Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The Fifth Circuit granted the Federal Public Defender's motion to withdraw from representing Willie Ray Valentine, finding no nonfrivolous issues for appellate review. The court dismissed the appeal pursuant to Fifth Circuit Rule 42.2 after a thorough examination of the record.
The Fifth Circuit granted the Federal Public Defender's motion to withdraw from representing Thomas Eugene Coulson after finding no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. The court dismissed the appeal without addressing the merits of the underlying conviction.
The Fifth Circuit granted appointed counsel's motion to withdraw and dismissed the appeal after determining the case presented no nonfrivolous issues for review. The court applied the Anders standard to conclude that the defendant's appeal lacked merit.
The Fifth Circuit granted the Federal Public Defender's motion to withdraw from representing Scott Wayne O'Toole on appeal. The court dismissed the appeal after determining that no nonfrivolous issues for appellate review existed.
The Fifth Circuit denied the petition for review of the BIA's removal order, holding that the petitioner failed to properly raise arguments regarding the Immigration Judge's decision and abandoned the central issue of whether the BIA erred.
The Fifth Circuit dismissed Salvador Jimenez's appeal because he failed to file a notice of appeal within the mandatory deadline set by the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. The court held that this jurisdictional requirement applies strictly, regardless of the prisoner's request to proceed in forma pauperis or any claims of good faith.
The Fifth Circuit granted Lancaster's motion to proceed in forma pauperis but affirmed the district court's dismissal of his Bivens claim because he failed to demonstrate that the remedy should be extended to this context.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in a foreclosure dispute, ruling that non-diverse defendants were improperly joined because the plaintiff could not state viable claims against them. The court further held that the plaintiff's challenges to the bank's authority to foreclose and his due process claims were meritless under Texas law.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Erwin Eugene Semien's civil rights complaint, ruling that he abandoned several claims and failed to adequately allege constitutional violations. The court held that Semien did not state a claim for due process or equal protection because he lacked a protected property interest and failed to identify specific comparators.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal prisoner's habeas petition because his appeal brief failed to challenge the underlying dismissal order. By exclusively arguing against the denial of a motion for reconsideration without filing a separate notice of appeal, the petitioner abandoned his substantive claims.