All posts tagged "magistrate judge"
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6.1K6Federal LawAnother Texas Federal Court Case Prematurely Decided By the Magistrate Judge While Related Case is On Appeal at The Fifth Circuit
An attorney is a key participant in a mortgage scheme. That’s because being able to point to a lawyer, who is sworn...
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2.4KEditors ChoiceHagens Berman Return to Texas, this time to the S.D. Federal Court
A Texas federal judge, Andrew Hanen of SDTX, has appointed attorneys from Hagens Berman and the Rosen Law Firm as co-lead counsel...
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4.5K4Federal LawTexas Supreme Court Chief Justice Seeks Re-election. We Look at the Alternatives and Endorse One.
Abbott, the front-runner for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, is a former state Supreme Court justice who was on the bench with Hecht...
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3.3KLaws In TexasTexas Lawyer Indicted for Violent Attack on His Girlfriend, a Harris County Hearing Officer
A Houston-area attorney, Oliver Brown, was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday after being accused of trying to strangle his girlfriend—a county...
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3.2KEditors ChoiceFederal Magistrate Judge Garcia Resigns Abruptly in Laredo Texas and Everyone Went Quietly On About their Business
It is unclear whether Garcia gave prior notice to the court about his intentions to resign. LMT requested a copy of Garcia’s...
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4.0KEditors ChoiceThe Privately-owned East Hidalgo Detention Center in La Villa Texas is a Jail Party House
Hernandez, who worked as a correctional officer at the federal prison, is accused of accepting a Chevrolet pickup truck, a gift card...
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3.0K1Appellate CircuitSenior Judge Lynn Nettleton Hughes Has Been Adding this Disclaimer to All His Dismissed Cases Since Forever
Judge Hughes routinely denies plaintiffs Constitutional due process under the 14th Amendment and the right to a civil jury trial under the...
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4.0KFederal JudgesSenior U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt Accuses Houston of Willfully and Maliciously Destroying Evidence
Houston city officials intentionally destroyed evidence, wiping crucial data from the computer drives of top police commanders that is potentially relevant to...
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5.1KFederal LawHilary H. Green, a Texas Judge who was Suspended Amid Allegations She used Drugs, Sexted a Bailiff and Hired Prostitutes Retires Prior to Her Trial
Their 2015 divorce proceedings also revealed a series of other accusations as Ron Green - then Houston's second-highest-ranked political official - accused...
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4.6K1Federal LawTexas State Commission on Judicial Conduct – What Happened and Where are the Texas Judges Now (2019)?
We note at the outset that the function of the Commission is not to punish instead, its purpose is to maintain the...
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2.2KAccelerationStephen Wm Smith Joins Retired Judges in Asking United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to Make PACER Free of Charges
there are too many downsides to creating these barriers. such as fees for PACER use -If you don’t give effective access to...
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1.7KFederal JudgesStanding Up for Magistrate Judge Smith, ehem… Mr. Nesbitt
A Good Man, an Honest Man: Stephen W. Smith, Magistrate Judge, Houston, Texas Federal Court, Southern District authored this article: Stanford Law...
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1.8KEditors ChoiceEditors Choice: Improper Conduct by Magistrate Judge Shall Remain Nameless
The Special Committee determined that the subject judge had inappropriately pursued social relationships with an attorney who practices before him and with...
