2022 Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

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Ashraf Khan v. Merrick Garland
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1442
Justice 360 v. Bryan Stirling  
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2205

Justia Opinion Summary: Justice 360 offers post-conviction representation to South Carolina’s death-row inmates. In the current matter, Justice 360 acts solely on its own behalf. The organization’s Amended Complaint alleges that South Carolina…

US v. Harold Broome, Jr.
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4114
US v. Darryle Robertson
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6710
David Firewalker-Fields v. Harold Clarke
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6377
Laverne McIver v. Bridgestone Americas, Inc.  
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2310

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff claims that Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations discriminated against her based on her race by allowing a hostile work environment to pervade its manufacturing plant and by retaliating against her for accusing…

Chris Brusznicki v. Prince George's County  
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1621

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are “in the business of purchasing tax-lien certificates.” They attend government auctions where they bid on tax-delinquent properties and, if successful, either take title to the properties or earn interest…

Nathan Mowery v. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency  
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2022

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency alleging religious discrimination and retaliation under Title VII. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district…

US v. Shaka Abdul-Muhaimin
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7186
In re: Nigel Clarke
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1484
US v. Shelby Petties  
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4332

Justia Opinion Summary: The appeal turns on a plea agreement between Defendant and the government. In that agreement, the government promised to dismiss two of the three counts on which Defendant had been indicted. In exchange, Defendant agreed…

US v. Marcus McMillan
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4608
State of North Carolina v. Arkalgud Lakshminarasimha
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7698
In re: Jeffrey Cohen
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1588
Solomon Butler v. Jamie Bullard
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6070
US v. Warren Spruill, Jr.
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6146
Wengui Guo v. Yeliang Xia
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 19-2062
US v. Anthony Andrews
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7908
Saiku Bah v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2282
US v. Kenneth Stuart
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7376
Kandance Wells v. City of Charleston
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1458
In re: Tennyson Harris
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1714
US v. Harry Ryals
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6078
Michael Hickson v. Warden, Ridgeland Correctional Institution
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6253
US v. Russell Burnett
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6256
US v. James Thorpe
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6270
Teresa Vanover v. State of North Carolina
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6311
US v. Derrick Battle
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6319
US v. Reynaldo Calderon
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6345
Florence Bikundi v. R. McCaffrey
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6348
US v. Noel Redd
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6373
US v. Alito Cross
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6378
US v. Adam Randolph, IV
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6398
US v. Gregory Clinton
Date: July 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6446
Charles Harris v. Kilolo Kijakazi
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1853
Donat Porter v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2093
Filimon Garcia-Sandoval v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2271
US v. Christopher Hall
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4356
US v. Joshua Kramer
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4424
US v. Gerard Fenner
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4599
US v. Lawrence Steen, Jr.
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4715
Terry Ofori v. Gary Williams
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7219
US v. Christopher Lancaster
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7256
US v. Adam Gunn, II
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7499
US v. Ryan Little
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7746
Travis Ball v. Jonathan English
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7768
Eugene Schuler v. Harold Clarke
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7770
Warrenton London, Sr. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1077
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. Durham County Magistrate Office
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1088
Derrick Allen v. Better Dental
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1281
Shirley Trent v. VCU
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1375
Dora Adkins v. Merrifield Hotel Associates, LP
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1414
Donnell Walker v. Brian Frosh
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6068
US v. Lorenzo Roscoe
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6267
US v. Dennis DeFranco
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4120
Lawrence Wiebusch v. SSA
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1590
Board of Trustees v. Four-C-Aire, Inc.  
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2181

Justia Opinion Summary: The Board of Trustees of the Sheet Metal Workers’ National Pension Fund (“the Fund”) sought to recover a delinquent exit contribution from Four-C-Aire, Inc., a former participating employer, under Section 515 of the…

Latasha Holloway v. City of Virginia Beach  
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1533

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sued the City of Virginia Beach and several local officials, claiming that the City’s exclusive use of at-large voting to elect members of its City Council diluted the votes of minority voters in violation of…

Jasaan Qiydaar v. People Encouraging People, Inc.
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1734
US v. Yonathan Melaku
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6122
US v. Soeuth Ath
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4824
Quincy Allen v. Michael Stephan  
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of two capital murders and sentenced to death in a South Carolina state court. During the penalty phase, the government and defense experts agreed that Petitioner suffered persistent childhood…

