Minor v. Bostwick Lab., Inc.
Date: January 27, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1258
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was hired as a medical technologist on December 24, 2007. On May 6, 2008, plaintiff and others met with the chief operating officer to discuss plaintiff's belief that her supervisor willfully violated the Fair…
US v. Julio Tejeda
Date: January 27, 2012
Docket Number:
10-5106
United States v. Gaine
Date: January 27, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4032
Justia Opinion Summary: An officer in the backseat of a marked car claims that he observed a car with a cracked windshield. The officers followed and pulled the car over. They observed defendant, a passenger in the rear, moving around in his…
US v. Torrey Williams
Date: January 27, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4449
US v. Russell Rogers
Date: January 26, 2012
Docket Number:
09-6404
EEOC v. Great Steaks, Inc.
Date: January 26, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1756
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arose from an unsuccessful Title VII action brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Great Steaks, Inc. The EEOC accused Great Steaks of subjecting female employees to a sexually…
Turkson v. Holder
Date: January 26, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1984
Justia Opinion Summary: Ghana-born Petitioner James Turkson asked an immigration judge (IJ) to defer his removal from the United States because he believed that he would be tortured if returned to his native Ghana. The IJ ruled that Petitioner…
US v. Fernando Avalos
Date: January 26, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4297
US v. Jose Pineda-Tejada
Date: January 26, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4499
US v. Benjamin Jones
Date: January 26, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4503
US v. Deontrayvia Adams
Date: January 25, 2012
Docket Number:
07-4993
United States v. Hornsby
Date: January 25, 2012
Docket Number:
08-5267
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, the CEO of Maryland's Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCS), was convicted of several counts of honest-services fraud, tampering with evidence, and obstruction of justice. Defendant's convictions…
Walker v. Medtronic, Inc.
Date: January 25, 2012
Docket Number:
10-2219
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed from the district court's holding that her common law tort claims against Medtronic were preempted by the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 (MDA), as interpreted by Riegel v. Medtronic. On appeal,…
United States v. Moore
Date: January 25, 2012
Docket Number:
10-4474
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted as a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) and subsequently moved to dismiss on the grounds that the statute violated his Second Amendment rights. The district court…
United States v. Thomas
Date: January 25, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4065
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, an inmate at Hazelton, appealed his convictions and sentence for two counts of assaulting a correctional officer. On appeal, defendant raised several challenges. The court held that neither of the asserted…
US v. Thomas Norman
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
07-4714
US v. Antwain Council
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
09-4073
US v. Douglas Stallworth
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
09-4659
US v. Derrick Evans
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
09-4769
US v. Bernard Weiters, Jr.
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
10-5045
Millard Harman v. David Bunch
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1748
Zong Zhu v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-2065
US v. Dyrrle Osborne
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4351
US v. Richard Wager
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4773
Allen Panfile, Sr. v. Gene Johnson
Date: January 24, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7291
US v. Sanchez Hudson
Date: January 23, 2012
Docket Number:
09-4667
United States v. Carter
Date: January 23, 2012
Docket Number:
09-5074
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm while being an unlawful user of marijuana, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3). At issue was whether defendant's section 922(g)(3) conviction violated his Second Amendment…
Bullock v. Napolitano
Date: January 23, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1222
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a racial discrimination action under Title VII in a North Carolina state court, naming the Secretary as a defendant. The Secretary removed the case to federal court under 28 U.S.C. 1442(a) and then filed…
United States v. Strieper
Date: January 23, 2012
Docket Number:
10-5060
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted and sentenced for attempted enticement, receipt of child pornography, and possession of child pornography. At issue was whether the district court properly applied two five-level enhancements and…
US v. Todd Tyson
Date: January 23, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4614
Lebron, et al. v. Rumsfeld, et al.
Date: January 23, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6480
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, presently incarcerated due to his conviction after trial for federal crimes of terrorism, and his mother, sued for legal and equitable relief based on plaintiff's prior military detention as an "enemy…
US v. David Shanton, Sr.
