--- title: "United States v. Naranjo" citation: "102 F.4th 280 (5th Cir. 2024)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA5-NARANJO-102-F4TH-280" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_fifth_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca5" official_url: "https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/22/22-50938-CV0.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA5-NARANJO-102-F4TH-280/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # United States v. Naranjo ## Holdings used - Section 404(c)'s successive-motion bar is a mandatory claim-processing rule, not jurisdictional, and must be enforced when properly invoked after a complete prior merits review. ## Material limitation Binding only in the Fifth Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official published opinion reviewed. The holding is limited to § 404(c)'s successive-motion bar and does not define every prior disposition that qualifies as a complete merits review. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 102 F.4th 280 (5th Cir. 2024), 102 F.4th 283–85: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR5-002` ## Used in - [Fifth Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/fifth-circuit.md)