Ozmun v. Portfolio, et al
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
19-50397
USA v. Glenn
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11221
United States v. Mesquias
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40869
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendants' convictions and sentences for multiple counts of health care fraud and conspiracy stemming from their involvement in a scheme to falsely certify that patients were eligible for home…
Rushing v. MS Child Protection Srv, et al
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60105
Knight v. Shults, et al
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60243
USA v. Collins
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10707
USA v. Hernandez
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10709
USA v. Torres-Villanueva
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10778
USA v. Galarza
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10970
Trafigura Trading LLC v. United States
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20127
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit held that 26 U.S.C. 4611(b) imposes a tax on exports in violation of the Export Clause. In this case, the United States contends that Trafigura must pay a tax on domestic crude oil that it exports from…
Doe v. City of Baton Rouge
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30061
Woods v. Cantrell
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30150
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in this civil rights action brought by plaintiff against his prior employer with one exception: the court reversed as to the hostile work environment claim. The…
USA v. Toliver
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30246
USA v. Davis
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40515
USA v. Epperson
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40567
United States v. Henderson
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50526
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's imposition of a risk-notification condition of supervised release. Defendant contends that the risk-notification condition impermissibly delegates Article III power to the…
Zelaya De Tobar v. Garland
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60455
Lnu v. Garland
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60570
Gunnels v. Donley Cty
Date: March 23, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10823
Vitol, Inc. v. United States
Date: March 23, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20237
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of partial summary judgment in an action brought by Vitol against the United States, seeking an $8.8 million tax refund. The court concluded that the plain language…
USA v. Milton
Date: March 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10473
Arnone v. County of Dallas
Date: March 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10597
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal with prejudice of plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. 1983 action against Dallas County. Plaintiff filed suit after he was convicted of sexually abusing his son and the…
USA v. Coppin
Date: March 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10650
USA v. Alfonso
Date: March 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20036
Pimpanit v. Phumswarng
Date: March 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20289
USA v. Trevino-Mendoza
Date: March 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40273
USA v. Villanueva-Cardenas
Date: March 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40527
USA v. Segura-Romero
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number:
17-20561
USA v. Balderas
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10992
Garcia-De Paz v. Garland
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60752
Lema Nogales v. DHS
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10236
USA v. Juan
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10297
NY Life Ins v. Shelton
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11037
Miller v. Federation of Southern Coop
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11271
Q Clothier New Orleans, L.L.C. v. Twin City Fire Insurance Co.
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30278
Justia Opinion Summary: Q, which operates nine men’s clothing stores, purchased insurance to cover the stores for “direct physical loss of or physical damage to Covered Property at the premises described in the Declarations . . . caused by or…
USA v. Zamudio
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50467
USA v. Saavedra-Rico
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50638
USA v. Molina-Rivas
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51035
USA v. Frausto-Olmos
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10446
USA v. Green
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11260
USA v. Spears
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30312
USA v. Spears
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30527
Magnolia Island Plantation, LLC v. Whittington
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30805
Justia Opinion Summary: In an action stemming from a land transaction dispute, the Fifth Circuit reversed as to federal and state qualified immunity and affirmed the denial of discretionary immunity under Louisiana law. The court held that the…
Ruano Martinez v. Garland
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60505
USA v. Walker
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10768
United States v. Garner
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30260
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated defendant's sentence for one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, holding that defendant's prior conviction for aggravated assault with a firearm under Louisiana state law, La. R.S.…
Ariyan, Inc. v. Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30335
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiffs' action seeking to force payment on their state court judgment. In this case, plaintiffs succeeded in winning a money…
USA v. Richard
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30579
USA v. Sosa
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40035
USA v. Navarro-Galves
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40696
USA v. Johnson
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40713
USA v. Ausbie
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50189
USA v. Ausbie
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50190
Ledet v. Perry Homes
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50618
USA v. Menchaca
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50748
USA v. Mercado-Bravo
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50892
USA v. Lerma
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50896
Turnage v. Britton
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60130
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit agreed with the district court that sovereign immunity bars the ratepayers' claims against the Mississippi Public Service Commissioners. The court also agreed that the Johnson Act does not preclude…
Oneal v. Garland
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60556
Longoria v. Paxton
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number:
22-50110
Alvarez v. McCarthy
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50465
Lumsden v. Lumpkin, et al
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50912
VanWagner v. Faulks
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60204
Matrut v. Garland
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60606
Aguilar v. Garland
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60865
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10716
USA v. Lynch
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11131
Ettorre v. Russos Westheimer
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20344
USA v. Cruz-Desantiago
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40100
USA v. Camacho-Govea
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40765
USA v. Gomez-Godinez
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51020
USA v. Gomez-Godinez
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51029
USA v. Williams
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60500
United States v. Castro
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number:
18-10137
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for rehearing, withdrew its previous opinion, and substituted the following opinion.