Date: January 20, 2012
Docket Number:
09-4617
National Union Fire Insurance v. Ezra Lambert
Date: January 20, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1557
US v. Samuel Manning
Date: January 20, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4588
Michael Williams v. G. Branker
Date: January 20, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6329
Jermaine Spruill v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 20, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7116
US v. Lloyd Mallory
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
10-4711
Martha Strong v. Comm of Social Security
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1502
US v. Dennis Miracle
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4135
US v. Nicolas Perez-Garcia
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4395
US v. Juan Barragan
Date: January 19, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6996
United States v. Ramos-Cruz
Date: January 18, 2012
Docket Number:
08-4647
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of nine criminal counts related to his membership in the gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). Defendant appealed, among other things, his convictions under 18 U.S.C. 1512(a)(1)(C) for aiding and…
US v. Ronald Poulin
Date: January 18, 2012
Docket Number:
10-4418
Michael Abate v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 18, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1671
United States v. Venable
Date: January 18, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4216
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted on the charge of possessing a firearm while being a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). Defendant, an African American, moved to dismiss the indictment, claiming that the U.S. Attorney's…
US v. Steven Stewart
Date: January 18, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4420
US v. Gregory Burwell
Date: January 18, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6995
Gregory Gordon v. Brian Huncke
Date: January 18, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7338
Gregory Gordon v. Brian Huncke
Date: January 18, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7396
United States v. Winfield
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
10-5032
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Defendant subsequently challenged the district court's jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. 3583(e) to impose a second prison sentence for…
Hennis v. Hemlick, et al.
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
10-6400
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the district court's decision to abstain, on the basis of Schlesinger v. Councilman, and dismiss without prejudice his petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging the U.S. Army's exercise of…
Jeffrey Corporal v. Philip Morgan
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
10-7721
DeShane McCaskey v. Jana Henry
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1650
Rick Perry v. Charles Judd
Date: January 17, 2012
Docket Number:
12-1067
United States. v. Jones; United States v. Jones
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Numbers:
10-4442, 10-4698
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants, husband and wife, appealed their convictions for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and dispense, and to possess with intent to distribute and dispense, methamphetamine. On appeal, defendants contended…
US v. Mirwais Mohamadi
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Number:
10-4704
Clinton Smith v. Gerald Branker
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Number:
10-7417
Hui Chen v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1010
LeSueur-Richmond Slate Corp. v. Fehrer
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1112
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of its civil action brought against defendants for alleged Fourth Amendment violations in conjunction with warrantless searches of plaintiff's mining facility. From December 2007 to June…
US v. Corey Cox
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4557
US v. Jeffrey Hopkin
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4905
William Smith v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 13, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7266
Helmut Porkert v. Chevron Corporation
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1384
US v. Melvin Morton
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
10-5158
Clarence Ridout v. KEP Morrisville Realty, LLC
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1384
US v. Luis Perez-Gonzalez
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4403
US v. George Gray
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4501
US v. Jose Mercado
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4530
Jeffrey Weston v. Warden Perry Correctional In
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6688
US v. Bernard Nathaniel Christian
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7026
US v. Alan Fabian
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7028
Michael Hunt v. Tony Rand
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7158
Mario Parker v. Michael Bell
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7174
Michael Crawford v. Gene Johnson
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7247
Wesley Carroll v. Department of the Army
Date: January 12, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7302
Fortier v. Principal Life Ins. Co.
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1441
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff commenced this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., claiming that the administrator of the Principal Life policies had misconstrued the policies in…
Lee-Thomas v. Prince George's County Public Sch.
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1699
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff initiated this proceeding in the district court alleging that the Board violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq., by failing to reasonably accommodate her hearing disability.…
Warren v. Sessoms & Rogers, P.A.
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Numbers:
10-2105, 10-2155
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued defendants, a law firm and its attorney, alleging that they violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.c. 1692 et seq. At issue was whether defendants' Rule 68 offer of judgment mooted…
Peabody Holding Co. v. United Mine Workers of America
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
10-2134
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose when Union entered into a limited job-preference agreement with Peabody Coal where the agreement included an arbitration clause. The district court subsequently entered judgment in favor of Union, ruling…
Zelaya v. Holder, Jr.
