Tag: personal torts

May 2-3, 2022, opinions

May 12, 2022

Designated for publication Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. All American Check Cashing, Inc., 18-60302, appeal from S.D. Miss. per curiam (Richman, Higginbotham, Jones, Smith, Stewart, Dennis, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Costa, Willett, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson); Jones, J., concurring (joined by Elrod, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, JJ.); Oldham, J., concurring in judgment (joined by Engelhardt, … More May 2-3, 2022, opinions

April 21, 2022, opinions

April 23, 2022

Designated for publication U.S. v. Perez-Espinoza, 20-40769, appeal from S.D. Tex. Oldham, J. (Davis, Willett, Oldham), criminal, sentencing Affirming sentence, holding that orally pronounced supervised-release term that defendant would have to report to U.S. Probation Office within 72 hours of return to U.S. was not materially different from written term that he would have to … More April 21, 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

April 11, 2022, opinions

April 12, 2022

Designated for publication Sanchez-Amador v. Garland, 20-60367, petition for review of BIA order Engelhardt, J. (Davis, Smith, Engelhardt), immigration Denying Honduran citizen’s petition for review of BIA order affirming IJ’s rejection of application for asylum for petitioner, her husband, and her minor son after DHS charged them with being removable as aliens present in the … More April 11, 2022, opinions

April 5, 2022, opinions

April 6, 2022

Designated for publication Pulse Network, L.L.C. v. Visa, Inc., 18-20669, appeal from S.D. Tex. Duncan, J. (Smith, Willett, Duncan), antitrust, Sherman Act, recusal Reversing in part dismissal of plaintiff’s Sherman Act claims for lack of antitrust standing, remanding for further proceedings, and directing reassignment to a different judge. Pulse, a debit-network provider, brought suit against … More April 5, 2022, opinions

April 4, 2022, opinions

April 5, 2022

Designated for publication Penn-America Insurance Co. v. Tarango Trucking, L.L.C., 21-10749, appeal from N.D. Tex. Davis, J. (Davis, Willett, Oldham), insurance Reversing in part and vacating in part judgment that insurer did not owe defense or indemnity regarding fatal accident on insured’s property, finding that an exception to a policy automobile exclusion applied. An independent … More April 4, 2022, opinions

April 1, 2022, opinions

April 4, 2022

Designated for publication Defense Distributed v. Bruck, 21-50327, appeal from W.D. Tex. Jones, J. (Jones, Elrod, Higginson), Higginson, J., dissenting; mandamus, First Amendment, venue transfer, severance Granting mandamus ordering the district court to request retransfer back to it of a claim against the New Jersey Attorney General (“NJAG”) that it has severed from a larger … More April 1, 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

March 7-8, 2022, opinions

March 9, 2022

Designated for publication U.S. v. Sheperd, 19-20073, appeal from S.D. Tex. Willett, J. (Smith, Willett, Duncan), criminal, Sixth Amendment, ineffective assistance of counsel Remanding to district court to hold evidentiary hearing on whether defendant’s pretrial counsel’s conflict of interest adversely affected her right to representation. From Judge Willett’s comprehensive introduction: “‘The Sixth Amendment is the … More March 7-8, 2022, opinions