Tammy Fowler v. SSC Seneca Operating Company LLC
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1593
US v. Dawhan Archible
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4428
In re: William Whittman
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1586
Timothy Davis v. Chia Wang
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6045
US v. Roger Lunsford
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6079
David Hill v. Paul McNulty
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6083
Jamarv Hammond v. Lieutenant Burns
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6084
US v. Ventura Garcia
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6138
DeAndre Dunston v. Mary Taylor
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6142
Terrance Hammock v. Melissa Hyatt
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6153
US v. Kenneth Brown
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6160
Robert Via, Jr. v. Beth Cabell
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6182
Stephen Reese v. William Newman
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6193
Abdu-Salim Gould v. Todd Ishee
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6195
US v. Christopher Rogers
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6215
US v. David Hill
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6227
Joe Fulgham v. Unknown
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6246
Ethan Moore v. David Young
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6336
Ronald Williams v. Shanticia Hawkins
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6343
George Jones v. Kenneth Nelson
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6382
Sean Heyward v. Harold Clarke
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6387
US v. Angel Rivas, Jr.
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 17-4588
US v. Devonta Doyle
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4808
US v. Derrick Daniels, Jr.  
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4812

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant challenged the admissibility of a handgun found in a rental car he had been driving that was parked outside of his hotel. Finding that Defendant had abandoned any legitimate expectation of privacy in the…

US v. Darrius Heuser-Whitaker
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4837
Skillets, LLC v. Colony Insurance Company
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1268
Marcia Ballard v. Jerrie McFalls
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2224
Aleyda Ochea-Alcerro v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2371
US v. Chanrelle Harris
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4182
US v. Antoine Myles
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4420
US v. David Orozco  
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4473

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was paid to drive a car with over $100,000 in drug-tainted cash hidden in a secret dashboard compartment. When police pulled him over, he acted suspiciously: He quickly shut down the GPS application running on…

US v. Tracy Brown
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4554
US v. Andrew Bass, II
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4587
US v. Khalil Morrison
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4621
US v. Ivan Powell
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4681
US v. Yonathan Melaku  
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6122

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to and was convicted of three felony offenses: (1) willfully injuring government property causing damage exceeding $1,000, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 1361; (2) using, carrying, and…

LeAnne Culbertson v. Leon Lott
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6505
Gary Wall v. E. Rasnick  
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6553

Justia Opinion Summary: On appeal, prisoner Plaintiff raised constitutional and state-law claims against numerous prison officials arising from a physical altercation at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia. As part of his evidentiary showing,…

US v. Kevin Scott
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7392
US v. Derrick Battle
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7628
US v. Reginald Lindsey
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7631
Jerrell Roberts v. Bryan Dobbs
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7651
David Firewalker-Fields v. Harold Clarke
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7769
Anthony Zappin v. Rachael Fletcher Cipoletti
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1065
Gregory Savoy v. Peter Franchot
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1112
Tori Smith v. Jehovah's Witnesses
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1158
William Whittman v. Associa, Associations, Inc.
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1186
Damali Gordon v. Emily Breeding
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1190
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1195
Ronald Emrit v. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1334
Ronald Emrit v. Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1338
In re: Maurice Proctor, Sr.
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1523
US v. Robert Holden, Jr.
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4804
Pamela Whitaker v. Monroe Staffing Services, LLC  
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1217

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff entered into a share purchase agreement with Defendants for the sale of her business, which agreement the parties later amended (the contract, or the amended agreement). Plaintiff filed suit in December 2019 in…

Marcus Smith v. Lowes Companies, Incorporated
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1490
Terri Cowgill v. First Data Technologies, Inc.  
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1543

Justia Opinion Summary: First Data Technologies, Inc. (“First Data”), a credit and debit card processing company, employed Plaintiff as a call center representative. Plaintiff submitted a request pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act…

Sabrina Brown v. US
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1666
US v. Kenneth Wiley
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4184
US v. Shelley Bandy
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4477
US v. Daryl Terry, Jr.
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4648
US v. James Webb
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6540
US v. Harry Moody
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7530
David Brightwell v. Allen Gang
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7751
Clarence Anderson, III v. Jeffrey Rockwell
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1126
In re: Michael Owlfeather-Gorbey
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1246
In re: Larry Davis
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1539
Brian Horsley v. KBP Investments
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1572
US v. Garland Morehead, Jr.
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4513
Brittney Felder v. MGM National Harbor, LLC
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2373
US v. Jamal Latimer
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4531
US v. Mark Lambert
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4590
US ex rel. Haile Nicholson v. Medcom Carolinas, Inc.  
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1290

