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Hon. Jennifer W. Elrod, Chief Judge
Lyle W. Cayce, Clerk of Court

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Read the published and unpublished opinions and orders of the Fifth Circuit. New decisions are released twice each day — at noon and 6:00 p.m. Central.

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This site contains opinions — both published and unpublished — released from 1996 to the present. If you cannot locate an older opinion, contact the Clerk's Office at Webmaster_ca5@ca5.uscourts.gov or (504) 310-7700. Court-archived material cited in opinions is available at the Archived URLs collection.