The court vacated the certificate of appealability (COA) as invalid, as the parties concede, under…
USA v. Warren
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11096
Vista Health Plan, Inc. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50963
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the HHS Defendants in an action challenging HHS's risk-adjustment program, implemented under the Patient Protection and Affordable…
USA v. Velasquez-Torres
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11012
Nunu v. State of Texas
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20446
USA v. Leal
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20453
USA v. Montgomery
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30553
USA v. Ramos-Alvarenga
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40304
USA v. Guzman-Avila
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50754
USA v. Torrez-Gutierrez
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50969
Strong v. AGRI
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60449
USA v. Calderon
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
19-10462
USA v. Agbonifo
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20293
Texas Alliance for Retired Americans v. Scott
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40643
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit concluded that plaintiffs' constitutional claims challenging Texas's elimination of straight-ticket voting are barred by sovereign immunity because the Secretary of State does not enforce the law that…
Lewis v. Hughs
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50654
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit concluded that plaintiffs' action challenging the constitutionality of various provisions of the Texas Election Code regulating mail-in balloting is barred by sovereign immunity. The court concluded…
Flores v. Scott
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50774
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit concluded that sovereign immunity bars plaintiffs' challenges to Texas's system for verifying the signatures on mail-in ballots. The court concluded that the Secretary does not verify mail-in ballots;…
USA v. Jones
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10916
USA v. Molina-Hernandez
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20099
USA v. Johnson
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30228
Smith v. Wal-Mart Louisiana
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30665
St. Pierre v. Standard Insurance
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50498
USA v. Perez-Jimenez
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50779
USA v. Perez-Jimenez
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50793
USA v. Rodriguez-Castro
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50929
Thraiyappah v. Garland
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60092
USA v. Johnson
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20625
Phillips, et al v. Whittington, et al
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30731
Fuentes-De Chica v. Garland
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60356
Mora-Jimenez v. Garland
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61095
Renfroe, et al v. Parker, et al
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61101
Murphy Oil USA v. Love's Travel Stops
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10027
Westfall v. Luna
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10159
USA v. Wright
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10548
Long v. Dearborn National Life Ins
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20246
USA v. Fontenot
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40330
USA v. Rodriguez-Saldana
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40488
USA v. Lopez-Erazo
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40595
USA v. Riley
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40638
USA v. Estrada
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40668
USA v. Olvera-Baez
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40695
USA v. Ruiz-Bedolla
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40709
USA v. Okeke
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40890
USA v. Barnett
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50375
G v. Copperas Cove Indep Sch Dist
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50437
USA v. Bonilla-Morales
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50562
USA v. Jimenez-Ramirez
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50822
USA v. Diaz-Diaz
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50994
USA v. Diaz-Diaz
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51007
Barahona-Flores v. Garland
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60035
Higginbotham v. Barnes
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60601
USA v. Vickers
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
18-10940
Garcia v. Garland
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
19-60793
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied petitions for review challenging the BIA's orders denying petitioner's motion to reopen. The court concluded that petitioner's arguments regarding the deficiency of his notice to appear are…
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Ultra Resources
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Numbers:
20-20623, 21-20126
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's judgment and held that, under the particular circumstances presented here, Ultra Resources is not subject to a separate public-law obligation to continue performance of…
USA v. Guzman
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40851
USA v. Chavez
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50550
Gonzalez-Pineda v. Garland
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60894
USA v. Callahan
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10253
USA v. Clark
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10384
USA v. Pinales
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10541
FERC v. Ultra Resources, Incorporated
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20126
Ahmadi v. Lumpkin
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20341
Crear v. Jones
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30158
USA v. Jones
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30309
USA v. Escandon
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40079
USA v. Moore
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40394
USA v. Marin-Maldonado
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50731
USA v. Oyervides
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50844
Fakhuri v. Garland
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
19-60275
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied in part and dismissed in part a petition challenging petitioner's removability based on an aggravated felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) for attempting to launder money in…
Xiongen Jiao v. Ningbo Xu
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20106
Justia Opinion Summary: After assignors and assignees of membership interests in Dongtai Investment Group filed suit against Dongtai's managing member, the district court granted injunctive and declaratory relief, ordering the managing member…
United States v. McGavitt
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20575
