US v. Bryan Samuel
Date: March 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7643
Antwyn Gibbs v. Gordon Johnson, Sr.
Date: March 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7658
Timothy King-El v. Wilson
Date: March 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7837
DeAndre Dunston v. Unknown
Date: March 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7839
In Re: Antonio Herrera
Date: March 23, 2021
Docket Number:
21-1050
Louis Shuman v. IRS
Date: March 23, 2021
Docket Number:
21-1070
Claretta Green v. Denis McDonough
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1635
Rufus Anderson v. J. A. Piper Roofing Co.
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2221
US v. Marquel Cunningham
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4144
US v. Oscar Olivera-Hernandez
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4422
US v. Raymond Jones
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6296
Trevee Gethers v. Bryan Stirling
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6850
US v. Vegas Smith
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6859
Metkel Alana v. Officer Rose
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6960
US v. Courtney Gooding
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7000
US v. Rodney Barnes
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7338
US v. Edward Jeffus
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7426
US v. Mark Johnson
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7441
Michael Kendrick v. Harold Clarke
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7486
Elbert Smith v. Harold Clarke
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7498
Gregory Jones v. Jeffrey Rickman
Date: March 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7504
United States v. Ali
Date: March 19, 2021
Docket Number:
15-4433
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment against defendant after a jury found him guilty of four counts of aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2, 1951(a); four counts of…
US v. Jereme Mackey
Date: March 19, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4594
US v. Robert Underwood, Sr.
Date: March 19, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4929
Darryl Frierson v. Charles Williams
Date: March 19, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7607
US v. Tyrone Henderson
Date: March 19, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6028
US v. Darius Bain
Date: March 19, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6496
US v. Kenneth Reid
Date: March 19, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7392
US v. Charles Boomer, III
Date: March 19, 2021
Docket Number:
21-6062
Michele Williams v. Morgan State University
Date: March 18, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2477
US v. Nkeng Amin
Date: March 18, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4780
United States v. Rafiekian
Date: March 18, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4803
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit reversed the district court's judgment of acquittal after a jury convicted defendant, a former executive of the now-dissolved Flynn Intel Group, of two counts. In Count One, the grand jury charged…
US v. Taron Shuler
Date: March 18, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4879
United States v. Harris
Date: March 18, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7145
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted by a jury of coercing a minor into illegal sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422(b) and of multiple counts related to the sexual abuse of several other child victims. Defendant filed a 28…
Jean Anyah v. Merrick Garland
Date: March 18, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1716
US v. Lacey Moore
Date: March 18, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4311
Darnell Walker v. Denis McDonough
Date: March 17, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2276
Snyder's-Lance, Inc. v. Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
Date: March 17, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2316
Justia Opinion Summary: The waiver language in 15 U.S.C. 1071 relates only to the choice of review options for the decision appealed from. The Fourth Circuit held that a party seeking review of a subsequent Trademark Board decision may seek…
US v. Joshua Davis
Date: March 17, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4934
Rony Gudiel Polanco v. Merrick Garland
Date: March 17, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1829
US v. James Webb
Date: March 17, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6771
US v. Henry Taylor, Jr.
Date: March 17, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7400
Rony Gudiel Polanco v. Merrick Garland
Date: March 16, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1939
US v. Michael Duke
Date: March 16, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4110
Raymond Fitzgerald v. Harold Clarke
Date: March 16, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6309
US v. Paul Boccone
Date: March 16, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7159
US v. Michael Glover
Date: March 15, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7435
Jason Thomas v. City of Annapolis, Maryland
Date: March 12, 2021
Docket Number:
18-2148
Brian Aten v. Wallace Wiggins, Jr.
Date: March 12, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1649
US v. Timothy Adams
Date: March 12, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6702
US v. Brandon Whitten
Date: March 11, 2021
Docket Number:
18-6506
US v. Aaron Davis
Date: March 11, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4747
US v. Michael Young
Date: March 11, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4823
United States v. Pressley
Date: March 11, 2021
Docket Number:
19-6222
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion, alleging that he repeatedly asked his trial counsel to file a motion to suppress certain incriminating statements he made to law enforcement…
US v. Latonya Davis
Date: March 11, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7489
US v. Tracy Thomas
Date: March 11, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7726
National Veterans Legal Services Program v. Department of Defense
Date: March 11, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1435
Justia Opinion Summary: Various statutory provisions and regulations require the DOD to maintain a publicly accessible website containing all decisions rendered by its Discharge Review Boards and Boards for Correction of Military/Naval Records.…
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC v. Sierra Club
Date: March 11, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1971
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit granted MVP's petition for review challenging the Department's denial of MVP's Clean Water Act certification. MVP seeks to build a natural gas pipeline running through North Carolina and its rivers,…
League of Women Voters of SC v. Marci Andino
Date: March 11, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2167
In re: Donald Trump
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number:
18-2486
Alig v. Quicken Loans Inc.
