2022 Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 2001 - 2500 of 2539

Eduardo Cervantes v. Merrick Garland
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1321
Shane Anthony Forrester v. Merrick Garland
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1360
Paul Goldman v. Robert Brink
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2180
In re: Jermaine Armstrong
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2411
US v. Siva Durbesula
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4323
US v. Kevin Moore
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4474
John Westine v. Warden FMC Butner
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6366
Bryan Goyer v. Paul Adams
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7294
US v. Jamal Sims
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4192
US v. Frederick Brown, Jr.
Date: March 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6404
US v. Anthony Mitchell
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4345
US v. David Mero
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7070
Orlin Yanez-Reyes v. Merrick Garland
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1072
In re: Emory Chiles
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2057
In re: Derek LaMar
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2399
Kevin Younger v. Neil Dupree
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6423
US v. Marquaseo Andrews
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4713
Emmanuel McGriff El v. William Bland
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6355
US v. Alexander Horst
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7037
US v. Dion Williams
Date: March 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7702
Abanoob Abdel-Malak v. Cape Fear Valley Med Center
Date: March 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2150
Jeremiah Henderson v. Austin McClain
Date: March 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2197
Jeremiah Henderson v. City of Roanoke, Virginia
Date: March 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2386
United States v. Hope  
Date: March 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4420

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit vacated defendant's sentence for knowingly possessing a firearm and ammunition, holding that the district court erred in finding that defendant's prior South Carolina convictions qualified as serious…

Na'Starja Saunders v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: March 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2153
In re: Michael Gorbey
Date: March 9, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1097
Cook v. United States  
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1685

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit concluded on the merits that, under the Bankruptcy Code and the applicable state fraudulent transfer statutes, tax penalty obligations are not voidable, and relatedly, tax penalty payments are not…

Ibrahim Oudeh v. Goshen Medical Center, Inc.
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2238
US v. Salatheo Fluid
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4481
Emmanuel Agbara v. Prince George's Cnty
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1029
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Kerr  
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1043

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose out of South Carolina's termination of Planned Parenthood's Medicaid provider agreement. The district court granted a preliminary injunction, concluding in relevant part that the individual plaintiff had…

United States v. Gillespie  
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4146

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of various offenses stemming from a series of armed home-invasion robberies. The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions and sentence for carrying a firearm during a crime of violence in…

US v. Carl McNeil, Jr.
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4925
Jean Pugin v. Merrick Garland
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1363
Mauricia Harrington-Wall v. City of Monroe, NC
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2132
Progressive Northern Insurance v. Y.E.
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2191
US v. Kenyad Kelly
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4417
Uncork and Create LLC v. The Cincinnati Insurance Co.  
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1311

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit held that, under West Virginia law, the insurance policy language requiring a "physical loss" or "physical damage" unambiguously covers only losses caused by, or relating to, material destruction or…

US v. Bronson Gainey
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4365
Clayton Jones v. State of South Carolina
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6179
Clayton Jones v. Jeanette McBride
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6218
Charles Anderson v. Quality Correctional Health Care
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6455
US v. Marvin Wright
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6560
In re: Henry Miller
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1120
Jordan v. Large  
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number: 19-7855

Justia Opinion Summary: A hung jury on one claim is a non-finding that cannot be used to conduct a consistency analysis with another finding by the jury. In this case, the jury was given a general verdict form, found defendant liable on one…

Larry Beverly v. Xavier Becerra
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1724
Barbara Bowden v. Forest River, Inc.
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1832
US v. Nakie Harris
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6781
US v. Leroy Perdue
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7337
W.S. v. Cassandra Daniels
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number: 19-2348
Jose Valle Amaya v. Merrick Garland
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1753
Cantu-Guerrero v. Lumber Liquidators, Inc.  
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Numbers: 20-2036, 20-2037

Justia Opinion Summary: Objectors challenge, for the second time, the district court's award of attorney's fees in association with a class-action settlement. The underlying 2018 settlement resolved two multidistrict litigation (MDL)…

