Take the Fifth

Unpublished

• Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc. v. Snyder, 16-60773, appeal from S.D. Miss.
  • per curiam (Owen, Dennis, Willett), abortion law
  • Granting joint motion to dismiss appeal as moot, and remanding to district court to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint for lack of jurisdiction.

• Blessit v. Texas Office of the Attorney General Galveston County Child Support Enforcement Division, 20-40135, appeal from S.D. Tex.
  • per curiam (Clement, Ho, Oldham), sovereign immunity
  • Affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s claims under sovereign immunity grounds.

• U.S. v. Ybarra, 20-50371, appeal from W.D. Tex.
  • per curiam (Smith, Higginson, Willett), criminal, First Step Act
  • Dismissing as frivolous appeal from denial of motion for sentence reduction under the First Step Act.

• Cat and Dogma, LLC v. Target Corp., 20-50674, appeal from W.D. Tex.
  • per curiam (Wiener, Elrod, Higginson), copyright infringement
  • Reversing district court’s 12(b)(6) dismissal of plaintiff’s copyright infringement claims, and remanding for further proceedings.

• U.S. v. Lothringer, 20-50823, appeal from W.D. Tex.
  • per curiam (Davis, Elrod, Oldham), tax
  • Affirming summary judgment in favor of government, holding that taxpayer defendant could be held personally liable for his corporation’s failure to pay taxes.

• Gutierrez v. Garland, 20-61185, petition for review of BIA order
  • per curiam (Dennis, Higginson, Costa), immigration
  • Denying Mexican citizen’s petition for review of BIA order denying his application for cancellation of removal.

• Coomer v. Roth, 21-10182, appeal from N.D. Tex.
  • per curiam (Smith, Higginson, Willett), prisoner suit
  • Vacating in part and affirming in part dismissal of prisoner’s suit arising from confiscation of property, and remanding for further proceedings.

• U.S. v. Zavala-Maravilla, 21-40132, appeal from S.D. Tex.
  • per curiam (Smith, Stewart, Graves), criminal
  • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.

• U.S. v. Texas, 21-50949, appeal from W.D. Tex.
  • per curiam (Stewart, Haynes, Ho), abortion law
  • Temporarily holding in abeyance Texas’s emergency motion to stay preliminary injunction pending appeal, pending briefing by U.S. government and further decision by motions panel.