Tag: sealed records

August 13, 2026, opinions

August 14, 2026

Designated for publication Elrod, C.J. (joined by Jones, Smith, Stewart, Richman, Southwick, Graves, Higginson, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson, Douglas, Ramirez, JJ.), Haynes, J., concurring in denial only (w/o separate opinion); immigration, amendment Denying, without prejudice, motion to amend on appeal to add five new class representatives Three Venezuelan nationals filed a habeas petition … More August 13, 2026, opinions

July 8-9, 2026, opinions

July 12, 2026

Designated for publication Higginson, J. (Richman, Higginson, Douglas) (no oral argument), qualified immunity Affirming qualified immunity summary judgment dismissal of claim against officer on excessive force claim. On April 27, 2022, Houston police pursued Jalen Randle to execute three felony warrants (aggravated assault, felon in possession of a firearm, and evading arrest). After an immobilization … More July 8-9, 2026, opinions

October 23-24, 2025, opinions

October 27, 2025

Published decisions per curiam (Elrod, Jones, Higginson) (no oral argument), Higginson, J., dissenting; criminal, discovery, sealed records Granting unopposed motion for summary reversal of unexplained denial of joint unopposed motion for entry of modified protective order for production of criminal discovery records. Finding: “The dissent raises the concern that a reversal of the District Court’s … More October 23-24, 2025, opinions

June 10, 2024, opinions

June 11, 2024

Unpublished per curiam (Richman, Jones, Ho), Bivens claim Affirming in part and vacating in part plaintiff federal inmate’s Bivens claims arising from delayed and denied medical care for injuries, and remanding for further proceedings. Engelhardt, J. (Higginbotham, Smith, Engelhardt), qualified immunity Affirming denial of motion to dismiss excessive force claims on the basis of qualified … More June 10, 2024, opinions

March 7, 2024, opinions

March 8, 2024

Designated for publication Stewart, J. (Jones, Stewart, Duncan), labor law Denying in part and granting in part petition for review of NLRB decision that the petitioner’s RN Case Managers are not NLRA-exempt supervisors and that the petitioner violated the NLRA by creating an impermissible oral workplace rule, threatening employees who exercised protected activity, interrogating staff … More March 7, 2024, opinions

October 11-17, 2022, opinions

October 18, 2022

Designated for publication Wilson, J. (Dennis, Southwick, Wilson), Dennis, J., dissenting in part; criminal, sufficiency of evidence, restitution, competence, severance, search and seizure, Brady violation Affirming in part, vacating in part, and remanding for further proceedings on convictions and sentences arising from RICO conspiracy, drug trafficking, firearms, and murder charges related to violent gang activity. … More October 11-17, 2022, opinions

January 7, 2022, opinions

January 14, 2022

Designated for publication U.S. v. Fuentes-Rodriguez, 15-40740, appeal from S.D. Tex. per curiam (King, Costa, Willett), criminal, sentencing, Armed Career Criminal Act On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, vacating district court’s sentencing of defendant on conviction of illegal reentry under the ACCA, where the district court had found that the defendant’s prior conviction of … More January 7, 2022, opinions

Take the Fifth: March 8, 2021 opinions

March 9, 2021

Designated for publication U.S. v. Masha, 19-20673, appeal from S.D. Tex. Jones, J. (Jones, Clement, Graves), criminal, sufficiency of evidence, sentencing Affirming conviction and sentence on eight counts of false use of a passport under 18 U.S.C. § 1543, and vacating (with government’s acquiescence) conviction and sentence on eight counts of misuse of a passport … More Take the Fifth: March 8, 2021 opinions