Armadillo Hotel v. Harris
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50945
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Armadillo Hotel Group, LLC (“Armadillo”) is a buyer and operator of modular and mobile structures throughout North America. According to Armadillo, Defendants Todd Harris and Jason McDaniel were hired in May…
Gray v. GC Services
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20056
Wooley v. N&W Marine Towing
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30112
Justia Opinion Summary: N&W Marine Towing (N&W) filed in federal district court a verified complaint in limitation (the Limitation Action), pursuant to the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851 (Limitation Act) and Rule F of the Supplemental…
Perkins v. Sheffield Rentals
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30313
USA v. Ferris
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50006
Moody Natl Bank v. Shurley
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50163
Capers v. Lindsay
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
21-20526
Wright v. Minardi
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11126
USA v. Smart
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20409
Sun v. TETRA
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20646
Tabler v. Lumpkin
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
22-70001
USA v. Trejo
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10291
USA v. Loera
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10361
USA v. Chrisenberry
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10394
USA v. Escamilla-Reyes
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10399
USA v. Fuentes
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10537
Akula v. Russo
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30046
Stamper v. Kijakazi
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30355
USA v. Rocha
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50136
USA v. Foreman
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
21-50986
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of transporting illegal aliens and conspiracy to transport illegal aliens. But the government used inadmissible evidence to prove that the person being transported was in the United States…
Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
21-60626
Justia Opinion Summary: The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (Nasdaq) proposed a rule that would require companies listed on its stock exchange to disclose information about their board members, as well as a rule that would give certain companies…
Lemonia v. Westlake Management
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30630
USA v. Gomez
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30793
USA v. McLean
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40443
USA v. Jordan
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40519
Hicks v. TX Board of Pardon
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40765
USA v. Aceves-Ramirez
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50954
Recendiz-Fernandez v. Garland
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60571
USA v. Bennett
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10081
USA v. Gage
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10378
von Falkenhorst v. Hunter
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20154
USA v. Jones
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20192
USA v. William McLean, Jr.
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40065
USA v. Lopez-Hernandez
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40102
USA v. Leal
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40120
USA v. Booker
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60076
Moody v. Walmart, Inc.
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60127
Kenai Ironclad v. CP Marine Services
Date: October 17, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30311
Justia Opinion Summary: Kenai Ironclad Corporation (“Kenai” or “Plaintiff”) alleged that CP Marine Services, LLC, breached its contract to repair and convert Kenai’s offshore supply vessel to a salmon fishing tender for use in Alaska. After…
USA v. Diaz
Date: October 17, 2023
Docket Number:
22-51112
USA v. Harris
Date: October 17, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30030
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant asserts that he is required by his religious faith to abstain from psychiatric medication. Defendant raised a religious objection to being involuntarily medicated without identifying a particular source of law.…
Richard's Clearview v. Starr Surplus Lines
Date: October 17, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30130
USA v. Nunez
Date: October 17, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40285
USA v. Gomez
Date: October 17, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50157
Farmers Direct v. Yates
Date: October 17, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60183
Hann v. Kahkeshani
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20407
USA v. Tapp
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30462
USA v. Reed
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30708
Lubbe v. Milanovich
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50686
USA v. Flick
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10204
USA v. Torres
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10217
Guzman v. Allstate Assurance
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10267
Ledbetter v. Relig Pract Cmte
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10612
Watt v. New Orleans City
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30050
USA v. Pollard
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30233
Ricks v. State of Louisiana
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30453
USA v. Hernandez-Torres
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40315
USA v. Astudillo-Herrera
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50045
USA v. Torres
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50236
USA v. Castaneda-Acevedo
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50350
USA v. Castaneda-Acevedo
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50352
Onyido v. Garland
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60097
Suar Ticum v. Garland
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60149
Chhetri v. Garland
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60184
Moore v. Jackson Public Sch Dist
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60204
USA v. Garcia
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60290
USA v. Williams
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10316
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of sex trafficking of a child in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 1591(a)(1) and (b)(2). On appeal, he challenged the introduction of evidence pulled from his cellphone using Cellebrite technology.…
Abdallah v. Mesa Air Group
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10686
Justia Opinion Summary: On a Mesa Airlines flight, a flight attendant grew concerned about two passengers. She alerted the pilot, who, despite the reassurance of security officers, delayed takeoff until the flight was canceled. The passengers…
Certain Underwriters v. Cox Operating
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30371
Justia Opinion Summary: Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London (“Lloyds”) brought an intervenor complaint against Cox Operating LLC (“Cox”) seeking to recover maintenance and cure benefits Lloyds paid to an injured seaman. Cox filed a motion…
USA v. Tristan
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10220
USA v. Rodgers
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10286
USA v. Sanchez-Delgado
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10304
USA v. Sanchez-Delgado
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10322
USA v. Garcia-Bertadillo
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10474
USA v. Garcia-Salvador
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10495
USA v. Castillo
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20147
USA v. Robinson
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30155
USA v. Villegas
