Cases

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge: Hector Feliciano Lopez-Monzon appeals from his convictions for possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and importing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence only as to the knowledge element of his convictions. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the judgment o

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge: After appellant Chacon conditionally pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute less than 50 kilograms of marijuana following the denial of his motion to suppress evidence, he was sentenced inter alia to ten months of imprisonment. On appeal, he challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Although this case appears to be distinguishable from the

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge: This lawsuit arises from a longstanding dispute regarding the adequacy of Church of Christ religious services afforded Texas prisoners. A class of disaffected inmates (“the class”) filed a civil rights suit alleging that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (“TDCJ”) religious accommodations policy violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge: During a traffic stop near Nacogdoches, Texas, routine questioning of the occupants and a consensual search uncovered over five kilograms of a controlled substance, liquid codeine syrup. The district court denied the appellant’s motion to suppress. We granted en banc review of a divided panel decision that reversed the district court and held that the traffic stop was unconstitutionally extende

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge: Prison Legal News (“PLN”), a non-profit corporation, brought this § 1983 action against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (“TDCJ”) and three individual TDCJ officials (with TDCJ, the “Defendants”) for alleged First Amendment and due process violations in connection with TDCJ’s censorship of five books PLN wishes to distribute to inmates in the Texas prison system. The district court g

382 F.3d 500 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Reginald BRIGHAM, Defendant-Appellant. No. 02-40719. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. August 19, 2004. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED John Malcolm Bales, Asst. U.S. Atty., Lufkin, TX, Traci Lynne Kenner, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Ty

JACOBSON, A.J.S.C. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights organization called Garden State Equality, and six same-sex couples and their children, ask this court to enter summary *170judgment in their favor, by holding that the guarantees of equal protection contained in both the New Jersey and Un