October 4-5, 2022, opinions
October 6, 2022
Designated for publication Unpublished
Tag: Bivens claim
September 26-28, 2022, opinions
September 29, 2022
Designated for publication Unpublished
September 15, 2022, opinions
September 16, 2022
Designated for publication Unpublished
June 20-28, 2022, opinions
June 29, 2022
(Still in catch-up mode here, so the opinions designated for publication will get the same brief treatment as the unpublished opinions …) Designated for publication Whole Woman’s Health v. Young, 18-50730, appeal from W.D. Tex. per curiam (Barksdale, Stewart, Costa), abortion law Vacating injunction of Texas law regarding disposal of embryonic and fetal tissue after … More June 20-28, 2022, opinions
April 19, 2022, opinions
April 21, 2022
Designated for publication Rodriguez v. Garland, 20-60008, petition for review of BIA order per curiam (Higginbotham, Willett, Duncan); Duncan, J., concurring (joined by Higginbotham, Southwick, Higginson, Willett, JJ.); Elrod, J., dissenting (joined by Jones, Smith, Wilson, JJ.); Ho, J., dissenting; immigration Denying petition for panel rehearing and for en banc rehearing, with eight judges voting … More April 19, 2022, opinions
April 13-14, 2022, opinions
April 16, 2022
Designated for publication Foster v. Warden, 20-10841, appeal from N.D. Tex. Southwick, J. (Dennis, Southwick, Wilson), mootness Vacating dismissal on mootness grounds of former military prisoner’s suit regarding the constitutionality of term of supervised release he had been found to have violated, and remanding to district court for determination of whether post-imprisonment effect on eligibility … More April 13-14, 2022, opinions
March 19-31, 2022, opinions
April 4, 2022
(Note: While normally Take the Fifth provides more detailed summaries for opinions designated for publication and only basic disposition notes and links for unpublished opinions, because this is a catch-up post after two weeks of being away from the blog, we are just providing the links and basic disposition notes for both published and unpublished … More March 19-31, 2022, opinions
March 14-18, 2022, opinions
March 22, 2022
Designated for publication U.S. v. Castro, 18-10137, appeal from N.D. Tex. Oldham, J. (Ho, Oldham, Wilson), habeas corpus Denying petition for rehearing, but withdrawing prior panel opinion and substituting new opinion that vacates Certificate of Appealability and dismisses appeal from denial of § 2255 petition. The Court held that it had the power to vacate … More March 14-18, 2022, opinions
January 31, 2022, opinions
February 1, 2022
Designated for publication Dotson v. Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co., 21-30314, appeal from E.D. La. Ho, J. (King, Graves, Ho), insurance, res judicata Affirming summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s bad faith claims against insurer arising from insurer’s representations about policy limits in prior litigation arising from an auto accident, on grounds of the res judicata effect of … More January 31, 2022, opinions
January 17-18, 2022, opinions
January 19, 2022
Designated for publication U.S. v. Gomez, 17-20526, appeal from S.D. Tex. per curiam (Smith, Elrod, Oldham), criminal, sentencing On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, remanding to the district court to reform the judgment to impose sentence under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) (applicable to predicate non-aggravated felonies) rather than under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) (applicable … More January 17-18, 2022, opinions
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