Opinion Summary: The SEC accused Defendant of violating antifraud and registration provisions of the Securities Act and antifraud provisions of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5. Defendant neither admitted nor denied those allegations but…

LA Indep Pharmacies v. Express Scripts  
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30331

Justia Opinion Summary: The Louisiana Independent Pharmacies Association (“LIPA”) sued Express Scripts on behalf of its members, seeking a declaratory judgment on whether La. Rev. Stat. Ann. Sections 22:1860.1 and 46:2625 are preempted by…

Mark Doyle Const v. First Standard
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30442
Pruitt v. Asphalt Zipper
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50717
USA v. Miller
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50913
USA v. Hernandez
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51005
USA v. Diaz-Contreras
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51170
Adams v. Pearl River Valley Water
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60749
Vasquez-De Martinez v. Garland
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60856
USA v. Rivera
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10112
USA v. Carter
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10175
USA v. Encinas
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10197
Bank of America v. Estrada
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 22-50039
USA v. Rodriguez Rivera
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40828
USA v. Lopez-Erazo
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40594
USA v. Nickerson
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51032
USA v. Arreola-Dominguez
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51138
Gulfport Energy Corporation v. FERC  
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60017

Justia Opinion Summary: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), anticipating Petitioner Gulfport Energy Corporation’s (“Gulfport”) insolvency, issued four orders purporting to bind the petitioner to continue performing its gas…

Quintanilla-Gonzalez v. Garland
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60141
USA v. Lopez-Ruiz
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 22-50085
Paiz Sorto v. Garland
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60032
USA v. Coulter  
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10999

Justia Opinion Summary: An officer performed a traffic stop on Defendant in the middle of the night. Having been given reason to suspect that Defendant who revealed an aggravated robbery conviction, had a gun, the officer handcuffed him and…

USA v. Thurman
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30450
Sentry Select v. Home State County
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40371
USA v. Chavira-Montanez
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50404
USA v. Chavira-Montanez
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50417
USA v. Narvaiz-Gonzalez
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50752
USA v. Rodgers
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50962
USA v. Lomali
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51078
USA v. Marquez-Munoz
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51136
USA v. Campos
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51191
Aguirre-Solano v. Garland
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60203
Wages and White Lion Invst v. FDA
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60766
Wages and White Lion Investmen v. FDA  
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60800

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC, d/b/a Triton Distribution (“Triton”) and Vapetasia, LLC (“Vapetasia”) sought to market flavored nicotine-containing e-liquids for use in open-system e-cigarette devices.…

USA v. Tankersley
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10104
USA v. Castro-Rodriguez
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40012
Benitez-Pinot v. Garland
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60906
Williams, et al v. City of Yazoo, et al  
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61061

Justia Opinion Summary: A man detained at the Yazoo County Detention Center died after bleeding internally for hours. His survivors alleged that law enforcement officials knew that the man had been assaulted with a metal pipe and that he was…

USA v. Williams
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20528
Hershey v. Natl RR Psngr Corp
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30379
USA v. Etienne
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30559
USA v. Hernandez-Escorcia
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40839
USA v. Hernandez-Escorcia
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40844
Harkey v. NextGen Healthcare
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50132
USA v. Carrasco-Lujan
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50740
USA v. Carrasco-Lujan
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50750
USA v. Duran-Saavedra
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51135
Ouedraogo v. Garland
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60028
Gonzalez v. Garland
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60371
Md Siddick v. Garland
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60389
Cruz-Alfaro v. Garland
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60497
Fairchild, et al v. Coryell Cty, et al  
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50237

Justia Opinion Summary: While awaiting trial a woman began tapping her hairbrush on the cell door. One of the two primary jailers asked the woman to turn around to be handcuffed. When she did not obey, the jailer used pepper spray which caused…

Esquibel-Segovia v. Garland
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60890
Lopez-Cristales v. Garland
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60891
Asongafac v. Garland
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61094
USA v. Taylor
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10017
USA v. Garcia-Gonzalez
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10877
USA v. Adeoso
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11164
USA v. Garcia
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20498
Hinton v. Harris County
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20550
Rivera v. Garza
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20605
Grizzle v. Stipe
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50355
USA v. Gallegos
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50814
USA v. Gutierrez
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51244
Jimenez-De Cerpas v. Garland
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60451
Preble-Rish Haiti, S.A. v. BB Energy USA  
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 22-20021

