2021 Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

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Khader Azzouz v. Annab, Inc.
Date: August 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1948
US v. Jesus Chaidez-Meza
Date: August 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4522
US v. Akin Bey
Date: August 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6532
US v. Jihad Barnes
Date: August 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7477
Marilyn Howard v. Ocwen Loan Servicing
Date: August 12, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1231
US v. Donald Armstrong
Date: August 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4400
United States ex rel. Anham Fz v. Supreme Foodservice, GMBH
Date: August 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1845
Francisco Avoki v. City of Chester, SC
Date: August 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1944
Dave Meervis v. Merrick Garland
Date: August 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2079
US v. Michael Clemons
Date: August 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4353
US v. Samuel Murchison
Date: August 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4468
US v. Timothy Tyson, Jr.
Date: August 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7462
US v. Richard Rollins
Date: August 11, 2021
Docket Number: 21-4009
US v. Chris Snuggs
Date: August 11, 2021
Docket Number: 21-4011
Ricardo Zayas v. Adcor Industries, Inc.
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1390
Brenda Madrid v. Merrick Garland
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2440
US v. Lisa Cohen
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4670
Plymail v. Mirandy  
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-6412

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1993, Plymail was convicted for a 1992 sexual assault. Plymail filed a notice of intent to appeal in March 1994. What followed was an ordeal spanning over 20 years, six lawyers, and multiple state courts. Many delays…

Robert Van Buren v. Walmart, Inc.
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1390
Tondra Priddy v. Moses H. Cone Memorial
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1677
Bauer v. Elrich  
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1707

Justia Opinion Summary: The Montgomery County Council established the Emergency Assistance Relief Payment Program (EARP) in March 2020 to provide emergency cash assistance to County residents with incomes equal to or less than 50% of the…

Sisira Kumaragamage Don v. Merrick Garland
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1822
Brandon Allen v. Warden Dobbs
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6471
United States v. Frank  
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6706

Justia Opinion Summary: Frank embezzled $19 million from his former employer, NCI, and pleaded guilty to wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. 1343. The district court sentenced Frank to 78-months’ imprisonment and ordered Frank to pay restitution of…

Robert Styles, Jr. v. Erik Hooks
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6865
US v. Kiwanii Mosley
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7008
Garry Gallardo v. R. Hudgins
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7016
Arthur Oxendale v. Hubert Corpening
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7052
US v. Danny Blackmon
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7466
US v. Rico Bias
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7694
US v. Lorene Chittenden
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7857
US v. Kenneth McBride
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6227
US v. Alvin Gregory
Date: August 10, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6503
United States v. Glover  
Date: August 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4801

Justia Opinion Summary: Before pleading guilty, Glover attempted to hire an attorney. The attorney sent thousands of dollars sent by Glover's family to the DEA, believing the funds were drug proceeds. The government seized the funds under 21…

US v. Richa Narang
Date: August 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4850
Peltier v. Charter Day School, Inc.  
Date: August 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1001

Justia Opinion Summary: Under the North Carolina Charter School Act, any child eligible to attend a public school may choose to attend a charter school, but no one is required to attend one. North Carolina charter schools are nominally public…

Zito v. North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission  
Date: August 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1408

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Zito purchased a beachfront house and lot on Nags Head (a barrier island). In 2016, the house burned down. The lot is governed by North Carolina’s Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA): buildings with less than…

Donna Kirsh v. Christiana Trust
Date: August 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1696
Riccy Reyes-Gomez v. Merrick Garland
Date: August 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1737
US v. Seth Pickering
Date: August 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6610
US v. Johnathan Broughton
Date: August 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6798
US v. Sigmund James
Date: August 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7536
US v. Dirrick Lucas
Date: August 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-7857
Stacy Moore v. Lumber Liquidators, Inc.
Date: August 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2346
US v. Maurice Lee
Date: August 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4367
US v. Rodell Jones
Date: August 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7344
Reyazuddin v. Montgomery County, Maryland  
Date: August 5, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2144

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit vacated the district court's order denying plaintiff's motion seeking to recover reasonable attorney's fees, costs, and expenses from Montgomery County. Plaintiff's case stems from her action against…

William Taccino v. Edmund Taccino
Date: August 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1966
Recardo Terry v. Perdue
Date: August 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2016
Hong Tang v. Kurt Schmoke
Date: August 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2308
Franklin Smith v. Cpl. D. Beavers
Date: August 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2329
US v. Colbey Black
Date: August 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4559
US v. John Doe
Date: August 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6135
Jeffrey Cohen v. Harry Gruber
Date: August 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6684
Curtis Richardson v. Matt Mahon
Date: August 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7423
US v. Samuel Gaines
Date: August 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7638
Serge Aluker v. Simin Yan
Date: August 5, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1279
Biejan Arvon v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance
Date: August 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1249
Eline v. Town of Ocean City  
Date: August 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1530