Justia Opinion Summary: While working for a company that makes skin grafts, Plaintiff caught wind of a kickback scheme operating in a Veterans Administration hospital. The scheme involved the sale of skin grafts to the VA by commission-based…

Jeysi Flores-Sanchez v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2100
Paul Goldman v. Robert Brink  
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2180

Justia Opinion Summary: Pro se Plaintiff sought to pursue a civil action in the Eastern District of Virginia against several Commonwealth officials, alleging that the Old Dominion’s 2021 House of Delegates election contravened the federal and…

Henry Portillo Silva v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2388
US v. Dewan Garris
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4082
US v. James Webb
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6216
Osvaldo Rodriguez v. Robert Hudgins
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6751
James McNeill v. Lt. Crystal Taylor
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7168
US v. Charles Walker, Jr.
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4110
US v. Bryant Narcisse
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4572
Philip Sebolt v. John Pindelski
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 18-7042
US v. Larry Smith
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4102
US v. Doris Foster
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7745
Naturaland Trust v. Dakota Finance LLC  
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1517

Justia Opinion Summary: “Arabella Farm”, is bounded by three bodies of water—Clearwater Branch, Peach Orchard Branch, and an unnamed tributary of the Eastatoe River. Arabella Farm began clearing 20 acres of land to create its venue. The South…

Jonathan R. v. Jim Justice  
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1868

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought a claim on behalf of thousands of West Virginia’s foster children challenging the State’s administration of child welfare services. Invoking Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971), the district court…

Ester Bullock v. Frank Kendall
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2111
US v. Michael Jones
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7009
Gabriella Tillery v. Baltimore City
Date: July 20, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1047
US v. Bryshun Furlow
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4531
Patrick Myles v. The Johns Hopkins Univ APL
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1873
US v. David Miller  
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4095

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed from his convictions for conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to launder money, and eight counts of mail or wire fraud. He argued that his trial was constitutionally defective, his indictment was…

US v. Jennifer Hutchens
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4553
Diana Houck v. LifeStore Bank  
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1280

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued three defendants under 11 U.S.C. Section 362 for violating a bankruptcy stay by their participation in the foreclosure and sale of her home while her bankruptcy petition was pending. The district court…

Daniel Felix v. Doug Doughtie
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1740
US v. Marcus Waldo, Jr.
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4219
Melvin Simms v. Donald Ames
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6379
Terrence Hyman v. Casandra Hoekstra  
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6852

Justia Opinion Summary: The Interim Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the “State”), appealed from the district court’s order granting state prisoner Petitioner’s 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 petition for a writ of habeas…

Monica Perkins v. Warden P. Adams
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6917
In re: Kenneth Otey, Jr.
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1046
US v. Chandler Gist-Davis  
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4887

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered a conditional guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2). He appealed from the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress…

Andrew Brooks v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1401
Vicenta De Reyes v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1551
US v. Hubert Washington, Jr.
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6582
US v. Lowell Knight
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 16-7685
US v. Jesse Locklear
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4443
US v. Willie Gordon
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4845
Saudia Scott v. Old Navy, LLC
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1253
Edgar Galeano-Galo v. Merrick Garland
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1725
Charles Bellon v. The PPG Employee Life and Other Benefits Plan  
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1812

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, each a retiree of PPG Industries, Inc. (“PPG”), or the surviving spouse of such a retiree, initiated a putative class action— following the termination of Plaintiffs’ retiree life insurance coverage under the…

US v. Stephen Mills, Jr.
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4490
Spencer Stratton v. State of North Carolina
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6184
Rajul Ruhbayan v. Rebecca Smith
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7419
US v. Marty Sanders
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7727
Teresa Lavis v. Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc  
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 18-2180

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff entered into a reverse mortgage agreement with Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. (“RMS”). In violation of the Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”), RMS failed to disclose certain information at closing. Section 1635(b)…

US v. Marat Yelizarov
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4575
US v. Brooks Lesane  
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7144

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant sought vacatur of his 2003 conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The basis for Defendant’s coram nobis petition is primarily the decision in United States v. Simmons, pursuant to which…

