Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The Fifth Circuit dismissed the appellant's appeal regarding the denial of a temporary restraining order due to lack of appellate jurisdiction. The court granted the appellant's motion to proceed in forma pauperis and vacated the district court's dismissal of his complaint.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of Omar Deangelo Charleston. The court rejected arguments regarding jury pool composition, sufficiency of evidence, prosecutorial misconduct, and substantive reasonableness of the sentence.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction of a defendant for possessing a firearm after a felony conviction. The court held that the defendant's Second Amendment and Commerce Clause challenges were foreclosed by existing precedent.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment in a pregnancy discrimination case. The court held that the employee failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact regarding pretext after violating company policies on pricing and discounts.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's imposition of special supervised-release conditions following a guilty plea for illegal reentry. The court held that the defendant failed to demonstrate any plain error in the oral pronouncement of those conditions.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a plaintiff proceeding in forma pauperis. The court found the appeal frivolous because the appellant failed to raise nonfrivolous arguments against the district court's dismissal of her claims.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court grant of summary judgment in a civil rights suit brought by a parent against a school resource officer. The court held that the officer had probable cause to stop and arrest the parent for disobeying a lawful order and resisting arrest, and that the parent failed to prove a retaliatory arrest exception.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Jeffery James Dennis's complaint regarding a property foreclosure. The court held that the district court correctly rejected claims based on a flawed understanding of Uniform Commercial Code filings.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to withdraw appointed counsel and dismissed the appeal. The court found that the appointed attorney properly filed an Anders brief asserting the appeal presented no nonfrivolous issues.
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.