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to coercion and enticement, sexual exploitation of a child, and possession of child pornography. The court upheld the district court's…
Stanton v. Jarvis Chrstn Coll
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40581
Harris v. City of Schertz
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50795
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the city in an action brought by a former city employee, alleging that he had been unlawfully terminated from his job because of his…
USA v. Jackson
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50922
Tovar Zamarron v. Garland
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60833
Tango Marine v. Elephant Group
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10068
De Los Santos v. Bosworth
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10323
Abbt v. City of Houston
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20085
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's claims for sexual harassment and retaliation against the City of Houston. Plaintiff's claims…
Willey v. Harris County District Attorney
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20138
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction seeking to prohibit the Harris County District Attorney (DA) from enforcing a Texas anti-barratry law. The court concluded that plaintiff…
Allen v. Vertafore, Inc.
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20404
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of Vertafore's motion to dismiss in an action brought by plaintiffs, Texas driver's license holders, alleging claims under the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA)…
Lee v. USA
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50149
Templeton v. Jarmillo
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50299
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. 1983 claims against law enforcement officers and other city employees based on qualified immunity. Plaintiff's claims arose from the…
USA v. Dominguez-Mendoza
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50502
NetChoice v. Paxton
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51178
United States v. Aguilar-Cerda
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10866
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment and granted counsel's motion to withdraw. The court rejected defendant's contention that the district court plainly erred when it delegated to a probation officer…
United States v. Rodriguez
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20634
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's order denying defendant's motion for compassionate release or release to home confinement under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) based on extraordinary and compelling reasons…
USA v. Hawkins
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30207
Berry v. Wells Fargo Bank
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30670
USA v. McFadden
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40801
Troy Thoele v. Bryan Collier
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50666
Thoele v. Collier
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50666
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' action against the TDCJ and several of its officials over prison conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plaintiffs allege that TDCJ failed to…
USA v. Hammonds
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10107
Mitchell v. Advanced HCS, LLC
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10477
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Wedgewood in Texas state court after his mother, Emma Mitchell, died in a nursing home. Plaintiff alleged state-law causes of action for medical negligence, corporate negligence, and gross…
USA v. Pena-Aleman
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10485
Dunsmore v. Kenyon
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10496
USA v. Smith
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10674
USA v. Perez
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10720
West Wilmington Oil Field Claimants v. Nabors Corporate Services, Inc.
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20394
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's judgment reversing the bankruptcy court's denial of claimants' motions seeking leave to file their respective proofs of claim. Considering the four Pioneer factors, the…
Darrell Berry v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30060
Reddick v. Medtronic
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30169
Price v. International Paper
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30220
Tunstall v. Daigle
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30510
United States v. Jackson
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40322
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated the district court's denial of defendant's motion for compassionate release under the First Step Act (FSA) and remanded in light of United States v. Shkambi, 993 F.3d 388 (5th Cir. 2021). The…
USA v. Cardenas-Mendoza
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40663
United States v. Perez
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50310
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit ordered a limited remand in this appeal challenging the district court's denial of defendant's motion for a reduced sentence under section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018. In this case, the district…
USA v. Morales-Agustin
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50624
USA v. Augustine-Morales
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50625
USA v. Salgado-Castellano
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51015
USA v. Salgado-Castellanos
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51028
United States v. Sheperd
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
19-20073
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit remanded for an evidentiary hearing on whether defendant's lawyer's conflict of interest adversely affected his representation. In this case, unbeknownst to defendant, her pretrial attorney—who…
United States v. Anguiano
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30807
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's 120 month sentence for attempting to obtain or possess methamphetamine in prison. The court concluded that the district court did not err by applying the USSG 2P1.2 cross-reference…
Thomson v. Grillehouse of Southaven, et al
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60722
Martinez-Galeas v. Garland
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61029
USA v. Campbell
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61174
Eagan v. Walgreen Co
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20352
Savoy v. Stroughter
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30170
Rouses Enterprises v. Clapp
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30293
Hinkson v. USA
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40174
United States v. Blanco
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40307
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to forcibly and intentionally assaulting his then-girlfriend. The court concluded that the district court erred in assessing 3 criminal…
USA v. Raza Services
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40507
Washington v. Rodriguez
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50347
USA v. Martinez
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50358