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1059
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit alleging that pressure tactics used by Quicken Loans and TSI to influence home appraisers to raise appraisal values to obtain higher loan values on their homes constituted a breach of contract and…
J. Beatley v. Charles Ayers, Jr.
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1777
Antonio Bilotta v. Andrew Saul
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2277
US v. Ryan Parks
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4922
Earle v. Shreves
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number:
19-6655
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit held that the implied constitutional cause of action recognized by the Supreme Court in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), may not be extended to…
District of Columbia v. Donald Trump
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1839
US v. Daniel O'Brien
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2051
US v. Anthony Johnson
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4051
US v. Stacey Jenkins
Date: March 10, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7191
US v. Thomas Shrader
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7305
Lawrence Mattison v. US
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1429
US v. Gary DeBolt
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6388
US v. Larry Speed
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6753
Derek Smith v. Erik Hooks
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7183
US v. Kanika Wiggins
Date: March 9, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7747
Akers v. Maryland State Education Ass'n
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1524
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, two Maryland public school teachers, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging claims against the union defendants, a county school system, and various public officials, seeking relief for themselves and…
US v. Larry Bollinger
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7808
Jacob Queern v. Defense Logistics Agency
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1611
In Re: Emmanuel Sewell
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1798
US v. David Moore
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4354
US v. Joel Artis
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6736
US v. Timothy Gadson
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6819
US v. Kenneth Campbell
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7378
US v. Leon Martin
Date: March 8, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7497
Ndambi v. CoreCivic, Inc.
Date: March 5, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2207
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of an action brought by former ICE civil detainees, seeking wages owed under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for work performed while detained. The district…
Lawrence Mattison v. Denis McDonough
Date: March 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1173
Dirma Castillo-Torres v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: March 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1355
US v. Joseph Sprague
Date: March 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6335
US v. James Oxendine
Date: March 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6979
US v. Cleshon Mack
Date: March 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7318
US v. Keith Ingram
Date: March 4, 2021
Docket Number:
18-7503
Arita-Deras v. Wilkinson
Date: March 4, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1978
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit granted a petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's conclusion that petitioner was not eligible for asylum, withholding of removal, or protection under the Convention Against Torture…
Cunningham v. Lester
Date: March 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1086
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a complaint against federal employees in their individual capacities, alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), based on sovereign…
In re: Terrance James-Bey
Date: March 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1708
In re: Maurice Proctor, Sr.
Date: March 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1750
US v. Michael Cottrell
Date: March 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4237
US v. Linwood Stephens
Date: March 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4241
Da'Juan Burns v. Mahboob Ashraf
Date: March 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6187
US v. Kevin Stevens, Jr.
Date: March 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6477
US v. Christopher Goins, Jr.
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number:
17-6136
US v. Brandon Hampton
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4105
United States v. Seigler
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4491
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances or to use a communication facility in committing…
David Marquez Cruz v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1529
Brian Huffstickle v. 21st Mortgage
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1563
Toi Horn v. Tiehi Property, LLC
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1978
US v. Gerald Timms
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4320
US v. Michael Rand
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6393
US v. John Wilson
Date: March 3, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7209
Robertson v. Anderson Mill Elementary School
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2157
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant filed suit on behalf of herself and her minor child, alleging that Principal Foster infringed on the child's First Amendment right to free speech when Foster determined that the child's fourth grade essay…
United States v. Spruhan
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7650
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to lower his Sentencing Guidelines range. The court concluded that the Sentencing Guidelines generally prohibit courts from reducing a…
United States v. Shea
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7692
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent — who was civilly committed in 2015 to the custody of the Attorney General under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 as a sexually dangerous person — was properly released under…
US v. Cynthia Williams-Singleton
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4145
US v. Demetrius Banks
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4213
US v. Keizar Randall
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6390
US v. Tynisha Kadiri
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7277
David Brightwell v. J. Morgan
Date: March 2, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7461
US v. Jamar Alston
Date: March 1, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4898
US v. Tyrone Davis
Date: March 1, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4168
US v. Alan Barnett
Date: March 1, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7172
US v. Damion Bunch
Date: March 1, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7806
United States v. Young
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Numbers:
19-4149, 19-4222
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Young and Volious were convicted of (1) a criminal conspiracy with several objectives; (2) aiding and abetting the transportation of an explosive in interstate commerce to kill an individual; (3) aiding and…
US v. Mason Hyde
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4467