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit challenging Ocean City's ordinance prohibiting public nudity, which prohibits only women from publicly showing their bare breasts. Plaintiffs contend that the gender classification in the ordinance…

FWK Holdings, LLC v. Merck & Company, Inc.  
Date: August 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2184

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, a group of pharmaceutical buyers, filed a class action against two manufacturers who allegedly reached an anticompetitive settlement in a patent dispute. Plaintiffs are a class of direct purchasers of Merck's…

US v. Roberto Del Pilar
Date: August 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4310
US v. Todd Vassell
Date: August 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6539
Tina Etheredge v. S. Nichols
Date: August 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6637
US v. Troy Murphy
Date: August 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6928
US v. Henry Bennett, Jr.
Date: August 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7118
US v. Michael Wiggins
Date: August 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7840
Nazira Urrego v. Samuel I. White, P.C.
Date: August 4, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1103
US v. John Underwood, Jr.
Date: August 4, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6457
United States v. Caldwell  
Date: August 3, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4019

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions for charges related to bank robbery and firearm possession, rejecting his numerous claims of error. The court concluded that the automobile exception justified both…

US v. Jorge Rivera
Date: August 3, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4771
US v. Shafeeq Muhammad
Date: August 3, 2021
Docket Number: 19-7091
Ekoko Avoki v. City of Chester, SC
Date: August 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2033
US v. Joshua Joyce
Date: August 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7042
US v. William Kasey
Date: August 2, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4467
Nolasco v. Garland  
Date: August 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1034

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the BIA's order denying petitioner's application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and…

US v. Collie Sanks
Date: August 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7359
US v. Shareef Williams
Date: August 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7554
Garry Sanders v. Fellowship Health Resources
Date: August 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1154
US v. Michael Moore
Date: July 30, 2021
Docket Number: 19-7879
Ealise Crumb v. McDonald's Corporation
Date: July 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1046
Kevin Younger v. Kwasi Ramsey
Date: July 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6262
Kevin Younger v. Jemiah Green
Date: July 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6294
Michael Rufus v. Warden
Date: July 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7469
US v. Benjamin Smith
Date: July 29, 2021
Docket Number: 16-4564
Casey Jones v. Eddie Cathey
Date: July 29, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2389
Alfred Baldassarre v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co
Date: July 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1308
North Carolina v. United States  
Date: July 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1783

Justia Opinion Summary: North Carolina filed suit in state court seeking recovery of an unpaid civil penalty against the Marine Corps for failing an air quality compliance test. After the federal government defendants removed to federal court,…

US v. Amaad Brantley
Date: July 28, 2021
Docket Number: 16-7759
Mayra Rodezno Mejia v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2409
Lilian Tah v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1331
US v. Marius Brown
Date: July 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4322
US v. Jordan Terrell
Date: July 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4352
US v. Michael Allen
Date: July 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4577
US v. Clay McCauley
Date: July 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6141
US v. Mohammed Kwaning
Date: July 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7186
John Lewis v. Harold Clarke
Date: July 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7642
US v. Parrish Williams
Date: July 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7829
US v. Lucas Vasquez-Chavarria
Date: July 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6383
USA English Language Center v. Accrediting Council for Cont
Date: July 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2308
Galvan v. Garland  
Date: July 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1485

Justia Opinion Summary: Galvan, a citizen of Mexico, entered the U.S. in 2003 on a six-month nonimmigrant visa but remained in this country with his wife, a citizen of Mexico without legal immigration status, and their four U.S.-citizen…

Marlowe v. Warden, FCI Hazelton  
Date: July 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6719

Justia Opinion Summary: Marlowe supervised the jail where Kuntz was taken after leaving the scene of a minor accident with a high blood-alcohol level. Kuntz caused a disturbance, Marlowe beat Kuntz. Other officers slammed his head into the wall…

