2016 Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

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Larry Williams v. Warden Bodison
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7667
US v. Demario Covington
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7727
US v. Billy Highsmith
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7768
US v. Michael Clark
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7770
US v. Michael Bell
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7781
US v. Yulian Carillo-Tamayo
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7783
US v. Saipen Cherdrum Williams
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7790
Casey Luczak v. Terry O'Brien
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7801
William Sims v. Unknown
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7816
US v. Treadway Manning
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7821
US v. Kevin Deese
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7832
Robert A. Williamson v. Medical Department
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7881
US v. Larry Johnson
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7932
US v. Damon Elliott
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7947
US v. Angelo Galloway
Date: February 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-8018
Pornomo v. United States  
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2391

Justia Opinion Summary: Sie Giok Giang, a passenger on a Sky Express interstate, was killed when the driver fell asleep at the wheel and ran the bus off the side of a highway. About seven weeks before the crash, Sky Express had been given an…

US ex rel. Beauchamp v. Academi Training Center  
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1148

Justia Opinion Summary: Relators filed suit under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729-3733, alleging that Academi knowingly submitted false claims to the United States in connection with a government contract to provide security services…

Ronald Buford v. Ammar's Inc.
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1228
George Washington v. Coastal International Security
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1832
Valery Pouemi v. Commissioner of IRS
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2101
Tishisa Braziel v. Charlestown Owners Association
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2112
Daniel Ross v. Carolyn Colvin
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2149
In Re: Daniel Brown
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2162
Dayyan Bey ex rel. Sealey v. Rex Davis
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2191
In Re: Michael Grafmuller
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2201
In Re: Brian Schumaker
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2286
Constance Adamson v. World Government Communist Party
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2474
In Re: Norman Kerr
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2497
H. Laskey v. City of Baltimore
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2509
In Re: Dominique Adams
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2573
US v. Jimmott Thomas
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4382
US v. Junior Merilia
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4398
US v. Timothy Cleveland
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4481
Demar Worrell v. Sergeant Sparks
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7059
Abel Brizuela v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7147
US v. Jesse Davison
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7202
Malcolm Muhammad v. Chaplain Jackson
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7294
Roger Deal, Sr. v. Warden Richardson
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7319
Robert Joyce v. Randall Mathena
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7331
US v. Isaiah Miller
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7421
US v. Josand Farmer
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7440
Jonothan Vick v. Warden, Broad River Correctional
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7451
US v. Janeek Wiggan
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7462
Jose Anzaldo v. Cecelia Reynolds
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7489
US v. Willie Mitchell
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7510
Samuel Whitner v. Division of Appellate Defense
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7513
US v. Keith James
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7534
US v. Reginald Avent
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7566
Garry Sanders v. State of North Carolina
Date: February 25, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7641
US v. Hector Gastelo
Date: February 24, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4159
John Kuplen v. Frank Perry
Date: February 24, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7218
Ricky Nelson v. Karen Brown
Date: February 24, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7635
United States v. Robinson  
Date: February 23, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4902

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant conditionally pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, preserving his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. Because the carrying of a concealed firearm is not itself illegal…

St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co. v. THF Clarksburg Development Two
Date: February 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1453
Stop R.E.I.D. v. Federal Election Commission  
Date: February 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1455

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants appealed a district court order granting summary judgment against them in their claims challenging the constitutionality of certain contribution limits established by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971…

Richard Mays v. Keith Whitener
Date: February 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7500
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: February 23, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7550
Oxygene v. Lynch  
Date: February 22, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-2380, 15-1099

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native of Haiti, seeks review of the denial of his application for deferral or removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) and the denial of his motion to reopen removal proceedings. The BIA…

Tyrone Hurt v. US
Date: February 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2267
Tyrone Hurt v. Baltimore MD, Chief of Police
Date: February 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2325
US v. Dan Gatlin
Date: February 22, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7583
United States v. Adams  
Date: February 19, 2016
Docket Number: 13-7107

