All posts tagged "jim ho"

Pro Se Randall Rollins Allowed to Amend his Federal Complaint Four Times in SDTX, Houston Div’n

Judge Eskridge: Rollins has filed four complaints in federal court. Even so, he fails to state claims that can survive jurisdictional attack.

Buying Federal Judgeships in Texas is Commonplace if You Know Ted Cruz n’ John Cornyn

Just ask United States District Judge Charles Eskridge of the Southern District, Houston Division - who sat on the Judicial Selection Panel.

Texas Solicitor General Appointments in Recent times Include Sen. Ted Cruz and Fifth Cir. Judge Jim Ho

Notable alumni of the Office of the Solicitor General – 6 are now either District or Federal Judges and one on the...

The Fifth Circuit Say Ciao to Cao In this Succinct Foreclosure Opinion

Obviously, the clerk in charge of this opinion wasn't very good at arithmetic at school and left it undisturbed from the lower...

Say A Prayer for Rev. Wesley Wilson. He Was Hopin’ For a Miracle.

Revisiting MERS and the Lyin’ Words in Fifth Circuit Opinions

As for MERS being both a “nominee” and a “mortgagee”, the idea that a principal can be its own agent does not...

Texas Supreme Courts Defective Zepeda Opinion is Gleefully Embraced by Senior S.D. Tex. Judge Werlein in Morris v Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank under the doctrine of equitable subrogation stood in the shoes of the prior lienholder and had authority to foreclose on...

Fifth Circuit Ain’t So Jolly as its Reversed by Supreme Court for an Erie Guess, Again

To the extent that the panel opinion creates a new Louisiana tort duty, this is a policy decision for Louisiana courts—not this...

Lights on Fifth; Interesting Orders from Friday 22nd Nov., 2019

A familiar panel from the Article we wrote about earlier, the case of Powe v. Deutsche Bank, this one worded ORDER caught...

Connie Pfeiffer of Beck Redden Celebrates “Changing of the Guard” with Fifth Cir. Court of Appeals Judges Jim Ho & Don Willett

Thanks to Judge Jim Ho, @JusticeWillett, and moderator Connie Pfeiffer for a great presentation at our monthly section meeting! Today was also...