2022 Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

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USA v. Portillo-Saravia
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20104
Dotson v. Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co.  
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30314

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Atlantic, concluding that the action is precluded on res judicata grounds. The court clarified some doctrinal confusion in its law about…

USA v. Labbe
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30403
Munatones Cabello v. Garland
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60690
USA v. Lott
Date: January 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11204
Ortiz v. Lumpkin
Date: January 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40508
Ortiz v. Lumpkin
Date: January 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40702
USA v. Gutierrez-Melendez
Date: January 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50622
USA v. Burns
Date: January 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30460
Gabriel Investment Group, Inc. v. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission  
Date: January 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50322

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit certified the following questions to the Supreme Court of Texas: 1. If Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 22.16(f) exempts a package store from Section 22.16(a), and if the package store sells any,…

Danziger & De Llano, LLP v. Morgan Verkamp, LLC  
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20186

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Danziger's complaint based on lack of personal jurisdiction. Danziger, a Texas resident, filed three intentional tort claims and a claim for breach of contract…

USA v. Bastar
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20320
USA v. Castro
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40545
USA v. Mata-Valerio
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50735
USA v. Mata-Valerio
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50756
USA v. Viator
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11235
Small v. Zarvona Engy
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20316
Can Hockey, et al v. Marquardt
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20530
USA v. Garcia-Cortez
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50713
Jaco v. Garland
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60081
Singh v. Garland
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60830
Zamora-Flores v. Garland
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61058
USA v. Bonilla
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10398
USA v. Barfield
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10774
Al-Omar v. Exco Services
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20353
USA v. Villalobos-Alvarez
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20412
Royall v. Enterprise Products
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40119
USA v. Gonzalez-Hernandez
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40180
USA v. Martinez-Villatoro
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40342
Aggie Investments v. Continental Cslty
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40382
USA v. Zirate-Urenda
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40413
USA v. Rogers
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40462
USA v. Woods
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50027
USA v. Cruz-Mora
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50556
USA v. Cruz-Mora
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50557
USA v. Salas-Sanchez
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50600
USA v. Rodriguez-Navarrete
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50762
United States v. Garrett  
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 17-10516

Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court in light of Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021), the Fifth Circuit concluded that the robbery offense of which appellee was convicted under the Texas simple robbery statute,…

Letizia v. Lumpkin
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20511
Goodrich, et al v. USA
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30422
USA v. Lewis
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50135
USA v. Dembinsky
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50503
USA v. Dembinsky
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50507
Garcia-Gonzalez v. Garland
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60581
USA v. Daigle
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30271
USA v. Stephen Daigle
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30273
USA v. Torres-Soreano
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40203
USA v. Aguinaga Kimbay
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50471
Andrade v. Amarillo Plce Dept
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11152
Burch v. Select Portfolio Servicing
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11171
SCF Waxler Marine, LLC v. Genesis Marine, LLC  
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30019

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in an action concerning the allision between three vessels passing each other in the Hahnville Bar, a bend between mile markers 124.5 and 126 in the Mississippi…

USA v. Davis
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30438
USA v. Schaub
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50063
USA v. Smith
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50879
USA v. Crayton
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10538
Amin v. Mayorkas  
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20212

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit concluded that the USCIS did not act arbitrarily when it determined that plaintiff was not eligible for an extraordinary ability visa and affirmed the district court's judgment in favor of the…

Doe v. Harris County
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20251
United States v. Zarco-Beiza  
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40060

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's 65 month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to illegal reentry. The court stated that, although the district court committed plain error by relying on a bare arrest record at…

USA v. Bustillos-Ramirez
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50124
USA v. Hill
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50411
USA v. Mallard
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60407
Pennywell v. Hooper  
Date: January 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30045

Justia Opinion Summary: Pennywell delivered his petition for direct review of his state conviction—which resulted in multiple life sentences—to prison guards for mailing. Through some unknown fault in the mailing process, the Louisiana Supreme…

USA v. Jacobs
Date: January 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40081
USA v. Barragan-Balderas
Date: January 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40381
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Inc. v. Phillips  
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 18-30699

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit treated the petition for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel rehearing; granted the petition for panel rehearing; and withdrew its prior opinion in this case. Plaintiffs, two Planned Parenthood…

Weinhoffer v. Davie Shoring, Inc.  
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30568

Justia Opinion Summary: In this dispute over terms of an online auction, the Fifth Circuit concluded that the district court abused its discretion by improperly admitting evidence and taking judicial notice of the terms. The court explained…

Chen v. Garland
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61111
USA v. Mandujano
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10759
Ibarra-Avilez v. Garland
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60273
Penaloza-Fuentes v. Garland
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60808
O'Brien's Response Management, L.L.C. v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc.  
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30364