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g). The court concluded that the district court erred in dismissing defendant’s claim as barred by the waiver…

Perdue Foods LLC v. BRF S.A.  
Date: February 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2120

Justia Opinion Summary: Perdue appealed the district court's dismissal of its breach of contract action against BRF for lack of personal jurisdiction. The court concluded that Perdue has alleged few facts to satisfy its prima facie burden in…

W.C. and A.N. Miller Development v. Continental Casualty Company
Date: February 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2327
US v. Alejandro Garcia-Lagunas
Date: February 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4370
United States v. Berry  
Date: February 19, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4934

Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pled guilty to failing to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, 42 U.S.C. 16911(4)(A), the district court calculated defendant's Guidelines range as if he…

US v. Raoul Lafond
Date: February 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7456
US v. Kenneth Reid
Date: February 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7994
US v. Lamar Hampton
Date: February 18, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4410
Vincent Cox v. State of North Carolina
Date: February 18, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7239
US v. Tony Logan
Date: February 18, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7428
Deborah Hyatt v. Prudential Insurance Company
Date: February 17, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2305
Leo Acuna Rocha v. Loretta Lynch
Date: February 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1741
Manuel Caceres-Marroquin v. Loretta Lynch
Date: February 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1775
Steven Sodipo v. Commissioner of IRS
Date: February 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2089
Teresa Lee-Bautista v. John Bautista, Jr.
Date: February 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2176
US v. Shaking Fisher
Date: February 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4426
In re: Juan Hyman
Date: February 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4584
Anthony Wright v. Kenneth Lassiter
Date: February 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6958
US v. Justin Strom
Date: February 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7401
US v. Monroe Herring
Date: February 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7466
Momolu V.S. Sirleaf v. C. Wall
Date: February 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-8017
Momolu V.S. Sirleaf v. David Robinson
Date: February 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-8022
US v. Frank Bailey
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 13-7863
United States v. McLaughlin  
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4920

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1344. Defendant signed a waiver of appellate rights as part of her plea agreement. Nonetheless, defendant challenged the establishment of her Sentencing…

US v. Mercy Coffie-Joseph
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4924
Ojo v. Lynch  
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1138

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native of Nigeria and the adopted son of a United States citizen, petitioned for review of the BIA's denial of his motion to reopen removal proceedings. At issue is the statutory phrase, “adopted while…

Bank of Commerce v. Maryland Financial Bank
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1328
Terry Rholetter v. Carolyn Colvin
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1424
William Conrad v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1757
Randy Byers v. Alamance County, NC
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1923
US v. Jon Clements
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4264
US v. Michael Dozier
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4293
US v. Andre Rogers
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4372
Otto Normand v. B. Wells
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6774
Joe Fulgham v. None
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7429
Keith Troxler v. Brian Wells
Date: February 16, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7501
Nishan Singh v. Loretta Lynch
Date: February 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1943
US v. Trinidad Balderas-Sanchez
Date: February 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4475
Isa Greene v. Randy Scott
Date: February 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1619
Robert Lepelletier, Jr. v. John Tran
Date: February 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1703
US v. Antonio Butts
Date: February 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4469
US v. Samuel Parris
Date: February 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7021
US v. Sironda Sanders
Date: February 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7332
US v. Thurman Young
Date: February 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7422
Tashon Sampson v. Warden Reynolds
Date: February 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7426
US v. John White
Date: February 10, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4944
Mauricio Bonilla v. Loretta Lynch
Date: February 10, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1628
The Muhler Company, Inc. v. Ply Gem Holdings, Inc.
Date: February 10, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1843
US v. Rigoberto Ocampo
Date: February 10, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4337
US v. Ronnie Howard
Date: February 10, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4533
Malcolm Muhammad v. Leslie Green
Date: February 10, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6638
US v. Wendell Lloyd, Jr.
Date: February 10, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6852
Jeffrey Coleman v. John Jabe
Date: February 10, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6975
US v. Kenneth Goode
Date: February 10, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7409
US v. Chun-Yu Zhao
Date: February 10, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7493
US v. Monique Arp
Date: February 10, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7593
National Federation of the Blind v. Lamone  
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2001

