| 25A602 |
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., et al. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-21 |
Application |
|
election-regulations fifth-circuit minority-voting texas-law voter-assistance voting-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 25A556 |
La Union del Pueblo Entero, et al. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-13 |
Application |
|
equal-protection fifth-circuit redistricting texas-law voter-assistance voting-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 24A313 |
Richard Alan Haase v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. |
Texas |
2024-10-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-review certiorari-extension due-process mortgage-dispute property-rights texas-law |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6265 |
Timothy Dean Stone v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review schlup-standard state-procedural-ground state-procedural-grounds texas-criminal-procedure texas-law writ-application |
Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals',
holding that Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
Article 11.07 section 4 (a) (2) precluded
consideration… |
| 23-6001 |
Kenric Lavaughn Jackson, Sr. v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence capital-murder constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sufficiency-of-evidence texas-law |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5024 |
Walter Charles Link v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-07-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-proceedings sufficiency-of-evidence texas-law |
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| 22-1212 |
Barbara Lindsey v. Max. F. Adler, M.D., P.A., fka Park Cities Dermatology Center, aka Coppell Dermatology Center, et al. |
Texas |
2023-06-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
claim-preclusion claim-splitting due-process foreign-object full-and-fair-opportunity res-judicata texas-law unknown-injuries |
This appeal presents an important and novel question concerning the claim splitting branch of res judicata or claim preclusion. In-this case, Petition… |
| 22-7327 |
John Edward Holmes v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-04-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
court-of-criminal-appeals due-process fair-consideration habeas-corpus statutory-provisions texas texas-law writ-application |
Did the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas deprive petitioner of his due process right to a fair consideration of his initial application for a writ o… |
| 22-956 |
Paul Johnson v. Bastrop Central Appraisal District |
Texas |
2023-03-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
access-to-justice civil-rights due-process equal-protection mandamus-writ pro-se public-information standard-of-proof standing statutory-interpretation texas-law |
Should the State of Texas create a separate standard of proof in statutory Writ of Mandamus cases that denies the poor and pro se requesters access to… |
| 22-6621 |
Jason Sewell v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure denial-of-petition due-process habeas-corpus non-frivolous-claims petition-denial texas-law |
1) Was Petitioner entitled to a certificate of appealability on four claims following the denial of his petition, where each issue presented non-frivo… |
| 22-5832 |
Robert Joseph Schmitt v. Texas |
Texas |
2022-10-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
concurrent-sentences criminal-sentencing cumulation due-process legislative-intent sentence-cumulation statutory-interpretation texas-law texas-legislature trial-court |
Was respondent denied due process of law when the trial court cumulated
respondent 's two twenty year sentences when the law in effect enacted by the
… |
| 22-5521 |
Jesus Jesse Gonzalez v. Texas |
Texas |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-commitment criminal-law dangerousness due-process intentional-offense mens-rea mental-capacity mental-health sexual-predator texas-law |
Can a person be unable to control his dangerousness, thus rendering him eligible for civil commitment as a sexual predator, but simultaneously be able… |
| 21-1189 |
Arthur Dale Lothringer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
alter-ego circuit-precedent civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-law due-process legal-standard standing statutory-interpretation texas-law |
Whether Texas statutory law supersedes Fifth Circuit precedent regarding alter-ego determinations. |
| 21-7126 |
Quincy Deshan Butler v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
aggravated-offense constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions plain-error-review procedural-due-process prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing-enhancement texas-law |
1). Wither CjLrVihczJre- APPEALA&XAXTy SHoul D 1W^ GrtAuTtml
3L). WHETHER Due 1WE5S WAS V/I<d(At6D Wfetf Cj)UKlS£L Fazlejs to te&jLEST LESSE/X TWELU… |
| 21-7057 |
Victor Nava, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act borden-v-united-states career-offender-guideline crime-of-violence enumerated-offense-clause reckless-aggravated-assault reckless-assault sentencing-guidelines texas-law |
1. Does the Supreme Court's holding in Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021) that a reckless aggravated assault cannot qualify as a "crime o… |
| 21-583 |
Stephen Brint Carlton, et al. v. Whole Woman's Health, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-21 |
Denied |
|
abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-precedent judicial-review reproductive-rights stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent texas-law |
Whether the Court should overrule Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992). |
| 21-559 |
Todd W. Hutton, et al. v. Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure counsel-illness excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-civil-procedure illness-of-counsel rule-60b summary-judgment texas-law |
This case presents two questions:
1. Is illness of counsel which results in failure to comply with the local rules, a basis for relief as inadvertenc… |
| 21-5863 |
Jack Anthony Chatman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance federal-prisoners habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief texas texas-law |
trial counsel claims on Drrect Appead where the Only Cpportunity of A Garrantee of Cunsel
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abvious troth is that lawyers are necessifies ot Luur… |
| 20-6754 |
Alford Donta Tarpley v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
borden-v-united-states burris-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing precedent robbery sentencing sentencing-guidelines texas-law ussg-4b1.2 |
Whether the Texas offense of robbery by injury constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2? |
| 20-6326 |
Adam Donald Bennett v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2251 child-exposure criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deferred-adjudication prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation texas-law |
I. Is a Texas deferred adjudication a "prior conviction" for purposes of the sentencing enhancement in 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e)?