Argueta-Martinez v. Garland
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60026
Bowling v. Dahlheimer
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40642
Hernandez Ochoa v. Garland
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61077
McGinnis v. Nationwide Life and Annuity
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10735
USA v. Sah
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10791
Nguyen v. Nguyen
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11114
USA v. King
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20110
USA v. Gaderson
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20190
USA v. Gibbs
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30434
USA v. Ramirez-Perez
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50705
USA v. Galvan-Silva
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50769
USA v. Galvan-Silva
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50778
USA v. Pascual-Miguel
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50867
USA v. Pascual-Miguel
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50872
Hawkins v. City of Lexington
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60838
Collins v. Yellen
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
17-20364
USA v. Gutierrez-Ramos
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
19-11343
Centeno-Santiago v. Garland
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
19-60898
Bonner v. Pace, et al
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40424
Gregorio-Osorio v. Garland
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60478
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner seeks review of an order of the BIA dismissing appeal from an order of the IJ denying applications for asylum and withholding of removal and denying an alternative motion to remand for consideration of…
Morales v. Garland
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60919
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the denial of immigration relief to petitioner, concluding that petitioner's appeal amounts to a challenge alleging that the IJ's decision was not supported by…
USA v. Williams
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10015
USA v. Nieblas
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10834
Bissonnet v. Westmont International
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20434
USA v. Sub-Botzoc
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20485
USA v. Shkambi
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40386
V v. Wimberley Indep Sch Dist
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50349
USA v. Roland
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50764
USA v. Sanchez-Quintero
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50835
USA v. Sanchez-Quintero
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50847
USA v. Morris
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50885
NLRB v. Southwest Displays
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number:
22-60032
Duarte v. Mayorkas
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Numbers:
18-20784, 19-20046, 19-20168, 19-20213
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, Honduran immigrants, filed suit challenging USCIS's decision to administratively close appellants' cases based on lack of jurisdiction as arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedures Act. The…
Rivera Isaula v. Mayorkas
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
19-20046
Jezeka v. Mayorkas
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
19-20168
Cruz v. Mayorkas
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
19-20213
USA v. Dubin
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
19-50912
USA v. Hill
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10771
USA v. Barrett
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11206
Peters v. State of TX, et al
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40583
Thomas v. Hughes
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50671
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit slightly modified the district court's final judgment to prevent the possibility of double recovery and otherwise affirmed the district court's final judgment, attorney's fee award, and denial of…
Buehler v. Dear
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50822
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a police accountability activist, was arrested on crowded Sixth Street in downtown Austin while "cop watching" (video-recording police activity). After plaintiff and police officers had repeated verbal…
Thomas v. Hughes
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50827
Justia Opinion Summary: This case presents a coda to its companion appeal, No. 20-50671. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's post-judgment order, as modified, charging defendant's membership interest in M. G. & Sons, a single-member…
Martinez-Guevara v. Garland
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60624
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the BIA's decision affirming petitioner's removal. Petitioner claims that worsened conditions in her home country, El Salvador, entitle her to remain in the…
USA v. Reyes
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10056
USA v. Hunt
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10505
USA v. Quezada
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10569
Garcia v. Filley
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10614
USA v. Medina-Fuerte
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10767
USA v. Kates
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10828
USA v. Burns
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10869
USA v. Villegas
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10894
USA v. Galarza
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10971
Penn v. Army & Air Force Exchange Svc
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11116
Shaw v. American Bankers
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20455
Johnson v. Holliday
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30108
Millican v. TDCJ
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40151
USA v. Campbell
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60234
USA v. Crittenden
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
18-50635
Valdez-De Martinez v. Garland
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
18-60738
USA v. Barajas
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10573
Hooghe v. Shaw
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60350
Tegwi v. Garland
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60709
Ngounou Djoumaha v. Garland
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61228
USA v. Garcia
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10572
USA v. Ghoston
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10621
USA v. Murphy
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10685
USA v. Lozano-Villa
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10689
USA v. James
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10697
USA v. Flores
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10891
Hu v. NewRez
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20112
Jacobs v. Walgreen Company
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20463
Wightman v. Ameritas Life Ins
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30148
USA v. Richard
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30213
USA v. Bowman