Justia Opinion Summary: Maryland allows any voter to vote via absentee ballot. Plaintiffs filed suit under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12132, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. 794, against…

Charles Brown v. Carolyn Colvin
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2106
Andon, LLC v. The City of Newport News, VA  
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2358

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against the City, alleging that the City, acting through it's Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA), violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. 2000cc et seq., by…

US v. Kentrell McIntyre
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4186
Grueninger v. Director, VDOC  
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 14-7072

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was arrested for sexually abusing his fourteen-year-old daughter and, during his first interview, he said he needed an attorney. Petitioner was reinterviewed three days later without an attorney present and…

Eyvonne Artis v. U.S. Foods Service
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1477
Erdenesuren Dagamjav v. Loretta Lynch
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1516
Ming Huang v. Loretta Lynch
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1692
Tyrone Hurt v. US
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1953
Gloria Johnson v. Masonite International Corporation
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2166
US v. Duane Fox
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4248
US v. Randall Hillian
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4302
US v. Demario Gladden
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4430
US v. Patrick Chambers
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4462
Moadian Bratton-Bey v. Jason Straughan
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6241
Brian Farabee v. Ann Baskervill
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7311
US v. Marlon Bramwell
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7345
John Mack, Jr. v. John Burgess
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7380
Thomas Stout, Jr. v. S. Crawford
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7385
Larry Edwards v. Donald Mobley
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7504
US v. Michael Davis
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7514
US v. Isaac Armstead, IV
Date: February 9, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7658
US v. Roland Ware
Date: February 8, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4797
K & D Holdings, LLC v. Equitrans, L.P.
Date: February 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1166
Jesse James v. Barry Faile
Date: February 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6689
US v. Albert Hardy, Jr.
Date: February 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6966
Delbert Copeland v. E.R. Johnson
Date: February 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7212
US v. Troy Walker
Date: February 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7280
US v. Jeffrey Banks
Date: February 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7295
Sidney Evans, III v. Brad Perritt
Date: February 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7326
Luis Rosario v. Frank Perry
Date: February 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7328
Mandrey Davis v. Captain Hilborn
Date: February 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7356
Avenger Ridgeway v. Marion Warren
Date: February 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7554
Kenneth Lucero v. Wayne Early
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1305
Wen Ni v. Loretta Lynch
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1579
The Leiser Law Firm, PLLC v. The Supreme Court of Virginia
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1581
Ricardo Reyes v. Loretta Lynch
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1672
Ueston Lewis v. Gordon Ferguson
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2057
US v. Steven Walker
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4200
US v. Benjamin Calderon
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4242
US v. Javota Jeter
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4390
US v. Kenneth Jacobs
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4401
US v. Stanley Gillom
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4425
Andrew Drayton, Jr. v. State
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6471
US v. Kareem Horton
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6757
US v. Willie Barnes
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6931
US v. Paul Tillage
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7187
Jeffrey Pleasant v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7258
US v. Jermaine Bennett
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7343
Nicholas Baker v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7405
US v. Dave Taylor
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7407
David Smith v. US
Date: February 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7682
Kolbe v. Hogan, Jr.  
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 14-1945

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit challenging Maryland's Firearm Safety Act (FSA), Md. Code, Crim. Law 4-303(a), which, among other things, bans law-abiding citizens, with the exception of retired law enforcement officers, from…

It's My Party, Inc. v. Live Nation, Inc.  
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1278

Justia Opinion Summary: IMP filed suit against LN, alleging that LN violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. 1 et seq., by engaging in monopolization, tying arrangements, and exclusive dealing in the music concert industry. IMP and LN both…

