2023 Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

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Michael Worsham v. Discount Power, Inc.
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1942
Delila Uwasomba v. Bank of America
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1955
Vernell Williams v. Department of the Army
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2001
Elnora Delcid v. Valor Apartment
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2053
Irvin Betch v. Maurice O'Brien
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2108
Timothy Johnson v. Vibeke Dankwa
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2111
Board Of Supervisors Of Alleghany County v. Donnie Kern
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2225
Veronica Johnson v. Rock Solid Janitorial, Inc.
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2232
US v. Furman Ford
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4070
US v. Barbara Thomas
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4248
US v. Terry Miller
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4320
US v. Bennie James
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4427
US v. Corey Perkins
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4490
US v. Corey Perkins
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4491
US v. Darnell Duckett
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6062
In re: Kenneth Reid
Date: March 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2286
US v. Nedeltcho Vladimirov
Date: March 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4049
Yuriy Mikhaylov v. Dept. of Homeland Security  
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1169

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, an employee of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of the Department of Homeland Security (“ICE” or “Agency”), petitions for review of the final judgment of the Merit Systems Protection Board…

Chandra Balderson v. Lincare Inc.  
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1753

Justia Opinion Summary: Lincare, Inc. terminated Plaintiff, concluding that she had violated Lincare’s “Corporate Health Care Law Compliance Program” and “Code of Conduct.” While Plaintiff does not dispute her conduct, she contends that Lincare…

Yuriy Mikhaylov v. Dept. of Homeland Security
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2429
Steve Audette v. Dr. Nogo
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6902
US v. Eric Wheeler
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7429
Hind Bouabid v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education  
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1048

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a petition asserting that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) failed to provide her daughter, A.C., with a free appropriate public education in violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act…

Shane Tew v. Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1882
US v. Jesse Lynch
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4462
Ramone Wright v. US
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6360
Timothy Walker v. Donna Smith
Date: March 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6654
US v. Paul Martin, Jr.
Date: March 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4337
Gwendoline Atemkeng v. Doctors Hospital, Inc.
Date: March 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2257
US v. Marcus Taylor  
Date: March 10, 2023
Docket Number: 19-7246

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was a detective in Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force, a unit charged with investigating firearms-related crimes. After a trial where the government showed Defendant and some of his colleagues stole money, drugs,…

Julio Sosa Uvalle v. Merrick Garland
Date: March 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2418
John Kiriakou v. John Bamford
Date: March 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1652
Paula Donalds v. Ethicon, Inc.
Date: March 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1737
US v. Ronald Gordon, Jr.
Date: March 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4282
US v. Ataiah Turner
Date: March 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4616
John Stevens v. Charles County, Maryland
Date: March 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1715
US v. Michael Glover
Date: March 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6688
In re: Kenneth Graham  
Date: March 8, 2023
Docket Number: 20-221

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2015, a jury convicted Petitioner of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a “crime of violence”—in Petitioner’s case, attempted Hobbs Act robbery— in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c). Petitioner’s Section…

J. Gilliam v. Leroy Allen  
Date: March 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2313

Justia Opinion Summary: Following an investigation by the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission and the testing of DNA evidence, a state court vacated Plaintiffs-brothers’ convictions, finding significant evidence of innocence. North…

US v. Cheukma Sanders
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6158
Nathaniel Rice v. Greensboro Jail Central
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6511
US v. Darrin Miller  
Date: March 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4397

Justia Opinion Summary: Prior to Defendant’s criminal trial for transferring obscene material to a minor, the district court relied on Federal Rule of Evidence 403 to exclude evidence that the recipient of the allegedly obscene material was…

US v. William Ebert  
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4283

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was arrested for various sexual exploitation offenses related to photographs he took of his daughter after law enforcement executed a search warrant at his home, leading to the discovery of certain photographs.…

Chad Langford v. Hector Joyner  
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7737

Justia Opinion Summary: On March 20, Plaintiff, an inmate, experienced abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. He was transported to an outside hospital for evaluation and testing. The results were deemed “unremarkable,” and Plaintiff was…

Interprofession du Gruyere v. U.S. Dairy Export Council  
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1041

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants are a Swiss consortium, Interprofession du Gruyère (“IDG”), and a French consortium, Syndicat Interprofessionel du Gruyère (“SIG”) (together, “the Consortiums”), who believe that gruyere should only be used to…

William Bulger v. Hugh Hurwitz  
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1106

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, on behalf of the Estate of former federal inmate brought suit against the United States and several Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) officials after the decedent was allegedly beaten to death by fellow…

Darrell Thompson v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1133
Gina Owens v. Kilolo Kijakazi
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1273
Joe Russell, Jr. v. Justin Andrews
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7026
Employees' Retirement System of the City of Baton v. Macrogenics, Inc.  
Date: March 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2238

Justia Opinion Summary: The Employees’ Retirement System of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge represents the class of persons and entities who acquired shares of common stock in MacroGenics, Inc. (“MacroGenics”) between…

