December 3, 2024, opinions

Posted on by tadbartlett

Unpublished

  • U.S. v. Campos, 24-10117, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Graves, Willett, Wilson), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • Dixon v. Garland, 24-10215, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Clement, Graves, Willett), Title VII
    • Affirming summary judgment dismissal of sex discrimination Title VII claim.
  • U.S. v. Avila, 24-10453, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Stewart, Haynes, Higginson), criminal, compassionate release
    • Dismissing as frivolous appeal from denial of motion for compassionate release.
  • U.S. v. Shelby, 24-10577, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Jolly, Jones, Willett), criminal, sentencing
    • Affirming 11-month sentence on revocation of supervised release.
  • U.S. v. Villarreal, 23-20144, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Ho, Engelhardt, Douglas), criminal
    • Affirming district court’s denial of defendant’s request to admit as trial evidence a recorded interview of a government cooperator who implicated Villarreal in a kidnapping conspiracy; request to call the cooperator as a witness to elicit testimony about the recorded interview; motion for the court to immunize the cooperator for testimony; and motion to dismiss his indictment.
  • U.S. v. St. Angelo, 23-30844, appeal from E.D. La.
    • per curiam (Smith, Stewart, Duncan), criminal, restitution
    • Dismissing as waived appeal of restitution awards on conviction of bank fraud.
  • Doe v. Gipson, 24-50018, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Jones, Dennis, Southwick), preliminary injunction
    • Vacating as an abuse of discretion the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction in a revenge-porn lawsuit, on the basis that the district court has established a “requirement that has no basis in civil procedure or caselaw: that a movant is categorically unable to establish the first preliminary injunction requirement without testimonial evidence to contradict live testimony.”
  • U.S. v. Munoz-Favela, 24-50288, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Haynes, Higginson, Douglas), criminal
    • Affirming conviction of illegal reentry.
  • U.S. v. Alcaraz-Juarez, 23-50801, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Ho, Engelhardt, Douglas), criminal, sentencing
    • Remanding to district court to conform written judgment to oral pronouncement of conditions of supervised release.