Tag: attorney-client privilege

August 4, 2026, opinions

August 5, 2026

Designated for publication Willett, J. (Willett, Engelhardt, Douglas) (oral argument withdrawn), Privileges and Immunities Clause, Equal Protection, preliminary injunction Reversing denial of preliminary injunction to plaintiff challenging Texas residency provisions for escrow-officer license, and remanding with instructions to enter preliminary injunction. Geoffrey Polk, a resident of Illinois licensed to practice law in approximately forty jurisdictions … More August 4, 2026, opinions

August 12, 2025, opinions

August 14, 2025

Designated for publication Willett, J. (single-judge order), immigration, mandate Denying motion to reopen case. Jose Ernesto Romero-Lozano, removed from the U.S. in 2014 and illegally reentering eight years later, was placed in withholding-only proceedings after DHS reinstated his removal order in 2022. An Immigration Judge denied his application, and the BIA affirmed in November 2023. … More August 12, 2025, opinions

April 25, 2025, opinions

April 26, 2025

Opinions designated for publication Richman, J. (King, Richman, Higginson), prisoner suit, Eighth Amendment, appointment of counsel Vacating dismissal of plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claims arising from denial of effective care for chronic hepatitis C virus, vacating denial of motion for appointment of counsel, and remanding for appointment of counsel and leave to amend complaint. The Court … More April 25, 2025, opinions

June 26, 2024, opinions

June 27, 2024

Designated for publication Smith, J. (Smith, Graves, Wilson); Graves, J., dubitante; § 1983, amendment Affirming denial of untimely motion to amend, where § 1983 plaintiff failed to adequately explain the justification for his untimeliness. Judge Graves filed a dubitante opinion. “I agree that Banks failed to give an adequate excuse for his failure to diligently … More June 26, 2024, opinions

June 17-18, 2024, opinions

June 19, 2024

Designated for publication Stewart, J. (Stewart, Duncan, Engelhardt), attorney-client privilege Reversing order compelling depositions and production related to law firm reports prepared for public university arising from alleged incidents of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and racial discrimination, and remanding for further proceedings. Court held that it had jurisdiction over the appeal of the court’s discovery … More June 17-18, 2024, opinions

September 26, 2023, opinions

September 28, 2023

Designated for publication Duncan, J. (Duncan, Wilson, Schroeder, by designation), criminal, attorney-client privilege Affirming convictions of defendant on numerous drug offenses related to ownership of pharmacy that was essentially an illegal pill mill; upholding use of audio recordings by the prosecution (though not used at trial) that defendant asserted intruded into his privileged conversations with … More September 26, 2023, opinions

July 29, 2021 opinions

July 30, 2021

Designated for publication Vazquez-Guerra v. Garland, 18-60828, petition for review of BIA order Ho, J. (Smith, Graves, Ho), immigration Denying petition for review of Mexican citizen’s petition for review of BIA order dismissing appeal of IJ order denying asylum and withholding of removal for her and her minor daughter based on an expressed fear that … More July 29, 2021 opinions