All posts tagged "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure"

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  Editors Choice

  Fifth Circuit Panel Rebukes Magistrate Judge for Serious Ethics Breach, But Delay Judgment as She’s Retiring

  Judge Higginson wrote the opinion for the 3-panel comprising of Judges Graves and Douglas, leaving ethical questions open to investigation.

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  Dark Money

  Sonya Porretto Questions Galveston’s New Mayor…correction, Federal Judge Jeff Brown’s Non-Disclosures

  Whilst former Texas Supreme Court Judge Jeff Brown and his wife are recent landowners in Galveston the same cannot be said of...

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  Appellate Circuit

  M&R Issued In Smith v. Judge David Hittner and It’s All About Absolute Immunity

  The Court RECOMMENDS that Defendant Judge Hittner’s Motion to Dismiss be GRANTED and the case against him be DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.

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  E.D. Tex.

  Proof of Service – or Lack Thereof – in Texas Federal Courts

  Failure to effect proper service of process within 90-day period per FRCP 4(m), Court must dismiss the action without prejudice.

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  Federal Judges

  Another Foreclosure Case Parachutes into Judge Hittner’s Court. This Time Askin’ to Sanction Pro Se’s for Removal

  It's amazin' how all foreclosure cases are distributed in S.D. Tex. Federal Court. We take no position on pro se's case. Just...

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  Appellate Judges

  Judge Alfred H. Bennett, S.D. Tex., Reversed for Abuse of Discretion by Fifth Circuit

  Abuse of Discretion: The scope of the district court’s discretion is narrower when the Rule 41(b) dismissal is with prejudice says 5th...