Jose Ramos-Escobar v. Merrick Garland
Date: March 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1408
US v. Jamal Eleidy
Date: March 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4140
US v. Cody Locklear
Date: March 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4161
Justin White v. Vance County Sheriff
Date: February 28, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2424
Cynthia Jafary v. Justin Ward
Date: February 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1087
Jerry Lamb v. Thomas Modly
Date: February 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1308
US v. Michael Berkley
Date: February 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4732
Toye Tutis v. US
Date: February 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7132
US v. Anthony Peters  
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 19-4904

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted on one count of possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of a felon. Defendant filed a motion to suppress this evidence, arguing that the officers lacked reasonable suspicion when…

US v. Christopher Tucker  
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 20-4537

Justia Opinion Summary: Three months after Defendant was arrested for various child pornography offenses—his lawyer moved to have him declared mentally incompetent. The district court found Defendant incompetent and committed him to the custody…

Deborah Bygum v. The City of Montgomery
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2130
US v. Eugene Linville  
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4559

Justia Opinion Summary: While on supervised release for a child pornography conviction, Defendant submitted to polygraph testing. During his polygraph exam, Defendant admitted to possessing adult pornography. In addition, his answers to other…

US v. Larry Ward
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6764
US v. Michael McDowell
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6886
US v. Tyrone Young
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6910
US v. James Jones, Jr.
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6912
US v. George Lecco
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6920
US v. Michael Maynes, Jr.
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6925
US v. Marvin Adams, Jr.
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6927
Marcus Dixon v. Director, Department of Corrections
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6988
US v. Megan Bardeen
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7002
Donald Doc Vaughan v. Dept. of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7028
US v. Kamal Qazah
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7064
Khammesherma Smith v. Elaine Cooke
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7071
US v. Kari Butler
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7085
Troy Minter v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7121
Khammesherma Smith v. M. Lawrence
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7123
Jaqun Copeland v. Jonathan Adams
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7125
Frankie McGee v. Warden of Lieber Correctional Institution
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7148
Howard Covington, Jr. v. Dr. Clarence L. Faulcon
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7156
US v. Carlos Robinson
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7205
US v. Kenneth Reid
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7230
Carlos Garcia v. James Bowles
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7234
Damorius Gaines v. Geoffrey Eaton
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7247
US v. Corey Jones
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7306
US v. Claude Sloan
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7326
Azim Rahim v. Antoniete Irvin
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7329
Phillip Reeves v. Warden
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7373
US v. Norwood Cook
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7375
Jeffrey Degree v. Blacksburg Police Department
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7381
Gussie Hilton, Jr. v. Warden, Broad River Correctional Institution
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7382
US v. Norman Kerr
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7420
US v. Edward McCain
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7466
In re: Deandre Johnson
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1039
In re: Deandre Johnson
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1040
In re: Joni Antonelli
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1081
James Campbell v. Rappahanock Regional Jail
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 23-6000
PETA v. NC Farm Bureau  
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1776

Justia Opinion Summary: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wishes to conduct undercover animal-cruelty investigations and publicize what they uncover. But it faces a formidable obstacle: North Carolina’s Property Protection Act…

Jessica Reavis v. Paul Gammon
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1710
Kathy Hayes v. Prudential Insurance Company of America  
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2406

Justia Opinion Summary: After the decedent died, Plaintiff, his surviving spouse, filed suit seeking relief under a provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act allowing “a participant or beneficiary” of an employee benefit plan “to…

US v. James Johnson
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4722
No Mid-Currituck Bridge-Concerned Citizens v. North Carolina Department of Transportation  
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1103

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs—North Carolina Wildlife Federation and No Mid-Currituck Bridge-Concerned Citizens and Visitors Opposed to The Mid-Currituck Bridge (a community organization) sued the North Carolina Department of…

Warren Whitlock v. Christine Wormuth
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1117
Angel P. v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1150
SEC v. Christopher Clark  
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1157

Justia Opinion Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Defendant for trading Corporate Executive Board, Inc. (“CEB”) stock using inside information. The Commission alleged that Defendant aggressively traded CEB stock after he…

Death and Taxes LLC v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1237
Ford Family v. DOD
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1571
Robert Johnson v. Truist
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1628
Suzanne Berger v. Baltimore County, Maryland
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1752
Joseph Gilberti, Jr. v. The Pentagon
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1854
Charles Dread v. Maryland State Police
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1861
Arlene Claiborne v. Liberty Mutual Company
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1967
Dora Adkins v. Fitness International, LLC
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2245
Helene McCarthy-Staples v. M. Brickhouse
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2257
Dora Adkins v. Fitness International, LLC
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2297
US v. Dwight Williams
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4061
US v. Willie Simmons
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4238
US v. Bryon Shipman
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4278
US v. James Johnson, Jr.
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4333
US v. Flavio Ramirez
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4346
US v. Danzavious Dolphus
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4412
US v. David Furlow
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4422
US v. Charles Whitt
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4451
US v. Floyd Scales, Jr.
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4465
US v. Tito Knox
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6174
Johnathan Fuller v. Denise Jackson
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6265
US v. Daryl Tyson
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6565
Elias Rodriguez v. David Leu
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6682
William France v. Central Prison
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6699
Kirk Simmons v. Thomas Scarantino
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6732
US v. Mark Allen
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6738
US v. Tywone Reed
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6745
Thomas Thompson v. Warden Tyger River Correctional Institution
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6752
US v. Jean Alvarado
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6819
US v. William Davis, Jr.
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6837
Kenyatta Adams v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6839
Shelley C. v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration  
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2042

