Texas Civil Rights Law
<h2> </center> United States of America, es rel. Bloequote, Inc. v. Nestor Zenarosa, et al. </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendants accused of violating the False Claims Act applying for and receiving loans that they were not eligible for in the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> The two I... More...
$ (08-14-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Silencer Shop Foundation, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff's seeking to invalidate the permitting process for short-barreled rifes and shotguns, as well as suppressors. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> The National Firearms Act of 1934 instituted a tax-and-registration requirement for r... More...
$ (08-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Magnolia Diagnostics, John Baines, and Kelly Bains </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, qui tam lawyers represented the United States of America on a False Claims Act violation theory. Digested by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Magnolia Diagnostics, a clinical laboratory based in Dallas, Texas, and its owners, John Bains and Kelly Bains, billed Medicare for medically unneces... More...
$19200000 (07-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jesus Espinosa </h2> </center>
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with deprivation of rights under color of law in violation of 18 U.S.C. 242 and making false statements to a U.S. Government agency in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001. Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> While acting under color... More...
$ (07-21-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tonya Crowder, et al. </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: Conspiracy to Unlawfully Distribute and Dispense Controlled Substances Unlawfully Distributing and Dispensing Controlled Substances and Aiding and Abetting Tonya Crowder, 49, Missouri City; Marlene Durham, 55, Humble; and Demetrius Onuaguluchi, 34, Houston; with distribution of a controlled substance and con... More...
$ (06-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Robert P. Oristaglio, Jr. ex rel. United States of America v. Community Care Health Network LLC, doing business as Matrix Medical Network (Matrix), DPN USA, doing business as HealthFair (HealthFair), and Shahriah “James” Ekbatani </h2> </center>
Beaumont, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam action claiming that the Defendants violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by causing the submission of false or invalid diagnosis codes to the Medicare Advantage program. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> The United` ... More...
$ (06-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Michael Arney, et al. v. Grand Homes, Inc. and New Sheridan Dev Co. Phase 1, LLC </h2> </center>
Rockwall, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs and Defendants in a negligence and trespass dispute. The are homeowners in the City of Fate. Defendant Grand Homes is a home builder, and Sheridan is a developer. The Plaintiffs brought suit against Grand Homes, Sheridan, and others , alleging that the defendants, while developing a community near appellants’ properties, vi... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Julianne Kausland v. Christopher M. Volek </n2> </center>
McKinney, Texas family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. On September 12, 2023, Kausland and Volek entered into an agreement in contemplation of marriage (Agreement) to address their property rights. The Agreement provides as follows: –2– The parties hereby agree that should CHRISTOPHER MARK VOLEK file for divorce within two years of the date of matrimony that JULIANNE... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Genise Kincannon, et al. v. American Airlines< </center> </h2>
Dallas, Texas, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs, claiming that their rights were violated. Several United Airlines employees allege that United failed to offer reasonable religious and medical accommodations to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, thereby unlawfully discriminating against them and all others sim- ilarly situated.Plaintiffs moved to certify three classes of employees ... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - TX)Brian E. Vodicka, et al. v. Michael B. Tobolowsky, et al.
Dallas, Texas civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over American Airlines AAdvantage miles. Ira E. Tobolowsky filed a defamation suit against appellants in July 2015. Following Ira Tobolowsky’s death in May 2016, Michael Tobolowsky, as executor of the estate of Ira E. Tobolowsky, succeeded him as plaintiff. After a bench trial, the trial court found against the app... More...
$ (02-23-2026 - TX)Madelyn Marina Quiroz, et al. v. Eduardo Hernandez, et al.
Beaumont, Texas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on auto negligence and civil rights violation claims. Before Southwick, Higginson, and Douglas, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam: The petition for rehearing is DENIED. We withdraw the prior opinion, reported at 163 F.4th 222 (5th Cir. 2025), and substitute the following. This case arises out of a serious car accident involving th... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - TX)La Union Del Puebo Entero, et al. v. Gregory W. Abbott, et al. </center<
Austin, Texas, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking injunctive relief. Deeply concerned about “the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried,” The Federalist No. 10 (James Madison), the Framers of the Constitution supported election provisions, such as the Electoral College, that aimed to erect “every practicable obstacle . . . to cabal, intrigue, and No. ... More...
$ (02-12-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., LP
Dallas, Texas commercial litigation lawyers George M. Kryder , Jason J. Fleischer, and William S. Scherman represented the Defendant charged with violatiing federal pipeline safety regulations. The government alleged that Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., LP (“PEPL”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Texas-based Energy Transfer, LP. and PEPL violated pipeline safety regulations requiring it to... More...
$1425000 (01-23-2026 - Tx)<H2> United States of America v. Dr. Mark Malone, et al.