US v. George Mitchum
Date: July 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7110
US v. John Dillard
Date: July 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7371
US v. Justin Sharpe
Date: July 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7452
US v. Bobby Dinkins
Date: July 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7608
US v. Justin Coleman
Date: July 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7804
US v. Anthony Niles
Date: July 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7843
US v. Hernandez Daniel
Date: July 27, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6316
Elvis Cardenas-Martinez v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 26, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2327
Roselyn Wise v. South Carolina Dept of Revenue
Date: July 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1895
US v. Rodrigo Martinez-Mendoza
Date: July 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4025
US v. William Langley, Jr.
Date: July 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6128
Paul Thompson, Jr. v. H. Clarke
Date: July 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6529
US v. Marvin Cummings
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7560
Christopher Gann v. J. Andrews
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6069
Leonel Villasenor v. Mark Bolster
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6082
US v. Davon Perry
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6117
US v. Khalief Ballard
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6119
Javan Mays v. Brenda Shealy
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6136
US v. Curtis Rucker, Jr.
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6164
US v. Carl Ross
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6165
US v. Randal Bryson
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6169
US v. Jamad Ali
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6171
Tito Harris v. Warden Lieber Correctional
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6211
US v. Montello Hood
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6214
US v. Anthony Scroggins, Sr.
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6223
Billy Highsmith v. Warden Justin Andrews
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6228
Eric Samuel v. J. Hunter
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6244
Timothy Ruff v. Justin Andrews
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6259
US v. Darius Williams
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6268
US v. Eddie Beckham
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6286
US v. Arthur Jones
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6289
Jerome McBride v. J. Most
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6302
US v. Calvin Garner, Jr.
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6320
Eric Samuel v. Charles Williams
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6354
Emmanuel McGriff El v. William Bland
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6355
US v. Dion Anderson
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6371
US v. Alfonda Jamison
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6382
US v. Tonia Lewis
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6386
US v. Justin Strom
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6410
Tracey Grady v. B. S.
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6425
US v. Bobby Johnson
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6432
US v. Rushaun Parker
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6461
US v. Reginald McKinnon
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6464
David Firewalker-Fields v. L. Whyche
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6592
Anthony Smalls v. Jeffrey Nines
Date: July 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6601
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1093
Rhonda Meisner v. ZymoGenetics Inc.
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1228
Rene Ramsey v. Broadway Services, Inc.
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2353
US v. Steven Somers
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4443
US v. William Stallings
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4533
US v. Andres McCormick
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4538
US v. Scott Tingler
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4546
US v. Matthew Newkirk
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6768
Robert Murphy v. Frank Bishop
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6806
Rashee Johnson v. Harold Clarke
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6915
US v. Jeffery Okyere
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6932
US v. Tyzon Jones
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7182
US v. Lacharles Hodges
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7288
Nathan Hill v. Warden Streeval
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7637
US v. Jimmy Nance
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7761
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. Kelda Davis
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7774
US v. Joseph Smith
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7848
Terry Chapman v. SSA
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1022
Daryl Green v. Prince George's County
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1036
Marie Assa'ad-Faltas v. Henry McMaster
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1092
Victoria Peterson v. North Carolina State Board of
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1095
Anthony Brown v. Thomas Nelson Community
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1145
Sidney Harr v. WRAL-5 News
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1155
Deafueh Monbo v. Harford Memorial Hospital
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1174
Stanley Fuller v. Magna Seating of SC
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1259
In re: Christopher McGee
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1264
In re: Michael Rankins
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1291
Derrick Allen v. Correct Care Solution
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1302
In re: Michael Rankins
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1313
In Re: William Davis, Jr.
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1365
Caroline Alasagas v. Antony Blinken
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1435
US v. Benitez Moody
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6000
DeWayne Baker v. Ivan Gilmore
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6009
US v. Rahaneed Gordon
Date: July 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6187
Pledger v. Lynch  
Date: July 21, 2021
Docket Number: 18-2213

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that prison officials ignored his repeated medical complaints and denied him meaningful treatment, leading to his collapse and major surgery. Plaintiff alleged a Federal Tort Claims Act…

United States v. Comer  
Date: July 21, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4466

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of conspiring to engage in sex trafficking after she lured women into prostitution via social media and, in at least one case, attempted to use Facebook to force a young woman who had left her…

US v. Timothy Rhodes
Date: July 21, 2021
Docket Number: 19-7111
United States v. Boyd  
Date: July 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4054

Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pleaded guilty to a single felon-in-possession charge, the district court imposed a two-year term of supervised release as part of his sentence, subject to the Western District of North Carolina's…

US v. Anthony Owens
Date: July 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4066
US v. Tommy Pabellon
Date: July 21, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6180
Verdessa McDougald v. Matthew Pow
Date: July 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2313
United States v. Williams  
Date: July 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4120

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence of 327 months' imprisonment imposed after he pleaded guilty to producing child pornography, as well as his within-Guidelines lifetime term of supervised release. The…

US v. Rodney Lewis
Date: July 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4530
US v. Deshawn King
Date: July 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6724
Wayne Resper v. Wexford Medical Services Inc.
Date: July 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7696
US v. Roberto Brown
Date: July 20, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6147
United States v. Webb  
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 19-6491

