October 6, 2025, opinions

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Designated for publication

  • Roake v. Brumley, 24-30706, appeal from M.D. La.
    • per curiam (en banc); en banc, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, ripeness, standing, sovereign immunity
    • Granting en banc rehearing of June 20, 2025, panel opinion (Dennis, Haynes, Ramirez; Dennis, J., concurring) affirming district court judgment of facial unconstitutionality and preliminary injunction of state law requiring display of Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms.

Unpublished decisions

  • U.S. v. Leos-Morales, 25-10348, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Jones, Duncan, Douglas) (no oral argument), criminal, sentencing
    • Affirming conviction and 55-month sentence for illegal reentry.
  • U.S. v. Villa-Moreno, 25-10410, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Stewart, Haynes, Ho) (no oral argument), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • McDaniel v. Jail Administration, 25-10645, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Jones, Duncan, Douglas) (no oral argument), prisoner suit
    • Affirming dismissal of pretrial detainee’s sec. 1983 claims.
  • U.S. v. Ramos, 24-20365, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Jones, Duncan, Douglas) (no oral argument), criminal
    • Affirming conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
  • U.S. v. Martinez, 24-40674, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Stewart, Haynes, Ho) (no oral argument), criminal, search and seizure, sentencing
    • Affirming conviction and sentence for possession with intent to distribute approximately 35 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing cocaine, upholding denial of motion to suppress.
  • U.S. v. McCowan, 24-50202, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Jones, Duncan, Douglas) (no oral argument), criminal
    • Affirming conviction of possession of a firearm by a felon.
  • McGrath v. Brewer, 24-50335, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Graves, Higginson, Wilson) (oral argument), civil, fraud, timeliness, unfair trade practices
    • Affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s claims arising from Ponzi scheme as untimely under New Mexico’s four-year statute of limitations.
  • U.S. v. Snowden, 24-51018, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Jones, Duncan, Douglas) (no oral argument), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.