Stephen Owusu v. Loretta Lynch
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1492
Ronald Paul v. Paul de Holczer
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2059
US v. Allen Mack
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4144
US v. Taurean Davis
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4208
US v. Jeffrey Gregory
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4222
US v. Michael Rea
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4257
US v. Johnni Gomez
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4298
US v. Andre Cook
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4473
Tremon Doctor v. Robert Stevenson
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7303
US v. Ricardo Bornales, III
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7310
Glen Harrison, Jr. v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7362
US v. Kyle Campbell
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7391
US v. Tyrell Saunders
Date: February 4, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7471
US v. Anthony Carrothers
Date: February 3, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4684
US v. Fred Boadu
Date: February 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4016
US v. Dennis Howard
Date: February 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4348
John Mills v. Warden Lieber Correctional
Date: February 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7276
Clorey France v. State of North Carolina
Date: February 3, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7346
Knox Energy, LLC v. Gasco Drilling, Inc.
Date: February 2, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2256
US v. Leland Nielsen, III
Date: February 2, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4650
Hayes v. Delbert Services Corp.  
Date: February 2, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-1170, 15-1217

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a putative class action against Delbert alleging that Delbert violated debt collection practices. The district court granted Delbert's motion to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA),…

Curtis Taylor, Sr. v. DepÂ’t of the U.S. Navy
Date: February 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1840
US v. Jonathan Johnson
Date: February 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4371
US v. Jahbou Drakes
Date: February 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4406
US v. Pamela Oxendine
Date: February 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4493
US v. Lance Murchison
Date: February 2, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7370
US v. Travis Lamont Foote
Date: February 2, 2016
Docket Number: 16-6305
Warfaa v. Ali  
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-1810, 14-1934

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, a colonel in the Somali National Army, under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), 28 U.S.C. 1350, and the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA), 28 U.S.C.1350, alleging several…

Frederick Aikens v. William Ingram, Jr.
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2419
US v. Antonio Smith
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4062
US v. Shawnetta Belton
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4310
US v. Michael Poteat
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4435
US v. Travis France
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6662
Fernando Horton v. Frank Bishop
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6695
Leon White v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7068
US v. Noe Pineda-Albarron
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7204
Malcolm Muhammad v. R. Mathena
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7219
Nathan Cole v. Gregory Holloway
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7224
Michael Frazier v. Donald Mobley
Date: February 1, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7438
Central Radio Company Inc. v. City of Norfolk
Date: January 29, 2016
Docket Number: 13-1996
United States ex rel. May v. Purdue Pharma L.P.  
Date: January 29, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2299

Justia Opinion Summary: Relators filed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq., against Purdue, alleging that the company was involved in a fraudulent scheme regarding the equianalgesic ratio of OxyContin. The…

Aikens v. Ingram, Jr.  
Date: January 29, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2419

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against two former members of the North Carolina Army National Guard, Adjutant General William E. Ingram, and Lieutenant Colonel Peter von Jess, alleging that defendants violated…

Dennis Bond, Sr. v. Marriott International, Inc.
Date: January 29, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1160
Dawnn McCleary-Evans v. MD DepÂ’t of Transportation
Date: January 29, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1409
US v. Hector Portillo
Date: January 29, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7299
US v. Brian Rogers
Date: January 29, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7333
William Deaton v. Officer John Doe
Date: January 29, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7413
United States v. Williams  
Date: January 28, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-4680, 14-4689

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants David James Williams, III and Kristin Deantanetta Williams appealed from their conviction and sentence to one count of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine and cocaine base. Both defendants stipulated…

Mounir Ben Hassine v. Loretta Lynch
Date: January 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1352
Teresa Ford v. US
Date: January 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1729
Toyri Brandon v. National Credit Union Association
Date: January 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1884
Mark Roberts v. US Parole Commission
Date: January 28, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7216
US v. Charles Thomson
Date: January 27, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4167
Dorarena Boyd v. Robert Murray
Date: January 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1979
US v. Cedric Jenkins
Date: January 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4101
US v. Sandy Parsons
Date: January 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4254
Cassius Jones v. Drew Stanley
Date: January 27, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7351
EMCOR Group, Inc. v. Great American Insurance Company
Date: January 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-1682
Brenda Finney v. Carolyn Colvin
Date: January 26, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2141
Angell v. Stubbs & Perdue, P.A.  
Date: January 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1316