Darryl Jackson v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6139
Anthony Martin v. Gregory Washington
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6257
Harvey Johnson v. Warden Hudgins
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6563
US v. Dante Boyce
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6996
Junior Williams v. John Dickens
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7136
Harvey Johnson v. Warden Hudgins
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7162
Olander Bynum v. Timothy Spencer
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7239
Terry Thompson v. Charles Opoku
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7243
US v. Devante Jordan
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7295
US v. Michael Puzey
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7406
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. Ted Wire
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7439
Antonio Buey v. Warden
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7483
Jarvis Gibbs v. SCDC
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7510
US v. Marcus Moody
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7535
US v. Gregory Avery
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7558
John Johnson v. Donnie Ames
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7614
US v. Thomas Labuwi, II
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7677
Jason Vickers v. Kenneth Diggs
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7758
Walter Gause v. Eric Hooks
Date: February 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7772
US v. Allen Loughry, II
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4137
Tremaine Wray v. Dennis Bush
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7686
Emmanuel Edokobi v. Paul Grimm
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1271
Lijo Panghat v. Department of Veterans Affairs
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1496
Mario Castro v. Bank of New York Mellon
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1874
Erik Cherdak v. Sean McKirdy
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1930
Renee McCray v. Samuel White
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1945
Felicia Underdue v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1956
Eric Blair v. Deafueh Monbo
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1989
In re: Mike Webb
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1997
Judameyre McRae v. Niagara Bottling
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2065
Anbasa Trazell v. Delaware Elevator, Inc.
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2134
Andrew Zupko v. US
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2157
In Re: Marvin Briscoe
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2175
Bobby Dula v. Andrew Saul
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2237
In re: Kenneth Reid
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2283
In re: Michael Smith
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2285
In re: Dan Hodges, Jr.
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2288
Jamie Parker v. Thomas Lock
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2328
Melvin Robinson, III v. Andrew Saul
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2358
US v. Raul Zamudio
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4134
US v. Titus Lee
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4222
US v. Corey Jones
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4400
US v. Ricardo Cervantes-Sanchez
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6887
US v. Hakim Rashid
Date: February 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7038
Itzel Ramos-Bonilla v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Number:
18-1582
Denise Gibbon v. Andrew Saul
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1650
Hester Prynne v. Gary Settle
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1953
Reyazuddin v. Montgomery County, Maryland
Date: February 24, 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, Maryland. This case arose from the County's…
Diane Petty v. Andrew Saul
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1573
US v. Jason Saunders
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4430
US v. Alfred Musa
Date: February 24, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7315
In re: Dearnta Thomas
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
19-292
Justia Opinion Summary: Movant seeks authorization to file a successive 28 U.S.C. 2255 application based on the holding in Davis v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), that the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. 924(c)'s crime-of-violence…
US v. Jevante Richmond
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4895
US v. Edward Jeffus
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7266
US v. Jamal Burnell
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7297
Michael Woodard, Jr. v. Dee Smith
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7332
Ronnie Perry v. State of North Carolina
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7336
Joseph Griffith v. Thomas Maher
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7342
US v. Kevin Smith
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7394
Tracey Grady v. B. S.
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7413
Ajanaku Murdock v. FNU Horne
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7417
Michael Bowden v. Harvey Clay
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7420
US v. Terryonto McGrier
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7430
US v. Dennis Lyon
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7454
Alvin Faulkner v. Headquarter
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7487
Manetirony Clervrain v. Lawrence Hogan
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7490
Mark English v. Director, VDOC
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7492
Tracey Grady v. Officer White
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7523
Tracey Grady v. James McRae
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7524
Wesley Earnest v. Keith Davis
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7531
US v. Lamont McCord
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7584
US v. Raymond Perry
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7645
US v. Stephen Forbes
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7654
US v. McKinley Morant
Date: February 23, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7675
United States v. Mallory
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Numbers:
18-1811, 18-1812, 18-1813
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in an action where defendants were found liable by a jury for multiple violations of the False Claims Act (FCA). The district court denied defendants' post-trial…
Claudia Coto-De Garrido v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
18-2243
Harley v. Wilkinson
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1632
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff was convicted in 1993 for misdemeanor assault and battery of a family member, he was prohibited for life under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9) from possessing a firearm unless he obtains a pardon or an expungement of…
Sedar v. Reston Town Center Property, LLC
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1972
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff experienced a serious fall down a short flight of stairs, she filed a premises liability action against defendants for negligence and negligence per se. The district court granted summary judgment to…
LifeWise Family Financial Security, Inc. v. Triangle Capital Corp.
