December 8, 2021, opinions

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Unpublished

  • Wilder v. Caliber Home Loans, Inc., 20-10314, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Smith, Stewart, Graves), foreclosure
    • Affirming summary judgment in favor of mortgage issuer in foreclosure claims.
  • U.S. v. Galvez, 20-20449, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Davis, Jones, Elrod), criminal, sentencing
    • Affirming 14-month sentence for illegal reentry.
  • U.S. v. Brule, 20-30571, appeal from E.D. La.
    • per curiam (Wiener, Graves, Ho), criminal, sentencing
    • Affirming two consecutive 14-month sentences on revocation of terms of supervised release.
  • U.S. v. Alvarez-Trevino, 20-40556, appeal from E.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (King, Costa, Ho), criminal, sentencing
    • Affirming 189-month sentence for conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine or 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and affirming as modified a three-year term of supervised release.
  • Mbah v. Garland, 20-61066, petition for review of BIA order
    • per curiam (King, Costa, Ho), immigration
    • Denying Cameroonian citizen’s petition for review of BIA order dismissing his appeal from the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture.
  • Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Saihat Corp., 21-20002, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Higginbotham, Stewart, Wilson), foreclosure
    • Affirming district court’s summary judgment in favor of Deutsche Bank that “Deutsche Bank’s lien survived a prior foreclosure as a matter of Texas law and Deutsche Bank hence was entitled to foreclose.”
  • Belton v. GEO Group, Inc., 21-30144, appeal from W.D. La.
    • per curiam (Higginbotham, Stewart, Wilson), employment discrimination, Title VII
    • Affirming summary judgment that Title VII and Louisiana state law claims of employment discrimination were time-barred, and that the plaintiff failed to make a prima facie case of discrimination under sec. 1981.
  • U.S. v. Lerma, 21-40006, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Davis, Jones, Elrod), criminal, compassionate release
    • Affirming denial of motion for compassionate release.