U.S. v. MORALES

Nos. 14-51314, 14-51323.

807 F.3d 717 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee Private Counsel, Appellee v. Daniel C. MORALES, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Daniel C. Morales, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 30, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Mark Randolph Stelmach, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Antonio, TX, Jennifer Sheffield Freel , (argued), Assistant U.S. Attorney, Sharon S. Pierce , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jane Webre , Samuel Johnson , Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Malcolm Nathan Greenstein , Greenstein & Kolker, Austin, TX, Michael E. Tigar , Attorney, Tigar Law Firm, Oriental, NC, for Appellee.

Kenneth Reed Wynne, Esq. , (argued), Wynne & Wyme, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and CLEMENT and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


In 2003, Daniel Morales, the former Attorney General of Texas, was convicted of mail fraud and of making and filing a false income tax return. During his criminal prosecution, the district court entered a protective order covering discovery materials produced by certain victims and third parties. More than a decade...

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