December 26-29, 2025, opinions

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Unpublished decisions

  • U.S. v. Lozano-Blanco, 25-10535, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Smith, Higginson, Wilson) (no oral argument), criminal, sentencing
    • Affirming life sentence on conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
  • U.S. v. Perez-Gonzalez, 25-10422, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Richman, Southwick, Willett) (no oral argument), criminal, sentencing
    • Vacating in part sentence on conviction of illegal reentry, to strike Standard Conditions 2 through 13 from the written judgment’s statement of conditions for supervised release, which were not orally pronounced when the district court imposed the sentence and as to which defendant therefore had no opportunity to object.
  • Manning v. FNU Church, 25-10603, appeal from N.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Jones, Richman, Ramirez) (no oral argument), sec. 1983
    • Dismissing for lack of appellate jurisdiction, due to untimely notice of appeal, the appeal of the dismissal of plaintiff’s sec. 1983 claims.
  • U.S. v. Jackson, 25-20172, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Richman, Southwick, Willett) (no oral argument), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • U.S. v. Walls, 25-20319, appeal from S.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Wiener, Willett, Wilson) (no oral argument), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • Bello v. Johnson, 25-40133, appeal from E.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Southwick, Duncan, Engelhardt) (no oral argument), habeas corpus
    • Dismissing as frivolous appeal by petitioner of dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for want of prosecution.
  • U.S. v. Avila, 25-50097, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Smith, Higginson, Wilson) (no oral argument), criminal
    • Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal.
  • U.S. v. Amador-Zepeda, 25-50237, appeal from W.D. Tex.
    • per curiam (Wiener, Willett, Wilson) (no oral argument), criminal, sentencing
    • Affirming 24-month sentence on conviction of illegal reentry.
  • Majors v. City of Canton, 25-60148, appeal from S.D. Miss.
    • per curiam (Haynes, Duncan, Ramirez) (oral argument withdrawn), qualified immunity
    • Vacating district court’s order of limited discovery in response to defendants’ motion to dismiss on qualified-immunity grounds the plaintiff’s retaliatory-termination claim; and remanding for further proceedings.