Austin, Texas, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a False Claims Act fraud claim. Dr. Mark Malone, Advanced Pain Care, and related entities have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $13,625,000 to resolve allegations they submitted false claims for urine drug testing to federal and state healthcare programs. The United States will receive $13,590,544.88 and Texas will... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela, also known as Hernan, also known as Manuel, also known as El Patron, and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, aka El Calvo
El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit human smuggling. In October 2024, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas returned an indictment against Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela, also known as Hernan, also known as Manuel, also known as El Patron, 53, and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, aka El Calvo, 41, of Colombia for... More...
$ (12-24-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Rafael Loredo-Torres
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry into the United States after removal.<br> <br> By requesting a shorter sentence than was ultimately imposed, Loredo-Torres preserved his challenge to the substantive reasonableness of his above-guidelines sentence. See Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, 589 U.S. 169, 173-75 (2020). Other than stating t... More...
$0 (11-24-2025 - TX)<H2> Stephen Benavides v. Harris County, Texas
Houston, Texas, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.c. 1983.<br> <br> On December 26, 2019, at approximately 7:19 p.m., Deputy Jose Nunez of the Harris County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call reporting a suspected in-progress home invasion. The caller, Sandra Garibay, informed the dispatcher that she had locked herself and her yo... More...
$0 (11-24-2025 - TX)<H2> Marcus L. Willis v. Diaz De Leon, Jeff Williams, Chief, City of Bedford
Dallas, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> Plaintiff Marcus L. Willis was driving in Bedford, Texas when Defendant Officer Diaz De Leon pulled him over. De Leon informed Willis that he stopped him for driving without valid insurance.1 De Leon then stated he smelled marijuana and proceeded to search Willis' vehi... More...
$0 (11-24-2025 - TX)<H2> Tariq Farooq v. Nucor Business Technology, Inc. and Capgemini America, Inc.
Dallas, Texas, pro se Plaintiff attempted to represent himself without a lawyer on an employment discrimination case.<br> <br> Farooq's complaint, which he initially filed in state court and was removed to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) and 28 U.S.C. § 1331, raised claims for hostile work environment, ethnicity discrimination, religious discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful term... More...
$0 (11-24-2025 - TX)Kaukab Khan v. Crossover Market, LLC; Trilogy, Inc.
El Paso, Texas pro se Plaintiff without a lawyer field a civil rights claimed against the Defendants.<br> <br> laintiff-Appellant Kaukab Khan, an Indian national, sued Defendant-Appellee Crossover Market, a staffing firm which recruits remote workers on behalf of other companies, including Defendant-Appellee Trilogy. In April 2025, Khan applied for a remote job as a research analyst at Trilogy. Ac... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - TX)Kelli Smith v. United States Parcel Service, Inc.
Houston, Texas, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on job discrimination theories.<br> <br> Kelli Smith sued her former employer, United Parcel Service, Incorporated (UPS), under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA) alleging race, gender, and disability discrimination, retaliation, and a hostile work environment. <br> <br> Under McDonnell Douglas, a plaintiff bear... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - TX)Myisha Niter, et al. v. Marian Brown, et al.
Dallas, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a deliberate indifference civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> Christopher Darnell Williams died by suicide while detained in Dallas County Jail. His family sued the Texas Department of Public Safety, ("TDPSâ€), Dallas County, Sheriff Marian Brown, and unknown jail employees. Plaintiff-Appellants brought claims und... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - TX)Everett De'Andre Arnold, et al. v. Barbers Hill Independent School District, et al.
Houston, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> BHISD maintains a Student Code of Conduct, setting stand-<br> ards for behavior and discipline within the district. Hair-length restrictions<br> have long existed in the Student Code of Conduct, limiting the ways male<br> students could wear their hair. Halfway through the 2019–2020... More...
$0 (11-03-2025 - TX)Texas Department of Family and Protective Services v, D.V.
Austin, Texas, family law lawyer represent Defendant in a parental termination action.<br> <br> As future-Chief Justice Pope explained for the Court nearly half a century ago, for example, "[a]ctions which break the ties between a parent and child can never be justified without the most solid and substantial reasons," and so "in an action which permanently sunders those ties," the "proceedings [sh... More...
$0 (11-03-2025 - TX)Janice Hughes Barners, et al. v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al.
Houston, Texas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force wrongful death civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> Ashtian Barners was shot and killed by Officer Roberto Felix, Jr. during a traffic stop.<br> <br> Barnes's parents sued Felix and Harris County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.5 The district court granted summary judgment on the<br> p... More...
$0 (09-24-2025 - TX)Abraham Watkins Nicholas Agosto Aziz & Strogner v. Edward Festeryga
Houston, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in tort theories.<br> <br> Abraham Watkins Nichols Agosto Aziz & Stogner, a Texas law firm, sued its former associate, Edward Festeryga, in Texas state court for various state-law torts. The firm secured a temporary restraining order and moved for expedited discovery to obtain communications and documents in Festeryga's possession. F... More...
$0 (09-11-2025 - TX)Mesquite Asset Recovery Group, LLC, et al. v. City of Mesquite, Texas
Dallas, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in breach of contract theory.<br> <br> In 2008, Appellants purchased from the City approximately 60.31<br> acres of land in Mesquite, Texas (the Property), the majority of which sits on<br> a federally designated flood zone. Appellants also applied for and received<br> from the City a variance waiving their obligation to obtain a Cond... More...