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment reducing defendant's sentence by two years, rather than the five years that defendant requested. Defendant sought a reduction in sentence under the First Step…

Jason Henry v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2090
US v. David Carr
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4314
US v. Collins Sakyi
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6931
US v. Christopher Spencer
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6356
US v. Richard Dublin
Date: July 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6155
US v. Jerrell Woodley
Date: July 15, 2021
Docket Number: 16-7757
Tanner Hirschfeld V. ATF
Date: July 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2250
US v. Thomas Scotland
Date: July 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4602
US v. Kenya Williams
Date: July 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4720
US v. Jacques King
Date: July 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4734
Jerome Brown v. Karl Racine
Date: July 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2195
Christopher Michelson v. Stephen Coon
Date: July 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6480
Reginald Fullard v. Roy Cooper
Date: July 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7467
US v. Melvin Boswell, Jr.
Date: July 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6131
US v. Jonathan Vanderhorst
Date: July 14, 2021
Docket Number: 18-4717
Dongxiao Yue v. Chun-Hui Miao
Date: July 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2361
US v. Daniel Mace
Date: July 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4587
US v. Cornelius Rivers
Date: July 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-7046
Lightfoot v. Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC  
Date: July 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1334

Justia Opinion Summary: After he was diagnosed with nasal cancer, plaintiff filed suit against defendants, alleging that they produced the lumber that his father used in his woodshop and are liable to him for damages because they failed to warn…

US v. Earl Terry, Jr.
Date: July 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4239
Jason Hines v. Chesapeake Detention Facility
Date: July 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6193
Fred Carrington v. Harold Clarke
Date: July 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7592
US v. Darryl Scott
Date: July 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6115
Karen Rice v. US
Date: July 13, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1323
Kyle Dawson v. Washington Gas Light Company
Date: July 13, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2127
Hirschfeld v. Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco & Explosives  
Date: July 13, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2250

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit vacated the district court's grant of the motion to dismiss plaintiffs' action seeking an injunction and a declaratory judgment that several federal laws and regulations that prevent federally licensed…

US v. John Elinski
Date: July 13, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4948
James McGlothlin v. Kevin Hennelly
Date: July 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1537
Maria Lemus-Mancia v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1831
US v. Henry Clark
Date: July 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6273
Marie Assa'ad-Faltas v. Henry McMaster
Date: July 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6805
Jeremiah Cox v. C. Smith
Date: July 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7455
US v. Derrick Lucas
Date: July 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7476
US v. Antonio Lightfoot
Date: July 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7736
US v. Alfred Patterson
Date: July 12, 2021
Docket Number: 16-4222
Glen Allen v. Heidi Beirich
Date: July 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2419
US v. John Elinski
Date: July 12, 2021
Docket Number: 19-7578
US v. JC Youngblood
Date: July 12, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6085
Perez Vasquez v. Garland  
Date: July 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1954

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner and her minor daughter petitioned for review of the BIA's final order affirming the denial of their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). At…

Nicole McCrea v. Wells Fargo
Date: July 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2271
United States v. Rose  
Date: July 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4755

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Defendant was sentenced by the…

US v. Benjamin Woodring
Date: July 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4571
Rufus Lawson, Jr. v. Officer West
Date: July 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7704
Richardson v. Kornegay  
Date: July 8, 2021
Docket Number: 18-6488

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for habeas relief, finding petitioner's ineffective-assistance claim procedurally barred and his other claims without merit. In this…

Catjen, LLC v. Hunter Mill West, L.C.
Date: July 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1790
US v. Nathaniel Richardson, Jr.
Date: July 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-7766
United States v. Gondres-Medrano  
Date: July 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4105

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for possession with intent to distribute a mixture containing fentanyl and heroin. The court concluded that police had probable cause to search the shoebox…

US v. Terry Cox
Date: July 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4224
US v. Giovanni Waters
Date: July 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4447
US v. Clarence Adams
Date: July 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4477
US v. Jeriton Curry
Date: July 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6082
Travis Watson v. Dennis Daniels
Date: July 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6239
Yimoe Siddha v. Donald Sealing, II
Date: July 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6593
In Re: James Preston
Date: July 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1354
Walker v. Donahoe  
Date: July 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1547

Justia Opinion Summary: A week after a gunman opened fire inside a Parkland, Florida school with an AR-15-style assault rifle, a 911 call reported a man with an assault rifle walking along Route 33 in Putnam County. Corporal Donahoe and Deputy…