Justia Opinion Summary: BP retained the Responders (O’Brien’s and NRC) for nearly $2 billion to assist with the cleanup of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Thousands of the Responders' workers filed personal injury lawsuits against BP, which…

USA v. Lerma
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50277
United States v. Gomez Gomez  
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 17-20526

Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit agreed with the parties that, in light of Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021), defendant's conviction for aggravated assault in Texas does not qualify as an…

USA v. Hammond
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 19-11371
Carlucci v. Chapa, et al
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 19-50954
Andrade v. Amarillo Plce Dept
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11151
Thompson v. Link, et al
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30001
Acha v. Garland
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60674
Betancourt Peralta v. Garland
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60943
USA v. Cook
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10387
USA v. Romero-Arreola
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10842
USA v. Grant
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20285
USA v. Grant
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30059
Mary v. QEP Energy Co.  
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30195

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit after defendant installed two pipelines on their property partially outside the boundary established in the parties' servitude agreement. At issue in this appeal is whether, as a consequence of this…

Castille v. City of League City
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40202
USA v. Luna-Reyes
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40364
USA v. Montanez-Montanez
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50285
USA v. Montanez
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50295
USA v. Walker
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50429
Diaz Esparza v. Garland  
Date: January 17, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60699

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit dismissed a petition for review of the BIA's decision finding petitioner subject to removal because he committed two crimes involving moral turpitude (CIMTs) under 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(A)(ii). After…

Jordan v. Evanston Insurance Co.  
Date: January 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60716

Justia Opinion Summary: Braylon Jordan swallowed small magnets when he was two years old. The magnets shredded his internal organs and necessitated surgery to remove most of his intestines, leaving him severely disabled. At issue in this appeal…

Skinner v. GPCH-GP, et al
Date: January 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60805
USA v. Navarrete
Date: January 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20356
USA v. Salinas-Mancilla
Date: January 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40675
Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson  
Date: January 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50792

Justia Opinion Summary: On remand from the Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit concluded that unresolved questions of state law must be certified to the Texas Supreme Court. The court certified the following questions of state law to the Supreme…

Chavez Hernandez v. Garland
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60548
USA v. Brown
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60958
USA v. May
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10308
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10745
BlueTarp Fincl v. Robertson
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30056
Sylvester v. Chaffe McCall, LLP  
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30186

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated the award of attorney's fees in this bankruptcy action and remanded for further proceedings. The court held that a court may compensate an attorney under 11 U.S.C. 330(a) only for services…

Preston Hollow Capital, LLC v. Cottonwood Development Corp.  
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50389

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal, based on failure to state a claim, of the complaint alleging a 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim theorizing that defendants' refusal to return loaned funds violated the…

USA v. Pena-Saenz
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50407
USA v. Ware
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 19-40989
SEC, et al v. Sethi Petroleum, L.L.C.
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40240
USA v. Garcia
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40377
Parker v. Blackwell  
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40398

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that a jailer at the Shelby County Jail sexually assaulted him and other detainees, and that the sheriff violated plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment right to procedural…

Domain Protection, LLC v. Sea Wasp, LLC  
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Numbers: 20-40411, 20-40518

Justia Opinion Summary: Domain Protection seeks the return of property for its conversion claim and statutory damages and attorney's fees on its Stored Communications Act claim. In its cross-appeal, Sea Wasp argues that Domain Protection lacked…

Domain Protc v. Sea Wasp
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40518
USA v. Ware
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40652
United States v. Vargas  
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50082

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiracy to possesses with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The court…

Salto Ortiz v. Garland
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60454
Hermosillo v. Garland
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60788
Tomas-Perez v. Garland
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60822
USA v. Hunt
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10502
Su v. C Whale
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20147
USA v. Thomas
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20176
Betts v. Brennan
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30101
Frew v. Young
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40028
USA v. Medina-Rios
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50725
USA v. Medina-Rios
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50728
USA v. Nickey
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60382
USA v. Kyles
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60403
Rios-Aguilar v. Garland
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60430
Williams v. Boeing Company  
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 18-31158

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case involving mesothelioma, the Fifth Circuit concluded that the multidistrict litigation (MDL) court engaged in improper weighing of the evidence on summary judgment relative to the survival action.…

Romero-De Rodriguez v. Garland
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60106
USA v. Maines
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11200
United States v. Pursley  
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20454

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated defendant's conviction for charges stemming from his involvement in a significant tax fraud scheme. The scheme involved the use of several offshore accounts, including certain accounts in the…