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellee Preble-Rish Haiti, S.A. filed this case pursuant to Rule B of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. It sought to attach assets to secure a…

Gordon v. Garland
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60763
USA v. Morris  
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30744

Justia Opinion Summary: In a criminal appeal, Defendant presented two issues. First, whether evidence discovered after a consent search of Defendant’s car should be suppressed because law enforcement stopped Morris without reasonable suspicion…

USA v. Wills  
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40648

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of sexually abusing a minor girl over a period of three years and conspiring to obstruct justice by destroying his laptop computer. Defendant appealed raising numerous arguments. The Fifth…

USA v. Davis
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30708
USA v. Alvarez  
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40091

Justia Opinion Summary: A grand jury indicted Defendant on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Defendant moved to suppress the revolver and ammo, arguing the officers unlawfully stopped him. At an evidentiary…

USA v. Zuniga-Garcia
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40710
USA v. Rodriguez-Banda
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50343
Cabello v. USA
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51066
USA v. Lozano
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51076
Booth v. Galveston County, et al
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 19-40395
Rico Olvera v. Garland
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60327
Edou v. Garland
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61237
SEC v. Novinger  
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10985

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants settled a civil enforcement action that the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) brought against them for alleged securities violations. The SEC barred Defendants from denying that they engaged in the…

USA v. Gallardo-Silva
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11256
Beatriz Ball v. Barbagallo Company  
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30029

Justia Opinion Summary: Beatriz Ball, LLC, is a Louisiana company doing business as Beatriz Ball and Beatriz Ball Collection. Barbagallo Company, LLC is a New Jersey company doing business as Pampa Bay. Plaintiff alleged that Pampa Bay has been…

USA v. Johnson
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50595
Rosario-Guzman v. Garland
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60154
Lopez-Pineda v. Garland
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60438
Cuare-Torres v. Garland
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60507
USA v. Perez-Barrios
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10016
USA v. Fields
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10146
USA v. Kelley  
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20580

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant challenged the district court’s 1) denial of his motion to dismiss under the Speedy Trial Act, 2) imposition of a sentencing enhancement for reckless endangerment, and 3) adoption of the Presentence…

Hardison v. Skinner, et al
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30643
Tucker v. Gaddis  
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40267

Justia Opinion Summary: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (“TDCJ”) has denied prisoner requests to hold religious gatherings for the Nation of Gods and Earths (“the Nation”).   In response, Plaintiff, brought this suit against the…

USA v. Wheeler
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11182
USA v. Cooks
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50953
Vasquez-Rodriguez v. Garland
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60103
Disotuar-Garcia v. Garland
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60133
Jones v. Rivers
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60211
Harris v. Clay County, MS  
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60456

Justia Opinion Summary: After a man was found incompetent to stand trial, and his civil commitment proceeding was dismissed, he stayed in jail for six more years. Plaintiff, the man’s guardian, filed suit against the District Attorney,…

Akuchu v. Garland
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60513
USA v. Pryor
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-10678
USA v. Kelley  
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30436

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of possessing a firearm as a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(1). The jury instructions did not specify that the jury must find that Defendant knew he was a felon when he possessed a…

White v. Hayden, et al
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40689
USA v. Valas  
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50830

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, seeking habeas relief, alleged that prosecutors unconstitutionally suppressed a document that would have aided his case and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel during his trial and his direct…

Velasquez De Flores v. Garland
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60135
Zapata Almanza v. Garland
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60381
Gudiel-Villatoro v. Garland  
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61050

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a Guatemalan citizen, entered the United States through Texas on May 10, 2005. He was detained the next day, but subsequently released on his own recognizance. Petitioner then moved to Connecticut without…

Requeno-Gomez v. Garland
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61096
Kennemer v. Parker County, Texas
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10467
Miciotto v. Hobby Lobby Stores
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30456
USA v. Estrada-Marroquin
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40518
USA v. Ackah
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40665
USA v. Sells
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40887
Rodgers v. United Svc Automotive Assoc
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50606
USA v. Villarreal-Solis
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50803
Juarez-Agurcia v. Garland
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60179
Luna-Flores v. Garland
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60358
USA v. Flores-Hernandez
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10024
USA v. Norris
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10155
Jacobs v. Wells, et al
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 19-30783
Washington v. UTMB, et al
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20434
Tikum v. Garland
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60863
USA v. Vega
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10463
Glenn v. Tyson Foods
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11110
Manyweather v. Woodlawn Manor  
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30718