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40022
USA v. Sanders
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40309
USA v. Smith
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50052
USA v. Rodriguez-Martinez
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50133
USA v. Zubia
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50230
USA v. Avila-Mendez
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50291
Dusterhoft v. City of Austin
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50313
USA v. Aguilera-Duque
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60074
Sechler v. U.S. Bank NA
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60103
USA v. Shaw
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
21-30702
Assoc of Club Exct v. City of Dallas
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10556
Justia Opinion Summary: Communities can therefore regulate the so-called “secondary effects” of sexually oriented businesses (or “SOBs”), like crime and blight, without running afoul of the First Amendment. The City of Dallas passed Ordinance…
USA v. Munoz-Medrano
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11143
Johnson v. Harris County
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20549
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was arrested and charged with interfering with the duties of a public servant. Eight hundred fifty-six days later, she brought suit under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 against Harris County and a number of law…
Collins v. Treasury
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20632
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are private shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—government-sponsored home mortgage companies. Defendants include the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), the Treasury, the Secretary of the Treasury…
O'Reilly v. US Army Corps of Eng
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30608
Lewis v. Danos
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30670
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, then an Assistant Athletic Director at Louisiana State University (“LSU”)— internally reported Head Football Coach Les Miles for sexually harassing students. LSU retained outside counsel—Taylor, Porter, Brooks…
USA v. Chasteen
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40593
USA v. Renteria
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50242
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with and convicted of (1) producing child pornography, (2) committing that offense while being required to register as a sex offender, (3) possessing child pornography, and (4) sex trafficking of a…
USA v. Lozano
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50753
Amer Compensation Insurance v. Ruiz
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60579
USA v. Anderson
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10237
Howey v. Truist Bank
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10513
QBE Syndicate 1036 v. Compass Minerals
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30076
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Compass Minerals Louisiana, Inc. (“Compass”) is part of a mineral company that owns and operates multiple salt mines. Among Compass’s locations is its Cote Blanche salt mine. Compass contracted with…
Hamilton v. Promise Healthcare
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30190
USA v. Salas
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40121
USA v. Molina-Nolasco
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50372
USA v. Greenlaw
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10511
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted United Development Funding (“UDF”) executives (collectively “Appellants”) of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and eight counts of…
Narayanan v. Midwestern State University
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11140
Calsep v. Dabral
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20440
Justia Opinion Summary: Seven years ago, A.D. was hired to create a PVT (“pressure volume temperature”) simulation software program. Sah was hired by A.D. to develop a PVT software program in exchange for a stake in one of A.D.’s companies,…
LNY 5003 v. Zurich American Ins
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20573
Melancon v. Lafayette Gen Med Ctr
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30704
Baker v. City of McKinney
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40644
Justia Opinion Summary: When an armed fugitive held a 15-year-old girl hostage inside Plaintiff, City of McKinney (the “City”), police officers employed armored vehicles, explosives, and toxic-gas grenades to resolve the situation. The parties…
Galaviz v. Reyes
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50203
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and Defendant had two children together. After the couple separated, the children remained in Mexico with Galaviz. In July 2021, Defendant took the children to El Paso and refused to return them. Plaintiff…
USA v. Thomas
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50420
Harward v. City of Austin
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50924
Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Austin, Texas, issued an ordinance (1) declaring that the shoreline properties are within the city’s full purpose jurisdiction; (2) repealing a 1986 ordinance that putatively declared the shoreline properties…
USA v. Butler
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10162
USA v. Mayfield
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10188
USA v. Moreno
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10200
USA v. Santana-Valdez
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10261
Santelises v. Governor of State of TX
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40113
Stephens v. Martinez
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40200
USA v. Orona-Gutierrez
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40249
Carrasco-Aguirre v. Garland
Date: October 11, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60176
USA v. Latiolais
Date: October 10, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60516
Chancey v. BASF
Date: October 10, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40032
Soliz v. Hague
Date: October 10, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40330
USA v. Mondragon-Calderon
Date: October 10, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50393
USA v. Ward
Date: October 10, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60195
USA v. Walker
Date: October 10, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60231
Murphy v. Nasser
Date: October 10, 2023
Docket Number:
23-70005
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was convicted of the 2000 murder of an 80-year-old woman. After the jury found him to be guilty of the offense, evidence of his future dangerousness was offered at sentencing. Among the evidence was testimony…
USA v. Stanford
Date: October 9, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20388
USA v. Griggs
Date: October 9, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10083
Thompson v. Linthicum
Date: October 9, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20257
Murphy v. Nasser
Date: October 9, 2023
Docket Number:
23-70005
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was convicted of the 2000 murder of an 80-year-old woman. After the jury found him to be guilty of the offense, evidence of his future dangerousness was offered at sentencing. Among the evidence was testimony…
Richards v. McLane
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
21-20450
Cloud v. NFL Player Retirement Plan
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10710
Justia Opinion Summary: This ERISA case concerns the National Football League’s retirement plan, which provides disability pay to hobbled NFL veterans whose playing days are over but who are still living with debilitating, often degenerative…
Carmichael v. Balke
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20430
Justia Opinion Summary: This litigation stems from the bankruptcy of Imperial Petroleum Recovery Corporation (“IPRC”). IPRC once marketed microwave separation technology (“MST”) machines, which purported to recover usable oil from various…