USA v. Charles Callis
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40218
USA v. Charles Callis
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40346
USA v. Majors
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40699
Velasquez-De Hernandez v. Garland
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60104
Geels v. Garland
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60468
Emmanuel-Tata v. Garland
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60487
Resendez Ramos v. Garland
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60578
Zhou v. Garland
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60753
Nguyen v. Garland
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-61120
Lawrence v. Frost Bank
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10103
USA v. Villasenor
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10135
USA v. Brown
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10633
USA v. Martinez
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10715
USA v. Lyle
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20005
USA v. Galan
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40325
Estate of Gabriel Miranda, Jr. v. Navistar, Inc.  
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40421

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, the estate and surviving parents of thirteen-year-old Gabriel Miranda, Jr., filed a products liability action against Navistar for the wrongful death of their son. Gabriel fell to his death after opening the…

USA v. Perez-Vides
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50269
USA v. Hungerford
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50278
USA v. Baltazar
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50287
USA v. Montoya-Velasquez
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50516
USA v. Montoya-Velazquez
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50534
USA v. Aldaba-Roman
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50851
USA v. Aldaba-Roman
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50852
Santos-Zacaria v. Garland  
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60355

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied in part and dismissed in part petitions for review of the BIA's decision denying petitioner's application for withholding of removal and for relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The…

Siplast, Inc. v. Employers Mutual Casualty Insurance Co.  
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11076

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012, the Archdiocese purchased a roof membrane system from Siplast, for installation at a Bronx high school. Siplast guaranteed that the system would “remain in a watertight condition for a period of 20 years.” In…

Vikas WSP, Ltd. v. Economy Mud Products Co.  
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20309

Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerns three orders purporting to enforce a settlement between the parties in a commercial dispute: (1) an order declaring that Vikas breached the settlement; (2) an order striking Vikas's pleadings as a…

USA v. Kim
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20611
Wantou v. Wal-Mart Stores Texas, LLC  
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40284

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's rulings in an action brought by plaintiff against Wal-Mart Stores under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Texas law. Plaintiff, a pharmacist and black man from…

Fessler v. Porcelana Corona de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.  
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Numbers: 20-40357, 20-40358

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit vacated the district court's award of fees to class counsel in a class action settlement involving consumers who purchased defective toilet tanks against defendants. The court agreed with Porcelana that…

Cone, et al v. Porcelana Corona De Mexico
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40358
USA v. Garces
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40835
United States v. Lara  
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50112

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendants' convictions and sentences for various drug trafficking counts after attempting to drive a pickup truck containing over 38 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a compartment in the…

USA v. Gomez
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-51048
Gamez-Padilla v. Garland
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60682
Atencio Urdaneta v. Garland
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60812
USA v. Rios
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10371
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10418
USA v. Tepp
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10641
USA v. Rudzavice
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10714
USA v. Moore
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10775
Alabbassi v. Whitley
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20070
USA v. Martinez-Cervantes
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20438
Betts v. Brennan  
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30101

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity in an excessive force action brought by plaintiff. During a routine traffic stop, plaintiff…

USA v. Hogan
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30234
Francois v. Anslum
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30311
USA v. Juarez-Salgado
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40129
USA v. Stephen Owens
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40217
USA v. Baez-Vaquera
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40605
USA v. Barrios-Alvarado
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50001
USA v. Cummings
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50089
Flores v. Hartnett
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50139
USA v. Reed
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50143
USA v. Leatherwood
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50462
USA v. Agustin-Miguel
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50512
USA v. Agustin-Miguel
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50514
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50537
USA v. Efrain-Samayoa Salazar
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50547
USA v. Samayoa-Salazar
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50550
Inmobiliaria Buda v. Brown
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50660
Lopez-Rivera v. Garland
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60058
Iglesias-Bonilla v. Garland
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60264
Poon-Atkins v. Sappington
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60467
Owen v. Kijakazi
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60545
United States v. Fuentes-Rodriguez  
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 15-40740

Justia Opinion Summary: Fuentes-Rodriguez pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the U.S. after having been previously convicted of an aggravated felony (8 U.S.C. 1326(b)(2)) and was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment. The Fifth Circuit…

Daves v. Dallas County  
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 18-11368

Justia Opinion Summary: The en banc court vacated the district court's preliminary injunction and remanded to the district court for the limited purpose of conducting such proceedings as it considers appropriate and making detailed findings and…

Mendez Maldonado v. Garland
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60523
Garza v. Davis, et al
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20533
USA v. Hayden
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40585
Muhammad v. Wiles, et al
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50279
Murodov v. Garland
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60628
Collins v. Garland
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60777
Coomer v. Roth
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10182
USA v. White
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10451
USA v. Williams
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10471
June Medical Services, LLC v. Phillips  
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30001