Garry Sanders v. John Eluwa
Date: July 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2201
US v. Victor Lebron
Date: July 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4048
US v. Ronald McCullough
Date: July 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6108
Bryant Pride v. J. Ormond
Date: July 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6656
US v. Gerard Wells
Date: July 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7003
US v. Delshawn Babb
Date: July 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7630
US v. Rodney Barnes
Date: July 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7716
Oscar Ceballos-Lopez v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1469
US v. Tiffany Markle
Date: July 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4366
US v. Timothy Massey
Date: July 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7216
US v. Ronald Chisholm
Date: July 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7386
US v. David Smith, Jr.
Date: July 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7697
US v. Danta Roberts
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4643
North Carolina Department of Environmental Equality v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-1655, 20-1671

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit considered two petitions for review challenging FERC's issuance of a license to McMahan, authorizing McMahan to operate the Bynum Hydroelectric Project on the Haw River in North Carolina. Assuming…

Sandra Martinez-Guerrero v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1893
US v. Rico Martin
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6146
US v. Shedrick Graves
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6417
Michael Greene v. Charles Williams
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7518
US v. Michael Hilliard
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6008
US v. Donovan Dixon
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6052
US v. Barkley Gardner
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6059
US v. Josiah Weiss
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6077
US v. Michael Fischer
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6079
Stephon Peake v. US
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6106
US v. Robert Mays
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6118
US v. Joseph Brown
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6130
Steven Powers v. Erik Hooks
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6138
US v. Owen Odman
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6153
US v. Gerald Johnson
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6160
Robbie Sherron v. Joseph Maides
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6176
US v. Sha' Kim Avery
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6208
Jerome Butts v. Roy Cooper
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6246
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. North Carolina Innocence
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6257
Daniel Taylor v. Harold Clarke
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6263
Brian Reavis v. Stevne
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6304
US v. Christopher Wills
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6310
US v. Clifford Hansford
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6376
Ricky Pendleton v. David Ballard
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6380
US v. Johnathan Williams
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6392
US v. Eddie Snead
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6407
US v. Amanda Atkinson
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6415
Richard Glawson v. US
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6486
US v. Christopher Davis
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6496
US v. Michael McIntosh
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6500
US v. Anttwaine Dunlap
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6556
US v. Raymond Aigbekaen
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6558
James Metcalf v. GEO Group, Incorporated
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6559
Walter Gause v. Frank Perry
Date: July 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6608
Michael Webb v. Ralph Northam
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1968
In re: John Hill
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2269
Charles Dread v. Maryland State Police
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2368
James Bryant, III v. Michael Stephan
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4
US v. Steven Bethea
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4015
US v. Brandon Jennings
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4432
US v. Skip Watson
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4474
US v. Demetrio McCullough
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4569
US v. Eltrentrose Liverman
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7039
Robert Koon v. On Point Investigations
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7170
US v. Tavarras Rhodes
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7197
Roy Belfast v. Warden Breckon
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7375
US v. Dilade McCoy
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7419
US v. Albert Burgess, Jr.
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7530
Sharon Chabassole v. Robert Wazney
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7567
US v. Travis Byrd
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7674
Kentrell Liburd v. Warden Charles Williams, Jr.
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7715
US v. Donnie Phillips, II
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7751
Moussa Haba v. Beth Arthur
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7813
Daniel Taylor v. Leslie Fleming
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7816
US v. Owen Odman
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7820
Daniel Cobos v. Erik Hooks
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7875
Keith Robertson v. Comptroller of Maryland
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1064
In re: Jonathan Brunson
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1096
Cecelia Walton v. NC Office
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1158
In re: Curtis Watson
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1252
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. Clarence Birkhead
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1303
In re: Daniel Heggins
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1314
Elfina McIntosh v. Christine Wormuth
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1345
Carla Lewis v. Michelle Davis
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1390
In re: Kunta Redd
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1408
In Re: Deandre Johnson
Date: July 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1467
United States v. Perez-Paz  
Date: June 30, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4182

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for one count of illegal reentry after deportation for an aggravated felony in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326(a), (b)(2), holding that section 1326 is constitutional. The…

Portillo-Flores v. Garland  
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1591

Justia Opinion Summary: On rehearing en banc, the court granted the petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's denial of petitioner's claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against…

Olga Calderon-Barrios v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1761
Drummond Coal Sales, Inc. v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.  
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-1871, 20-1920

Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury returned a special verdict finding Norfolk Southern materially breached its contract with Drummond, the district court entered a declaratory judgment for Drummond and awarded limited equitable relief. The…

United States v. Abed  
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4162

