Unpublished per curiam (Willett, Duncan, Ramirez), criminal, sentencing Affirming 37-month sentence on conviction of illegal reentry. per curiam (Elrod, Oldham, Wilson), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per curiam (Willett, Duncan, Ramirez), appellate jurisdiction Dismissing appeal from notice of intent for failure to prosecute and order denying motion to appoint counsel for … More May 9, 2024, opinions
Unpublished per curiam (Elrod, Oldham, Wilson), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per curiam (Elrod, Oldham, Wilson), criminal, sentencing Affirming 77-month sentence on conviction of possession of a firearm by a felon. per curiam (Higginson, Ho, Engelhardt), criminal, sentencing Affirming 24-month sentence on conviction of illegal reentry. per curiam (Elrod, Oldham, Wilson), … More May 8, 2024, opinions
Designated for publication Elrod, J. (Elrod, Ho, Wilson), timeliness After receiving response from Texas Supreme Court on certified question, reversing district court’s dismissal of claims as barred by the statute of limitations, and remanding for further proceedings. Oldham, J. (Jolly, Engelhardt, Oldham), qualified immunity Affirming denial of qualified immunity. To quote from the Court’s introduction: … More May 1-7, 2024, opinions
We report after each month on interesting statistics from the data we generate from the daily opinion summaries from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and at the end of each court year (Oct.-Sept.) we will aggregate that–all of which provides useful insights into the inner workings of the Court, the relative … More April 2024 opinion statistics
Designated for publication Jones, J. (Jones, Stewart, Duncan), breach of contract, fraudulent inducement Reversing judgment and $1.6 billion in combined compensatory and punitive damages in favor of plaintiff on breach of contract and fraudulent inducement claims, holding that liability determination was in error. The Court held that IBM’s actions in replacing BMC mainframe software on … More April 30, 2024, opinions
