U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Constitutional, Employment
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Drewa v. Zoological Society — magistrate judge recommends dismissing emotional-distress claim but allowing service-animal claims to be repleaded
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Constitutional
United States v. Brown — Magistrate judge recommended accepting Brown’s guilty plea
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Tax
Townsend v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue — Court denies challenge to magistrate-judge referral
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Cross v. MortgageIT — magistrate judge recommends denying both motions without prejudice
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Employment
Vitatoe v. KIPP, Inc. — Magistrate judge recommended dismissal of pro se employment claims
U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Jones-Timms — Magistrate judge recommended dismissing rejected-credit claims
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Bazan v. O’Malley — magistrate judge recommends reversal and remand of SSI denial
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Criminal
Smallwood v. Cass — court denied magistrate-recusal request and allowed amendment
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Constitutional, Criminal
United States v. Aldrich — court denies psychiatric-evaluation request without prejudice
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Criminal
United States v. Williams — court accepted guilty plea and found defendant guilty
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
HealthTrackRx v. RSUI — Defense costs are covered but subject to a $250,000 retention; policy-limit issue returned for further review
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Personal Injury & Tort
Flores v. Randall’s Food & Drug — court keeps workplace-injury suit in federal court
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Golden v. Westlake Finance Services — magistrate judge recommends denying bid to halt auto-loan collections
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal
United States v. Cano — Magistrate judge recommended accepting Cano’s guilty plea
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Marquez v. Ricolcol — ordered petitioner to explain why her habeas petition should not be dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies
U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Walker v. Davis — Court narrowed excessive-force claims but allowed post-handcuffing and refusal-of-medical-care claims to proceed
U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Constitutional
Gomez v. Gonzales — court lets several civil-commitment claims proceed
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Insurance Coverage
Johnny R. J. v. Dudek — magistrate judge recommends remand over unresolved vocational-evidence conflict
U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Cooper v. Raissez — Magistrate judge recommended denying parents’ request for the immediate return of their children
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Insurance Coverage
Williams v. Rent 2 Own Trailers — Court transfers entire dispute to Houston under forum-selection clause
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Criminal
United States v. Ortiz Cordero — Court accepted guilty plea and found defendant guilty of cocaine-importation conspiracy
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Topsoe v. Casale — court partly grants and partly denies discovery requests
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal
Marquez v. Commissioner of Social Security — Court awards $1,182.76 in unopposed EAJA fees after Social Security remand
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Criminal