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit held that the district court erred in sealing and ordering redaction of voluminous documents related to litigation challenging Louisiana's abortion laws without a proper legal basis, and therefore…

Gilbert v. Cortazzo
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30176
Carter v. Butler
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30216
Yarbrough v. Santa Fe Police
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40089
USA v. Carmona
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40576
United States v. Bautista-Gunter  
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50057

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's request for modification of a law-enforcement condition. Defendant pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and carrying a…

Newman v. Plains All American Pipeline, LP  
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50253

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of the client company's motion to compel arbitration. In this case, a pipeline inspection firm hired inspectors, and their employment agreement contained an…

Seguin v. Remington Arms Company, LLC  
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 17-30499

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit certified a question to the Louisiana Supreme Court: Does Section 9:2800.60(B) of the Louisiana Products Liability Act bar an individual, who is shot and injured by a third-party, from bringing a…

Bonds v. Lumpkin
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 19-11318
USA v. Huerta
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 19-41018
Kam v. Dallas Cty
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11199
Matthews v. Healey, et al
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20496
Whitaker v. McDonald, et al
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40569
Pierre v. Vasquez
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-51032
Salazar v. Garland
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60222
Soriano-Salinas v. Garland
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60449
Aggie Investments v. Continental Cslty
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40382
Partain v. Morrow
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40672
USA v. Victorino-Tista
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50653
USA v. Tista-Sis
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50671
Jones v. Lumpkin  
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 19-10079

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal habeas application as time-barred, concluding that petitioner is not entitled to equitable tolling. The court stated that petitioner offers little to no support for…

Henry v. Ditech Fin, et al
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 19-20439
USA v. Ussery
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-50585
Vargas Barajas v. Garland
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60366
Perez-Ramirez v. Garland
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60466
Vasquez-Canas v. Garland
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60771
USA v. Doe
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10123
USA v. Smith
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30252
USA v. McLean
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40015
USA v. McLean
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40017
USA v. Garcia-Serna
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40439
USA v. Margarito Garcia-Serna
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40441
USA v. Hernandez
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50061
Terry Black's Barbecue, LLC v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co.  
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50078

Justia Opinion Summary: TBB filed suit seeking to recoup losses stemming from the limitations on the operations of nonessential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic through its commercial property insurance policy which covers business…

USA v. Najeras
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50418
Fratta v. Lumpkin
Date: January 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-70001
Jinsun v. Mireskandari
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20563
Foerster v. Bleess, et al
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20583
Tindle v. Blair, et al
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40205
Pearson v. William, et al
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-40650
Garcia-Sanchez v. Garland
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60223
Singh v. Garland
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60425
USA v. Cowards
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60529
Aviles-Tavera v. Garland  
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60587

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied the petition for review challenging the BIA's determination that petitioner is statutorily ineligible for withholding of removal and not entitled to protection under the Convention Against…

Lopez-Temaj v. Garland
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60763
USA v. Sarmiento
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10354
USA v. Nweme
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20107
Su v. F Elephant
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20146
Shephard v. St. Paul Fire
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30199
Taylor v. B & J Martin
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-30347
USA v. Martinez
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40311
USA v. Duran
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50104
USA v. Duran
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50249
USA v. Medina-Castillo
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50255
USA v. Armstead
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50397
Roberts v. Gonzales
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50670
Bonger Zrgua v. Garland
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60062
Easley v. Lowndes County, MS
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-60136
Banister v. Lumpkin
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 17-10826
USA v. Flores
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 19-40675
Parada-Orellana v. Garland  
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 19-60645

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit denied the petition for panel rehearing, withdrew its prior opinion, and substituted the following opinion. As an initial matter, petitioner conceded that her argument regarding recission of her in…

Atkins v. Propst
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11008
Ureteknologia v. Uretek
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-20073
D&G Holdings, LLC v. Becerra  
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-30732

Justia Opinion Summary: D&G, a Medicare service provider for nursing homes and homebound individuals, filed suit against the H.H.S. Secretary in federal court seeking repayment of recouped funds, which then amounted to $4,136,258.19 in…

Gonzalez Sanchez v. Garland
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60594
USA v. Thompson
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60717
Sanchez-Lira v. Garland
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-60799
USA v. Arredondo
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10363
USA v. Guillen
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-10512
USA v. Williams
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-20123
USA v. Benitez-Cruz
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40284
USA v. Lara-Covarrubias
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-40384
USA v. Mince
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-50127

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