Cases

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit ____________ FILED October 4, 2023 No. 22-11146 Lyle W. Cayce ____________

Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record granted.

Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record granted.

STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge: Angus McGinty, a former Texas state court judge, pleaded guilty to Honest Services Wire Fraud after accepting bribes for favorable rulings. McGinty now alleges *666 that his attorneys were suspects in the same corruption investigation that led to his

Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record granted.

MODIFIED United States Court of Appeals United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Fifth Circuit FILED October 9, 2020

REVISED September 11, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 18-50115 FILED July 30, 2019

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

PER CURIAM: * The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Appellant has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011). Appellant has not filed a response. We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the

PER CURIAM: * The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Appellant has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011). Appellant has not filed a response. We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of th

PER CURIAM: * Defendant-Appellant (Appellant) challenges the 63-month, within-guidelines sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for conspiracy to import, importation of, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. He contends that his sentence is greater than necessary to satisfy the goals of 18 U.S.C. § 35

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of certiorari under seal granted.

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 15-50139 FILED June 7, 2016

PER CURIAM: Appellant, a federal prisoner, appeals one issue from the district court’s order civilly committing her under 18 U.S.C. § 4245. She maintains that § 4245’s statutory preponderance-of-the-evidence standard violates the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause, which instead demands clear and convincing evidence. We disagree a

Sup. Ct. Minn. Cer-­tiorari denied.

PER CURIAM: Defendant-Appellant appeals from the United States Magistrate Judge’s order committing her to the custody of the Attorney General. Defendant challenges the magistrate judge’s authority to enter this order because it does not comply with the procedural requirements set forth in the Magistrate’s Act. Although both parties a

STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), upholding the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 and 1231(b)(3). Petitioner arrived in the U