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court’s order affirming the Social Security Administration’s (“SSA”) denial of her application for Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”). In her application, she alleged major…

Camille Brooks v. Kilolo Kijakazi  
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2048

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed from the 2021 opinion of the district court affirming the final decision of Defendant Kijakazi, as the Acting Commissioner of Social Security, which denied Plaintiff’s claim for disability…

Xing Chen v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2072
Michael Decker v. William Callahan, Jr.
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2136
Carolina Youth Action Project v. Alan Wilson  
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2166

Justia Opinion Summary: South Carolina law makes it a crime for elementary and secondary school students to act “disorderly” or in a “boisterous manner,”; use “obscene or profane language”; or “interfere with,” “loiter about,” or “act in an…

US v. Quentin Bourque
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4481
Precision Weather Solutions Inc. v. Farmers Edge Inc.
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1070
Don Blankenship v. NBCUniversal, LLC  
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1198

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued numerous media organizations and individual journalists, alleging defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and civil conspiracy. Plaintiff’s claims arise from misstatements of his criminal record: he…

Michael Braxton v. Joette Scarborough
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6638
US v. Ramese McKoy
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6697
US v. Carlton Hughes
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6747
Daniel Lipscomb v. James Whitley
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6801
Bruman Alvarez v. Asresahegn Getachew
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6937
US v. Ronnie Bowman
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6956
Timothy Sawyer-House v. Warden Wolf
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6975
Billy Morrison v. D. Cappadonia
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7041
US v. Shapat Nabaya
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7072
Lamar Dorsey v. Christopher Randolph
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7097
US v. Tony Chevallier
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7116
Lazaro Quinones-Cedeno v. J. Ridenour
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7119
US v. Wayne Jenkins
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7124
Paris Funderburk v. Johnson
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7141
Harry Barron v. Donald Ames
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7144
US v. Albert Burgess, Jr.
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7224
Carl Lyons v. Bullard
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7307
US v. Lorenzo Barnes
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7308
US v. Thomas Alston
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7312
Randle Jackson v. Captain Livingston
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7335
Bernard Hollomond v. Shannon Hadeed
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7353
In re: Alphonza Thomas, III
Date: February 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1022
US v. Zannie Lotharp
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 20-4579
Vir2us, Inc. v. Sophos Inc.
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1402
Rebecca Snoeyenbos v. Marcia Curtis  
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1779

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Deputy Sheriff cited Plaintiff for a parking violation. In response, Plaintiff complained about Defendant on social media for issuing the citation. Listening to her police radio, Defendant heard about another…

Alvine Nono Fotso v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1865
Brady O'Leary v. TrustedID, Inc.  
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2144

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of his claim against TrustedID, Inc. under South Carolina’s Financial Identity Fraud and Identity Theft Protection Act (the “Act”), S.C. Code Ann. Section 37-20-180. The district court…

Kristen Decina v. Horry County Police Department
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2171
US v. Maximiliano Queriapa
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4296
US v. Cassity Jones  
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4605

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute fifty or more grams of methamphetamine. The offense carried a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment. At sentencing, Defendant argued that she…

Monica Patterson v. Kilolo Kijakazi
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1325
AFSCME Maryland Council 3 v. State of Maryland  
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1362

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 3 (“Appellant”) filed suit against the State of Maryland alleging that the State breached a statutorily formed contract with current state…

In re: Patricia Harrison
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1383
Lee Webb v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1784
Francisco Avoki v. Chad's Body Shop & Towing Service
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1786
Melvin Jerman v. AT&T Corporation
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1855
Patrick Lockhart v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1865
William Verrinder v. Frank Williams
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1948
Lorenzo Richardson v. Raul Lopez
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1972
Curtiss Davis, III v. Pedro Bonilla
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2003
Fenyang Stewart v. Gina Raimondo
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2047
Carolyn Covington v. Denis McDonough
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2068
Jocelyn Pennella Doyle v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2096
In re: Dalton Dixon
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2193
In re: Brandon Pickens
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2202
Tamara Herbin v. Georgetown University
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2207
US v. Rashaad Washington
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4058
US v. Brian Campbell
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4279
US v. Dana Fetherson
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4329
US v. Alterick Boyd
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4379
US v. Randy Rohrbaugh
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4448
US v. Anthony Studivent
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4471
US v. Dexter Tucker
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6579
US v. Bradley Roberson
Date: February 17, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4128
US v. Joseph Castellano  
Date: February 17, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4419