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2162
Justia Opinion Summary: LifeWise, a shareholder in Triangle, filed a securities fraud class action against Triangle, alleging that defendants knew or should have known of the risks of certain investments but defrauded them by failing to…
US v. Tye Sarratt
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
19-6075
Fluvia Monterroso-Ovalle v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1025
John Corrigan v. Rodney Hood
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1170
Gabriel Perez-Amaya v. United States of America
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1447
Larry Klayman v. Thomas Fitton
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1738
Porsha Ramseur v. Concentrix CVG Customer
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1778
Michael Aletum v. Kuehne & Nagel, Inc.
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1842
Enovative Technologies, LLC v. Gabriel Leor
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1911
Brigitte Kiza v. Universal Insurance Company
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1953
Mattie Wilson v. South Carolina Telco Federal
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1999
Winfred Nicholson v. Commissioner of IRS
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2002
Belinda Hernandez v. Andrew Saul
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2019
Douglas Myers v. Mickey Norman
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2110
In re: Jose Manlapaz
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2128
In re: Keenan Cofield
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2137
In re: Jeffrey Pleasant
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2188
In re: Jackie Clark
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2212
Leroy Kelly v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6473
Ronnie Everett v. Justin Andrews
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6514
Daniel Tekle v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6842
Lawrence Crawford v. Judge Newman
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7073
Alonzo Harris v. Bryan Antonelli
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7093
Lorenza Ferebee v. Karen Stapleton
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7206
US v. Ronald McKinney
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7215
US v. Milton Chavarria
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7241
Marco Owens v. SC Department of Corrections
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7248
US v. Anthony Andrews
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7329
US v. Shawn Engle
Date: February 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7405
United States v. Burnley
Date: February 19, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4176
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit vacated defendant's sentence for conspiracy to possess, with intent to distribute, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The court found that the district court's explanation for applying the…
US v. Quionte Crawford
Date: February 19, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4876
US v. Charles Kargbo
Date: February 19, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7610
Jose Ramirez Zarate v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: February 19, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1592
US v. Antone Holmes
Date: February 19, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4316
US v. Trois Bryant
Date: February 19, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6699
US v. Reggie Beckton
Date: February 19, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6738
US v. David Odom
Date: February 19, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7291
Kayie Wright v. Christopher Rich
Date: February 19, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7428
Steves and Sons, Inc. v. JELD-WEN, Inc.
Date: February 18, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1397
Justia Opinion Summary: JELD-WEN's customers, Steves and Sons, filed suit challenging JELD-WEN's acquisition of a competitor. After a jury found that the merger violated the Clayton Antitrust Act and that Steves and Sons was entitled to treble…
US v. Bobby Broaddus
Date: February 18, 2021
Docket Number:
19-6123
Claudio De Simone v. Alfasigma USA, Inc.
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1731
William Lins v. US
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2069
US v. Hunter Dent
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2147
David Balch v. Oracle Corporation
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2433
URS Federal Services, Inc. v. OSHA
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2464
US v. Joshua Conner
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4677
US v. Walter Graves
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4935
US v. Justin Stallings
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4030
US v. Daryl Smith
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4229
US v. Jennifer Lennon
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4428
Chuck McCullough v. G. Dodkin
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6271
US v. Anttwaine Dunlap
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6478
US v. Kevin Gayles
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7014
Clarence Rhodes v. Bryan Dobbs
Date: February 17, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7500
Terron Dizzley v. Melvin Garrett
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number:
19-6959
US v. Lethen Pollack, Jr.
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4147
US v. Rey Hernandez-Alavez
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4377
Russell Watkins v. Walmart of Holly Springs
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6027
Michael Rufus v. Margaret Seymour
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7025
US v. Marciano Reza, Jr.
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7092
Michael Brown v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 16, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7202
US v. David Runyon
Date: February 12, 2021
Docket Number:
17-5
Tamrat Asrat v. Sarah Taylor
Date: February 12, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2131
Daniel Pierre v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: February 12, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1813
S. Shrewsbury v. David Williams
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1268
Faisal Amin v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1404
Daniel Gonzalez v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1932
US v. Leroy Lunceford
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4339
Clifton Lyles v. Bryan Stirling
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6421
US v. Larry Hill, Jr.
