Raffi Melkonian (@rmfifthcircuit) 's Twitter Profile
Raffi Melkonian

@rmfifthcircuit

Appellate lawyer at Wright, Close & Barger in Houston, with a Fifth Circuit and TX appellate practice. So-called Dean, #appellatetwitter (banner from Art Lien)

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The Second Circuit might have the most aggressive way to grant a motion to withdraw. I have been TERMINATED. #AppellateTwitter

The Second Circuit might have the most aggressive way to grant a motion to withdraw. I have been TERMINATED. 
#AppellateTwitter
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#mentorship #legallife #gratitude Holding My Daughters’ Hands: In Memory of Chief Judge John C. Martin #appellatetwitter linkedin.com/posts/saad-gul…

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CA5 holds that a drafting mistake means a petitioner loses. “There but for the grace of God go I.” ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/2…

CA5 holds that a drafting mistake means a petitioner loses.  “There but for the grace of God go I.”

ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/2…
William Baude (@williambaude) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Several parts of yesterday’s universal injunction arguments now must be read in light of this opinion, which they knew they were about to issue.

Raffi Melkonian (@rmfifthcircuit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pretty cool CA5 case for your local nerd: a 17-0 Judge Willett decision holding that a remand to state court based on waiver is reviewable under 1447(d). ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/2…

Pretty cool CA5 case for your local nerd: a 17-0 Judge Willett decision holding that a remand to state court based on waiver is reviewable under 1447(d). 

ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/2…
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Saw this on LinkedIn: SCOMD unanimously flipped the MD App. Ct. (vindicating Doug Nazarian's dissent) by holding appellate counsel ineffective for blowing the deadline to seek cert, as D wished. #AppellateTwitter mdcourts.gov/data/opinions/…

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Here is the oral argument setting for AARP v. Trump, the Alien Enemies Act case, in the Fifth Circuit. Oral argument in the July sitting (6.30).

Here is the oral argument setting for AARP v. Trump, the Alien Enemies Act case, in the Fifth Circuit. Oral argument in the July sitting (6.30).
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I think all appellate lawyers will at least privately say that in any multi-member court that sits in Panels, the Great Wheel Judge Oldham mentions is.... of some importance. ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/2…

I think all appellate lawyers will at least privately say that in any multi-member court that sits in Panels, the Great Wheel Judge Oldham mentions is.... of some importance.

ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/2…