Designated for publication
- Petteway v. Galveston County, 23-40582, appeal from S.D. Tex.
- per curiam (en banc Court), Voting Rights Act
- Granting en banc rehearing of November 10 panel opinion that affirmed the district court’s injunction against County’s redistricting plan that eliminated a majority-minority county commissioner district, but that had expressly requested an en banc poll on the basis of the panel’s disagreement with binding Circuit precedent that the Black and Hispanic populations in the county may be aggregated to determine compliance with section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Unpublished
- U.S. v. Matthews, 23-10193, appeal from N.D. Tex.
- per curiam (Davis, Ho, Wilson), criminal
- Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
- U.S. v. Salazar-Grimaldo, 23-10398, appeal from N.D. Tex.
- per curiam (Elrod, Oldham, Wilson), criminal, sentencing
- Affirming 37-month sentence on conviction of illegal reentry.
- U.S. v. Chacon-Gonzalez, 23-10531, appeal from N.D. Tex.
- per curiam (Jones, Southwick, Ho), criminal, sentencing
- Affirming sentence on conviction of illegal reentry.
- U.S. v. Murta, 23-20276, appeal from S.D. Tex.
- Wiener, J. (Wiener, Graves, Douglas), criminal, Speedy Trial Act
- Affirming in part district court’s dismissal of indictment under the Speedy Trial Act, but reversing in part the designation of the dismissal as “with prejudice,” and remanding for consideration of the proper factors for determining prejudicial effect of dismissal.
- U.S. v. Yeager, 23-30213, appeal from W.D. La.
- per curiam (Elrod, Oldham, Wilson), criminal, sentencing
- Affirming 36-month sentence on revocation of supervised release.
- Levens v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association, 23-30236, appeal from E.D. La.
- per curiam (Davis, Wiener, Oldham), qualified immunity
- Affirming dismissal of § 1983 claim for excessive force, on qualified immunity grounds.
- U.S. v. Ball, 23-40286, appeal from S.D. Tex.
- per curiam (King, Haynes, Graves), criminal
- Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
- U.S. v. Vasquez, 23-50141, appeal from W.D. Tex.
- per curiam (Jolly, Engelhardt, Douglas), criminal
- Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
- Mosivais-Avalos v. Garland, 23-60185, petition for review of BIA order
- per curiam (Barksdale, Graves, Oldham), immigration
- Denying Mexican citizen’s petition for review of BIA order denying his motion to reopen.
- MacTaggart v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 23-60326, appeal from U.S. Tax Ct.
- per curiam (Davis, Willett, Oldham), tax law
- Affirming Tax Court’s decision rejecting taxpayer’s challenge to finding of deficiency in taxes paid.
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