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40467
USA v. Villarreal
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40555
USA v. Dominguez-Noyola
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40632
USA v. Varnado
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60682
Continental Automotive Systems v. Avanci, LLC
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11032
Justia Opinion Summary: Continental, an auto-parts supplier, brought suit in the Northern District of California against several standard-essential patent holders and their licensing agent, claiming violations of federal antitrust law and…
USA v. Polanco
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20585
Tahir v. Garland
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60096
Santos-Lopez v. Garland
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60641
Sealed Appellee v. Sealed Appellant
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10427
U.S. Navy SEALs 1-26 v. Biden
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number:
22-10077
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied defendants' motion for a partial stay of the district court's preliminary injunction enjoining the Department of Defense, United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and United States…
USA v. Lopez
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number:
18-10231
Howley v. Bankers Stnrd Ins
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10940
United States v. Tarnawa
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40295
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the modification of the original judgment against defendant because his exemption from the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP) materially changed his economic circumstances pursuant…
Valencia-Marroquin v. Garland
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61064
Bell v. Eagle Mountain Saginaw Independent School District
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10504
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a sports psychologist, filed suit against the school district for copyright infringement after the softball team and flag corps at a public high school used their Twitter accounts to post a motivational…
USA v. Cichon
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10534
USA v. Martinez-Tavares
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10770
USA v. Williams
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40272
USA v. Rivera-Gaona
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40581
USA v. Hernandez
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50515
USA v. Saavedra-Rico
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50633
USA v. Holt
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50636
Cruz-Santos v. Garland
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60795
USA v. Maldonado
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30188
USA v. Miller
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50510
USA v. Cervantes-Resendiz
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50860
Higgins v. Navarrete, et al
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20341
Pavon-Polanco v. Garland
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60756
ACS Primary Care Physicians Southwest, P.A. v. UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20168
Justia Opinion Summary: The emergency-care physician plaintiffs did not participate in the insurance company’s (UHC) provider network. Doctors must serve all patients requiring emergent care regardless of whether their patient is in-network.…
Bodine v. State of Louisiana
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30539
USA v. Orona
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40126
USA v. Robinson
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50119
USA v. Guerra
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50612
USA v. Mata-Tarango
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50733
USA v. Mata-Tarango
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50755
USA v. Rojas-Leal
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50836
USA v. Montoya-Balderrama
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50840
USA v. Lorenzo-Lopez
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50843
USA v. Montoya-Balderrama
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50853
Nswohnonomi v. Garland
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60882
Ataubo v. Garland
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61067
USA v. Salazar-Sanchez
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10889
USA v. Kieffer
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30345
USA v. Felix-Andrez
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50743
USA v. Felix-Andres
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50757
Self v. USA
Date: February 21, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10388
USA v. Gonzalez
Date: February 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10372
USA v. Dumrongsri
Date: February 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10376
USA v. Loya
Date: February 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10536
USA v. Campos
Date: February 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10627
Prudhomme v. Govt Empl Ins
Date: February 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30157
USA v. Melancon
Date: February 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30159
Wilson v. City of Bastrop
Date: February 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30204
Justia Opinion Summary: One of two reports of an armed confrontation at the Eden Apartments identified one perpetrator as “Thomas Johnson,” who was driving a red truck with rims. Officer Green responded and encountered a stationary red truck…
USA v. Sabastian-Felipe
Date: February 21, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50825
In Re: Gregory Greenwood
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
19-60884
Newsom v. Reliance Stnrd Life Ins
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Numbers:
20-10994, 21-10519
Justia Opinion Summary: Lereta maintained an ERISA-governed benefits plan, subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) that provided short-term disability (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) to its employees, including…
USA v. Razo-Elizarraras
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40731
USA v. Burns
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50681
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61035
Newsom v. Reliance Stnrd Life Ins
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10519
Ross Dress for Less v. ML Devel
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20081
USA v. Arteaga-Centeno
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40599
USA v. Conde
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50608
USA v. Andres-Tomas
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50727
USA v. Ramirez-Almader
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50729
USA v. Andres-Tomas
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50739
USA v. Ramirez-Almader
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50744
USA v. Alvarado-Perez
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50745
USA v. Alvarado-Perez
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50746
Bonilla-Portillo v. Garland
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60098
USA v. Breland
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60374
In Re: Royal Street Bistro, L.L.C.