Princeton Excess v. AHD Houston
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20473
Justia Opinion Summary: Sixteen professional models (the Models) sued three Texas strip clubs (the Clubs) following the Clubs’ use of the Models’ likeness for advertising campaigns without the Models’ consent. Relevant to those claims,…
United Svcs Automobile v. Sampson
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30351
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants United Services Automobile Association and USAA General Indemnity Company (“USAA”) contract with insureds to pay “Actual Cash Value” (“ACV”) for totaled vehicles. USAA calculates ACV using the CCC One Market…
Converse v. Kimball
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40395
USA v. Lopez
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50944
Arzu-Robledo v. Garland
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60235
Darling Ingredients v. OSHC
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60466
Justia Opinion Summary: Two people were killed while unclogging a machine at Darling Ingredients, Inc., a chicken rendering plant. When the Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) investigated, it found that the plant’s “lockout/tagout”…
Welsh v. Unknown Male Shift Supr
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10171
USA v. Wilson
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10210
USA v. Gunn
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10252
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10417
Law Office of Rogelio Solis v. Curtis
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40125
Justia Opinion Summary: After a fatal truck accident claimed the lives of members of two families, the victims' families filed a personal injury action against the trucking company. The trucking company's insurer ultimately transferred $1…
USA v. Dominguez
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50024
Flores v. BJ's Restaurant Operations
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50038
Wilkinson v. Pinnacle Lodging
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30556
Otkins v. Gilboy
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30752
Prest v. BP Expl & Prod
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30779
USA v. Elam
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40373
SXSW v. Federal Insurance
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50933
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff planned on hosting a music festival in Austin, Texas. However, Austin canceled the event due to concerns related to COVID-19. In turn, ticket holders who were refused a refund sued, resulting in a judgment…
Qureishy v. Garland
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60663
Jones v. Meridian Security Insurance
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10148
Russell v. Colmenero
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10160
USA v. Henderson
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10263
USA v. Walker
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10357
Gaytan Mendoza v. Mayorkas
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20043
Thompson v. D G Louisiana
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30016
USA v. Daniel
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30154
Fuhr v. City of Sherman
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40116
USA v. Church
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40169
Martinez v. University of Texas
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50036
USA v. Robles-Perez
Date: October 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50145
USA v. Jones
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11010
Sealed Appellee v. Sealed Appellant
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11146
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant suffers from various mental health conditions. Appellant’s delusions led her to believe that the federal government— specifically, former President Barack Obama—was conspiring with hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and other…
Walker v. City of Houston
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20537
Sonder USA v. 635 N. Scott Street
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30360
USA v. Jones
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30480
Chapoy v. Union Pacific Railroad
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40791
USA v. Ortega
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50895
USA v. Ortega
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50921
Morales-Perez v. Garland
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60529
USA v. Pavon-Rivera
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10069
USA v. Rodriguez-Flores
Date: October 4, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40149
USA v. Rawson
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10846
Sacks v. Texas Southern University
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20541
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff resigned from her tenured professorship at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University (TSU) in August 2020. She then sued TSU and several TSU employees for Title VII constructive…
USA v. Butler
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40473
Morales v. Cardenas
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50836
USA v. Watts
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60608
USA v. Rodriguez-Castro
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10120
USA v. Hutcheson
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10136
USA v. Hanes
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10191
USA v. Villagrana
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10298
USA v. Pena-Talamantes
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10325
USA v. Cortez-Garcia
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10349
Harvey v. Preload
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30120
State of Missouri v. Biden
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30445
Justia Opinion Summary: The Plaintiffs—three doctors, a news website, a healthcare activist, and two states —had posts and stories removed or downgraded by the platforms. Their content touched on a host of divisive topics like the COVID-19…
USA v. Galicia
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40088
USA v. Nunez Penaloza
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40203
USA v. Castro-Patina
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50260
USA v. Mason
Date: October 3, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60379
USA v. Shah
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
21-10292
Justia Opinion Summary: Seven codefendants appeal their various convictions stemming from a multi-million-dollar healthcare conspiracy involving surgery-referral kickbacks at Forest Park Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. They challenge…
Murillo v. City of Granbury
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11163
USA v. Martinez
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10163
USA v. Diaz Hernandez
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10176
USA v. Yanouri-Roa
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10244
USA v. Orellana-Sibrian
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10251
USA v. Bryant
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10269
USA v. Torres
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10332
USA v. Hernandez-Aguilar
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10453
Searcy v. Crowley Indep
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10776
Trey Wooley v. N&W Marine Towing
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30112
Justia Opinion Summary: On August 31, 2020, N&W Marine Towing (N&W) filed in federal district court a verified complaint in limitation, Case No. 2:20-cv-2390 (the Limitation Action), pursuant to the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851…
USA v. Netro-Perales
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40074
USA v. Gonzalez-Salazar
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40226
Perez v. U.S. Xpress, Inc.