Justia Opinion Summary: Stubbs is owed approximately $200,000 in legal fees from representing debtor in bankruptcy proceedings. Debtor is subject to nearly $1 million in secured tax claims, and the estate has insufficient funds to pay both…

Magdalena Kubicka v. Loretta Lynch
Date: January 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1553
US v. Lee Smith
Date: January 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4218
US v. Pablo Ramirez-Alaniz
Date: January 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6003
US v. Henry Taylor, Jr.
Date: January 26, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7339
Joyce Anderson v. Consolidation Coal Company
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2048
L. Hall v. Greystar Management Services
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2145
Colon Health Ctrs. v. Hazel  
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2283

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit arguing that Virginia's certificate of need (CON) law, a program that governs the establishment and expansion of certain medical facilities inside the state, unconstitutionally violates the dormant…

Knox Creek Coal Corp. v. Secretary of Labor  
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2313

Justia Opinion Summary: Knox Creek challenged the Commission's determination that four uncontested violations of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. 814(d)(1), by Knox Creek were “significant and substantial.” In regard to…

In Re: Robert Green, Sr.
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2154
US v. Daniel Rodriguez
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4180
US v. Joseph Foust
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4374
US v. Tony Daniels
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7188
Vincent Cole v. Baltimore City Police DepÂ’t
Date: January 21, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7322
United States v. Moore  
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Numbers: 14-4645, 14-4646

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Moore and Latham appealed convictions for their participation in a murder-for-hire plot targeting Latham's estranged wife. The court held that the jury instructions did not constructively amend the indictment…

