U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Constitutional, Criminal
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Maestre Zambrano v. Warden — Court grants habeas, orders ICE to release Venezuelan detainee held without bond hearing
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Constitutional, Criminal, Family Law
Barreto Marquez v. Blanche — Court orders ICE to release Venezuelan detainee held without bond hearing, holding indefinite detention of interior residents violates due process
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Constitutional, Criminal, Family Law
Ortiz-Perez v. Blanche — Court orders release of Venezuelan detainee held without bond hearing, finding due process violation under Mathews balancing test
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Criminal
United States v. Johnson — Magistrate recommends revoking supervised release, recommending six months imprisonment after felon admitted to drug possession, evidence tampering, and other violations
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Criminal
Lewis v. Director, TDCJ-CID — Federal habeas petition dismissed; state conviction for continuous sexual assault of a child upheld
U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Hamadneh v. Rubio — Magistrate judge recommends dismissing visa-delay suit as moot
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal
Salazar Crespo v. Noem — Magistrate judge recommends dismissing detention challenge as moot after removal
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Constitutional, Criminal, Family Law
Morales Diaz v. Lyons — Court orders ICE to release long-term resident detained without bond hearing, holding due process requires individualized flight-risk assessment
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Lopez-Ysturiz v. Vergara — Court orders release of Venezuelan detainee held without bond hearing
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Criminal
United States v. Johnson — Court accepted guilty plea and adjudged defendant guilty of methamphetamine conspiracy
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Civil Procedure
United States v. Ma — Fifth Circuit affirms enforcement of oral FCA settlement reached at mediation
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Federal Enforcement
Illegal alien living in Dallas sentenced to federal prison as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Federal Enforcement
Irving man receives lengthy federal prison sentence as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation for trafficking fentanyl in the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Constitutional, Criminal, Family Law
Sanchez Flores v. Ortega — Court orders ICE to release long-term resident detained without bond hearing, finding due process violation
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Torres Hermida v. Warden, Karnes County — Court grants habeas petition, orders release of Cuban detainee held without bond hearing
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Favela v. Karnes County Immigration Processing Center — Court grants habeas corpus, orders release of Mexican national detained without bond hearing
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Palacios Ramirez v. Facility Warden — Court grants habeas petition, orders release of long-term resident detained without bond hearing under ICE’s 2025 reclassification policy
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal
Johnson v. Director TDCJ-CID — Federal habeas petition dismissed as time-barred after petitioner missed the one-year filing deadline
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Criminal
Harris v. United States — Court orders pro se prisoner to refile § 2255 motion on standard form and show Fifth Circuit certification for successive petition
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Constitutional, Family Law
Lainez Lainez v. Blanche — Federal court orders release of Honduran immigrant detained without a bond hearing, finding mandatory detention without individualized review violates due process
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Hernandez Membreno v. Facility Administrator — Court grants habeas relief, orders release of Honduran detainee held without bond hearing
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Constitutional, Criminal, Family Law
Alarcon-Lopez v. Mullin — Federal court orders ICE to release Venezuelan detainee, holds bond-hearing denial violates due process
U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Criminal
United States v. Macedo-Flores — Court denies post-conviction motion to compel discovery where no § 2255 proceeding was pending and entrapment theory could not establish factual innocence
U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Civil Procedure