Date: February 11, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7397
United States v. Pulley
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4273
Justia Opinion Summary: A district court's finding of whether a particular false statement or omission in a warrant affidavit was made intentionally or with reckless disregard for the truth is a factual one, subject to reversal only upon an…
Herbert Clark, III v. John Whitley
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1622
Tacitus Hall v. Timothy Anderson
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1786
Rosendo Juan-Gonzalez v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1935
US v. Alan Darcy
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6847
US v. Zacarias Moussaoui
Date: February 10, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7255
Michael Jones v. Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1975
Everett Myers v. Andrew Saul
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2193
US v. Antonio McKoy
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4498
United States v. Velasquez-Canales
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4753
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's 36-month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to illegal reentry after commission of an aggravated felony. The court held that there was no error in the district court's…
US v. Lamar Garvin
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number:
19-6617
Mohamed Aly Elshayala v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1431
Ibrahim Musa v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1608
Shanell Royal v. Jane Kirschling
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1610
US v. Christopher Brown
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6104
US v. Richard Kennedy
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6240
US v. Damien Nowell
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7126
Leo Farnsworth v. Melvin Davis
Date: February 9, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7686
Clayland Farm Enterprises, LLC v. Talbot County
Date: February 8, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2102
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling that three local zoning ordinances are constitutional under the Takings Clause and the Due Process Clause, and that Clayland's equitable claims are moot. In this…
Diaz De Gomez v. Wilkinson
Date: February 8, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2115
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit granted a petition for review of the BIA's decision dismissing petitioner's appeal of the denial of her requests for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture…
Marvin Patrick v. H. Joyner
Date: February 8, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7364
In Re: Joshua Anderson
Date: February 8, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1946
US v. Carl Linyard
Date: February 8, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6686
George Wingate v. Scott Fulford
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1700
Marla Crawford v. Henrico County School Board
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2417
Kandise Lucas v. Henrico County School Board
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2418
US v. Frank Purpera, Jr.
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4158
United States v. White
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4886
Justia Opinion Summary: In this court order, the Fourth Circuit certified the following question to the Supreme Court of Virginia: Under Virginia common law, can an individual be convicted of robbery by means of threatening to accuse the victim…
US v. Brandon Dudley
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4143
US v. George Lockhart
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4325
US v. Richard Rudisill
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7232
US v. Jerome Heath
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7259
US v. Hezekiah Drayton
Date: February 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7302
Wingate v. Fulford
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1700
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and Virginia common law, challenging his stop, arrest, and subsequent prosecution. The district court denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and granted the officers'…
Kirk v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1989
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, former recipients of Social Security disability benefits and former clients of an attorney who orchestrated one of the largest fraud schemes in the history of the SSA, argued in consolidated appeals that…
Victor Piechocki v. State of Maryland
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
19-6873
US v. Sean Whitley
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7164
Dawn Ledwell v. Thomas Ravenel
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1344
Wanza Cole v. Wake County Board of Education
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1364
Wayne Jones v. Virginia State University
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1522
Mobashera Ahmed v. NewRez LLC
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1570
US v. Paul Alexander
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4059
US v. Mitchell Nicholas
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4138
US v. Gurpreet Bajwa
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4343
US v. Justin Sharpe
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6690
US v. Gena Randolph
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6832
US v. Theron Thompson
Date: February 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6993
US v. Aquabeus Moore
Date: February 3, 2021
Docket Number:
17-4579
US v. Melanie Wiggins
Date: February 3, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4899
US v. Garlin Farris
Date: February 3, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4142
US v. Saquon Dunn
Date: February 3, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4246
Belmora LLC v. Bayer Consumer Care AG
Date: February 2, 2021
Docket Numbers:
18-2183, 18-2232
Justia Opinion Summary: Bayer filed suit against Belmora, alleging that Belmora engaged in unfair competition in violation of section 43(a) of the Lanham Act. The district court held that Bayer's section 43(a) claims were time-barred. In this…
Sharon Funderburk v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
Date: February 2, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2220
Kenia Moncada-Cambar v. Robert Wilkinson
Date: February 2, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1413
In Re: Tommy Adams, Jr.
Date: February 2, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1947
US v. Alan Andersen
Date: February 2, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4148
Dmitry Pronin v. Troy Johnson
Date: February 2, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6124
John Crawford v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 2, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6430
Gary Debenedetto v. S. Kallis
Date: February 2, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6589
Jamal Saunders v. Matthew Roberts
Date: February 2, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6653
Foodbuy, LLC v. Gregory Packaging, Inc.
