September 3, 2024, opinions

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Unpublished

  • American Compensation Insurance Co. v. Ruiz, No. 22-60579, appeal from N.D. Miss.
    • per curiam (Stewart, Dennis, Wilson), workers’ compensation
    • Affirming judgment against workers’ compensation insurer regarding voidability of policy under Mississippi law.
  • U.S. v. Johnson, 23-30867, appeal from E.D. La.
    • per curiam (Southwick, Haynes, Douglas), criminal, sentencing
    • Vacating 156-month sentence on conviction of carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, where district court expressed mistaken belief that Guidelines range was 84 months to life, and remanding for resentencing.
  • Johnson v. City of Monroe, 23-30893, appeal from W.D. La.
    • per curiam (Southwick, Haynes, Douglas), § 1983
    • Affirming summary judgment dismissal of plaintiff’s § 1983 procedural and substantive due process claims arising from termination from job as police officer, and dismissal of co-plaintiff’s loss of consortium claim.
  • U.S. v. Estrada-Aguirre, 23-50583, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Southwick, Haynes, Douglas), criminal
    • Affirming conviction for making a false statement in an application for a passport and perjury.
  • U.S. v. Mora-Reyes, 24-10078, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Smith, Stewart, Duncan), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • Cerkezi v. City of Arlington, 24-10084, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Jones, Smith, Ho), § 1983, mootness
    • Dismissing appeal as moot in light of change in city ordinance being challenged by plaintiff.
  • U.S. v. Peterson, 24-10098, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Wiener, Ho, Ramirez), criminal, compassionate release
    • Affirming denial of motion for compassionate release.
  • U.S. v. Reyes, 24-10217, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Southwick, Graves, Engelhardt), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • U.S. v. Shadmanmehr, 24-50166, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Higginson, Ho, Ramirez), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • Johnson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 24-60077, appeal from Tax Court
    • per curiam (Southwick, Haynes, Douglas), tax
    • Affirming decision of Tax Court sustaining a deficiency and penalty on plaintiff’s income tax.
  • Caballero-Romero v. Garland, 24-60151, petition for review of BIA order
    • per curiam (Barksdale, Stewart, Ramirez), immigration
    • Denying Honduran citizen’s petition for review of BIA order upholding the immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of her application for asylum and withholding of removal.