Search results for "willett"
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1.2KAppellate CircuitFifth Circuit Affirm Lengthy Jail Sentence for “Sophisticated” Tax Fraud Conviction against a Tax Preparer. The Same Cannot Be Said When Banks Commit Fraud. Not One Banker Went to Jail in Texas
The Government’s first sample of returns estimated a $4,805,820.50 tax loss. To arrive at this figure, the Government reviewed 100 income tax...
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1.4KFederal LawEternal Merry-Go-Round: Who Is the New Chief at the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 2019?
From the attorneys perspective, what they might notice the most is who is assigned at their arguments. Beyond that, you would have...
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909Fifth CircuitShameful Fifth Circuit Opinion. Qualified Immunity for a Nurse who Ignored Signs of Medical Distress and Let a Senior Citizen Die without any Respect, Humanity or Care.
Cleveland said that he was too weak to get up. Nurse Bell told Cleveland to stop playing and come get your medication...
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967Federal Law8 Corners Rule: Another Certified Question from the Fifth Circuit to the Supreme Court of Texas
In summer 2017, a 10-year-old died in an ATV accident at his grandparents’ house. The boy’s mom sued the grandparents, the Richards....
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2.9KFederal LawA Few Lawyers, a Former FBI Director and a Lonely Ole Mother of Three Sons and a Daughter are About to Walk into a Texas Courtroom and Hear “The Court is Now in Session(s)”
William Sessions sons are alleged to want him to divorce from his wife of 65 plus years, Alice Sessions - as Lewis...
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1.3KFederal LawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho and Judge Andrew Oldham Accused of Being Cowardly, Unprincipled and Unfit to be Appellate Judges
Indeed, Judge Ho and Judge Oldham conclude this section of the opinion by saying: If we’re not going to do it right,...
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881Federal LawThe Fifth Circuit Debate Originalism, a Constitutional Standard in a Divided Court in Cole v. Hunter. We Maintain, Common Sense Should be the Standard
James Wilson’s design was that every court could serve as a court of common sense: not the haphazard common sense of shallow...
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2.6K3AccelerationThe Investigation into BDF Hopkins, the Foreclosure Mill and Rambo Law Firm(s) in Texas Who are Bounty Hunters and House Jackers; the BDF Law Group, NDEX, Hopkins Law, et al
Hopkins Law PLLC Does Not Hold a Surety Bond to Perform Debt Collection Services in Texas but the Texas AG refuses to...
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1.1KDonald TrumpIt Took Twenty Years to Reach a Dark Money in Politics Settlement. A True Story of Shedding Light on Corruption in Politics and the Judiciary
While the company’s case was being reviewed by the state supreme court, plaintiffs began to suspect that State Farm was providing significant...
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7191Federal LawWhat Happens When You Ask the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Permission to Supplement the Record by Providing Irrefutable Evidence of Judicial Bias by the Lower Court?
This is in stark contrast to when the Burkes’ reached out to the Court Reporter via email regarding filing the DKT13 again...
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1.4K1Federal LawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Judge Jerry Edwin Smith Profiled
While in that position, Jerry E. Smith made several controversial statements, such as characterizing the League of Women Voters as the plague...
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1.4K5Federal LawWhen Should a Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge Recuse Themselves? We Take a Look at Judge James ‘Jim’ Ho in this Article
A featured case, Judge Ho sat on Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., where the panel affirmed for the German-Owned Bank, who had...
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921Editors ChoiceA Disabled Veteran and a Homeowner Wrongly Foreclosed by Wells Fargo Bank, Sold His Home the Day He Came Home from Hospital has Died in Court at a Hearing He Was Ordered to Attend
The bank became the nation’s largest home lender by selling homes, such as Larry’s property, to itself for far below fair market...
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983Federal LawThe US Supreme Court Takes On the Fifth Circuit’s Stiff Sentencing
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected Holguin’s argument that the consecutive year term was substantively unreasonable. Holguin failed...
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1.2K1Federal LawThe Fifth Circuit Removes Rogue Attorney O’Dwyer from Practicing at the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
To take just one example of serious misconduct, there was strong support for the finding that O’Dwyer engaged in the unauthorized practice...
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1.3KFederal LawPresident Donald Trump’s Judicial Picks for the Fifth Circuit Speak up on Key Issues
Last year, two Trump appointees on the Fifth Circuit—Ho and Judge Don Willett—protested the court’s denial of a full panel rehearing of...
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869Editors ChoiceFifth Circuit Says No Texas Lawyer is Gonna Pay $3M as it Orders a New Trial in Hopes Law Funder LLC is Out of Cash
Unbeknownst to Law Funder, Munoz had a close professional relationship with Judge Jesus Contreras, who was presiding over the Garcia divorce: Munoz...
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1.3K1Editors ChoiceLaw Funder LLC Case at the Fifth Circuit in a Veil of Secrecy as it Involves a Lawmaker, a Judge and Illegal Acts
ORAL ARGUMENT HEARD before Judges King, Smith, Willett. Arguing Person Information Updated for: John F. Carroll arguing for Appellants Sergio Munoz, Et...
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