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1998, defendant was sentenced to 570 months' imprisonment following his conviction on numerous counts of racketeering and related offenses. Over 20 years later, one count constituting a 360-month component of his…

US v. Sharay Williams
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7602
US v. Anthony Barnes
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7613
In re: Kevin Struss
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1329
In re: Christopher Bailey
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1372
C. Holmes v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, Inc.
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-155
US v. Antonio Bell
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6027
US v. Andrew Rushing
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6048
Titus Lee v. Angela Mastandrea-Miller
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6066
US v. William White
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6087
US v. Rajahn Brown
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6090
US v. Michael Hopson
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6098
William Dawson v. N.C. Innocence Inquiry
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6111
US v. Michael Gibson
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6162
US v. Corieal Holmes
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6168
Raoul Lafond v. Richard Glaser, Jr.
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6177
US v. Darius Prayer
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6183
Timothy Engram v. Allen Gang
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6189
US v. Joshua Sutherland
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6193
US v. Vincent White
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6210
US v. Michael Rice
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6215
US v. Jacoby Walker
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6276
US v. Michael Karrison
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6314
US v. Renaldo Meadows
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6400
Unique Lawrence v. Harold Clarke
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6409
Gary Young v. Warden, FCI Butner
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6413
US v. Morgan Robinson, Jr.
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6414
Leonard Bullock v. Sergeant Williams
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6460
US v. Kipper King
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6508
US v. Kipper King
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6509
David Meyers v. Director of Action Alliance Co
Date: June 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6672
US v. Marc Fleurival
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 19-6281
Philip Fetner v. Kevin McCarthy
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2209
Serge Wandji v. Denis McDonough
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2341
In re: Abanoob Abdel-Malak
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2385
United States v. Friend  
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4129

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's resentence for charges related to a series of violent carjackings, which defendant actively participated in when he was fifteen-years old. The court concluded that defendant's…

US v. Jose Santos
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4257
US v. Davon Nelson
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4494
US v. Angie Horne
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4567
US v. Bilal Siddiqui
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4568
Ricky Butler v. Superintendent Hull
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6422
Jason Twardzik v. North Carolina
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6823
US v. Bruce Gaskins
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7304
US v. Hiram Alvarez
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7308
US v. Alton Couther, III
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7625
US v. Christopher Salkey
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7651
US v. Odassis Thomas
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7759
US v. Alraynard Booker
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7768
US v. Dacey Jones
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7855
Shahid Majid v. RN Richards
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7884
US v. Richard Kayian
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7904
William Dawson v. Donald Hicks
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7916
Jennifer King v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1032
Damian Phillips v. Loudoun County Public Schools
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1117
In re: Eric Wyche
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1138
Kelly Ainsworth v. PNC Bank, N.A.
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1237
In re: Somchai Noonsab
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1269
In re: Terron Dizzley
Date: June 28, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1278
Elina Erazo Alvarez v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 25, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1818
US v. Desmond Singh
Date: June 25, 2021
Docket Number: 21-4249
Schmidt v. FCI Enterprises LLC  
Date: June 24, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-2384, 20-1076

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit against FCI and its owners, alleging claims under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The district court entered judgment on the…

Courthouse News Service v. Schaefer  
Date: June 24, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-1290, 20-1386

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of a declaratory judgment holding that the clerks from two Virginia courts, that failed to make newly filed civil complaints timely available to the press and…

Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle v. Baltimore Police Department  
Date: June 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1495

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs moved to enjoin implementation of the Aerial Investigation Research (AIR) program, a first-of-its-kind aerial surveillance program operated by the Baltimore Police Department and Commissioner Michael Harrison.…

Melanie Hood-Wilson v. Community College of Baltimore
Date: June 24, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1950
US v. Tyrone Bryant
Date: June 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6145
US v. Andrew Thompson, II
Date: June 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6441
James Pridgen v. J. Andrews
Date: June 24, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6482
Amy Bryant v. Jim Woodall
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1685
Kimberly Triplett v. Andrew Saul
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2415
United States v. Crawley  
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-7369

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2007, Crawley and two codefendants invaded a home and attacked and robbed a man they believed to be a drug dealer. A woman and two children were also in the home. Crawley pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs…

Moreno-Osorio v. Garland  
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1035

Justia Opinion Summary: Moreno-Osorio arrived in the U.S. in 2009 and in 2016 returned to Honduras pursuant to a grant of voluntary departure. Upon arriving in Honduras, Moreno-Osorio and his cousins were confronted by street gang members,…

Fairfax v. CBS Corp.  
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1298

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2019, the television program CBS This Morning broadcast interviews with two women who accused Fairfax, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, of sexual assault. Fairfax had previously denied the allegations. Although he…