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sued a nursing home and its insurer in state court after their mother contracted COVID-19 at the facility and died. The home, Woodlawn Manor, removed the action to federal court. After dismissing Plaintiffs’…

Jones v. City of Monroe
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30735
Glenn v. Tyson Foods  
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40622

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs alleged that they contracted COVID-19 while working at two Tyson Foods, Inc (“Tyson”) facilities in Texas during the first few months of 2020. Some of them died as a result. They alleged that Tyson failed to…

USA v. Montoya-Ortiz
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50326
USA v. Ross
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50656
USA v. Lopez-Garcia
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51018
Dasime Itoe v. Garland
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60922
USA v. Caldwell  
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10509

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery under 18 U.S.C. Section 1951(a) and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c). The conspiracy…

Simpson v. Moran
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11231
Bodine v. First Co
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11266
USA v. Covarrubias
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20020
Max-George v. Myrick
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20281
PS Business Mgmt v. Fireman's Fund Ins
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30723
USA v. Villanueva
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40898
USA v. Granados-Ortez
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51085
USA v. Granados-Ortez
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51086
Conrad v. USA
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60476
Almeida-Goncalves v. Garland
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60526
USA v. Johnson
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60616
Smith v. Summit Midstream Prts
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10020
State of Texas v. USA  
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40367

Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) requested to stay the district court’s vacatur of a new immigration rule that radically reduces the federal government’s detention of those who are statutorily required to be…

USA v. Garcia-Hernandez
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 16-20631
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10812
Jackson v. Wilson
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30142
USA v. Reddix
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30727
Jump v. Rory Scott McFarland Estate
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30729
Guijarro v. Enterprise Holdings, Inc.  
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40512

Justia Opinion Summary: Joanna Guijarro rented a Jeep from Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Brownsville Texas, which is owned and operated by EAN, a Delaware LLC, whose sole member is a Missouri corporation, Enterprise Holdings. The Guijarros were…

Lopez v. Martinez
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50317
Fonseca v. University Medical Center
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50454
Munoz-Morales v. Garland
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60030
Morales-Sanchez v. Garland
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60104
Reyes v. Garland
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60235
Tabora-Mejia v. Garland
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60262
Ning-Kum v. Garland
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60520
Noor v. Garland
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60594
USA v. Bookman
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 22-10030
Logiudice v. Nelson Coleman Corr
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 22-30094
USA v. Morillon-Cordero
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40032
Vote.Org v. Paxton  
Date: July 2, 2022
Docket Number: 22-50536

Justia Opinion Summary: Texas applicants may transmit a voter registration form to the county registrar via fax, then deliver or mail a hardcopy of the application within four days, Elec.Code 13.143(d-2). Vote.org, a non-profit, non-membership…

USA v. Rafiq
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11168
Haynes v. Turner Bass & Assoc, et al
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40787
Long v. Garland
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60475
USA v. Whitfield
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11139
USA v. Duran
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11189
Collett v. Weyerhaeuser Company
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30449
Allen v. USPS
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30699
USA v. Atkinson
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40470
USA v. Arenas-Cepeda
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40865
USA v. Moreno
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50478
USA v. Caballero
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50765
Escamilla v. Elliott
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50931
USA v. Mireles
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51162
Singh v. Garland
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60149
Bermeo-Herrera v. Garland
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60174
Mohedano v. Garland
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60595
Sanchez-Thomas v. Garland
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60573
Rivera-Reyes v. Garland
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61188
Okpa v. Select Portfolio Servicing
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11270
Wierman v. Prestige Default Services
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11285
South Central v. Oak Baptist  
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20559

Justia Opinion Summary: Fountain of praise, a church, leased space to Central Care Integrated Health Services. Shortly after the execution of the lease, the relationship soured when the parties disagreed on the frequency and amount of rent…

Anderson v. City of New Orleans  
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30072

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012, then-sheriff Gusman of the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office claimed constitutional violations at the Orleans Parish Prison, including inadequate housing for detainees with mental-health needs. The United States…

Smeaton v. Nelson
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30140
Martin v. Turnipseed  
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30475

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Jennifer Leonard alleged Tyler Martin rear-ended her when she stopped in traffic. She sued Martin and his insurer, Wadena Insurance Company, in Louisiana state court seeking damages for injuries she allegedly…