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number:
22-30066
Justia Opinion Summary: The bankruptcy court authorized the Chapter 11 trustee to sell the debtor’s Bourbon Street, New Orleans property free and clear of all claims, liens, and interests under 11 U.S.C. Sec. 363(f). Two lessees of the…
Herndon v. USA
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10688
Nunez Guzman v. DHS
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11123
USA v. Guin
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11184
Winfrey, et al v. Johnson
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20477
Shiell, et al v. Jones, et al
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30362
Vallo v. Prator, et al
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30674
USA v. Carey
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-51046
Ali v. Garland
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60660
USA v. Cook
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10523
USA v. Garcia
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10563
USA v. Stringer
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10810
USA v. Maples
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10838
USA v. Marshall
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10883
Montemayor v. Chudasama
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10988
Sambrano v. United Airlines
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-11159
Kreit
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20252
Arceneaux v. American Trucking
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30196
Carter v. St. Tammany Prsh Sch Bd
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30237
USA v. Damond
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30385
USA v. Cota
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30477
Babaoye v. Board of Supervisors
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30533
USA v. Culpepper
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40320
USA v. Lieva
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40420
USA v. Nunez-Araujo
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40617
USA v. Jones
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50314
USA v. Contreras-Zamarripa
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50974
Dillon Gage, Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds
Date: February 16, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10262
Justia Opinion Summary: After incurring a million-plus-dollar loss for sending gold coins to a thief who forged check payments and intercepted the shipment of those coins, Gage filed an insurance claim. The underwriters denied the claim citing…
USA v. Tobar-Zanas
Date: February 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10788
Lamar Cty Elec v. McInnis Brothers
Date: February 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40292
USA v. Arteaga-Centeno
Date: February 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40598
USA v. Batz-Mejia
Date: February 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51011
USA v. Batz-Mejia
Date: February 16, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51023
Craig v. Martin
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
19-10013
Justia Opinion Summary: Officer Martin responded to a call about neighbors throwing trash in the caller’s yard. A subsequent 911 call came from the man’s neighbor, Craig, complaining that the man had grabbed her son by the neck because the boy…
USA v. Banks
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
19-50071
USA v. Lindsey
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10072
Cimarex Energy Co. v. CP Well Testing L.L.C.
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50892
Justia Opinion Summary: CP and Cimarex entered into the Master Service Agreement (MSA). Cimarex hired CP to work at Cimarex’s Oklahoma oil well. CP assigned Trent, an employee of one of its subcontractors, to work at the well. A flash fire…
Martins-Gadiole v. Garland
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60737
Aldana-Ramirez v. Garland
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60871
USA v. Lujano-Jaimes
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10024
USA v. Bickens
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10392
Polak v. Sterilite
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10549
USA v. Taylor
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10557
USA v. Barrieta-Barrera
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10878
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Housing Authority of New Orleans
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30005
Justia Opinion Summary: The Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) agreed to pay Parkcrest $11 million to build affordable housing. Liberty was Parkcrest’s surety. HANO terminated Parkcrest before the project was done. Parkcrest sued,…
Matthews v. Ma'at
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50047
USA v. Acuna-Trujillo
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50667
USA v. Aguilera
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50767
USA v. Trujillo-Acuna
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50780
McFarland v. Lumpkin
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
19-70011
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1991, McFarland and an accomplice robbed Kwan’s store. McFarland’s accomplice pressed a gun against a security guard’s head. The guard dropped his weapon. McFarland or the accomplice then fatally shot Kwan. Only…
USA v. Navarrete-Hernandez
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10704
Canada Hockey v. Texas A&M Univ
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20503
Velasquez-Zelaya v. Garland
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60531
Funa v. Garland
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61071
D.R.T.G. Builders, L.L.C. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61190
Justia Opinion Summary: OSHA investigated DRTG, a Houston construction company, following a worksite fatality. DRTG employees provided DRTG’s business address, which is also the home address of DRTG’s sole owner. On September 13, OSHA issued a…
USA v. Alvarez
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10362
Abraugh v. Altimus
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30205
Justia Opinion Summary: When authorities booked Randall as a pretrial detainee, he was medicated and intoxicated and had a history of mental health treatment. Though Randall was supposed to “be followed for alcohol withdrawal syndrome and…
Callais Captl Mgmt v. Wilhite
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30222
State of Louisiana v. Becerra
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30734
Viahart v. GangPeng
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40166
Atkins v. Bales
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40542
USA v. Resendiz-Hernandez
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40573
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50433
USA v. Ramirez-Perez
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50641
Parra, et al v. Interstate Express
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11230
B A Kelly Land Co., L.L.C. v. Aethon Energy Operating, L.L.C.