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50146
Reyes-Soriano v. Garland
Date: October 2, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60172
Perry v. Mendoza
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20436
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Officer arrested Plaintiff for telephone harassment after she witnessed Plaintiff call in false complaints about her neighbors’ supposedly loud music. The harassment charges were dropped, however. Plaintiff…
Carbon Six Barrels v. Proof Research
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30772
Justia Opinion Summary: Proof Research, Inc. and Carbon Six Barrels, LLC both manufacture carbon-fiber gun barrels. Proof entered the market first and obtained a trademark for the unique appearance of its barrels. When Proof found out that…
USA v. Howard
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10130
USA v. Lewis
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10262
USA v. Meals
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10554
USA v. Lopez-Arellano
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50295
Hopkins v. Hosemann
Date: September 28, 2023
Docket Number:
19-60662
USA v. Robles
Date: September 28, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11231
Villegas-Lopez v. Garland
Date: September 28, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60377
USA v. Edwards
Date: September 28, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10128
USA v. Olalde-Suarez
Date: September 28, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10135
USA v. Pineda-Diaz
Date: September 28, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10381
USA v. Willis
Date: September 28, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30157
In Re: Jeff Landry
Date: September 28, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30642
Justia Opinion Summary: Louisiana’s Attorney General filed a request for mandamus relief seeking to vacate the district court’s hearing scheduled to begin on October 3 and require the district court to promptly convene trial on the merits of…
USA v. Gonzalez-Salazar
Date: September 28, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40227
USA v. Self
Date: September 28, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50046
USA v. Gonzales
Date: September 27, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10948
Fleming v. Bayou Steel
Date: September 27, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30260
Justia Opinion Summary: BD LaPlace, LLC, doing business as Bayou Steel (Bayou Steel), operated a steel mill in LaPlace, Louisiana. Without giving The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice, Bayou Steel terminated…
USA v. Pitman
Date: September 27, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10124
USA v. Nino-Guerrero
Date: September 27, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10231
USA v. Sledge
Date: September 27, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10430
USA v. Cruz
Date: September 27, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10470
USA v. Lavan
Date: September 27, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20039
USA v. Lee
Date: September 27, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30067
USA v. Williams
Date: September 27, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30095
Culbertson v. Harris County
Date: September 26, 2023
Docket Number:
20-20527
USA v. Carr
Date: September 26, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20337
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of numerous federal drug offenses related to his ownership and operation of a Texas pharmacy that was, in reality, an illegal pill mill. On appeal, Defendant’s arguments for overturning his…
USA v. Cruz
Date: September 26, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10017
USA v. Williams
Date: September 26, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10096
Stafford v. Wilmington Trust
Date: September 26, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10221
USA v. Mathews
Date: September 26, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10321
USA v. Castro-Lopez
Date: September 26, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10449
USA v. Kerstetter
Date: September 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10253
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon. On appeal, he argued that a sentencing enhancement that requires certain prior convictions be for offenses committed on different occasions could not be…
LaVergne v. Stutes
Date: September 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30475
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff pled guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in 2012 and received a life sentence at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (“LSP”). Plaintiff claims Defendants should be personally liable under 42 U.S.C. Section…
USA v. Vazquez-Lopez
Date: September 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40752
USA v. Martin Menera-Ramirez
Date: September 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40753
Watson v. Brennan
Date: September 25, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10131
USA v. Nevins
Date: September 25, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10320
USA v. Pokrajac
Date: September 25, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10390
USA v. Pate
Date: September 25, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40353
USA v. Michua-Tototzin
Date: September 25, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60009
Maxwell v. Almanza
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number:
21-11239
Miniex v. Houston Housing Authority
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number:
21-20435
USA v. Brunson
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50901
USA v. Garcia-Vela
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10173
Newman v. Bowers
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20060
USA v. Aslin
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50031
Pinkston v. Pointe
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60044
USA v. Rivera-Lopez
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
20-10200
USA v. Irias-Romero
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
21-40565
Justia Opinion Summary: A Border Patrol Agent was conducting inspections and noticed two people in a truck. At trial, the Agent testified that he first asked the driver, Defendant, whether he was a United States citizen. Defendant responded…
USA v. Cortez
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
21-50904
USA v. Cortez
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
21-50908
Harrison v. Brookhaven Sch Dist
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
21-60771
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff is a black female educator and school administrator who works for the Brookhaven School District (the “School District”). Plaintiff sought to attend the Mississippi School Board Association Prospective…
Dillard v. Davis
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10791
USA v. Perales
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11015
USA v. Espino-Rosales
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20617
USA v. Cox
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20636
USA v. Adams
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20658
USA v. Gaharan
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30364
I F G Port Hold v. Lake Charles Harbor
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30398
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the parties consented to have their commercial dispute tried before a United States magistrate judge. But, allegedly unbeknownst to Defendant, the judge was longtime family friends with the lead trial…
Ingram Barge v. Ratcliff
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30577
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant worked as a barge cleaner for T.T. Barge Services, which provides barge cleaning services to Ingram Barge Company. Appellant asserted negligence claims against Ingram after Appellant was injured by caustic soda…
USA v. Recio-Rosas
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40720
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant a citizen of Mexico, has been deported from the United States repeatedly over the past three decades. The list of crimes he has committed in the United States is extensive. Most recently, Defendant pleaded…