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to transporting child pornography. The district court sentenced him to twelve years in prison and lifetime supervised release, subject to certain conditions. Defendant has struggled to comply…

Momolu Sirleaf v. Harold Clark
Date: February 17, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6598
Thomas Torrence v. Scott Lewis  
Date: February 17, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7161

Justia Opinion Summary: Habeas Petitioner was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for thirty years in South Carolina state court for a number of crimes he committed in 1987, including two murders. But in 2004, the South Carolina…

US v. Keizar Randall
Date: February 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6598
US v. Darrick McKenzie
Date: February 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7289
US v. Donzell McKinney  
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 20-6396

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to two counts — conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and a violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c) for discharging a firearm during and in relation to that conspiracy. Under subsequent controlling…

Melinda Scott v. Wise County Department of Social Services
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2006
US v. Donald Shealey
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6680
Bryant Parker v. Director of the Virginia Dept. of Corrections
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7436
Melinda Scott v. Wise County Department of Social Services
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1343
Cesar Meraz-Gonzalez v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1501
In re: Metcalf
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1506
Rosibel Martinez v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1792
Franklin Smith v. Cpl. D. Beavers
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6518
US v. Lawrence Reese
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6609
Chris Hill v. Certex USA, Inc.
Date: February 15, 2023
Docket Number: 20-2129
Deborah Laufer v. Naranda Hotels, LLC  
Date: February 15, 2023
Docket Number: 20-2348

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff is a self-professed “tester” who has filed hundreds of similar lawsuits throughout the country under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”). Plaintiff complained about hotel reservation…

Hatteras/Cabo Yachts, LLC v. M/Y Epic, in rem
Date: February 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2241
Keralink International, Inc. v. Geri-Care Pharmaceuticals Corporation  
Date: February 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2357

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff KeraLink is a non-profit corporation with its headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, and operated a network of eye banks in many states. KeraLink purchased from third-party vendors medical equipment and supplies,…

US v. Brayan Mengou
Date: February 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4539
US v. Michael Kerlin
Date: February 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4619
Colorado Bankers Life Insurance Company v. Academy Financial Assets, LLC  
Date: February 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1104

Justia Opinion Summary: Colorado Bankers is a life, accident, and health insurance company. Colorado Bankers made several interrelated agreements with Academy Financial Assets (Academy). After Academy failed to pay the still outstanding balance…

Ramone Wright v. US
Date: February 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6358
US v. Demarcus Ivey  
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 18-4296

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was arrested for one count of Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 1951, and one count of using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. sections 924(c) and…

US v. Jason Dix  
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 19-4725

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was arrested for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec 922(g)(1) after he fled a traffic stop. The district court sentenced him to 99 months’ imprisonment, which included…

Chuncheng Ren v. USCIS  
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1661

Justia Opinion Summary: Elizur International Inc. (“Elizur”) filed a Form I-140 Immigration Petition for Alien Worker on behalf of its employee, seeking to permanently employ their employee in the United States as a multinational executive or…

Dmarcian, Inc. v. Dmarcian Europe BV  
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1721

Justia Opinion Summary: Dmarcian, Inc. (dInc) and dmarcian Europe BV (dBV)—and a broken business relationship. The original dmarcian, dInc, is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in North Carolina. Its corporate homonym, dBV, is a Dutch…

Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.  
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1858

Justia Opinion Summary: This bankruptcy appeal involves a primary insurer’s attempts to block its insureds’ Chapter 11 reorganization plan (the “Plan”), which establishes a trust under 11 U.S.C. Section 524(g) for current and future asbestos…

E.R.L. v. Adoption Advocacy, Inc.
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1980
Johnathan Hensley v. City of Charlotte
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2308
US v. Daniel Carrington
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4239
US v. Trevin Gibson
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6585
Richard Kendrick v. L. Edmonds
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7126
US v. Keat Wingate
Date: February 13, 2023
Docket Number: 20-4593
Tammy Bandy v. City of Salem, Virginia  
Date: February 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1565

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant brought suit against Defendant-Appellee the City of Salem, Virginia, alleging that Salem failed to promote her based on her age, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Bandy…

US v. Jamil Curtis
Date: February 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4579
Damien Williams v. Merrick Garland  
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1854

Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported Petitioner, a permanent resident of the United States, since he was six years old, because the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or the Board) deemed his altercation…

Devin Maravel v. Kilolo Kijakazi
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1835
Duncan Giles v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation  
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1887

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought suit against Defendant the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”), alleging that Amtrak suspended and subsequently terminated him based on his race in violation of the Civil Rights Act of…

US v. Jacquez Hill
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4468
Kiril Zahariev v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1209
US v. Demetrious Moore
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6152
US v. Lance Whitaker
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6796
US v. Thomas Littlejohn
Date: February 9, 2023
Docket Number: 19-6089
Renee Galloway v. Priority Imports Richmond, LLC
Date: February 9, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1020
Damien Williams v. Merrick Garland  
Date: February 9, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1854

Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported Petitioner Petitioner, a permanent resident of the United States since he was six years old, because the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or the Board) deemed his…

Osman Jalloh v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 9, 2023
Docket Number: 20-2117
Kenneth Liggins v. Zion Baptist Church
Date: February 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2369
Amanda Carson v. Emergency MD, LLC
Date: February 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1139
Betty Robinson v. Vincent Lineberger
Date: February 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2251
Elizabeth Fedynich v. Boulder Housing Partners
Date: February 8, 2023
Docket Number: 20-2082
US v. Christopher Bailey
Date: February 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6718
David Adinolfi, II v. North Carolina Department of Justice
Date: February 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1329
Juliette Grimmett v. Nancy Freeman  
Date: February 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1844

Justia Opinion Summary: A 90-year-old North Carolina law makes it a crime to publish a “derogatory report” about candidates for public office where the speaker “know[s] such report to be false or” acts “in reckless disregard of its truth or…

US v. Detrick Daye
Date: February 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6661
Jensen Alexander v. Joseph Ely
Date: February 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6867
Cherrell Footman v. Kilolo Kijakazi
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1116
Michael Adjei v. Alejandro Mayorkas  
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1615

Justia Opinion Summary: At issue is whether the Commonwealth of Virginia would recognize a divorce granted by a foreign nation to its own citizens when neither spouse was domiciled in that nation at the time of the divorce. The question arises…

Dijon Sharpe v. Winterville Police Department  
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1827

Justia Opinion Summary: This case asks whether a town’s alleged policy that bans video livestreaming certain interactions with law enforcement violates the First Amendment. It also asks whether a police officer who, during a traffic stop,…

US v. Joel Rodriguez
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4317
US v. James Landry
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7657
John Crandell, III v. Hardy County Rural Development Authority
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1003
In re: Brad Edmonds
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2311
US v. Scott Midkiff
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4399
James Barnett, Jr. v. Jeffrey Patane
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6504
US v. Jon Frank
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6806
US v. Akmal Barnhill
Date: February 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4045
US v. Luis Ordonez-Vega
Date: February 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6075
Sean Shallow v. Nation Action Network
Date: February 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1485
US v. Lamont Tate
Date: February 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6481
Andrew Allen v. Atlas Box and Crating Co., Inc.  
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1910

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff claimed Atlas Box and Crating Company, fired him because of his race. Allen filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Atlas and the staffing agency, and concedes he received…

Emmanuel Shaw v. T. Foreman  
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 20-7185

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was an inmate at Sussex I State Prison (SISP) in 2017. A female correctional officer at SISP charged Plaintiff with a disciplinary offense, alleging that he directed lewd behavior toward her in the prison…

US v. Christopher Sueiro  
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4413

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with numerous child pornography crimes. The district court denied Defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized from his residence. After a jury later convicted Defendant on all counts, the court…

US v. Maurice Rakestraw
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4436
Timothy Wise v. C. Maruka
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6816
Nishith Patel v. Anne Albright
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1162
Kiril Zahariev v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1209
Elizabeth Langston v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1257
US v. Deandre Earp
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4079
US v. Darrick McKenzie
Date: February 3, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6361
US v. Donte Johnson
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 16-4471
US v. Steven Nowell
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 18-4801
US v. Arnold Henry
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 19-7218
US v. Monta Jordan
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4129
US v. Derrick Platt
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4590
Thomas Moyler, Jr. v. D. Williams
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6939
Rosalva Pena-Cartagena v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1184
Adam Pearson v. Robinhood Markets, Inc.
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1956
RavenGrace El v. HSBC Bank
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2132
US v. Mohamed Abusnena
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4216
US v. Reggie Blount
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6342
US v. Enerva Trotman
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6705
US v. Brandon Salters
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7288
US v. Larry Reed  
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 19-7368

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court’s denial of his motion for a reduced sentence under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018. The district court determined that Defendant was eligible for relief but declined to…

Plaintiff v. Defendant  
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1636

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a cardiothoracic surgeon, sued another cardiothoracic surgeon, Defendant, alleging that his remarks about her performance during an aborted surgery defamed her. On summary judgment, the district court…

Terry Reese, Sr. v. Virginia International Terminals, LLC
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1985
US v. Ernest Moore
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4012
US v. Darion Graham
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4061
US v. Alex Smith
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4328
US v. Terrence Miller
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4493
Jonathan Newell v. North Carolina Industrial Commission
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7094
David Clark v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7277
In re: District Clerk's Office Operations
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1742
US v. Jason Hemphill
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4109
US v. Taylor Beale
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4211
Lionel Prince v. Allen Gang
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6327
Nafis Abdullah-Malik v. Mecklenburg County Jail Administrator
Date: February 1, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6641
US v. Larry Reed  
Date: January 31, 2023
Docket Number: 19-7368

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court’s denial of his motion for a reduced sentence under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018. The district court determined that Defendant was eligible for relief but declined to…