US v. Robert Scott, Jr.
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4899
USA ex rel. Juan Walterspiel v. Bayer AG
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1459
Henry Okpala v. Computer Sciences Corporation
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1637
Cleo Christopher v. St. Vincent de Paul
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1769
Beza Consulting, Inc. v. Muluneh Yadeta
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1859
Christopher Alipui v. Brian Byerson
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7019
Darnell Walker v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7234
Lamar Jordan v. Keith Davis
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7238
US v. James Webb
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7240
Michael Grafmuller v. Joseph Wegner
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7268
Christopher LeFever v. US
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7285
US v. Jermaine Berry
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7350
US v. Edgardo Barron-Espinosa
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7353
James McDowell v. Carol Mitchell-Hamilton
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7357
Leon Morris v. Charles Samuels, Jr.
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7364
US v. Gregory Rutledge
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7365
Stephen Chrzan, Jr. v. Paul Butler, Jr.
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7378
US v. Barry Johnson
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7384
US v. Ronnie Rainey
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7387
US v. Charles Torian
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7419
William Dawson, Jr. v. Larry Cartledge
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7420
US v. Calvin Young
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7433
US v. Rodney Wilson
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7441
Craig Scott v. Charles Williams
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7447
Robert Tippens, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7475
US v. Damon Dock, Jr.
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7487
US v. Tiron Wheeler
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7490
US v. Larry Deffenbaugh
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7498
Sulyaman Wasalaam v. Christ Young
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7512
US v. Jay Briley
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7521
US v. Michael Page
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7557
Rodney Braxton v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7558
US v. Telvon Taylor
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7572
James Roudabush, Jr. v. Theodore Nelson
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7584
Marcus Thomas v. L. Ross
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7622
US v. Samuel Braxton
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7637
US v. Corey Duggins
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7643
US v. Michael Dyson
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7647
James Roudabush, Jr. v. Lieutenant Josiah
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7662
US v. Rene Ellis
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7669
US v. Jeffrey Pleasant
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7681
Henry Martin, Jr. v. Myecha Miley
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7726
US v. Jerry Jackson, Jr.
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7738
US v. Rafas Camp
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7740
US v. Chester Griffiths
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7808
US v. David Williams
Date: January 20, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7854
Southern Management Corporation v. Chawky Jabaly
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1666
Chadwick Myers v. Commissioner of IRS
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1967
Beverley Wilson v. Jason Moss
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1983
Jerry Hurst v. Guy Harbert
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2000
In Re: Bobby Roddy
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2005
Abu Ala Badruddoza v. Commissioner of IRS
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2007
In Re: Karl McDonald
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2013
Charles McLean v. Caldwell Memorial Hospital
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2015
Robert El-Bey v. City of Hampton Police
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2033
Nicolle Conyers v. Virginia Housing Development
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2050
Christie Brown v. Top Guard
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2054
Pamela Melvin v. USA Today
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2055
Shirley Barnes v. SamÂ’s East Wholesale Club #8220
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2077
Shirley Hirshauer v. Thomas Ross
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2109
In Re: Billy Lunsford
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2126
Danara McLaurin v. Verizon Maryland, Incorporated
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2172
Theodore Justice v. The State of North Carolina
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2195
Jacqueline Young v. Didlake, Inc.
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2217
Hieda Keeler v. Howard Gwynn
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2256
James Spivey, Jr. v. Timco Aviation Services
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2264
Hieda Keeler v. City of Hampton
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2306
In Re: Christopher Oden
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2308
David Bardes v. L. Auld
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2396
Eric Flores v. United States Department of Education
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2417
US v. Montrell Tucker
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4169
US v. Jairo Garcia
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4227
US v. Jessica Ordonez
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4238
US v. Cornelius Woods
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4285
US v. Ted Robinson
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4385
US v. Courtney Pauling
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4455
Shannon Todd v. Warden
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6620
Thomas Isbell v. US
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6749
Rafael Romero v. Warden
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6961
US v. Keith Massenburg
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7071
US v. Anthony McQueen
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7105
US v. Christopher Myers
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7171
US v. Todd Short
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7237
Danilo Aldublin-Robleto v. FCC II Butner
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7251
Demetrius Smalls v. Joseph McFadden
Date: January 19, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7265
McFarland v. Wells Fargo Bank  
Date: January 15, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2126

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Wells Fargo, alleging that his mortgage agreement, providing him with a loan far in excess of his home’s actual value, was an “unconscionable contract” under the West Virginia Consumer Credit…

Evanston Insurance Company v. Agape Senior Primary Care, Inc
Date: January 15, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2268
US v. John Bird, Jr.
Date: January 15, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4711
US v. Jermaine Jenkins
Date: January 15, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4095
US v. Juan Guerrero
Date: January 15, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4292
Mike Settle v. Michael Slager
Date: January 15, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7052
Cisson v. C. R. Bard, Inc.  
Date: January 14, 2016
Docket Numbers: 15-1102, 15-1137

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal stems from multi-district litigation involving transvaginal mesh medical devices used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and other pelvic issues. The jury awarded plaintiff $250,000 in compensatory damages, and…

Peerless Indemnity Insurance v. City of Greensboro
Date: January 14, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1790
US v. Miquan Smith
Date: January 14, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4008
US v. Michael Florig
Date: January 14, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4472
Zulfiqar Kahn v. FedEx Office and Print Services
Date: January 13, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1748
Glenn Stephens, III v. US
Date: January 13, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1940
Charles Hoye v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 13, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7016
US v. Richard Bernard
Date: January 13, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7116
US v. Michael Speed
Date: January 12, 2016
Docket Number: 14-7298
Larry Austin v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Date: January 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1229
Kinyam Tewelikum v. Loretta Lynch
Date: January 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1398
US v. Aaron Carmichael
Date: January 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4279
Mark Bedford v. Gordon Erby
Date: January 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7154
Askew v. HRFC, LLC  
Date: January 11, 2016
Docket Number: 14-1384