USA v. Vavra
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50276
USA v. Salazar-Ramirez
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10140
USA v. Salazar-Ramirez
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10146
USA v. Pearson
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30057
USA v. Hongo
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30148
Thomas v. Moore
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30279
USA v. Hernandez
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50028
USA v. Trudeaux
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50132
USA v. Calzada
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50367
Betancourth-Cadalzo v. Garland
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60200
Lopez-Aguilar v. Garland
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number:
20-60974
USA v. State of Mississippi
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number:
21-60772
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States commenced an investigation of Mississippi’s mental health system. This investigation was not prompted any individual instance of discrimination against a person with serious mental illness. The United…
USA v. Uribes
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50835
USA v. White
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10429
USA v. Perez-Lainez
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40180
Singh v. Garland
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60117
Morgan v. Richards
Date: September 19, 2023
Docket Number:
21-10931
Ney v. 3i Group
Date: September 19, 2023
Docket Number:
21-50431
Ingram Barge v. Ratcliff
Date: September 19, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30577
Dougherty v. DHS
Date: September 19, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40665
USA v. Ramirez
Date: September 19, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50042
USA v. Reyna
Date: September 19, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40139
Johnson-Luster v. Wormuth
Date: September 18, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30422
USA v. Pertile
Date: September 18, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50839
USA v. Escobedo-Martinez
Date: September 18, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10205
USA v. Moody
Date: September 18, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10235
Hebrew v. TDCJ
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20517
Justia Opinion Summary: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice fired Plaintiff after he refused to cut his hair and beard in violation of his religious vow. Plaintiff exhausted his administrative remedies. He then filed a pro se lawsuit…
Van Winkle v. Rogers
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30638
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded in part and affirmed in part the district court’s ruling in Plaintiff’s suit against the truck driver, trucking company, and insurance company. The court found that there were…
Jackson v. Wright
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40059
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff is a music theory professor at UNT, a leading expert on the Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker, the director of the Center for Schenkerian Studies, and the founder of the Journal of Schenkerian Studies.…
Gonzalez Hernandez v. Garland
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60110
Davis v. Lumpkin
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10693
USA v. Mora-Carrillo
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
21-51125
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of illegally reentering the country after a previous deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. Section 1326(a) & (b)(2). He claimed that the district court wrongly denied his request for a jury…
USA v. Moral-Carrillo
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
21-51126
USA v. Racliff
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10409
Thomas v. Cook Children's Health
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10535
USA v. Franco-Pacheco
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11198
USA v. Escobar
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20507
USA v. Mosquera-Castro
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30568
LA Fair Housing Action v. Azalea Garden
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30609
Justia Opinion Summary: Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center (LaFHAC) sued Azalea Garden Properties, LLC (Azalea Garden), alleging that Azalea Garden discriminated on the basis of race and disability at its apartment complex in Jefferson,…
Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30686
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff is a devout Rastafarian who vowed to “let the locks of the hair of his head grow,” a promise known as the Nazarite Vow. During his brief stint in prison, Plaintiff was primarily housed at two facilities, and…
Moran v. LA Dept of Pub Sfty & Corr
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30787
Robinson v. Midland County, Texas
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50673
Justia Opinion Summary: Savion Hall, an inmate at Midland County Jail, suffered severe breathing issues that were known to prison officials. The jail contracted with Soluta, Inc., a private company, for medical services, but Soluta employees…
USA v. Gutierrez-Garcia
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50742
Alvarez v. Garland
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60651
USA v. Swatzell
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10215
Thompson v. Lumpkin
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20182
USA v. Torres-Delgado
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50121
USA v. Hidalgo
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60123
Villanueva v. Garland
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60223
USA v. Lincks
Date: September 13, 2023
Docket Number:
21-10917
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and was sentenced to 188 months of imprisonment, to be served consecutively to any…
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: September 13, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10991
USA v. Moreno Barragan
Date: September 13, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40323
USA v. Gutierrez-Garcia
Date: September 13, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50742
Mason v. Helping Our Seniors
Date: September 13, 2023
Docket Number:
22-51041
USA v. Martinez-Hernandez
Date: September 13, 2023
Docket Number:
22-51092
Walton v. City of Verona
Date: September 13, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60231
Justia Opinion Summary: The Verona Police Department twice arrested L.B. for his connection to violent shootings. Both times, however, he was released while his charges were pending. Just five months after his second arrest, L.B. drove to Annie…
USA v. Acosta-Estrella
Date: September 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50253
USA v. Acosta-Estrella
Date: September 13, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50256
USA v. Tyler
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
20-51011
Dining Alliance v. Foodbuy
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10340
Justia Opinion Summary: A Texas citizen brought state-law claims in federal court against “Dining Alliance Inc.” Prior to the suit, however, Dining Alliance Inc. had converted into Dining Alliance LLC (“Dining Alliance”), whose citizenship may…
USA v. Conley
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10923
Atwood v. Christopher
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20310
USA v. Ramirez
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50042
USA v. Towery
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-51121
Munoz-De Zalaya v. Garland
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60505
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners in this immigration case are a husband and wife who applied for asylum and withholding of removal based on their membership in the proposed particular social group of “Salvadoran business owners.” The…
USA v. Fites
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10245
USA v. De La Cruz Leyva
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10257
Naylor v. Walmart, Inc.