Inam Naji v. Fluor Federal Services, LLC
Date: January 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1709
Peggy Elrod v. WakeMed
Date: January 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2203
Alive Church of the Nazarene, Inc. v. Prince William County, Virginia  
Date: January 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2392

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Alive Church of the Nazarene, Inc. (the “Church”) purchased 17 acres of land — zoned primarily for agricultural use — on which the Church sought to conduct religious assemblies. After Defendant Prince William…

US v. Marc Williams
Date: January 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4586
Central Laundry, LLC v. Illinois Union Insurance Company
Date: January 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1075
US v. Duane Brown
Date: January 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4449
US v. Phyteaf McCormick
Date: January 30, 2023
Docket Number: 18-4401
Kenneth Newkirk v. Director
Date: January 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6822
Casey Tyler v. Josh Stein
Date: January 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7039
US v. Donte Dingle
Date: January 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4330
Ying Lin v. Christopher Heffron
Date: January 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1380
Tarus Henry v. Warden Kendall
Date: January 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6499
Andrew Wilkinson v. FINRA
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1090
US v. Cornell McKenzie
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6658
Joseph Blackburn, Jr. v. Dare County  
Date: January 25, 2023
Docket Number: 20-2056

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs own a beach house in Dare County, North Carolina. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dare County banned nonresident property owners from entering the county. As a result, Plaintiffs could not reach…

Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company v. Edward Sea
Date: January 25, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1281
US v. Brandon Hudson
Date: January 25, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4289
US v. Joshua Houchins
Date: January 25, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4651
Terra Firma, LLC v. Village Downriver Condominium Association, Inc.
Date: January 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1461
In re: Roberto Darden
Date: January 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2148
The Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Shenzhen Stone Network Information Ltd.  
Date: January 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1823

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Shenzhen Stone Network Information Ltd. (“SSN”) appealed the district court’s order granting summary judgment on Appellee Prudential Insurance Company of America’s (“Prudential”) cybersquatting claim.…

Lula Williams v. Matt Martorello  
Date: January 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2116

Justia Opinion Summary: In a class-action proceeding related to a lending scheme allegedly designed to circumvent state usury laws, Defendant appealed from three district court rulings that (1) reconsidered prior factual findings based on a new…

Emmanuel Ogebe v. Dow Jones & Company
Date: January 23, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1548
US v. Richard McCormick
Date: January 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4334
Jessie Traylor v. Stevie Knight
Date: January 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6647
Malcolm Wiener v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company  
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2165

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court’s post-trial dismissal of his case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. A jury found that AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company negligently reported false medical information…

US v. Randall Conrad
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6007
US v. James Judd
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6578
Ricky Bowman v. Tonya James
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6739
US v. Dwight Spears
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6802
James Rose, Jr. v. Sheriff Duane Lewis
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6835
US v. Adam Jordan, III
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6840
US v. Kevin Huffman
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6874
US v. Anthony Trappier
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6882
Brandon Pickens v. Steven Hendricks
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6891
Sterling Singleton v. Frank Richardson
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6935
US v. Henry Miller
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6938
Daniel Degoto v. Larry Hogan
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6944
US v. Tyrell Lewis
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6949
Bruce Bey v. Peter Becker
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6954
US v. Yayah Talib
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6955
Andre Williams v. State of Maryland
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6959
John Norris v. Warden, Evans Correctional Institution
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6960
Scott Reich v. Eddie Buffaloe, Jr.
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6978
Joseph Valerio v. US
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6986
US v. Eric Bradley
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7008
US v. David McDaniel
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7014
Clinton Johnson v. Sgt. Johnson
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7016
US v. Christopher Bailey
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7022
James Rose, Jr. v. Randy Demory
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7024
US v. Kim McBride
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7036
US v. Richard Wilford
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7040
Jesse Copen, Sr. v. Pam Daniels
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7056
US v. Alvin Owens
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7073
Larry Simmons v. A. Wingfield
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7101
Jesse Copen, Sr. v. Tracy Harper
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7109
Robert Lose, Jr. v. Felicia Bacorn
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7151
Vernon Chapman v. David Rich
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7170
Jarrel Johnson v. Unnamed Respondent
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7171
US v. Roger Vincent, Jr.
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7183
Tori Neal v. State of North Carolina
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7192
Alvin Carter v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7206
US v. Robert Winfield, Jr.
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7209
US v. Kenneth Stuart
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7213
Larry Slusser v. US
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7238
US v. Dawn Cottman
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7241
US v. Roy Dykes
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7266
US v. Swain Clarke
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7286
US v. Robert Turner
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7314
US v. Jermaine Baines
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-7330
Gary Hancock, Jr. v. Barbara Rickard
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 20-6541
US v. Oshay Jones
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 20-7913
Jennifer Taylor v. E. McDevitt
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1622
Danielle Washington v. Housing Authority of the City of Columbia  
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2059

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff’s father died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his apartment at Allen Benedict Court Apartments, a housing complex owned and maintained by the City of Columbia Housing Authority. The city police and fire chiefs…

