U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Criminal
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Criminal
Goebel v. Warden, FCI-Texarkana — Court dismisses federal prisoner’s First Step Act time-credit habeas petition without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Criminal
Gladden v. Angelina County Jail — Federal court dismisses pretrial detainee’s § 2241 habeas petition for failure to exhaust state remedies
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Tenorio Zapata v. Blanche — Court dismisses habeas challenge to ICE detention of Nicaraguan national who entered without inspection
22-Year-Old Austin Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Death
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Breach of Contract, Civil Procedure
Wilmar Oleo North America LLC v. Eastman Chemical Company — Court denies summary judgment on breach of contract; finds triable issues whether parties formed binding agreements despite lack of signed contract
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal
USA v. Canseco-Contreras — Magistrate judge recommends accepting guilty plea to illegal re-entry
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal
USA v. Batz-Velasquez — Magistrate recommends accepting guilty plea to illegal re-entry
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Constitutional, Criminal
Erkan v. Blanche — Court orders release of Turkish detainee held 18+ months after government fails to justify continued detention
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Constitutional, Family Law
Huerta v. Warden — Court orders release of detained Nicaraguan immigrant, finding indefinite detention without bond hearing violates Fifth Amendment due process
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Criminal
United States v. Trent — Magistrate recommends revoking supervised release after defendant’s no-contest plea to new drug and DWI offenses
U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Johnson v. Director TDCJ-CID — Federal court denies Texas prisoner’s habeas corpus petition and dismisses case with prejudice
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Constitutional, Family Law, Real Estate
Irias Bonilla v. Frink — Court dismisses immigration detainee’s habeas petition, finding mandatory detention under § 1225(b)(2) forecloses bond hearing and constitutional claims
Homeland Security Task Force effort delivers alleged cartel drug trafficker into US custody
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Matthews v. Donahoe — Court rescheduled Initial Pretrial Conference to October 24, 2014, and granted additional time for discovery planning
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal
Lopez-Gonzalez — Guilty plea accepted for illegal re-entry
U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Criminal
Holland v. Director, TDCJ-CID — Federal court denied habeas petition challenging conviction for arson, assault, and firearm possession
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Constitutional, Family Law
Fazel v. Lyons — Federal court orders release of Afghan detainee held over ten months with no removal in sight
U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Official Stanford Investors Committee v. Bank of New York Mellon — Court denies BNYM’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, finding New Jersey courts can properly exercise specific jurisdiction over the bank in Stanford Ponzi scheme aiding-and-abetting claims
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Montes v. Mullin — Federal court dismisses ICE detainee’s habeas petition challenging mandatory detention under § 1225(b)(2)
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Constitutional, Family Law
Lugo-Martin v. Perez — Court orders release of Cuban immigrant held without bond hearing, finding mandatory detention violated Fifth Amendment due process
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Salokhiddinov v. DHS — District court dismisses habeas petition as unripe because petitioner’s post-removal detention had not yet exceeded the six-month Zadvydas threshold
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Civil Procedure
Merriott v. City of Bossier City — Fifth Circuit reverses dismissal, holds city’s decorum policy facially overbroad and void for vagueness
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Constitutional, Criminal
Rakhmonali A. v. Noem — Magistrate recommends denying habeas petition; immigration detainee at border has no substantive due process rights beyond those provided by statute
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal