June 30, 2022, opinions

Designated for publication South Central Houston Action Council v. Oak Baptist Church, 21-20559, appeal from S.D. Tex. Jones, J. (Jones, Elrod, Higginson), bankruptcy, magistrate jurisdiction Vacating affirmance of summary judgment entered by bankruptcy court, where on appeal to district court the district court had referred the bankruptcy appeal to a magistrate with the parties’ consent. … More June 30, 2022, opinions

April 25-26, 2022, opinions

Designated for publication U.S. v. Mejia-Banegas, 21-50459, appeal from W.D. Tex. per curiam (King, Jones, Duncan), King, J., concurring; criminal, supervised release Affirming special condition of supervised release terms that allowed probation officer to require the defendant to notify a person he may pose a risk to and to inform them about that risk. On … More April 25-26, 2022, opinions

March 19-31, 2022, opinions

(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provides more detailed summaries for opinions designated for publication and only basic disposition notes and links for unpublished opinions, because this is a catch-up post after two weeks of being away from the blog, we are just providing the links and basic disposition notes for both published and unpublished … More March 19-31, 2022, opinions