U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Chimney v. Tyler Police Department — Court grants summary judgment for officers on qualified immunity grounds, dismisses § 1983 traffic-stop claims with prejudice
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Constitutional, Criminal, Family Law
Cobarrubias-Lopez v. Laredo Detention Center — Court orders release of Mexican national held without bond hearing, finding prolonged civil detention violates Fifth Amendment due process
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Constitutional, Family Law
Andrusenko v. Mullin — Court orders release of detained Russian asylum seeker, finding mandatory detention without bond hearing violates Fifth Amendment due process
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Constitutional, Criminal
Arias Flores v. Blanche — Federal court orders immediate release of Honduran detainee, holding indefinite detention under § 1225(b)(2) without bond hearing violates Due Process
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Criminal
Samaniego v. Birkholz — Court denies federal prisoner’s bid for First Step Act earned time credits
Matrix, HealthFair, and HealthFair Founder Agree to Pay $56.5M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Cuban Man Pleads Guilty to Labor Trafficking
First of 4 Defendants Sentenced to 32 Years in Federal Prison for Role in San Antonio Armed Robberies
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Vasquez Alvarez v. Ortega — Court orders ICE to release Mexican national detained without bond hearing
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law
Medina-Gutierrez v. Director, South Texas Immigration — Court grants habeas corpus, orders release and bond hearing for Venezuelan detainee
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Criminal
Mitchell v. Director, TDCJ-CID — District court dismisses time-barred § 2254 habeas petition and denies certificate of appealability
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Criminal
Flores v. Director, TDCJ-CID — District court dismisses § 2254 habeas petition as time-barred, denies certificate of appealability
U.S. District Court — Western District of Texas, Civil Procedure
United States v. Chapa — Court denies Franks hearing, upholds FBI’s Freenet-based child pornography search warrant
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
Tanner — magistrate judge recommended dismissing prisoner’s civil-rights case with prejudice
Mother and daughter guilty of human smuggling
Illegal alien admits to role in failed human smuggling attempt resulting in death
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Constitutional, Family Law
Carrera Figueredo v. ICE — Court orders immediate release of Cuban detainee held without bond hearing, finding due process violation
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Constitutional, Family Law
Sayu-Casas v. Mullin — Court orders release of Cuban detainee held without bond hearing, finding mandatory detention without individualized review violates due process
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Breach of Contract, Constitutional, Family Law
Rangel Pernia v. Warden — Court orders release of Venezuelan immigrant detained without individualized hearing, finding due process violation
U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas, Civil Procedure
United States v. Richardson — Court dismisses 80-year-old kidnapper’s compassionate release bid for failure to exhaust administrative remedies
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Constitutional, Real Estate
Ruiz Avalos v. Mullin — Court upholds ICE detention without bond hearing under § 1225(b)(2)(A), rejecting statutory and due process challenges
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Constitutional, Criminal
Rincones Escalante v. Thompson — Federal court denies habeas petition, upholds mandatory immigration detention under § 1225(b)
U.S. District Court — Northern District of Texas, Civil Procedure, Criminal
Anderson v. United States — Court dismisses Rule 60(b)(6) motion as unauthorized successive § 2255 habeas petition
U.S. District Court — Southern District of Texas, Criminal, Family Law