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that HRFC violated the Maryland Credit Grantor Closed End Credit Provisions (CLEC), Md. Code Ann., Com. Law 12-1001 et seq., breached a retail installment sales contract, and violated the…

In Re: Outsidewall Tire Litigation
Date: January 11, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2192
Bauer v. Lynch  
Date: January 11, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2323

Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff flunked out of the FBI Academy by failing to perform the required amount of push-ups, he filed suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-16(c). Plaintiff alleged that the FBI…

US v. Kelvin Brown
Date: January 11, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4936
Estate of Ronald Armstrong v. The Village of Pinehurst  
Date: January 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1191

Justia Opinion Summary: The Estate of Ronald H. Armstrong appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the Village and members of the police department on its excessive force claims. The court held that defendants used…

Robin Grathwol v. Coastal Carolina Developers
Date: January 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1233
In Re: Anirudh Sukhu
Date: January 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1903
US v. Daniel Mathis
Date: January 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4579
David Miller v. Katy Poole
Date: January 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7207
US v. Felipe Gonzalez
Date: January 11, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7312
Route 231, LLC v. Commissioner  
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: 14-1983

Justia Opinion Summary: The Commissioner issued a Final Partnership Administrative Adjustment (FPAA) indicating that Route 231 should have reported the $3,816,000 it received from Virginia Conservation, one of its members, as gross income and…

US v. Cristian Beltran
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4931
Isiah Barber v. Eric Wilson
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6952
US v. Roger Jones, III
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7069
US v. Janeiro Burgess
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7225
US v. Michael Rufus
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7418
United States v. Martinovich  
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: 13-4828

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence for one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, four counts of wire fraud, five counts of mail fraud, and seven counts of money-laundering. The court affirmed the…

United States v. White  
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: 14-4375

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence for three counts of violating 18 U.S.C. 875(b), which makes it a felony to transmit threats in interstate commerce with the intent to extort, and one count of the lesser…

Kenneth Barfield v. Kershaw County
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1198
Charity Swift v. Frontier Airlines, Incorporated
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1261
Calvin Norton v. Jeffrey Rosier
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1383
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. Ivy Inocencio
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1391
Robert Gambuti v. Carolyn Colvin
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1414
Mary Rowe v. Goldsboro Wayne Transportation
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1742
US v. Robert Miller
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4076
Stanley Corbett, Jr. v. G. J. Branker
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7486
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1463
US v. David Drayton
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4042
US v. Denetria Myles
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4107
US v. Rodney Clegg
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4232
US v. Eric Zuspan
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4294
US v. Jeremy Saunders
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4413
Pearlie Ingram v. US
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6428
Wilmer Knight v. Officer Sheppherd
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6951
Bryan Richardson v. Charles Williams
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7033
Stanley Corbett, Jr. v. Kenneth Lassiter
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7089
Mika'ya Shakur v. Henry Ponton
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7252
US v. Juan Torres
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7271
Lisa Covington v. MCIC, Incorporated
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 14-2055
S.T. v. Howard County Public School System
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1031
Joseph Gilreath v. Cumberland County Board of Education
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1210
Wimer & Associates, PC v. Eva Thiel
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1310
Kevin Lawrimore v. Progressive Direct Insurance
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1431
Steven Fulton v. Isaac Coleman
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1892
Sonya Pettaway v. Department of Education
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1895
US v. William Adams, Jr.
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4136
US v. Andre Harper
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4167
US v. Jude Eligwe
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4214
US v. Jarod Brown
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4278
US v. Joshua Gant, Jr.
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4324
US v. Miguel Rodriguez
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-4359
Paul Rice v. John Pate
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6485
Jeremy Ross v. Director DepÂ’t of Corrections
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6870
US v. Brenda Ware
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-6970
US v. Tyrone Hall
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7140
US v. Kareem Robinson
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7146
Franklin Smith v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: 15-7432

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