Tag: immigration

August 28, 2025, opinions

September 2, 2025

Unpublished decisions per curiam (Richman, Southwick, Willett), criminal, sentencing Affirming 292-month sentence on conviction of wire fraud affecting financial institutions. per curiam (Dennis, Ho, Oldham), criminal Affirming conviction of possession of a firearm by a felon. per curiam (King, Haynes, Ho), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per curiam (Stewart, Clement, Wilson), … More August 28, 2025, opinions

August 27, 2025, opinions

August 28, 2025

Designated for publication Elrod, C.J. (Elrod, Higginbotham, Southwick), criminal, Second Amendment, search and seizure Affirming conviction of possessing an unregistered suppressor in violation of various provisions of the National Firearms Act, rejecting Second Amendment challenge, and upholding denial of motion to suppress. George Peterson, a firearms dealer operating out of his home, was investigated by … More August 27, 2025, opinions

August 20-25, 2025, opinions

August 26, 2025

Designated for publication Wiener, J. (Wiener, Douglas, Ramirez), FDIC, jurisdiction Remanding appeal from injunction against FDIC proceedings on constitutional basis, with instructions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The FDIC initiated an enforcement action against Cornelius Burgess, former CEO of Herring Bank, after investigations dating back to 2010 revealed misconduct. The case first proceeded before … More August 20-25, 2025, opinions

August 13, 2025, opinions

August 14, 2025

Designated for publication Stewart, J. (Stewart, Richman, Higginson), Higginson, J., dissenting in part; First Amendment, mootness Affirming district court’s preliminary injunction allowing plaintiffs access to park for religious ceremonies but declining to enjoin planned tree removal and cormorant rookery management measures. This appeal arose after the Texas Supreme Court answered a certified question, holding that … More August 13, 2025, 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

August 7, 2025, opinions

August 10, 2025

Designated for publication per curiam (Elrod, Higginbotham, Smith), Clean Air Act, administrative law, Administrative Procedure Act, venue On remand from U.S. Supreme Court, original panel opinion from November 22, 2023 (Elrod, Smith, Higginbotham; Higginbotham, J., dissenting) (vacating EPA decision to deny refineries’ requested exemptions from the Renewable Fuel Standard program of the Clean Air Act), … More August 7, 2025, opinions

August 6, 2025, opinions

August 10, 2025

Designated for publication Ho, J. (King, Ho, Ramirez), CARES Act, administrative law Affirming district court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s claim for forgiveness of CARES Act paycheck protection program loan for which plaintiff had not been eligible to begin with. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), created by Congress under the CARES Act during the COVID-19 pandemic, provided … More August 6, 2025, opinions

July 28-29, 2025, opinions

July 30, 2025

Designated for publication Elrod, C.J. (Elrod, Engelhardt, Guidry, by designation), First Amendment, standing, qualified immunity Reversing dismissal of plaintiff’s First Amendment pre-enforcement challenge to Texas Election Code for lack of standing; affirming dismissal of claims against defendants in individual capacities as barred by qualified immunity; and remanding for further proceedings. The Institute for Free Speech … More July 28-29, 2025, opinions

July 25, 2025, opinions

July 28, 2025

Unpublished decisions per curiam (Jones, Duncan, Douglas), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per curiam (Jones, Duncan, Douglas), criminal Granting Anders motion to withdraw, and dismissing appeal. per curiam (Higginbotham, Jones, Oldham), criminal Affirming conviction of possession of a stolen firearm. per curiam (Higginbotham, Jones, Oldham), criminal, new trial Affirming denial of … More July 25, 2025, opinions