February 21, 2025, opinions

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Unpublished

  • U.S. v. Villa, 24-10013, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (King, Southwick, Engelhardt), criminal, sentence reduction
    • Affirming denial of motion for sentence reduction.
  • Fuller v. CIG Financial, L.L.C., 24-10053, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Higginbotham, Jones, Oldham), personal tort
    • Affirming dismissal of IIED claims.
  • U.S. v. Franco, 24-10692, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (King, Southwick, Engelhardt), criminal, compassionate release
    • Affirming denial of motion for compassionate release.
  • Horne v. Jones, 24-11027, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Dennis, Ho, Oldham), civil rights
    • Affirming denial of motion to reconsider dismissal of claims arising from plaintiff’s allegations that his religious society forbids him from obtaining a driver’s license.
  • Hunter v. JP Morgan Chase, N.A., 24-20281, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Jolly, Graves, Oldham), foreclosure
    • Affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s claims regarding mortgage.
  • Banco Mercantil de Norte, S.A. v. Paramo, 24-20372, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Dennis, Ho, Oldham), international law
    • Dismissing for lack of appellate jurisdiction appeal from order compelling defendant to provide responses to discovery, finding that appealed order was mooted by subsequent superseding order.
  • U.S. v. Bayona-Montes, 24-50685, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Jolly, Graves, Oldham), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • U.S. v. Ramos-Da Silva, 23-50930, c/w 23-50932, 23-50933, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Wiener, Ho, Ramirez), criminal, sentencing
    • Affirming 30-month and 10-month sentences on revocation of supervised release terms of two prior convictions.
  • Labuzan-Delane v. Cochran & Cochran Land Co., 24-60393, appeal from N.D. Miss.
    • per curiam (Jolly, Graves, Oldham), property rights
    • Affirming summary judgment dismissal of pro se ejectment action arising from alleged federal patent transfer of land more than 200 years ago.
  • Lara v. Bondi, 24-60444, petition for review of BIA order
    • per curiam (Haynes, Higginson, Douglas), immigration
    • Denying Mexican citizen’s petition for review of BIA order dismissing his appeal from a decision of an Immigration Judge ordering him removed and denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture.