Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's revocation of supervised release and imposition of a twenty-four-month prison sentence. The court held that the defendant's constitutional challenge to the supervised release statute was foreclosed by prior binding precedent.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a defendant challenging a sentencing enhancement under the illegal reentry statute. The court held that the defendant's constitutional argument was foreclosed by binding Supreme Court precedent.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's order returning two children to Canada under the Hague Convention but vacated a preliminary injunction that had enjoined state and foreign courts from adjudicating the custody dispute. The court held that the children were habitually resident in Canada and that the father wrongfully retained them in Texas, while rejecting the father's consent and judicial estoppel defenses.
The Fifth Circuit granted a motion to withdraw filed by appointed counsel for Anthony Dechon Smith. The court dismissed the appeal after finding no nonfrivolous issues for review.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's revocation sentence where the defendant argued the court failed to orally pronounce certain discretionary conditions of supervised release. The court held that the district court sufficiently adopted the conditions by reference to the original judgment, leaving no error.
The Fifth Circuit reversed a district court order dismissing a fraud indictment against a defendant who received disaster relief funds. The appellate court held that the government's late disclosure of evidence did not violate Brady or Rule sixteen, and the dismissal was an abuse of discretion.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion by appointed counsel to withdraw from representing the defendant. The court dismissed the appeal after finding no nonfrivolous issues for appellate review.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed an appeal after appointed counsel filed a motion to withdraw under Anders v. California. The court found the appeal presented no nonfrivolous issues for review.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction and supervised release revocation of Samuel Isidro De La Fuente for illegal reentry. The court granted the Government's motion for summary affirmance because the defendant conceded his constitutional challenge was foreclosed by existing precedent.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal with prejudice of a petition to perpetuate testimony filed by a pro se plaintiff. The court held that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate why he could not file a lawsuit against the bank at the present time.