Date: February 1, 2021
Docket Numbers:
19-1613, 19-1692
Justia Opinion Summary: GPI and Foodbuy were engaged in a non-exclusive commercial relationship, which was memorialized in a supplier agreement. Foodbuy subsequently filed suit against GPI alleging, among other claims, breach of contract for…
United States v. Croft
Date: January 29, 2021
Docket Number:
18-6627
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a petition for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. 2255, holding that a conviction under South Carolina's carjacking statute, S.C. Code 16-3-1075, which prohibits…
Clinchfield Coal Company v. Lloyd Lambert
Date: January 29, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1745
PETA v. Tri-State Zoological Park
Date: January 29, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1010
Calvin Norton v. Columbus Board of Elections
Date: January 29, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1333
US v. Juan Barcenas-Bueno
Date: January 29, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4419
US v. Devon Lunn
Date: January 29, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7075
US v. LaGrant Greer
Date: January 29, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7224
Goodman v. Z. Diggs
Date: January 28, 2021
Docket Number:
18-7315
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit joined the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits in holding that an amended complaint does not divest an earlier verified complaint of its evidentiary value as an affidavit at the summary judgment stage.…
US v. Tevon Fayson
Date: January 28, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4711
Cedrick Draper v. County of Augusta
Date: January 28, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1307
Jabbar Straws v. Bryan Stirling
Date: January 28, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6555
Smith v. Schlage Lock Company, LLC
Date: January 27, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1391
Justia Opinion Summary: After Julian Jackson Smith was diagnosed with mesothelioma, he died the following year. Before his death, Mr. Smith and his wife filed suit alleging that Schlage Lock and dozens of other defendants may have exposed Mr.…
United States v. Haas
Date: January 27, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4077
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for attempted sex trafficking of a minor and three child pornography offenses. The court upheld the district court's denial of a Franks hearing to challenge the veracity…
US v. Brian Dunlow
Date: January 27, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4328
US v. Terrence Dickens
Date: January 27, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7192
United States v. Myers
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number:
18-4940
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the legality of defendant's arrest under Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366, 373 (2003), which held that when a law enforcement officer finds illegal drugs in an automobile that the officer has…
Vandross v. Stirling
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number:
18-6916
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of habeas relief to petitioner under 28 U.S.C. 2254, rejecting petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668…
Fleet Feet, Inc. v. Nike, Inc.
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2390
Justia Opinion Summary: Fleet Feet filed suit against NIKE, alleging that NIKE's advertising campaign with the tagline "Sport Changes Everything" infringed on Fleet Feet's trademarks "Change Everything" and "Running Changes Everything." Fleet…
Edward Gelin v. Kyle Shuman
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1141
In re: Richard Martin
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1734
In re: Richard Martin
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1754
Shawnta Royster v. Louis DeJoy
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1962
In re: Richard Martin
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2314
US v. Veto Martin
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4156
US v. Samuel Holmes
Date: January 26, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6114
Amaya v. Rosen
Date: January 25, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1619
Justia Opinion Summary: An alien may seek to avoid deportation by showing a clear probability that, if deported, he will be persecuted because of his race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. If…
US v. Calvin Wilson
Date: January 25, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4461
US v. Tyler Scher
Date: January 25, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7188
Addax Energy SA v. M/V Yasa H. Mulla
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
18-2438
Justia Opinion Summary: Addax filed an in rem action against the vessel to enforce a maritime lien under the Commercial Instruments and Maritime Lien Act (CIMLA) and Supplemental Admiralty Rule C. The vessel asserted that Addax's right to a…
United States v. Hamilton
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4852
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography and was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment followed by a lifetime of supervised release. On appeal, defendant challenges three special conditions…
United States v. McDonald
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Numbers:
19-7668, 19-7673, 19-7715
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit vacated the district court's orders partially granting defendants' motions for sentence reductions pursuant to Section 404 of the First Step Act. In each case, the district court granted defendants'…
Joe Fulgham v. Robert McDonnell
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7071
US v. Luis Hernandez-Espinoza
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7097
US v. Terron McAllister
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7138
US v. Reginald Falice
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7200
James Brown v. Scott Lewis
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7205
US v. Shapat Nabaya
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7210
Brandon Thomas v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7271
Tony Washington v. Richard Hudgins
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7286
US v. Christopher Salisbury
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7293
US v. Jerome Thomas
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7309
Felix Okafor v. Bryan Antonelli
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7312
Lloyd Lewis v. Stephanie Brathwaite
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7317
US v. Benny Isom
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7348
Jerome Gordon v. James Beale
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7367
US v. Patricia Jenkins
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7383
US v. Jason Beckham
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7440
Gregory Cannon v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7479
Walando Kenney v. Frederick Entzel
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7494
Kalen Nielsen v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7549
Robert Mitchell v. Magistrate Judge Miller
Date: January 22, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7718
US v. Treadway Manning
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
16-4753
RXD Media, LLC v. IP Application Development LLC
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1461
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arose out of trademark litigation initiated by RXD against Apple over rights to use the "ipad" mark. After the district court awarded summary judgment in favor of Apple on all claims advanced by RXD and on…
D. Baucom, Jr. v. DoALL Company
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1883
Dowling v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2141
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit reversed the district court's decision affirming the ALJ's determination that plaintiff's disability had ceased as of March 31, 2013. The court concluded that the ALJ committed two legal errors: first,…
Sharon Davis v. Town of Tazewell, Virginia
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2371
US v. Terrell Houston
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4024
United States v. Bennett
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4599
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for seventeen financial crimes and affirmed defendant's 240-month sentence. Defendant's conviction stemmed from her efforts to induce individuals to invest in her…
US v. Rayco Bethea
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4618
US v. Jonah Hawkins
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
19-6784
US v. Dupree Turner
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
19-6823
Kevin Hardy v. Bryan Stirling
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7617
Marilynn McRae v. Donnie Harrison
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1145
Daniel Felix v. Dare County Sheriff's Dept.