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30042
USA v. Ramirez-Manzano
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50009
USA v. Corona-Lopez
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50195
USA v. Guerrero-Lazaro
Date: September 12, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50243
USA v. Gonzales
Date: September 11, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10038
Drayton v. United Airlines
Date: September 11, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20017
USA v. De Jesus Acosta-Gonzalez
Date: September 11, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40165
Morris v. Temple Independent School District
Date: September 11, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50173
USA v. Sincleair
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10452
USA v. Smith
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10795
USA v. Reyna
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20163
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise. Defendant waived the preparation of a presentence report (PSR), and the district court determined that a…
Self v. B P X Operating
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30243
Justia Opinion Summary: Louisiana oil and gas law authorizes the state Commissioner of Conservation to combine separate tracts of land and appoint a unit operator to extract the minerals. Plaintiffs own unleased mineral interests in Louisiana…
Phillips v. L. Brands Service
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30245
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff contracted with Dicom Transportation Group to work as a delivery driver. In this position, he would handle deliveries for Defendant L Brands Service Company, LLC. In 2017, after experiencing significant…
Frank v. Parnell
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30408
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40235
Looper v. Jones
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40579
Martinez-De Umana v. Garland
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60340
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner E a native and citizen of El Salvador, attempted to enter the United States near Hidalgo, Texas, with her daughter Katherine. An asylum officer interviewed Petitioner and determined that she had a credible…
Contreras-Gomez v. Garland
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60647
USA v. Vasquez
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10073
USA v. Hackney
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20127
Sylvester v. Chaffe McCall
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30003
State of Missouri v. Biden
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30445
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs—three doctors, a news website, a healthcare activist, and two states—had posts and stories removed or downgraded by the platforms. Their content touched on a host of divisive topics. Plaintiffs maintain that…
USA v. Escobedo
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40264
Williams v. State of Mississippi
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60180
USA v. Ochoa
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11089
Greenough v. Gray
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40190
Guerra v. Castillo
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40196
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, formerly a patrol sergeant in the Alamo, Texas police department, brought a Section 1983 action against the City of Alamo (the “City”), former chief of police, and several other officers in connection with an…
USA v. De La Cruz Vela
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40402
USA v. Idowu
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10113
USA v. Nino-Guerrero
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10232
USA v. Tolliver
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30292
USA v. Grever
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40051
USA v. Wilkes
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40158
Lema Nogales v. Garland
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60150
Gonzalez v. Duane
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
21-11258
Gonzalez v. Duane
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11019
USA v. Bledsoe
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11250
Nassar v. Finance of America
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20256
Rex Real Est I v. Rex Real Est
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50405
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Rex Real Estate I, L.P. sued Defendant Rex Real Estate Exchange for trademark infringement. The district court granted Defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law after Plaintiff rested its case.…
Cascino v. Nelson
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50748
USA v. Collier
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50929
Healthy Gulf v. US Army Corps of Eng
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60397
Justia Opinion Summary: Driftwood LNG and Driftwood Pipeline (jointly “Driftwood”) want to convert natural gas produced in the United States into liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) for export to international markets. That undertaking involves…
USA v. Spears
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10043
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10230
Kelly v. Caudillo
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10330
Williams v. Kijakazi
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30035
USA v. Hernandez
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40124
USA v. Hubert
Date: September 6, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50061
USA v. Medina-Gomez
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11150
USA v. Magana Medina
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11189
USA v. Garcia-Sanchez
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11225
Adams v. Lumpkin
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20595
Hicks v. LeBlanc
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30184
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 and Louisiana state law against Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (“DPSC”) supervisory officials Tracy DiBenedetto, Angela Griffin, and Sally…
USA v. Flores
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30540
USA v. Acosta-Erazo
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40022
USA v. Lorza Ramirez
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40726
USA v. Lerma
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40774
USA v. Banno
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10058
USA v. Zarate
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10164
USA v. Lopez-Munoz
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40154
USA v. Sistos
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50116
Martagon Cerezo v. Garland
Date: September 5, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60088
USA v. Moreira
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Number:
21-40811
Jenkins v. Tarrant Cty Shrf's Ofc
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10244
USA v. Hill
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10460
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was found guilty by jury of conspiring with intent to distribute cocaine and distributing a detectable amount of a substance containing cocaine base. Defendant was sentenced under 21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(A), which…