US v. Fabio Alicea  
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2220

Justia Opinion Summary: When the ACA’s mandate and SRP were still in effect, a husband and wife (“Taxpayers”) did not maintain the minimum insurance coverage required by the ACA. The taxpayers did not include their $2409 SRP when they filed…

US v. Richard Hopkins
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4595
LeAnthony Winston v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6851
US v. Lantis Young
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7655
Andrew King v. Jason Utt
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1051
Milton Benitez-Lopez v. Merrick Garland
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1318
Bianca Hughley v. Baltimore County Government
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1445
Betsy Nicholson v. US
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1623
Daniel Willis v. Darlene Spivey
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1668
Sherrie Porter v. First Bankshares, Inc.
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1685
Major Mike Webb v. OMB
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1698
Lijo Panghat v. Department of Veterans Affairs
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1772
Seth Reaves v. Santander Consumer USA, Incorporated
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1783
Emma Johnston v. Envision Physician Services
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1832
Jimmy Roberts v. Erik Hooks
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1868
Syed Askri v. Thomas Gorman
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1876
Rose Moumouni v. Wendell Sumter
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1916
Lolita Matammu v. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1925
Anthony Bryant v. Alphabet Inc.
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1985
Frank Hinton v. Ernesto Luciano-Perez
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2008
Pakuja Vang v. Valdese Weaver
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2063
In re: Darius Whitaker
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2083
Kandance Wells v. Charleston Area Medical Center System
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2093
Ryan Stevenson v. Lisa Clark
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2097
Dora Adkins v. American Service Center Associates, LLC
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2105
In re: Anthony Andrews
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2107
Saria Walker v. United States Federal Government
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2116
Dora Adkins v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2141
Dan Gramatic v. Kilolo Kijakazi
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2167
Kandance Wells v. State of West Virginia
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2176
In re: Brandon Pickens
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2199
In re: Brandon Pickens
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2200
Nicole Winston v. Keybank
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2215
In re: Graham Schiff
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2217
US v. Terry Perry
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4043
US v. Ramadhan Justice
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4150
US v. Ruben Campos-Arrollo
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4274
US v. Dezmond Cohen
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4289
US v. Shani Latham
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4293
US v. Joey Best, Jr.
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4364
US v. David Allison
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4409
US v. DeAndre Boyd
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4411
US v. Stephanie Alkire
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4441
Poly-Med, Inc. v. Novus Scientific Pte. Ltd.
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 19-1957
US v. George Fowler  
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 19-4178

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to two federal weapons charges after local law enforcement executed a search warrant at his residence and discovered a multitude of firearms, ammunition, and drugs. The district court sentenced…

Lancaster Hospital Corporation v. Xavier Becerra  
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1636

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Lancaster Hospital Corporation (Lancaster) operates an inpatient rehabilitation facility that provides services for Medicare beneficiaries. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) denied Plaintiff’s…

Diane Benevento v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1652
Jemie Sanchez v. Arlington County School Board  
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2245

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, the mother of a minor child with special needs, brings this action for attorney’s fees under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”). The IDEA allows parents who prevail in state…

Joe Adams, Jr. v. Royal Park Nursing and Rehabilitation
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2278
US v. Antonio Spencer
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4081
US v. Jose Aguirre-Cuenca
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4307
US v. Jose Gutierrez
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7092
Lexie Williams v. Dr. Robles
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6649
David Firewalker-Fields v. Jack Lee  
Date: January 17, 2023
Docket Number: 19-7497

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff spent nearly three months in Middle River Regional Jail. And he alleges that Middle River’s practices during that time substantially burdened his Islamic faith while unconstitutionally favoring the practice of…

Elizabeth Polak v. Virginia Department of Environmental Quality  
Date: January 17, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1848

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff a longtime employee of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”), commenced this action against DEQ, claiming that it paid her less than it paid a male employee with the same position doing equal…

Dennis Davis, Jr. v. Tonya James
Date: January 17, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6768
US v. Frank Livingston
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Number: 18-4177
US v. Michael Harriot
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4616
US v. Kelvin Melton
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7026
Kimberly Burns-Fisher v. Anna Romero-Lehrer  
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1020

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellee a middle school teacher in Pender County, North Carolina, when she was physically attacked by a special education student in her language arts class. There is no dispute that the student was known to have been…

Maria Mejia-Cantarero v. Merrick Garland
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1255
In re: Jamar Simmons
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-2026
US v. Nicholas Brown
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4241
Antoine Watson v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6862
Jeremiah Henderson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Date: January 12, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2417
Gregory Green v. Donald Beckwith
Date: January 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6157
US v. Rodney Wyatt, Jr.
Date: January 11, 2023
Docket Number: 19-7782
U. S. Trustee v. Darren Delafield  
Date: January 11, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1632

Justia Opinion Summary: A bankruptcy court imposed sanctions against Defendant. The sanctions arose from an adversary proceeding in the bankruptcy court brought by the United States Trustee against Defendant, UpRight Law LLC, Sperro LLC and…