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30090
Justia Opinion Summary: Kelly owns 160 acres within compulsory oil and gas drilling and production units established by the Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation. Aethon is the designated operator of the units which include 16 producing…
Bevill v. Fletcher
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40250
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of qualified immunity to defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action for conspiracy to commit retaliatory employment termination. The court concluded that plaintiff…
USA v. Gardner
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50481
Young v. BL Development
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60992
Kreit v. Quinn
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20067
Justia Opinion Summary: In an action arising from the bankruptcy of CISH, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's sanction of appellants. Appellants had filed an adversary proceeding asserting causes of action that the bankruptcy…
USA v. Rodriguez-Flores
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40275
United States v. Rodriguez-Flores
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Numbers:
21-40277, 21-40275
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit remanded to the district court to reform the judgment to reflect conviction and sentencing under 8 U.S.C. 1326(b)(1). The court applied Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243, 2249 (2016), and agreed…
USA v. Trevizo-Cortez
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50640
USA v. Powell
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number:
18-11050
Poff v. Smith
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20647
Earnest v. Sanofi US Services, Inc.
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30184
Justia Opinion Summary: Earnest sued Sanofi as part of the multidistrict litigation over several pharmaceutical companies’ alleged failure to warn users of Taxotere (generically docetaxel), a chemotherapy drug, of the risk of permanent alopecia…
USA v. Johnson
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10174
USA v. Kemp
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10264
Green v. Alief ISD
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20473
USA v. Owings
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30279
Ibenyenwa v. Wells
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40241
Moon v. Olivarez
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50193
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against numerous individuals and entities after he was exonerated and released from prison after serving seventeen years for a rape he did not commit. The only remaining claim is for false…
USA v. Urias
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50631
VSP Labs v. Hillair Capital Investments, LP
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10885
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment affirming the bankruptcy court's orders in these consolidated cases arising out of the bankruptcy of PFO and a dispute over the validity and scope of the…
Peters v. TDCJ, et al
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20612
USA v. Llanez
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50999
Almaguer Munoz v. Garland
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60484
USA v. Hardy
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60859
MDK Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada v. Proplant Inc.
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20207
Justia Opinion Summary: MDK, a Bolivian entity, filed suit against Proplant, a Texas-based corporation under both breach of contract and tort theories. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of…
Migdon v. 171 Holdings
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30411
USA v. Salazar-Figueroa
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40476
USA v. Hardy
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60280
Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number:
22-40043
USA v. Crittenden
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number:
18-50635
JetPay Corp. v. United States
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10131
Justia Opinion Summary: JetPay is a national company offering credit card processing services to merchants and banks. JetPay processed credit card payments for customers purchasing tickets from Direct Air, placing the funds in Direct Air's…
USA v. Casel
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10607
USA v. Marzioli
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40290
USA v. Moran-Munoz
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50311
United States v. Bates
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number:
19-10813
Justia Opinion Summary: Bates was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and received a 71-month sentence. On appeal, he argued that the district court improperly applied an enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines for…
United States v. Lagos
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20283
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's motion to vacate, set aside, or correct defendant's sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255 on the ground that he received ineffective assistance of counsel during sentencing. The…
Jackson v. Lumpkin
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20516
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit concluded that the district court properly recharacterized petitioner's Rule 60(b) motion as a successive habeas petition and transferred it to this court to consider whether it met the precertification…
Hess Corp. v. Schlumberger Technology Corp.