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1471
Fenyang Stewart v. Wilbur Ross, Jr.
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1514
Santos Lopez Perez v. Jeffrey Rosen
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1532
Bernadette Nelson-Rogers v. Kaiser Permanente
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1703
Daryl Green v. Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1825
Daryl Green v. 1900 Capital Trust II
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1833
In re: Kevin Myers, Jr.
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2025
Anthony Bryant v. Executive Office
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-2094
US v. Rashawn Williams
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4036
US v. Charles Ledford
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4202
US v. Gordon Blake
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4252
US v. Gustavo Ledesma-Resendiz
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4309
US v. Xavier Earquhart
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4347
US v. Davis
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4356
US v. Jamar Green
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4532
US v. Xavier Earquhart
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4570
US v. Deshawn Rivers
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6188
Harvey Johnson v. Warden Hudgins
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6283
Diontre Brown v. Letitia Culick
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6561
Gerard Williams, Sr. v. James Nestrick
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6708
Terrance Hagood v. SC Highway Patrol
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6878
US v. Anthony Gillis
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6944
Alexander Harris v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6950
Arnett Thomas v. Robert Lucking
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7019
Danny Rodriguez v. Warden Streeval
Date: January 21, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7089
Steven Farr v. US
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1245
Lemon v. Myers Bigel, P.A.
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1380
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against her former employer, alleging claims of race- and gender-based discrimination under Title VII and racial discrimination under 42 U.S.C. 1981. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's…
Western Star Hospital Authority, Inc. v. City of Richmond
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1977
Justia Opinion Summary: After VA Medical Center selected Metro Health's bid on the condition that Metro Health could obtain a permit from the City to operate emergency medical services (EMS) vehicles, the City refused to grant Metro Health a…
Benjamin v. Sparks
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2041
Justia Opinion Summary: Benjamin was hired as headmaster at the k-12, non-denominational, faith-based Epiphany School. Epiphany community members “evaluated Benjamin on various criteria[,] including ‘Christian Tradition.’” Benjamin, who…
US v. James Niblock
Date: January 19, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6704
US v. Eddie Sweeney
Date: January 15, 2021
Docket Number:
15-4456
United States v. Lester
Date: January 15, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4310
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's 360-month sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a child. The court held that defendant's sentence is both procedurally and substantively…
Hanna Raymer v. US
Date: January 15, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6658
US v. Zacarias Moussaoui
Date: January 15, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6717
US v. Joseph Hendrix
Date: January 15, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7465
Fernandez Gonzalez v. Cuccinelli
Date: January 14, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1435
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, aliens unlawfully in the United States seeking U-Visas, filed suit alleging that DHS unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed adjudication of their U-Visa petitions and their applications for work…
John Doe 4 v. Shenandoah Valley Juvenile
Date: January 14, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1910
Randy Burke v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 14, 2021
Docket Number:
19-6523
Daisy Fulford v. Christopher Miller
Date: January 14, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1415
US v. Corey Johnson
Date: January 14, 2021
Docket Number:
20-15
US v. Don Dandridge
Date: January 13, 2021
Docket Number:
16-7573
US v. Alvin Pickett
Date: January 13, 2021
Docket Number:
18-4844
Heyer v. United States Bureau of Prisons
Date: January 13, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7027
Justia Opinion Summary: Heyer, a Deaf individual who communicates in ASL, is civilly committed as a sexually dangerous person. In prison and while civilly committed, Heyer’s access to the Deaf community has dwindled. Detainees in Heyer’s Unit…
US v. Corey Johnson
Date: January 13, 2021
Docket Number:
20-15
Shaheen Cabbagestalk v. SCDC
Date: January 13, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6549
Doe v. Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center Commission
Date: January 12, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1910
Justia Opinion Summary: A facility caring for an unaccompanied child fails to provide a constitutionally adequate level of mental health care if it substantially departs from accepted professional standards. Appellants, a class of unaccompanied…
Ayyakkannu Manivannan v. Department of Energy
Date: January 12, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2188
United States v. Singletary
Date: January 12, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4381
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit vacated defendant's 13-year sentence and 5-year term of supervised release imposed after he pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robbery and to use of a firearm in the course of a crime of violence. The court…
Harry Quigley v. City of Huntington, WV
Date: January 12, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1682
Adesijuola Ogunjobi v. United Nations
Date: January 12, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1688
US v. Timothy Scaife
Date: January 12, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6008
US v. Dustin Higgs
Date: January 11, 2021
Docket Number:
20-18
US v. Timothy Scaife
Date: January 11, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6008
Liubov Skibo v. Greer Laboratories, Inc.
