Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment against Babu K. Thomas, holding that he failed to provide sufficient evidence to support his claims of employment discrimination and retaliation. The court ruled that Thomas's termination was based on unexcused absences and a failure to provide medical documentation, rather than his protected status or activities.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a prison official in a civil rights case, ruling that the inmate failed to prove deliberate indifference regarding his housing assignment. The court applied plain error review due to the appellant's failure to object to the magistrate judge's report and found no clear error in the district court's dismissal of the claim.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Rosezzettea Lee Lopez for conspiracy and transportation of undocumented individuals. The court found the evidence sufficient to prove the defendant knowingly transported undocumented aliens for financial gain and rejected her constitutional challenges as plain error.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed Xavion Watts's conviction and ten-year sentence for possession of a machinegun, finding no procedural or substantive error in the district court's sentencing decision. The court also rejected Watts's unpreserved constitutional challenges to the federal machinegun ban under the Second Amendment and Commerce Clause.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a pharmacy's challenge to a federal agency action. The court found no error in the district court's ruling regarding the suspension of the pharmacy's registration.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the revocation of Maurice Coleman's supervised release and his 18-month prison sentence. The court held that Coleman's constitutional challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) is foreclosed by its prior decision in United States v. Garner.
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 review.
The Fifth Circuit denied the plaintiffs' motion to proceed in forma pauperis and dismissed their appeal as frivolous because their filings failed to present any nonfrivolous legal issues. This dismissal counts as a strike against prisoner Jeremy Allen under the Prison Litigation Reform Act's three-strikes rule.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for police officers, holding that their seizure of unlisted electronics fell within the Fourth Amendment's plain view doctrine. The court found that specific tips regarding stolen goods, combined with the items' suspicious packaging and location, provided probable cause to believe the property was contraband.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Demario Montrell Rodgers for possession of a firearm as a felon. The court held that law enforcement officers possessed reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop based on the totality of the circumstances.