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
10-2401
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitioned for review of the BIA's order affirming the denial of his claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the CAT. The court held that the BIA's…
US v. Ulices Alider Rivas-Cruz
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4344
US v. Eureka Goodwin
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4483
Myron Nunn v. Roy Cooper
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6841
Thomas Lowery v. SC Dept Probation Parole
Date: January 11, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7349
Carl Tobias v. Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
10-2298
US v. Meehwan Ro
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
10-4406
Ohio River Valley v. Kenneth Salazar
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1049
Yassir Mahmoudi v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1698
Ronald Luber v. Anne Arundel County Maryland
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1825
US v. Keili Dyson
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4350
US v. Clevo Shuff
Date: January 10, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4426
Cibula, et al. v. United States
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1245
Justia Opinion Summary: After the negligence of government doctors in California caused significant and irreversible brain damage to J.C., his parents brought a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. 2674, suit against the United States.…
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
10-4523
US v. Nakia German
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
10-5179
Annette Campbell v. US
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1554
Digaffa Urga v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1581
US v. Reginald Reid
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4048
US v. Corenzo Mobery
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4143
Michael Hicks v. David Ballard
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6453
United States v. Timm
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Numbers:
11-6886, 11-6941
Justia Opinion Summary: The government appealed from the judgment of the district court dismissing its action to civilly commit respondent as a "sexually dangerous person" under 18 U.S.C. 4248. The district court held that the statute as…
Dwayne Williams v. Samuel Glover
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6944
US v. James Delfino
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7082
United States v. Hall
Date: January 9, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7102
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose out of the federal government's initiation of civil commitment proceedings against respondent via a certification that he was a "sexually dangerous person" under 18 U.S.C. 4248, enacted as part of the…
Gina Lee v. James Anasti
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1772
US v. Darryl Nichols
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
10-4018
US v. Clifton Washington
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
10-4461
US v. Terrance Richardson
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
10-4719
Marielle Kronberg v. Lyndon Larouche
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1015
April Fiske v. Michael Astrue
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1335
Kimberly Bagnal v. Foremost Insurance Group
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1414
Hui Chen v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1433
William Shanklin v. Kenneth Seal
Date: January 6, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6942
US v. Decardio Glisson
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
10-4121
US v. Miguel Olivas-Orellana
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
10-4928
Robert Otiso v. US
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
10-5031
Hancock v. Astrue
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1001
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's order affirming the Commissioner's denial of her application for supplemental security income (SSI). The court found that substantial evidence supported the ALJ's conclusion that…
Huichun Lin v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1077
Yannick Toure v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1640
Charles Ndah v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1674
Douglas Libert v. Parkersburg City Police
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1799
US v. Erick Roman
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4201
US v. Kareem Bligen
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4390
US v. Juan Lopez Preciado
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4428
US v. James Terrell, III
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4518
US v. Danine Rydland
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4566
US v. Wendy Brock
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4619
US v. Manuel Page
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4646
US v. Christopher Watkin
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4759
US v. William Almond
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6873
Catherine Randolph v. Superintendent
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6917
US v. Ruben Noyola Garcia
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6983
US v. Barry Coleman, Jr.
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7087
David Conn v. Ken Stolle
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7099
Pierre Byrd v. Mildred Rivera
Date: January 5, 2012
Docket Number:
11-7236
South Carolina Association v. Rocky Disabato
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
10-1540
US v. David Cox
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
10-4140
United States v. Chapman
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
10-5071
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction of one count of violating 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), which prohibited a person who was subject to a domestic violence protection order issued under certain specified circumstances from, inter…
US v. Jawaun Smith
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
10-5320
Benoit Tshiwala v. Gregg Hershberger
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
10-7455
James Gibson v. Wells Fargo Bank
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1165
Lee Young v. North Carolina Agriculture
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1244
Syed Ashair Ali v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1737
Kester Obamighie v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
11-1882
US v. Robert McNeal
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4340
US v. Ricardo Elvin Martinez
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4607
John Eastwood v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 4, 2012
Docket Number:
11-6709
US v. Gregory Whyte
Date: January 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4187
US v. Leroy Ragin
Date: January 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4385
US v. Christian Lopez-Perez
Date: January 3, 2012
Docket Number:
11-4732