$0 (09-24-2025 - TX)Elijah Dwayne Joubert v. Eric Guerrero
Houston, Texas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death<br> for his involvement in the attempted robbery and murder of a check cashing<br> store employee and a policeman seeking a certificate of appealability.... More...
$0 (09-15-2025 - TX)R.R., by Next Friend J.R. v. Mineral Wells Independent School District
Fort Worth, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on Civil Rights of Handicapped Child Act violation theory.<br> <br> R.R., a student with learning disabilities, transferred to Mineral Wells<br> Independent School District ("MWISDâ€) in the February of his seventh-<br> grade year. After R.R.'s arrival, a committee reviewed his eligibility for<br> special education services u... More...
$0 (09-04-2025 - TX)Jane Doe 1 v. City View Independent school District
Wichita Falls, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.<br> <br> Jane Doe attended high school in City View ISD from the fall of 2016<br> to the spring of 2020.1 Robert Morris was employed as a teacher and coach<br> at City View ISD while Doe was a student there. In 2016, Morris allegedly<br> began emotionally and sexually abusing Doe, then a fiftee... More...
$0 (09-04-2025 - TX)United States of America v. James Eric Larremore
Alpine, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens in violation of 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(v)(I) & (B)(i).<br> <br> On July 9, 2023, at approximately 1:45 p.m., Brewster County Deputy<br> Christopher Colona was parked on a remote section of U.S. Highway 385<br> monitoring traffic near a border patrol checkpoint at the time of a r... More...
$0 (08-14-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Dr. Juan Kurdi, M.D. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Alleged Controlled Substance Act Violations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Lubbock Cardiologist Agrees to Pay $1.2 Million to Resolve Alleged Controlled Substance Act Violations</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></cente... More...
$0 (08-08-2025 - TX)Rudy Gastaneda v. Rodolfo Ramos Frausto-Recio, et al.
Austin, Texas pro se Plaintiff sued asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the<br> Americans with Disabilities Act, and Texas state law, and its imposition of a<br> pre-filing injunction.... More...
$0 (08-04-2025 - TX)Rudy Castaneda v. Southwest Key Programs, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas pro se Plaintiff sued on a job discrimination theory.<br> <br> 42 U.S. Code § 2000e, also known as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is a federal law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It applies to employers, employment agencies, and labor organizations.<br> <br> Here's a breakdown of key aspects:<br> <... More...
$0 (08-04-2025 - TX)Lauralee Richmond v. Team One Contract Services, L.L.C., d/b/a TeamOne Logistics
Houston, Employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a pregnancy discrimination civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> Richmond began working for TeamOne in 2019 as an Operations Manager at the company's Freeport, Texas location. TeamOne had a contract with UPS Logistics and was responsible for hiring and managing truck drivers for a UPS client's Freeport facility. For her part, R... More...
$0 (08-04-2025 - TX)Mark Hernandez v. Manuel Poveda, jr. and Edgar E. Razo
Houston, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the plaintiff who sued on a prisoner civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> From August 10, 2015, to July 8, 2021, Mark Hernandez was incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison system. In 2018, Hernandez filed a pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit against three TDCJ corrections officers, Brady (Cullen) Preischel, Manuel... More...
$800000 (08-04-2025 - TX)Free Speech Coalition, Inc., et al. v. Ken Paxton
Washington, DC constitutional law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs and Appellants on Constituional violation of the First Amendment violation theory.<br> <br> <br> exas, like many States, prohibits distributing sexually explicit content to children. In 2023, Texas enacted H. B. 1181, requiring certain commercial websites publishing sexually explicit content that is obscene to minors to verify th... More...
$0 (07-15-2025 - TX)<cebter> Associatation of Club Executives of Texas, et al. v. Ken Paxton, et al.
Austin, Texas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff challenging the Constitutionality of a Texas statute.<br> <br> In 2021, the Texas Legislature enacted Senate Bill 315. Tex. S.B. 315,<br> 87th Leg. R.S. (2021). Recognizing that sexually oriented businesses are<br> high-risk locations for human trafficking and sexual exploitation, S.B. 315<br> aims to "provide necessary mechanismsâ€... More...
$0 (07-14-2025 - TX)Carmen Purl, M.D. d/b/a Dr. Purls Fast Care Walk In Clinic v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al.
Amarillo, Texas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking declaratory and injunctive relief.<br> <br> Carmen Purl wanted to protect her patients by reporting suspected abuse and safeguard the health and safety of mothers and children. The Biden-Harris administration's recent regulation changes, however, illegally restrict how doctors can protect patients from the harms of abortion and... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Montreal Leonard Burnett
Amarillo, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) is a federal law that prohibits individuals convicted of felonies from possessing firearms. Specifically, it makes it unlawful for any person "who has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding on... More...
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