Jenkins v. Tarrant Cty Shrf's Ofc
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10718
SEC v. Barton
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11226
State of Louisiana v. i3 Verticals
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30553
Justia Opinion Summary: This is a class action brought by Louisiana sheriffs and Louisiana law enforcement districts against purveyors of software. The sheriffs and law enforcement districts allege that the software purveyors sold them…
Apter v. Dept of Health & Human Svc
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40802
Justia Opinion Summary: A group of Doctors sued the FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services (together, the “Agencies”), claiming an FDA ad intended to deter people from off-label use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19. Each Doctor says…
USA v. Mack
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30077
USA v. Stewart
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30101
Mendoza v. Lumpkin
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number:
12-70035
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of capital murder by a Texas jury and sentenced to death. He later filed an application in district court for habeas relief. In an earlier appeal, because his initial counsel had a conflict of…
USA v. Campos-Ayala
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number:
21-50642
Correa Dos Santos v. Garland
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number:
21-60791
USA v. Maldonado
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10536
SEC v. Barton
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11132
Justia Opinion Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) sued Defendant as well as other individual Defendants and corporate entities for securities violations. Defendant appealed the district court’s order appointing a receiver…
USA v. Mims
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11240
Chevron TCI v. Capitol House Hotel Mgr
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30271
Perez v. Weslaco Indep Sch Dist
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40634
USA v. Team Finance
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40707
Justia Opinion Summary: The underlying case against Defendants TeamHealth—a group of private equity-owned healthcare entities—was brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. Two former TeamHealth employees (together, the…
Calhoun v. Collier
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50634
Justia Opinion Summary: Due to a settlement in a civil matter, Plaintiff, an inmate incarcerated in Gatesville, Texas had an inmate trust fund worth nearly $100,000.00. In December of 2019, Plaintiff made a suspicious withdrawal, and Appellee,…
USA v. Paradez
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number:
22-51117
USA v. Cisneros-Villagrana
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10075
USA v. Turner
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10879
USA v. Ramirez-Ortega
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11053
USA v. Gafford
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11106
Loeb-Defever v. Mako
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20362
USA v. Caillier
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30383
Justia Opinion Summary: After pleading guilty to one count of receiving child pornography, Defendant was sentenced to a 168–month term of imprisonment followed by a 15–year term of supervised release. During Defendant’s term of supervised…
Lewis v. Goodwin
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30461
USA v. Pelayo-Zamarripa
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40285
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the terms of his supervised release arguing that there is an impermissible conflict between the district court’s oral pronouncement and written judgment. In the presentence report, the probation…
USA v. Ayala-Calderon
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40734
Calhoun v. Collier
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50634
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the court is whether Plaintiff, an inmate incarcerated in Gatesville, Texas, has a right to be heard before the prison decides whether to approve or deny her request to transfer money from her inmate…
PHH Mortgage v. Old Republic National
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50930
Justia Opinion Summary: PHH Mortgage Corporation (PHH) is the successor-in-interest to Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC (Ocwen). PHH filed suit against Old Republic in district court, alleging a single cause of action for breach of contract. Old…
USA v. Martinez
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10097
USA v. Chandler
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10183
Rakhshandeh v. TX Tech Univ
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10201
USA v. Cardenas-Sanchez
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40172
USA v. Dickey
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
23-50103
Hu v. Garland
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60155
Jackson Muni Airport v. Harkins
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number:
21-60312
Larpenter v. Vera
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30572
USA v. Armendariz
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50647
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a lawful permanent resident of the United States, was charged with importation of a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. Section 952(a). Her lawyer told her that if she pleaded guilty, it was “very…
Esquivel v. Kendrick
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50979
Atlantic Group v. NLRB
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60442
USA v. Mena
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10137
USA v. Williams
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10189
USA v. Rodriguez
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10212
USA v. Ventura-Vasconcelos
Date: August 29, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40059
W. v. Paley
Date: August 28, 2023
Docket Number:
21-20671
Justia Opinion Summary: A school resource officer tased a special-needs student who physically struggled with school staff while attempting to leave school following a violent episode. The student’s mother sued the officer and the school…
Lousteau v. Holy Cross College
Date: August 28, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30407
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought an action against Defendants-Appellees Holy Cross College, Inc. and Congregation of Holy Cross Moreau Province, Inc. (collectively, “Holy Cross”) in the district court. Plaintiff alleged that he…
USA v. Morales
Date: August 28, 2023
Docket Number:
22-51102
USA v. Johnson
Date: August 28, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10086
USA v. Camacho
Date: August 28, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10087
USA v. Nino
Date: August 28, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20011
Gomez v. Kuku
Date: August 28, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40213
Jackson Muni Airport v. Harkins
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number:
21-60312
State of Texas v. NRC
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number:
21-60743
Justia Opinion Summary: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has asserted that it has authority under the Atomic Energy Act to license temporary, away from reactor storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel. Based on that claim of authority, the…