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2042
United States v. Ellis
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4159
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit held that defendant's conditions of supervised release banning legal pornography and internet access cannot be sustained as "reasonably related" under 18 U.S.C. 3583(d)(1) and are overbroad under 18…
HIAS, Inc. v. Trump
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1160
Justia Opinion Summary: Resettlement agencies filed suit challenging President Trump's Executive Order 13,888, which drastically alters the system by which the federal government resettles refugees across the United States. The order creates an…
US v. Dustin Higgs
Date: January 8, 2021
Docket Number:
20-18
August Mack Environmental Inc. v. EPA
Date: January 7, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1962
US v. Dennis Sturdivant
Date: January 7, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4770
US v. Angelo Lynch
Date: January 7, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4774
Carolina Romero Adame v. Jeffrey Rosen
Date: January 7, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1602
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. SunTrust Bank
Date: January 7, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1921
US v. Mathew Byrd
Date: January 7, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4116
US v. David Stewart
Date: January 7, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6207
Damian Inman v. Sally Boss
Date: January 7, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6353
Devon Lunn v. US
Date: January 7, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7517
Westmoreland Coal Company v. DOWCP
Date: January 6, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1103
Knight v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Date: January 6, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1636
Justia Opinion Summary: After Boehringer developed a drug called Pradaxa to help reduce the risk of stroke, the FDA approved the drug and its label. Betty Knight suffered complications from taking the drug and eventually died. Betty's children…
Mann v. United States
Date: January 6, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1793
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment affirming the IRS's disallowance of a charitable deduction that plaintiffs claimed on their 2011 joint income tax return. After plaintiffs purchased real…
US v. Todd Williams
Date: January 6, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4717
US v. James Rose
Date: January 6, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6359
US v. John Rillo
Date: January 6, 2021
Docket Number:
20-6632
Poly-Med, Inc. v. Novus Scientific Pte. Ltd.
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1957
Legacy Data Access, Inc. v. Cadrillion, LLC
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number:
19-1974
Sesay v. United States
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number:
19-2146
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a United States citizen, and his daughter, a citizen and resident of Sierra Leone, filed suit challenging the denial of their visa to the daughter. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of…
Vernon Dowling v. US
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number:
19-7273
Khalilah Johnson v. UPS
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1313
In re: Jamel Law
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1641
Hong Tang v. The University of Baltimore
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-1810
US v. Burudi Faison
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4163
US v. Malcolm Hartley
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7055
US v. Brennan Christian
Date: January 5, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7078
Dean v. Jones
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Number:
18-7227
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a prison inmate, filed suit against two correctional officers, alleging that they used excessive force under the Eighth Amendment. The district court granted summary judgment to the officers, reasoning that…
JTH Tax, Inc. v. Aime
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Numbers:
19-1746, 19-1792
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was a successful franchise operator of several tax preparation businesses under the umbrella of JTH Tax, Inc. and SiempreTax+ LLC (together, "Liberty Tax"). In this case, Liberty Tax requested that defendant…
US v. Kwame Crawford
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Number:
19-4615
US v. Pamela Anderson
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-4385
US v. Pedro Dieguez
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7127
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. Orlando Hudson, Jr.
Date: January 4, 2021
Docket Number:
20-7303