Eshelman v. Puma Biotechnology, Inc.  
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1329

Justia Opinion Summary: Puma, a pharmaceutical company, created an investor presentation during a proxy contest with Eshelman, a Puma shareholder and the founder of PPD, another pharmaceutical company. Puma invited its shareholders to visit a…

Douglas Leke v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1393
Edgar v. Haines  
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1568

Justia Opinion Summary: Five former employees of national security agencies who, during their employment, had clearances for access to classified and sensitive information, filed suit against the CIA, the Department of Defense, the National…

US v. Richard Bernard
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7346
In re: Joey White
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1123
In re: Susan Matousek
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1413
Peters v. Aetna Inc.  
Date: June 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2085

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Aetna, as well as the denial of her motion for class certification. In this case, Mars operated a self-funded health care plan and hired Aetna…

United States v. Moody  
Date: June 22, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-4857, 19-4869

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed Defendants Moody and Carter's convictions for several drug and firearm counts arising out of an early morning traffic stop in Newport News, Virginia. The court concluded that there was…

Columbia Insurance Company v. Christopher Waymer
Date: June 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1265
Brian Jones v. Mark Bolster
Date: June 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6303
Mark Wright v. Harold Clarke
Date: June 21, 2021
Docket Number: 19-7447
Peck v. U.S. Dept. of Labor
Date: June 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1154
Jerome Brown v. Fernando Galindo
Date: June 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2264
United States v. Stuart  
Date: June 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4011

Justia Opinion Summary: Stuart entered a U.S. Post Office and robbed the clerk of $173 and a cell phone, brandishing an Airsoft pellet gun. The next day he surrendered. Stuart pleaded guilty to robbing an individual lawfully in charge of mail…

US v. Cory Callen
Date: June 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4527
US v. Antoine Gause
Date: June 21, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7298
Hixson v. Moran  
Date: June 17, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1209

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a former inmate at Harrisonburg-Rockingham Regional Jail, filed suit against defendant, a doctor for the jail, alleging an Eighth Amendment violation under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and violations of state law, based on…

Warfaa v. Ali  
Date: June 17, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-1668, 19-1675

Justia Opinion Summary: After the district court entered judgment against defendant on plaintiff's claim of torture under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA), defendant challenged the district court's grant of partial summary…

Tecnocap, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board  
Date: June 17, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-2109, 19-2191

Justia Opinion Summary: Tecnocap petitioned for review of the Board's decision affirming an ALJ's finding that the company engaged in several unfair labor practices in violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The Board…

Nadine Kelly v. Capital Senior Living Corp
Date: June 17, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2263
Jacqueline Rutherford v. Nationwide Affinity Insurance
Date: June 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1011
Rebecca McPhee v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
Date: June 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2135
US v. McKinley Jones
Date: June 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7022
US v. Sidney Mitchell
Date: June 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7163
Dantae Stukes v. Warden, Ridgeland Corr. Inst.
Date: June 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7213
US v. Angelo Draper
Date: June 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7393
Bryant v. Woodall  
Date: June 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1685

Justia Opinion Summary: North Carolina abortion providers filed suit challenging the constitutionality of the State's criminalization of previability abortions. The State contends that the Providers do not have standing to bring suit because…

Doe v. Fairfax County School Board  
Date: June 16, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2203

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a former student at Oakton High School, filed suit under Title IX against the school board, alleging that her school’s administrators acted with deliberate indifference to reports that she had been sexually…

US v. Kaylan Ellis
Date: June 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4436
US v. Randall Robinson
Date: June 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7782
Ingrid Nolasco-Figueroa v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1693
Christopher Doyle, LPC v. Hogan  
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2064

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit concluded that Maryland's Governor and Attorney General have no control over the potential enforcement actions that could be brought against plaintiff. In this case, plaintiff, a professional counselor…

US v. Demetris Robinson
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4943
Desper v. Clarke  
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-7346

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a sex offender incarcerated at Augusta Correctional Center, filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action challenging the prison's decision for twice denying him in-person visitation privileges with his minor daughter.…

Soderberg v. Carrion  
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1094

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs alleged a First Amendment challenge to section 1-201 of the Criminal Procedure Article of the Maryland Code, insofar as that statute prohibits and punishes the broadcasting of the official court recordings of…

Ross Roley v. National Professional Exchange
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1898
Geismar North America, Inc. v. NPD Resources, Inc.
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1914
Tremayne Powell v. Biscuitville, Inc.
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-2378
US v. Robert Stencil
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4096
James McLean v. Stephanie Hudson
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6344
US v. Brian Henderson
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6916
US v. Gregory Avery
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7545
US v. David Miles
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7762
US v. Robert Gorman
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6305
Fitzgerald Fruit Farms, LLC v. Aseptia, Inc.
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2200
Skidmore v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co  
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2482