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20663
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in favor of Schlumberger in an action brought by Hess for breach of contract. Hess had contracted with Schlumberger to provide safety valves for several of Hess's…
United States v. Lyons
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50307
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying defendant's motion for a sentence reduction under Section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018. The court agreed with the…
Rodriguez-Arevalo v. Garland
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60673
Landry v. Leesville Rehabilitation
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30423
USA v. Ballardo-Ramos
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40306
Ruvalcaba v. Angleton Indep Sch Dist
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40491
USA v. Norbert
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60106
Ball Metal v. Local 129, United Auto
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10755
USA v. Herrera-Duarte
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10764
United States v. Hammond
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30433
Justia Opinion Summary: Hammond pleaded guilty to bank fraud, money laundering, and obstructing the administration of internal revenue laws in 2017. The district court granted him a U.S.S.G. 5K1.1 downward departure and a downward variance,…
United States v. Lujan
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50091
Justia Opinion Summary: Officers performed a traffic stop of Alvarado’s vehicle. Alvarado's girlfriend, Lujan, was in the vehicle. With Alvarado’s consent, they searched the vehicle and discovered 28.505 grams of methamphetamine and a firearm.…
Hoenninger v. Lsng Enterprises
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50301
USA v. Arcuvia-Moreno
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50523
USA v. Arcuvia-Moreno
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50532
USA v. Guinn
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60550
United States v. Fuentes-Rodriguez
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
15-40740
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2019, the Fifth Circuit affirmed Fuentes-Rodriguez’s sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to illegal reentry into the U.S. following deportation and having been previously convicted of an aggravated felony. The…
USA v. Lipscomb
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
18-11168
Phillips v. Hooper
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
19-30199
USA v. Contreras Zamora
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11266
Landmark American Insurance Co. v. SCD Memorial Place II, L.L.C.
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20389
Justia Opinion Summary: Landmark issued a “deductible buyback” insurance policy, covering SCD properties. SCD’s high-deductible primary insurance policy was issued by Lexington. The Landmark policy covers damage also covered by Lexington and…
USA v. Danna
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40690
USA v. Phillips
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40796
Garcia Garcia v. Garland
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60563
Gutierrez-De Rivas v. Garland
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61169
Micah v. Garland
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
20-61238
USA v. Bowling
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10147
USA v. Sila
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10347
USA v. Kimbrough
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30102
USA v. McIntyre
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30585
Cruz v. W. H. Braum
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-40477
USA v. Truijillo-Balverde
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50229
USA v. Varela-Gonzalez
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50312
USA v. Matthews
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number:
18-10235
United States v. Swenson
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20509
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for mail fraud, concluding that there was sufficient evidence for the jury to find that defendant, through her adoption agency, engaged in a scheme to defraud two…
Ziretsyan v. Garland
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60643
Million v. Cos-Mar Company
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30250
USA v. Dominguez
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-50442
Brown v. Old Dominion Freight Line
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60608
USA v. Jones
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11063
USA v. Majors
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40405
USA v. Majors
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40656
Xocop-Asijtuj v. Garland
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number:
20-60996
USA v. Guia
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10573
Adams EMS v. Becerra
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-20064
United States v. Martinez
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30068
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress drugs found in two packages that were seized by the USPS. Based on the aggregate of factors, and contrary to defendant's…
Grant v. LeBlanc
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30230
Residents of Gordon Plaza, Inc. v. Cantrell
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30294
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal with prejudice of Gordon Plaza's complaint, filed under the citizen suit provision of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) against the City.…
Doe v. Tonti Management Co., LLC
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-30295
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit dismissed plaintiff's appeal of the district court's order denying her motion to re-open the case, sever the cost-splitting provision of the parties' arbitration agreement, and impose the full costs of…
USA v. James
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-51053
McCray v. Kijakazi
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number:
21-60401
USA v. Combs
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number:
16-11402
McKinney v. Painter, et al
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number:
19-50010
USA v. Tucker
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number:
20-10906
USA v. Zimmerman
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11051
USA v. Billups
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number:
20-11263
USA v. Lee
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number:
20-20629
Buckenberger v. LA State Penitentiary
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number:
20-30742
Watkins v. Lieutenant Martinez, et al
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number:
20-40781
USA v. Espinoza
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number:
20-50273
USA v. Dominguez
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number:
21-10281
