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Civil procedure

Chairez v. United States of America

The district court accepted the magistrate judge’s recommendation and dismissed Roberto Chairez’s claims without prejudice for failure to prosecute and obey court orders.

  • Dismissal without prejudice
  • Failure to prosecute
  • Failure to obey court orders
  • Magistrate judge recommendation
  • Rule 41(b)
  • Dismissal-without-prejudice
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Criminal law

United States of America v. Edgar Cruz-Jimenez

The district court accepted the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, accepted Edgar Cruz-Jimenez’s guilty plea, adjudged him guilty of illegal reentry, and ordered him to remain in custody.

  • Guilty plea
  • Illegal reentry after removal
  • Custody
  • Guilty-plea
  • Illegal-reentry
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Federal civil procedure

Timothy Brown v. Ellis County Sheriff Department et al.

The district court reviewed the magistrate judge’s recommendation for plain error, found none, and accepted the findings, conclusions, and recommendation.

  • Magistrate judge recommendation
  • Plain error review
  • Objections
  • Magistrate-judge-recommendation
  • Plain-error-review
  • Federal-civil-procedure
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Criminal law

United States of America v. Israel Angel De La Luz

The court accepted the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, accepted the guilty plea, adjudged the defendant guilty of illegal reentry, and ordered him to remain in custody.

  • Guilty plea
  • Illegal reentry after removal
  • Magistrate judge report and recommendation
  • Guilty-plea
  • Illegal-reentry
  • Magistrate-judge-report-and-recommendation
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Social security law

Floyd v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration

The court granted the Commissioner’s unopposed motion for sentence-four remand, reversed the case, and sent it back for further administrative action.

  • Sentence four remand under 42 u.s.c. § 405(g)
  • Unopposed motion
  • Administrative remand
  • Social-security
  • Sentence-four-remand
  • Administrative-remand
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Constitutional law

Fredrickson v. Weaver et al

The court granted the motion to dismiss, dismissed official-capacity claims without prejudice for lack of standing, and dismissed individual-capacity claims with prejudice under qualified immunity.

  • Standing
  • Qualified immunity
  • Failure to state a claim
  • Exhaustion of administrative remedies
  • Dismissal without prejudice
  • Dismissal with prejudice
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Criminal law

United States of America v. Kay Khaing Soe

The district court accepted the magistrate judge’s recommendation, accepted Kay Khaing Soe’s guilty plea, adjudged guilt on Count One, and ordered continued custody.

  • Plea of guilty
  • Magistrate judge report and recommendation
  • Assault on a federal officer
  • Custody
  • Guilty-plea
  • Magistrate-judge-report-and-recommendation
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Criminal law

United States of America v. Shakoi Mactavious

The court granted Shakoi Mactavious’s § 2255 motion, finding ineffective assistance of counsel based on counsel’s failure to adequately consult about an appeal.

  • Failure to file notice of appeal
  • Consultation about appeal
  • Anders brief
  • Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
  • Section-2255
  • Notice-of-appeal
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Civil rights

Donnelly v. 249th District Court et al.

The court accepted the magistrate judge’s recommendation and dismissed Donnelly’s prisoner civil-rights claims, including official-capacity claims barred by Eleventh Amendment immunity.

  • Eleventh amendment immunity
  • Heck v. humphrey bar
  • Frivolousness
  • Failure to state a claim
  • Official capacity claims
  • Eleventh-amendment-immunity
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