Justia Opinion Summary: Skidmore’s West Virginia home sits 70-80 feet west of Norfolk’s railroad track, across Loop Creek. In 2001, Norfolk installed a culvert to drain surface water from its tracks into Loop Creek near Skidmore’s home.…

US v. Leandre Harwell
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4693
United States v. Ziegler  
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4832

Justia Opinion Summary: After wrecking his car while intoxicated, Ziegler falsely, unsuccessfully claimed to be an Assistant U.S. Attorney in an attempt to avoid charges and retrieve his impounded car. He made those claims to deputies, the…

Anthony Mills v. Warden
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-7674
US v. Samuel Kerr, II
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6060
US v. Muneeb Akhter
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7278
Valerie Arroyo v. Vi Lyles
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1052
US v. Billy Dickerson, Jr.
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6173
US v. Stephon Bryant
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6202
Annie Boone v. Board of Governors of the Univ
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1758
US v. Franklin Myers, Jr.
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4531
Yawn v. Dorchester County  
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1584

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants filed suit against Dorchester County, seeking compensation pursuant to the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment for the death of their bees. Appellants contend that the bees died after the County sprayed…

Clarence Anderson, III v. Jeffrey Rockwell
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1972
American Federation of Government Employees v. Office of Special Counsel  
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1976

Justia Opinion Summary: AFGE filed suit challenging two advisory opinions issued by the OSC, the agency tasked by Congress to advise on the way in which the Hatch Act's prohibitions in the federal workplace applied. The original advisory…

United States v. Buzzard  
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-4087, 20-4221, 20-4228

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Defendant Buzzard and Martin's motions to suppress evidence found when police searched a car they occupied. Given the totality of the circumstances, the court…

US v. Christopher Reina
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4602
Sulyaman Wasalaam v. Ashley Wellman
Date: June 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1782
US v. Roger Lunsford
Date: June 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6596
United States v. Hardy  
Date: June 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4804

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for drug and firearm offenses. The court concluded that, even if the district court plainly erred by failing to give the 18 U.S.C. 3501(a) instruction to the jury, the…

Fatima Acosta-Torres v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1542
US v. Tracy Osborne
Date: June 9, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7311
Perdue v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLC  
Date: June 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2094

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit held that "job sharing" a single full-time position with a willing partner does not qualify as a reasonable accommodation that an employer must provide under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).…

US v. Jason Treadway
Date: June 8, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4779
US v. David McKinney
Date: June 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4398
Garry Sanders v. State of North Carolina
Date: June 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6826
Robert Hedrick v. US
Date: June 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7036
US v. Michael Matthews
Date: June 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7635
US v. Kareem Currence
Date: June 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7648
Michael Billingsley v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Date: June 7, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2256
North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. Berger  
Date: June 7, 2021
Docket Number: 19-2273

Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this appeal is whether the leaders of the North Carolina House and Senate are entitled to intervene, on behalf of the State of North Carolina, in litigation over the constitutionality of the State's voter-ID…

US v. Marion Campbell
Date: June 7, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4370
AmGuard Insurance Co. v. SG Patel and Sons II LLC  
Date: June 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1246

Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this appeal is whether the district court had subject matter jurisdiction over an interpleader action commenced by a liability insurance company, whose policy was exposed to conflicting and excess claims. In…

Xiang Yang v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1814
US v. Karl Moore, Sr.
Date: June 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6301
Freddie Paige v. State of North Carolina
Date: June 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6416
US v. Melissa Harless
Date: June 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6994
US v. Tawayne Love
Date: June 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7547
US v. Daniel Greear
Date: June 7, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7891
US v. Taylor Pepe
Date: June 4, 2021
Docket Number: 16-4589
US v. Davonta Ford
Date: June 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4784
US v. Ezekiel Brown
Date: June 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4921
Maurice Stewart, Jr. v. Maryland Division of Corr.
Date: June 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-6958
Theophilus Agedah v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1632
US v. Jason Gray
Date: June 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4038
US v. Joseph Vandevere
Date: June 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4326
Silver Buckman v. Warden Reherman
Date: June 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-6978
Mikhael Dorise v. Warden Bragg
Date: June 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7199
Gregory Richardson v. Director
Date: June 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-7552
US v. Brandon Wright
Date: June 3, 2021
Docket Number: 19-4671
US v. Donald Hicklin
Date: June 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4308
US v. Matthew Collins
Date: June 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-4399

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