US v. Derick Fallin
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7702
US Methanol, LLC v. CDI Corporation
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1416
James Wolfe v. City of North Charleston
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7335
Jeannie Quinteros v. Burlington Coat Factory
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2258
US v. Francisco Aguilar-Arevalos
Date: July 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4521
Xavia Goodwyn v. Roop
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7364
Bioventus LLC v. Trindent Consulting International Inc.
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1336
Darlene Stinger v. Fort Lincoln Cemetery, LLC
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1460
Rudolph Whitehurst v. Teresa Bryant
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1982
US v. Eric Pennington
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4664
US v. Marvin Patrick
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6031
Tory James v. Justin Andrews
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6159
Shannon Smith, Jr. v. Randy Demory
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6198
Jonathan Newell v. Roy Cooper
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6453
In re: Maurice Gibson
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1086
Haroldus Walton v. Harold Clarke
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6049
Robert Dillard v. Warden Williams
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6117
US v. Kevin Mallory  
Date: July 11, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4385

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of conspiring to transmit national defense information to Chinese agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 794(c), and making materially false statements to FBI agents, in violation of 18…

US v. Demario Boyd
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7537
Equity Investment Associates, LLC v. US  
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2001

Justia Opinion Summary: The Internal Revenue Service is barred from issuing a summons “with respect to any person if a Justice Department [criminal] referral is in effect with respect to such person.” I.R.C. Section 7602(d)(1). The IRS issued a…

US v. Lloyd Adams
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6009
US v. Preante Whitfield
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4173
US v. Bruce Altenburger
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4323
Patricia Richard v. Elizabeth Tallant
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1752
US v. Demetrice Devine  
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4280

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants led a violent street gang known as the Black Mob Gangstas, which was responsible for two murders. Several gang members were indicted, most of which entered guilty pleas and then testified against Defendants.…

US v. Benjamin Gibbs
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7717
William Taccino v. Act 1st Federal Credit Union
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2019
Siobhan Morrow v. Navy Federal Credit Union
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2323
US v. Martin Brooks
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4116
US v. Cody Locklear
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4261
US v. Derrick Racer
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4642
US v. Anthony Burfoot
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6932
US v. Christopher Kelly
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7607
US v. Dajon Gamble
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4848
US v. Andrew Powers  
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4396

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury in the Eastern District of Virginia convicted Defendant of defrauding investors in his technology company out of millions of dollars. The district court sentenced him to 151 months in prison, the bottom of the…

Kenneth Wallace ex rel. DMT, LLC v. Truist Bank
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2380
US v. Nikia Tull
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4196
US v. Leila Hector
Date: July 6, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6599
NCO Financial Systems, Inc. v. Montgomery Park, LLC  
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2370

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2002, NCO leased roughly 100,000 square feet of commercial space from Montgomery in its Baltimore building, which has over 1.2 million leasable square feet. NCO vacated the property in 2011. Montgomery was left with…

US v. Shammohd Ballah
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4526
US v. Cornelius Jackson
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7111
US v. Laquan Johnson
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6065
Genesis HealthCare, Inc. v. Becerra  
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1701

Justia Opinion Summary: Genesis Healthcare was a healthcare provider participating in the federal “340B Program,” which was designed to provide drugs to qualified persons at discounted prices. Under the Program, the Secretary of the Department…

Paige Martineau v. Joel Wier
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2035
Sing Fuels Pte Ltd. v. M/V LILA SHANGHAI  
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1607

Justia Opinion Summary: This dispute concerned whether an international trader of bunker fuel was entitled to a maritime lien on a vessel under the Commercial Instrument and Maritime Lien Act (CIMLA). The M/V LILA SHANGHAI (the Vessel) was a…

US v. Vincent Kring
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4378
Ronald Emrit v. Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1335
Ronald Emrit v. Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1336
Ronald Emrit v. CIA
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1350
Ronald Emrit v. CIA
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1354
US v. Jacob Bowling
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6005
US v. Derrick Ingram
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6031
Yared Tesfaye v. State of Maryland
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6066
Matthew Taylor v. Cabell County Sheriff's Department
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6074
US v. Michael Calvin
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6085
Michael Hepstall v. US
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6108
US v. Kevin Davis
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6111
US v. Emory Chiles
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6113
Jeremy Cochran v. Sarah Panardi
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6123
US v. Jared Bruton
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6134
US v. Lamarcus Thomas
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6141
US v. Gregory Daniels
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6181
US v. Domoinique Henderson
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6222
US v. Odassis Thomas
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6232
Nathan Smith v. US
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6300
Benjamin Johnson v. Bryan Stirling
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6332
David Luster v. R. Wolfe
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6412
US v. Isaiah Wilson
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 17-4505
Oscar Herrera-Alcala v. Merrick Garland  
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1770

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a Cuban alien, petitioned for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) protection. But the…