Shova Lamichhane v. Merrick Garland
Date: January 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1163
US v. Michael Mangarella  
Date: January 10, 2023
Docket Number: 20-7912

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant filed a motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. Section 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), relying primarily on his vulnerability to COVID-19 due to his advanced age and chronic lung-related health conditions. Although…

Mario Castro v. Bank of New York Mellon
Date: January 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1907
US v. Ervin Leggette  
Date: January 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4175

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant and another person were trespassing in a public park after it closed. When officers saw their car, they investigated the trespass. The officers found a gun abandoned in a nearby trash can, so they frisked…

US v. Jamel Brown
Date: January 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6491
Matthew Budney v. Wright
Date: January 10, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6537
Gregory Walker v. Sharon Hill
Date: January 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1803
Shawn Curran v. Axon Enterprise, Inc.  
Date: January 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2151

Justia Opinion Summary: While participating in a TASER training session, Plaintiff, Virginia Beach Police Department Officer took a break in a designated safety area. Another participant, who was engaged in a role-playing exercise, fired his…

Patricia Lopez de Guadron v. Merrick Garland
Date: January 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1371
US v. Juan Rodriguez-Preciado
Date: January 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4153
US v. Christian Hernandez Moreno
Date: January 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4218
Blazine Monaco v. WV Parkways Authority  
Date: January 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1230

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court’s dismissal of her putative class action against the West Virginia Parkways Authority, in which she alleges that the Parkways Authority improperly collected fees. And the Parkways…

US v. Starsha Limbaugh
Date: January 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4449
Timothy Coogle v. US
Date: January 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6478
US v. Daryl Godette, Jr.
Date: January 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4007
Maria Gonzalez-Lemus v. Merrick Garland
Date: January 5, 2023
Docket Number: 20-2279
PEM Entities LLC v. County of Franklin  
Date: January 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1317

Justia Opinion Summary: A real estate development company PEM Entities LLC (PEM), asserts a North Carolina county violated the Federal Constitution and state law by imposing new rules for getting water and sewage services. The district court…

Gerald Corder v. Antero Resources Corporation  
Date: January 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1715

Justia Opinion Summary: These consolidated cases involve a dispute between Antero Resources Corporation (“Antero”) and a group of landowners (“Lessors”) over the payment of natural gas royalties under several oil and gas leases. The leases…

Melvin Robinson, III v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: January 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-2258
US v. Lonnie Malone  
Date: January 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6242

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was sentenced to 330 months in federal prison for the use of a firearm to facilitate a drug offense and for a drug conspiracy. After serving eleven years in prison, Defendant filed his first motion for…

Jeffrey Corporal v. Lt. Pennington
Date: January 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7177
In re: Robert Foster
Date: January 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1952
US v. Stephen Lacy
Date: January 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6183
David Meyers v. Todd Ishee
Date: January 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6462
US v. Johnson Ogunlana
Date: January 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6871
US v. Joshua Roberts
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 19-4286
In re: Jason Rheinstein
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 20-9505
Vivian Green v. Board of Education of Anne Arundel County
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1552
Amos Jones v. Campbell University
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1921
Bioiberica Nebraska, Inc. v. Nutramax Manufacturing, Inc.
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1978
US v. Quinton Cuthbertson
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4069
US v. Christopher Miles
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4187
US v. Emmanuel Blount
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4257
US v. Terrell Anderson
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4576
US v. Nykeem Odom
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4685
Jeffrey Pleasant v. Mark Breckon
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6071
Kewia Hunter v. Richard Hudgins
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-6771
US v. Keanan Bond  
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7066

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, facing at least 1,054 months in prison for a string of armed robberies, reached a plea agreement and instead was sentenced to 384 months. Soon after, Congress passed the First Step Act, changing the…

Angel Mejia-Aguilar v. Merrick Garland
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1013
Regina Hunter El v. Elijah Hunter
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1015
James Morris v. Taylor Communications Secure & Customer Solutions
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1365
Xerox Corporation v. Rimm Holdings, Inc.
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1500
In re: Donovan Williams
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1937
US v. Dwayne Littlejohn
Date: January 4, 2023
Docket Number: 22-6726
US v. Roderick Williams  
Date: January 3, 2023
Docket Number: 19-7354

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant s filed a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(3) motion for relief from the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. Section 2255 motion to vacate his conviction. The district court denied the Rule 60(b)(3)…

Jose Salazar v. Merrick Garland  
Date: January 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1967

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks a review of the denial of his petition for cancellation of removal. The Board of Immigration Appeals determined that Petitioner was ineligible for cancellation of removal…

US v. Weldon Jackson
Date: January 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4037
US v. Luis Pineda Anchecta
Date: January 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4109
US v. Anthony Lee
Date: January 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4362
US v. Charvez Brooks
Date: January 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4569
US v. Keanan Bond  
Date: January 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-7066

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant facing at least 1,054 months in prison for a string of armed robberies, reached a plea agreement and instead was sentenced to 384 months. Soon after, Congress passed the First Step Act, changing the…

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