Princeton Excess v. AHD Houston
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20473
Justia Opinion Summary: Princeton Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance Company (PESLIC) filed this declaratory judgment action. PESLIC issued two commercial liability insurance policies to the Clubs covering the time period relevant to the…
Bailey v. Iles
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30509
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff y filed suit under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, alleging violations of his First and Fourth Amendment rights when he was arrested as a terrorist for a post on Facebook. The district court granted Detective Randall…
Whirlpool v. Shenzhen Sanlida
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40376
Justia Opinion Summary: Whirlpool filed a complaint against Shenzhen Sanlida Electrical Technology Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Avoga Technology Co., Ltd. (collectively, “Shenzhen”) asserting federal and state law claims for trademark and trade…
USA v. Jordan
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40519
Arredondo v. Elwood Staffing Svc
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50502
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are two women, Elwood Staffing Services, Inc., placed at a job site working for Schlumberger, Ltd. A senior coworker at their site was a lesbian who sexually assaulted one of the women and harassed the other.…
USA v. Flournoy
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50581
USA v. Flournoy
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50582
Hoenninger v. Leasing Enterprises
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50765
Olivier v. City of Brandon, MS
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60566
Michael Peters v. TDCJ
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10260
USA v. Kinzy
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30169
Muslow v. LA State Univ & Agri
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30585
USA v. Ledezma-Zuniga
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40778
Tawakkol v. Vasquez
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50434
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued two Texas state officials, asserting that they violated his right to procedural due process when they notified him that he was required to register as a sex offender under Texas law. After a bench trial,…
USA v. Carrasco
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50990
USA v. Reyes-Rodriguez
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number:
22-51128
Mendoza Martinez v. Garland
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60176
USA v. Lucas
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60668
Reddick v. Medtronic
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30061
In Re Jefferson Parish
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number:
23-30243
Justia Opinion Summary: Several collections of residents near Jefferson Parish Landfill sued the landfill’s owner (Jefferson Parish) and its operators (four companies). This mandamus action arises out of the Eastern District of Louisiana’s case…
USA v. De Jesus Acosta-Gonzalez
Date: August 24, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40164
Mayfield v. Butler Snow
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
21-60733
USA v. Bopp
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10267
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted for knowingly possessing “material”— a cell phone—that contained child pornography. Even though the phone had thousands of such images, the indictment specifically described only four. Defendant…
USA v. Vicente
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
22-10930
USA v. Ramirez-Jimenez
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
22-11174
USA v. Penaloza-Nieto
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20628
USA v. Mason
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
22-51070
Neal v. Vannoy
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
22-70007
Justia Opinion Summary: Louisiana challenged the district court’s grant of habeas relief to an inmate who had been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 2009. The district court held that the ineffective assistance of trial…
USA v. Fuentes-Salgado
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10032
USA v. Huber
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10035
USA v. Brown
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10108
USA v. Fisher
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
23-10147
Lincoln v. Harris County Sheriff's Ofc
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20092
USA v. Aluiso
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
23-20148
Abreu Velandia v. Garland
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number:
23-60056
USA v. Patel
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number:
21-20568
USA v. Corral
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number:
21-50067
LA State v. Jefferson Parish Sch
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30143
Justia Opinion Summary: The Jefferson Parish School Board (JPSB) separately suspended two students for individually having a BB gun visible during virtual school. Each student’s family sued the school board, in part seeking a declaration that…
Jack v. Evonik Corporation
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30526
Justia Opinion Summary: For decades, a facility has allegedly emitted dangerous levels of a chemical called Ethylene Oxide (“EtO”). The dangerous properties of the chemical were not widely known outside the scientific community, so it was not…
Pizza Hut v. Pandya
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number:
22-40555
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was one of Pizza Hut L.L.C.’s largest franchisees in Pennsylvania, operating 43 restaurants there (plus one in Connecticut). Ultimately, though, Defendant failed to fulfill his contractual obligations, so Pizza…
USA v. Wiley
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number:
22-50557
Cunza-Pashaca v. Garland
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60472
Ordonez Rojas v. Garland
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number:
22-60477
USA v. Sanchez-Vega
Date: August 22, 2023
Docket Number:
23-40036
Trevino v. Iden
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Number:
21-51105
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants, game wardens with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, appealed the district court’s denial of qualified immunity as to Plaintiff’s Section 1983 claims against them.
The Fifth Circuit reversed and…
Aldridge v. Corporate Management
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Number:
21-60568
St. Maron v. City of Houston
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Number:
22-20019
Justia Opinion Summary: The property owners (doing business as Re-Mart Investment), and St. Maron Properties— brought Section 1983 claims against the City under the Takings Clause, the Due Process Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause, as…
Babinski v. Sosnowsky
Date: August 21, 2023
Docket Number:
22-30588
Justia Opinion Summary: Louisiana State University (“LSU”) (collectively “the Professors”) appealed the district court’s denial of qualified immunity after Plaintiff alleged that they violated his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process by…