USA v. Marshall
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30714
USA v. Law
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30721
USA v. Guerrero
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40424
USA v. Colmenares Fierro
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40566
Kennedy v. Pioneer Natural Resources
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50256
USA v. Granado
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50839
USA v. Granado
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50861
USA v. Villalobos
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50893
Carnegie Technologies. v. Triller  
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50912

Justia Opinion Summary: Triller Inc., a social media company was being sold to a group of owners, including Carnegie Technologies, Inc. Prior to the sale, Triller executed a promissory note in favor of Carnegie and then immediately assigned the…

USA v. Brown
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51056
USA v. Vasquez
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51169
Lopez-Meraz v. Garland
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60144
USA v. Jones
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60883
Francois v. Lumpkin
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70003
Sylvester v. Rivera-Fulton
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-30024
USA v. Edmonds
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 19-11007
USA v. Cabrera
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 20-51000
Djie v. Garland  
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60448

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners overstayed their permission to visit the United States 20 years ago, and they’ve been here ever since. For the second time after they were ordered removed, they asked the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”)…

USA v. Washington
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11223
Jackson v. HUD  
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20317

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs were tenants at Arbor Court, a Houston apartment complex that received subsidies from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”). After flooding that occurred during Hurricane…

Sewell v. Monroe City School Board
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30696
USA v. Molina-Jimenez
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40896
USA v. Schuman
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51113
USA v. Alcantar
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51182
Faerber v. BP Expl & Prodn
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60583
Wilson v. Kijakazi
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60663
Izen v. CIR  
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60679

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the denial of an income tax deduction he claimed for a charitable donation of an aircraft. Because Petitioner failed to comply with the statutory requirements for such a deduction, the Fifth Circuit…

Barnett v. American Express National  
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60799

Justia Opinion Summary: American Express National Bank (“AmEx”) filed suit for breach of contract in Mississippi state court to recover $2,855.74 of unpaid credit card debt incurred on Plaintiff's account. Plaintiff contended an unknown person…

Whole Woman's Health, et al v. Young  
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 18-50730

Justia Opinion Summary: The district court enjoined Texas laws regulating the disposal of embryonic and fetal tissue remains. The state requires facilities performing abortions to dispose of these remains in one of four ways: “(1) interment”;…

Quintero v. Garland
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60649
USA v. Martinez
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10383
USA v. Bonifacio-Alvarez
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11073
USA v. Zuniga
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-11210
Yogi Metals Group v. Garland  
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20615

Justia Opinion Summary: Yogi Metals Group, Inc. applied for an EB-1C visa for one of its employees. The United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) denied the application. Yogi Metals and the employee filed suit in federal district…

Traweek v. LeBlanc
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30096
USA v. Garcia-Gloria
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40729
Choudhary v. Garland
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60328
Penaloza-Megana v. Garland
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60363
Ulysse v. Garland
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60670
Watts v. Northside Indep Sch Dist, et al  
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50103

Justia Opinion Summary: John Jay’s assistant coach (“Coach”) was “increasingly agitated, angry and enraged over his belief that the referee crew was making ‘bad calls,’” and over “alleged racial comments” Plaintiff, a referee, had directed at…

Trevino v. Lumpkin
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50535
USA v. Estrada
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20637
Palomo v. Flowers Baking Company
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50706
Rodas-Ayala v. Garland
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60267
Rebolloso Martinez v. Garland
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60329
Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40043
Ueckert v. Guerra  
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-40263

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was an engineer for the City of Pharr, Texas. When his supervisors asked him to sign a document he did not believe was true, Plaintiff refused. Ultimately, he was terminated and filed this case against the city…

Garza-Flores v. Mayorkas  
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60748

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was born to unmarried parents in Mexico. Both of his parents are now deceased. His father was a Mexican national and his mother a U.S. citizen. Petitioner entered the United States in 2000, at which point he…

Tamayo-Lara v. Garland
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60770
USA v. Maldonado
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10533
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10850
USA v. Davis
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20631
USA v. Luna
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40575
USA v. Olmedo-Martinez
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40777
Gabriel Invst v. Texas Alcoholic  
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50322

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case involving a dispute related to Texas liquor laws, the court previously certified the following two questions to the Supreme Court of Texas: 1.) Does Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 22.16(f)…

USA v. Castaneda-Acevedo
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50675
USA v. Guzman
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51017
USA v. Sanchez-Lugo
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51143
USA v. Sanchez-Lugo
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51144
USA v. Webb
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-51148
Zelaya-Esquivel v. Garland
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60055
Galo-Betancourt v. Garland
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60196

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