US v. Lee Elbaz  
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4019

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant operated a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme out of Israel which targeted unsophisticated victims worldwide. Defendant was ultimately convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and substantive wire fraud, and…

US v. William Thatch, Jr.
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6364
Edd Potter Coal Company, Inc. v. DOWCP  
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1623

Justia Opinion Summary: A former coal miner s filed a claim for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act. An administrative law judge (ALJ) and the Benefits Review Board both determined that Petitioner, Edd Potter Coal Company, would be…

Alexis Nkwelle v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2088
Blanca Vasquez Guzman v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2393
US v. Dale Williams
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4501
US v. David McDonald
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4611
US v. Mark Skeete
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4676
US v. Gregory Milton
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7316
US v. Salatheo Fluid
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7397
US v. Andre Roach
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7579
US v. Luis Cristobal
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7662
US v. Timothy Lynch
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7673
Nuru Yakubu v. Warden of FCI Edgefield
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7722
US v. Jorge Perez-Miramontes
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7767
James Adeyemi v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1024
Stan Laber v. DOD
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1060
Nathaniel Cannon v. Charter Communications
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1076
William Green v. Armor
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1116
Lamar Williams v. Paul Mayhew
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1182
Raqucal Cunningham v. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1185
Erica Ellis v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1235
Ronald Emrit v. Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1269
Albert Robinson v. David Oaks
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1270
Mwabira Simera v. Morgan State University
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1315
US v. Joel Dickson
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4226
Saadiq Long v. David Pekoske  
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1406

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner asserted several constitutional and procedural claims related to his inclusion in the Terrorism Screening Database and its subclassification, the No Fly List. These are two governmental, interagency tools used…

United States ex rel. Taylor v. Michael Boyko  
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1661

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought a False Claims Act challenge against two doctors, five medical companies, and an accounting firm, collectively referred to hereinafter as Defendants. She alleged that Defendants (1) knowingly submitted…

US v. Greg Lindberg  
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4470

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants were convicted of honest services fraud and federal funds bribery in connection with a series of payments and offers of payment, in the form of campaign contributions, made to the elected Insurance…

Michael Star v. The Warehouse Bar and Grille
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1807
US v. Reed Tanner
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4234
US v. Marcus Covington
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4512
US v. Michael Davis
Date: June 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7344
US v. Ithamar Southern
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 19-6777
Melvin Robinson, III v. Brickton Village Association
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1057
Regina Webster v. Chesterfield County School Board  
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1545

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was transferred from a class where she instructed emotionally disturbed (“ED”) children to a class where Plaintiff worked with children with moderate intellectual disabilities. Plaintiff alleged that one of her…

US v. Jeffrey Cohen
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6116
US v. Timeiki Hedspeth
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6545
US v. Kalvin Marshall
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6006
Brian Brown v. Joel Ziegler
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6008
Sherod Mair v. USN
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6015
US v. Thomas Keeler, II
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6020
US v. Dushawn Gardner
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6024
US v. Mohamed Elshinawy
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6027
Walter McCoy, Jr. v. Maryland Attorney General
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6072
US v. Willie Poyner
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6116
US v. Antonio Navarette
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6136
Eric Johnson v. J. Andrews
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6144
US v. Noah Billie
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6167
US v. Marcus Williams
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6175
US v. Alfred Cash, Jr.
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6225
US v. Nikki Cunningham-Quick
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6231
US v. Charles Ledford
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6248
Anthony Pryor v. Paul Adams
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6259
Brandon Barker v. US
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6292
Larry Blakney v. S.C. Law Enforcement Division
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6293
Larry Blakney v. US
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6294
US v. Maurice Gibson
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6298
US v. Ricky Crawford, Jr.
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6329
US v. Tamarlo Hall
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4041
US v. Steve Dias
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6620
Curtis Hill v. M. Breckon
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7013
US v. Mirwais Mohamadi
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7917
Damian Stinnie v. Richard Holcomb  
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1756

Justia Opinion Summary: This fee dispute arises from a putative class-action challenge to a now-repealed Virginia statute that triggered the automatic suspension of the driver’s licenses of “Appellants”, and numerous other Virginia residents…

