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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican
Seat
CA50207
Nominated
July 1, 1982
Committee hearing
July 14, 1982
Committee action
Reported (favorably)July 26, 1982
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
July 27, 1982
Commissioned
July 30, 1982
ABA rating
Qualified
Senior status
Oct. 3, 2017
Service ended
March 16, 2026Death

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

CaseNo.StatusDate
M.K. v. Pearl River Cty Sch Dist 24-60035 Decided July 18, 2025
Pool v. City of Houston 22-20491 Decided Dec. 11, 2023
Texas Aromatics v. Intercontinental Terminals 22-20456 Decided Oct. 27, 2023 Authored
United States v. Irias-Romero 21-40565 Decided Sept. 21, 2023
United States v. Szanyi Decided Dec. 9, 2022
United States v. Cruz-Silva Decided Dec. 9, 2022
Freedom From Religion v. Mack 21-20279 Decided Dec. 2, 2022
United States v. Palomares 21-40247 Decided Nov. 2, 2022 Authored
BP America v. FERC 21-60083 Decided Oct. 20, 2022 Authored
Ultra Petro Corp v. Ad Hoc Com 21-20008 Decided Oct. 14, 2022
Adv Indicator v. Acadia Ins 21-20092 Decided Oct. 3, 2022
Freedom From Religion v. Mack 21-20279 Decided Sept. 29, 2022
Franlink v. BACE Services 21-20316 Decided Sept. 28, 2022 Authored
Lee v. Anthony Lawrence Collection 20-30796 Decided Aug. 24, 2022
United States v. Morton 19-10842 Decided Aug. 23, 2022
Masin-Ventura v. Garland 21-60610 Decided July 21, 2022
Fairchild v. Coryell Cty 20-50237 Decided July 14, 2022
United States v. Landaverde-Leon Decided June 21, 2022
United States v. Amparano-Torres Decided June 21, 2022
United States v. Rivera Decided June 17, 2022

Judicial writings

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Texas Aromatics v. Intercontinental Terminals Fifth Circuit Oct. 27, 2023
Opinion United States v. Palomares Fifth Circuit Nov. 2, 2022
Opinion BP America v. FERC Fifth Circuit Oct. 20, 2022
Opinion Franlink v. BACE Services Fifth Circuit Sept. 28, 2022
Opinion United States v. Escajeda Fifth Circuit Aug. 11, 2021
Opinion Jones v. Gulf Coast Restaurant Fifth Circuit Aug. 6, 2021
Opinion Offcl Comm v. Walker Cty Hosp Fifth Circuit July 12, 2021
Opinion Brandie Cunningham v. Wood County Fifth Circuit Dec. 18, 2020
Opinion James Quezada v. IRS Fifth Circuit Dec. 11, 2020
Opinion Josue Nolasco v. Stanley Crockett Fifth Circuit Oct. 23, 2020
Opinion Denise Badgerow v. Greg Walters Fifth Circuit Sept. 15, 2020
Opinion Denise Badgerow v. REJ Properties, Incorporated, e Fifth Circuit Sept. 11, 2020
Opinion United States v. Alfredo Aguilar, Jr. Fifth Circuit Sept. 2, 2020
Opinion United States v. Cristofer Gallegos-Espinal Fifth Circuit Aug. 17, 2020
Opinion John Doe v. DeRay Mckesson Fifth Circuit Dec. 16, 2019
Opinion United States v. Bobbie London, Jr. Fifth Circuit Sept. 6, 2019
Opinion United States v. Bobbie London, Jr. Fifth Circuit Aug. 29, 2019