September 17, 2025, opinions

Unpublished decisions

  • U.S. v. Young, 25-10200, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham), criminal, sentencing
    • Affirming sentence on revocation of supervised release.
  • U.S. v. Alexander, 25-10204, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • U.S. v. Brooks, 25-10277, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Smith, Higginson, Wilson), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • Shazly v. Texas Tech University, 25-10347, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham), employment discrimination
    • Affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s discrimination claims for failure to timely oppose the motion to dismiss.
  • U.S. v. Simmons, 25-10517, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Higginbotham, Engelhardt, Ramirez), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • U.S. v. Angulo, 25-20051, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • U.S. v. Vasquez-Reyes, 25-20121, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • Taylor v. Garrett, 25-30164, appeal from E.D. La.
    • per curiam (Smith, Haynes, Oldham), sec. 1983
    • Dismissing as frivolous appeal from dismissal of sec. 1983 claims.
  • U.S. v. Mejia, 25-40108, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Stewart, Graves, Oldham), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • U.S. v. Divins, 25-50032, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (King, Haynes, Ho), criminal, sentencing
    • Affirming sentence on revocation of supervised release.
  • U.S. v. Avitia, 24-50338, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Wiener, Willett, Wilson), criminal
    • Affirming conviction of possession of a firearm by a felon.
  • Charter Communications, Inc. v. Prewitt Management, Inc., 23-50419, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Richman, Oldham, Ramirez), Richman, J., concurring; breach of contract
    • Reversing district court’s judgment that purchaser of city-issued cable right-of-way permits no longer had to pay royalties to seller of permits after state law changed to the permitting entity being the state instead of cities; and remanding for further proceedings.
    • Judge Richman concurred: “I agree with the majority opinion that the Savings Clause preserves Charter’s royalty-payment obligation to Prewitt. However, to the extent the majority opinion concludes, explicitly or implicitly, that Charter’s obligation to pay royalties under the plain language of the Agreement ceased, I disagree.”
  • U.S. v. Rubio, 24-50915, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Jones, Duncan, Douglas), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • U.S. v. Pfetzer, 25-60086, appeal from S.D. Miss.
    • per curiam (King, Haynes, Ho), criminal
    • Affirming conviction of possession of a firearm by a felon.
  • U.S. v. Villacorta, 24069347, appeal from N.D. Miss.
    • per curiam (Haynes, Ho, Oldham), Oldham, J., concurring; criminal, jury instruction, sufficiency of evidence
    • Affirming conviction of drug-related charges, finding no error in the district court’s providing an Allen charge to the jury to put personal differences aside and arrive at a unanimous verdict.
    • Judge Oldham concurred, to express that the Circuit’s Allen-charge precedent “leaves much to be desired.”
  • Prieto v. Bondi, 24-60638, petition for review of BIA order
    • per curiam (Smith, Higginson, Wilson), immigration
    • Denying Mexican citizen’s petition for review of BIA order dismissing his appeal and affirming the immigration judge’s denial of his application for cancellation of removal.