US v. Michael Notheisen
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4533
US v. Stefon Boatwright
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4596
US v. Richard Patterson
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6248
Dennis Temple v. Warden Scott Lewis
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6594
US v. Rafael Parada-Mendoza
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6722
Sharu Bey v. B. Sullivan
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7164
US v. Patrick Falte
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7407
US v. Robert Priester
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7517
US v. Timothy Stinson
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7556
US v. Asmar Newsome
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7661
US v. Michael Orr
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7664
US v. Ryan Little
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7745
Jose Peregrina-Paez v. Warden of Bennettsville FCI
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7761
Avijit Dey v. Thomas Gorman
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1006
Joe Adams, Jr. v. 3D Systems, Inc.
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1025
Valerie Arroyo v. Southwood Realty Company
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1160
Janet Nelums v. John Waites
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1223
Gerald Hopper v. William Salazar
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1284
In re: Kent Bell
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1302
In re: Larry Cochran
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1410
In re: Major Mike Webb
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1422
US v. Oyontikeyta Jones
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-4008
US v. Andrew Jones
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6071
US v. Sebastian Morris  
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 18-6926

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to two child pornography offenses and was sentenced to 60 months' imprisonment and ten years' supervised release. Subsequently, Defendant moved to challenge eight of his supervised-release…

Rachan Reddy v. Rashid Buttar  
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1633

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a citizen and resident of Vietnam, initiated arbitration proceedings in Singapore against Defendant, then a citizen and resident of North Carolina regarding a dispute related to a sale of property in the…

In re: Dennis Johnson
Date: June 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1551
Mark Jeffrey v. Donnie Ames
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7618
Freda Day v. Oprah Winfrey
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1627
Summer Sowash v. Marshalls of MA, Inc.
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1656
In re: Mathew Byrd
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1494
US v. Dominique Turner
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4529
US v. Davon Williams
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 19-7858
US v. Antonio Gaithers
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 19-7859
US v. Jeffery Adams
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 19-7868
Mohamed Zokailah v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2079
US v. Timothy Himelright
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4024
US v. Leroy Goodman
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7320
US v. Eric Hughes
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4050
Jacob Phillips v. New Millennium Bldg Systems
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2095
Thomas Harwood, III v. American Airlines, Inc.  
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2200

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court’s new orders on damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs in his suit against American Airlines (“AA”) pursuant to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act ("USERRA").…

Marco Owens v. SC Department of Corrections
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7248
US v. Leroy Goodwin  
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7320

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012, Defendant was sentenced to 219 months of incarceration for drug conspiracy charges involving powder and crack cocaine. Defendant moved for relief under the First Step Act, which reduced penalties under the Fair…

Deaullandy Coleman v. Sergeant Jones
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7382
Dania Manzano v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1333
US v. Maurice Lavender
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4131
US v. Keith Nelson  
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4250

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of two sex offenses in Illinois state court. Subsequently, Defendant failed to register as a sex offender and then pleaded guilty to knowingly failing to update his sex-offender registration. At a…

US v. Donte McMillan
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4701
US v. Joseph Ryles
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4513
Jessica Araniva-Amaya v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1603
Wells Fargo Bank National Association v. Charles Jenkins
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2007
Eli Lilly and Company v. Novartis Pharma AG  
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1094

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and its foreign subsidiaries (collectively, “Eli Lilly”) applied to the district court under 28 U.S.C Section 1782 for an order requiring Novartis Pharma AG to provide discovery for use in ongoing patent…

Catherine Sharkey v. Fortress Systems International
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1533
US v. Under Seal
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4034
US v. Katrell Smith
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4360
US v. Calvin Butler
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6281
US v. Ricardo Arellano
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6187
Dianna Nidy v. U.S. Bancorp
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 19-1759
Bonnie Peltier v. Charter Day School, Inc.  
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1001

Justia Opinion Summary: Charter Day School (“CDS”) a public charter school in North Carolina, requires female students to wear skirts to school based on the view that girls are “fragile vessels” deserving of “gentle” treatment by boys.…

Redstone International, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2250
US v. Kimjuan Ellis, Jr.
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4057
US v. Jody Hairston
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4591
Marino Estrada-Ortiz v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1383
William Thorpe v. Harold Clarke  
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1714

Justia Opinion Summary: In a putative class action, Plaintiffs allege that as prisoners at two of Virginia’s supermax facilities, they have suffered severe isolation in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Plaintiffs argue that the Virginia…

US v. Robert Henderson
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4598
Donald Stout v. Preston County Sheriff's Department
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7231
Demetric Hardaway v. Lori Myers
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7568
Larry Slusser v. Acting Warden Vereen  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 19-7482

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2011, Defendant pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon. Under the Armed Career Criminals Act, Defendant received a 15-year sentence. Included in Defendant's plea agreement was a waiver of the right to…

