| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
Hassen v. Ruston Louisiana Hospital Company, LLCUnited States Fifth Circuit
Civil Rights, Civil Procedure
Affirmed. The summary judgment granted to a hospital in a Title VII race discrimination case was affirmed because the plaintiff made a prima facie...
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07/31/2019 | 18-30856 |
Ayestas v. DavisUnited States Fifth Circuit
Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed. Investigatory funding was not reasonably necessary for a death row inmate to receive representation because nothing would establish the...
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07/31/2019 | 15-70015 |
US v. AlabiUnited States Fifth Circuit
Immigration Law, Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed. A trio of co-conspirators who participated in a scheme to marry Nigerian nationals to obtain immigration status were properly convicted and...
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07/30/2019 | 17-20543 |
US v. AndersonUnited States Fifth Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed. The convictions and sentences in the case of a duo who went to pick up drug money and instead drove into an FBI sting were affirmed. Charges...
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07/30/2019 | 18-11001 |
Thomas v. Department of EducationUnited States Fifth Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Affirmed. A bankruptcy court's denial of a request to discharge a 60 year-old disabled former student's debt was affirmed. She failed to establish a...
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07/30/2019 | 18-11091 |
Sealed Appellee v. Sealed AppellantUnited States Fifth Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed. The special conditions of a sentence for a man convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine of registry as a sex...
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07/30/2019 | 18-50115 |
US v. FieldsUnited States Fifth Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed. Conduct underpinning prior arrests for offenses involving injury to a child were sufficiently reliable for a district court to take into...
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07/29/2019 | 18-10928 |
US v. Del Carpio FrescasUnited States Fifth Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Vacated and remanded. The district court calculation of sentencing guidelines in the case of a man convicted of wire fraud and money laundering was...
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07/29/2019 | 17-50686 |
Nabors Offshore Corporation v. Whistler Energy IIUnited States Fifth Circuit
Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Reversed, vacated, and remanded. Holding that a creditor can establish that its expenses are attributable to the actions of the bankruptcy estate...
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07/26/2019 | 18-0940 |
US v. GlennUnited States Fifth Circuit
Sentencing, Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed. The denial of motions to suppress evidence taken from a rental car were affirmed. There was evidence sufficient to support the search.
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07/26/2019 | 18-30741 |