II. Does the Texas crime … |
| 20-491 |
Sandy Perez Hernandez v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
|
capital-murder criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manslaughter texas-law |
1. Does the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause bar conviction for intentional injury to a child following acquittal for capital murder, but conv… |
| 20-5948 |
Christopher Michael Sevier v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault borden-precedent crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines remand sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court texas-law violent-crime |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2?
Subsidiary question: whether the decis… |
| 20-5449 |
Carolyn R. Dawson v. Kevin Pakenham |
Texas |
2020-08-21 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure forcible-detainer no-evidence-motion property-rights summary-judgment texas-law |
There appears to be a split and/or confusion within the courts regarding "Motions" for No-Evidence Summary Judgments Appeals and a Forcible Detainer "… |
| 19-8103 |
Ramiro Rubi Ibarra v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-sentencing double-edged-evidence federal-judicial-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel judicial-review sixth-amendment texas-law |
1. Whether the Fifth Circuit failed to ensure meaningful federal judicial review of a substantial Sixth Amendment claim.
2. Whether the Fifth Circuit… |
| 19-7337 |
Kinney Lee Palmer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aggravated-assault assault crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-law threat |
1. Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat is a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B 1.2? |
| 19-789 |
Maghreb Petroleum Exploration, S.A., et al. v. John Paul DeJoria |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
anti-retroactivity-provisions civil-rights constitutional-law de-novo-review due-process erie-doctrine federal-constitution foreign-judgment foreign-money-judgment judicial-review retroactive-application retroactive-legislation retroactivity texas-constitution texas-law texas-legislature uniform-foreign-country-money-judgments-recognitio |
1. Respondent John Paul DeJoria is a billionaire who co-founded a Moroccan company, was found liable in Moroccan court for defrauding Petitioners and … |
| 19-6489 |
Clifford Gene Wallace v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-assault aggravated-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines texas-criminal-law texas-law threat ussg-4b1.2 |
1. Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat is a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2?
2. Whether the Texas offense of aggravated r… |
| 19-5813 |
Alejandro Plaza-Montecillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-16 aggravated-robbery appellate-review crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-code federal-criminal-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation texas-law violent-crime |
Whether the Texas offense of aggravated robbery constitutes a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. §16? |
| 18-9837 |
Ernest Bustos v. Bexar Appraisal District, et al. |
Texas |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment property-code property-tax standing subject-matter-jurisdiction texas-law |
1. Whether the Court of Appeals was correct in disregarding the clear language of Texas Property Code § 42.08 (d).
2. Whether Court of Appeals was co… |
| 18-1573 |
Zsolt Petko, et al. v. Carelton Courtyard |
Texas |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights due-process justice-of-peace justice-of-the-peace legal-action probable-cause property-rights texas-law texas-rules-of-civil-procedure towing towing-law |
Question l:
Does towing a person 's car constitute a legal action
(TOC Sec. 2308.001)?
Question 2:
Does a person subjected to a legal action (i.e. t… |
| 18-9591 |
Brandon Wayne Taylor v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-06-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidence full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit interstate-evidence standing state-law-conflict texas-law |
When evidence is illegally obtained in violation of California laws can Texas legally benefit from this illegal act by allowing this evidence in a Tex… |
| 18-1314 |
Kimberly Meador, et al. v. Apple, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1332 access-to-courts certification-to-state-supreme-court civil-rights collision court-access distracted-driving diversity-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction-28-usc-1332 driver-distraction due-process erie-doctrine negligence product-liability smartphone-manufacturer-liability statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction texas-law |
1. Has the court of appeals failed to exercise its mandatory diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 by refusing to make an "Erie guess" whether… |
| 18-1169 |
John Stephen Thorne v. Union Pacific Corporation, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure declaratory-judgment equitable-defense equitable-defenses equity judicial-remedy laches legal-claims limitations-period prejudice property-rights statute-of-limitations stock-ownership texas-law |
Thorne initiated a declaratory judgment action seeking inter alia declarations that he owned the stock certificate issued by a predecessor-in-interest… |
| 18-8197 |
Tommy Earl Boone, Jr. v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-code criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ex-parte-review habeas-corpus incarceration incarceration-period parole sentencing sentencing-statute texas-criminal-procedure texas-law |
Whether Texas Penal Code Article 42.082 BEVACCP, as interpreted by the Texas Court in EX PARTE KUESIER, 24 SW3d 247 (2000), is unconstitutional.
The … |
| 18-7637 |
Fidencio Valdez v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case capital-case-review-habeas-corpus-due-process-equa criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus mccoy-claim mccoy-v-louisiana standing texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-law |
Whether the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas misapplied this Court's decision in McCoy v. Louisiana, 584 U.S. _ (No. 16-8255; May 14, 2018): by dete… |
| 18-6893 |
Joseph C. Garcia v. Carmella Jones, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
clemency clemency-proceeding due-process fourteenth-amendment meaningful-opportunity minimal-guarantees parole-authority state-law texas-law woodard-precedent |
1. Whether Texas's failure to provide Garcia with a clemency proceeding that comports with Texas law violates the minimal due process rights —includin… |
| 23A1169 |
Torrey Lynne Henderson, Amara Jana Ridge, and Justin Royce Thompson v. Texas |
Texas |
|
Denied |
|
appellate-review constitutional-rights court-of-appeals judicial-process procedural-rules texas-law |
Question not identified. |