Air Evac EMS, Inc. v. Allan McVey  
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1301

Justia Opinion Summary: Air Evac EMS, Inc., is an emergency air ambulance provider. Because the company's services are expensive, it markets and sells what it characterizes as a "debt cancellation program." Under this program, West Virginia…

Kellen Brown v. Leon Lott
Date: June 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6928
US v. Javoris Strong
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4315
US v. Dennis Rice  
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4489

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g), which prohibits a felon from possessing a firearm. Prior to sentencing, the Probation Office prepared a Presentence Investigation Report (“PSR”). The PSR…

Christopher Mosby v. Clarence DelForge, III
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7490
US v. Eric Wade
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 19-7682
Thomas Cannon v. Calvin R. Peck, Jr.  
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2382

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs were fired from their Department of Public Safety positions with the Village of Bald Head Island (“the Village”), a municipality located in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Following their departures, Village…

US v. Tanarius Royal
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4313
In re: Antonio Shropshire
Date: June 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1475
Claudio De Simone v. VSL Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1846

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants, VSL Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alfasigma USA, Inc., appealed the district court’s order finding them in contempt of the court’s permanent injunction. The injunction prohibited Defendants from suggesting in…

National Association of Immigration Judges v. David Neal
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1868
Jamier Heard v. Erik Hooks
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7281
R.A. v. Brady Johnson  
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1972

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the Iredell-Statesville School District Board of Education (“ISSD”) and several individual defendants, alleging federal constitutional and statutory claims, as well as state law claims for…

Cantwell-Cleary, Co., Inc. v. Cleary Packaging, LLC  
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1981

Justia Opinion Summary: When Cleary Packaging, LLC, filed a petition in bankruptcy under Subchapter V of Chapter 11 as a “small business debtor,” seeking to discharge a $4.7 million judgment that Cantwell-Cleary Co., Inc. had obtained against…

US v. Thomas Combs  
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4064

Justia Opinion Summary: When Defendant was released from prison and began his term of supervised release for racketeering he assaulted his then-girlfriend N.D. In light of this assault the district court revoked supervised release and sentenced…

US v. William Lamb
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4387
US v. Lloyd Carr
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7866
US v. Rahsaan Pearson
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4150
US v. Daniel Spence
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6543
Tyrone Delgado v. George Solomon
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6492
William Garey v. James S. Farrin, P.C.  
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1478

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, a group of drivers, sued Defendants, a group of personal injury lawyers, after Defendants sought and obtained car accident reports from North Carolina law enforcement agencies and private data brokers and…

US v. Keith Hairston
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6439
US v. Lance Whitaker
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6448
US v. Charles Johnson
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7148
US v. Aquabeus Moore
Date: June 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7379
Susan Weber v. Department of Veterans Affairs
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 19-2004
Eden, LLC v. Jim Justice  
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1079

Justia Opinion Summary: In March of 2020, West Virginia’s Governor began to adopt public-safety measures in response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Six months later, a group of Plaintiffs sued, challenging those measures as…

AJE Enterprise LLC v. James Justice
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1102
David Thompson v. U.S. Justice Department
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1625
US v. Quentin McNebb
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7145
US v. Andre Youngblood
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7658
In re: Walter Brown, II
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1444
Vance Caulkins v. Kilolo Kijakazi
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1060
Ronnie Blankenship v. US
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1642
Micheall Lyons v. City of Alexandria
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1656
US v. Timothy Rock
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4369
US v. 8.929 Acres of Land in Arlington County, Virginia  
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1352

Justia Opinion Summary: By grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States, the district court held that the Government’s provision of substitute facilities to Arlington County, Virginia (“the County”) constituted just compensation for…

B-21 Wines, Inc. v. Hank Bauer  
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1906

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs., a Florida-based wine retailer, plus its owner and three North Carolina residents, initiated a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 action, challenging a North Carolina alcoholic beverage control regime as…

Luis Palacios v. Merrick Garland
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2295
US v. Gary Duff
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6127
Micheall Lyons v. City of Alexandria  
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1656

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff alleged that his employer, the Alexandria Fire Department, intentionally discriminated against him because of his race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. Section 2000e et seq.…

Pilot Travel Centers LLC v. BarGib Enterprises Inc
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1926
US v. Kenneth Spirito  
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4393

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant and others came upon a start-up airline called People Express, but People Express had trouble securing funding. Defendant spearheaded an effort to use restricted state and federal funds as collateral to secure…

