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Price Doesn’t Meet the High Standards Needed for a Pro Se Coming Before the Court, Sayeth the Fifth Circuit

What’s interesting here is Stanley Price complained about lower court Judge Vance, who was succeeded, albeit temporarily, by Judge Engelhardt who sat...

Relying on the Words of Judge Willett and joined by Judge Elrod, the Citizens Take Action…

We urge litigants and our judicial colleagues to zealously guard the public’s right of access to judicial records—their judicial records—so "that justice...

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

Can You Interpret Judicial Acts as a Power Move? LIT Asks; Is Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod Vying for Judicial Supremacy

LIT believes Elrod see’s the changing of the guard in ‘active’ judgeships. As a 54 year old circuit judge, that’s regarded as...

Judicial Theater is Trending at the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer will preside over the panel of judges, including Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod, United States...

Published Versus Unpublished Opinions in Federal Circuits. Are Courts Prejudging Litigants?

Misuse of precedent-stripping rules is so common federal judges openly admit to using them for purposes not endorsed by the respective rules....

Another Percolating Motion Sits With the Circuit Court

Appellants, Joanna Burke and John Burke (“Burkes”), now file a Motion seeking leave to be exempt from filing paper copies due to...

Fifth Circuit Return to Post 2008 Financial Crisis Writings Again in this Foreclosure Case

Remember, not a single loss at all in 13 plus years in Banks v. Homeowners. Quite remarkable considering the billions of fines...

The Fifth Circuit is All at Sea About Following the Law

Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod makes the right call here by way of dissent, applying common sense.  Unfortunately it does not help the...

A Taxing Texas Decision to Deny En Banc Rehearing Splits Fifth Circuit Right Down the Middle. But The Right Call Was Made.

The 8 Dissenting 5th Cir. Judges Owen, Smith, Elrod, Haynes, Willett, Ho, Engelhardt, Oldham would give Attorney Client Privilege to the Austin,...

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...

A Debt Collector or Any Agent Is Legislatively Disbarred from Authoring a Response to a QWR

In the Burkes reply brief to their lawsuit on appeal at the court of appeals for the Fifth Circuit, they show the...

We’re Talkin’ Clerks and Impartiality. One Judge is Talkin’ at the ABA about Nazi Judges

The Clerk has denied the Burkes’ first request for an extension of time in this case. The decision is unfair, based on...

Motion to Strike Hopkins Fictitious Brief

Appellants, Joanna Burke and John Burke (“Burkes”), now file a Motion to Strike Appellee’s Hopkins Law, PLLC, Mark Hopkins and Shelley Hopkins...

We’ve Received All Your Inquiries and Emails at LIT and Here’s What We’ve Been Busy Working On

Our blog at LIT has grown so fast, it started creaking under the strain. So we've been busy moving our website and...

As a Non-Prisoner, aka Homeowner, we Warn You, says Fifth Circuit

Everyone has targets, and so does the Fifth regarding case filings. Getting them in and out as quickly as possible is a...

No Merit in Alexanders’ Claims against Wells Fargo

The district court announced its decision in a careful ten-page Memorandum Opinion and Order. It explained that the defect Plaintiff complains of—lack...

Where the Wolf Goes, Destruction Follows

Wolf also argues that the suit must be remanded because the state court has prior exclusive jurisdiction over the property. Like the...