US v. Arthur Gerard, III
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4485
Tina Lail v. Kilolo Kijakazi
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2133
US v. Juan Gonzalez Padron
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4582
US v. Bobby Brown
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7753
Andrew Chien v. Edward Robbins, Jr.
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1004
Jill Waskey v. Monica Leslie
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1016
Brett-Andrew: House of Nelson v. Ashley Burgemeister
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1101
In re: Yosef Handy
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1155
In re: Samuel Holloman
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1309
Adane Kebede v. Butner FCI Prison Low Unit
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6016
US v. Shapat Nabaya
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6019
US v. William Stallings
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6032
Antonio Edwards v. US
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6058
Robert Gillins v. R. Hudgins
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6069
Maurice Scott v. Melvin Davis
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6122
Graham Schiff v. Maryland Attorney General
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6147
US v. Arnoldo Gamboa
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6158
US v. Kendrick Taylor
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6168
Alvin Faulkner v. Ronald Weber
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6224
Curtis Sparks, Jr. v. Bobby Russell
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6234
Richard Smith, Jr. v. CO Sines
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6241
Jesse Simpson v. A. McCabe
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6282
Jerome Butts v. State of North Carolina
Date: May 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6289
US ex rel. Stephen Gugenheim v. Meridian Senior Living, LLC  
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1583

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a North Carolina attorney, believed he uncovered fraud perpetrated by forty-five adult care homes upon the United States and the State of North Carolina. According to Plaintiff, Defendants violated a North…

US v. Quadrick Everette
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6745
Martin Espinoza Leyva v. Merrick Garland
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1901
Tigress McDaniel v. The State of North Carolina
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2126
Latoya Phillips v. WakeMed
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2301
Arthur Hairston, Sr. v. DVA Martinsburg
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2364
Kevin Myers v. City of Hampton
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2386
Michael Webb v. Anthony Fauci
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2394
Alice Guan v. Gary Bell
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2397
Tigress McDaniel v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2400
US v. Ronnie Clark
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4516
US v. James Hair
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7063
US v. Shaun Grier
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7181
Warren Giddings v. Montgomery County, Maryland
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7476
US v. Jesse Davis
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7500
David Dickerson v. Michael Stephan
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7627
Terrance Hammock v. Gail Watts
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7643
US v. Fernando Nunez
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7646
US v. David Hill
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7683
Khalil Kimbrough v. Kevin Hudson
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7713
US v. Domonic Usher
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7724
Joseph Locklear, Jr. v. Harold Clarke
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7732
Kevin Tolbert v. Warden
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6251
US v. William Monroe
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4083
US v. Lamar Garvin
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4388
US v. Ronnie Montgomery
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4445
Jason Poindexter v. Jeff Sandy
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6638
Byron Martz v. Day Development Company, L.C.  
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-2186

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, owner and developer of two undeveloped parcels of land, entered into a consulting services agreement with Plaintiff for each parcel. After Plaintiff obtained the necessary approvals from the City of Frederick…

Cameron Crockett v. Harold Clarke  
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-6636

Justia Opinion Summary: A Virginia jury convicted Petitioner of involuntary manslaughter after his car crashed into a tree killing the front seat passenger. The jury concluded that Petitioner was driving under the influence at the time of the…

Edward Gelin v. Kyle Shuman  
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1498

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs in this civil action served process on several of Defendants roughly a year after filing their complaint, in violation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m)’s 90-day time requirement for service. The…

Amy McNish v. Opal Hotels RDU Airport LLC
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1553
Reginald Evans v. Prince George's Community Television, Inc.
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1933
US v. Jaquan Day
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4341
Christopher Mahaffey v. Warden, Perry Correctional Institution
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6999
US v. Leila Hector
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7551
US v. Yayah Talib
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7719
Audrey Kimner v. State of South Carolina
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1194
In re: Derrick Miller
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1243
Madison Cawthorn v. Barbara Lynn Amalfi  
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1251

Justia Opinion Summary: North Carolina law allows “[a]ny qualified voter registered in the same district as the office for which [a] candidate has filed or petitioned” to file a challenge with the state board of elections asserting “that the…

In re: Deandre Johnson
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1348
In re: Christina Vogt
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1358
US v. Arthur Prince
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6025
Breland Boone v. Erin Moore
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6037
Leonardo Roque v. Erik Hooks
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6054
US v. Claude Sloan
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6060
US v. Edward Zinner
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6063
Kamil Johnson v. R. Wolfe
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 22-6076

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