Tanya Jones v. Megan Brennan
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2190
US v. Tanner Larch
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4350
Wood v. Stirling  
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-11

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit granted a certificate of appealability to petitioner on the issue of whether his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to object to the State's introduction and use of…

Garcia Hernandez v. Garland  
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1678

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit granted the petition for review challenging the BIA's dismissal of petitioner's appeal of the IJ's denial of petitioner's motion to reopen removal proceedings. The court concluded that petitioner's…

Toledo-Vasquez v. Garland  
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1849

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the BIA's denial of petitioner's application for asylum based on its finding that she had not shown she was persecuted on account of her membership in her…

Jesus Zuniga Romero v. Merrick Garland
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1894
Tabb v. Board of Education of the Durham Public Schools  
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2174

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. 1981, alleging that the school board discriminated against him on the basis of race in refusing to hire another teacher in the drama…

US v. Demery Mclymore
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4460
US v. Derrick Parks
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7801
Solon Phillips v. Maryland Bd of Law Examiners
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1218
US v. Nancy Siegel
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6426
US v. Darryle Robertson
Date: March 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7406
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare v. Karen Kimsey
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2176
Huey v. Equitable Production Co.  
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1614

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal involves a motion to enforce the final judgment and final order in a class action settlement made in the district court by the defendant in the class action, EQT, and class members, the Huey Plaintiffs. The…

US v. Karlos Poole
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4119
US v. William Duncan
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6485
US v. Arnold Gibbs
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7214
US v. Walter Cavender
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7348
US v. James Hancock
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7393
US v. Oscar Santos
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7408
Jimmy Roberts v. Erik Hooks
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7416
Maurice Craig v. Eric Hooks
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7439
Daniel Taylor v. Carl Manis
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7442
US v. Angel Castrejon
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7465
US v. David Allen
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7483
DeAndre Dunston v. Mary Taylor
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7531
US v. Lee Riggins, Jr.
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7539
US v. Maurice Geter
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7544
Abdul Abdullah v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7572
US v. Demitrius Coleman
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7585
US v. Shanna Brandon
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7600
US v. Kevin Stevens, Jr.
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7624
Antwyn Gibbs v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc.
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7667
US v. Marc Hall
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7685
US v. Jian-Yun Dong
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 17-4268
US v. Vaxima, Inc.
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 17-4277
Yeison Ortiz v. Alejandro Mayorkas
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7028
Tamrat Asrat v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1400
Amadu Koroma v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1403
Charles Goode v. Lynda Falkiner
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1747
Mayra Stump v. Denis McDonough
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1788
Daryl Green v. Prince George's County Office of Child Support
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1925
Vesta House v. PMC Property Group
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2036
Wendy Dale v. Algernon Butler, III
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2037
Winfred Nicholson v. UNIFY Financial Credit Union
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2095
Blake Sandlain v. Warden, FCI McDowell
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2098
Andre Juste v. Lindsay Brennan
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2175
Andre Juste v. Lindsay Brennan
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2176
In Re: Billy Williams
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2272
Marc Stout v. Reyes
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2297
In re: Vincente Baker
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2348
US v. Michael Meeks, III
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4159
US v. Joshua Durante
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4326
US v. Timothy Jones
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4405
US v. Patrick Broxton
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6489
David Gray v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7191
US v. James Hill
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4745
Raymond Gee v. Delta Speir Plantation LLC
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1852
Marvin Murrillo Guardado v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1205
US v. Salito Good
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4155
US v. Reginald Molette
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4209
Jane Doe v. Dr. Scott Syverud
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-2252
US v. Brendan Holt
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4071
US v. Michael Clark
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4332
Warfield v. ICON Advisers, Inc  
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1690

Justia Opinion Summary: Warfield, a securities broker, contended before an arbitration panel that his former employer, ICON, wrongfully terminated him without just cause. Warfield’s employment fell within the ambit of the Financial Industry…

Alkesh Tayal v. The Bank of New York Mellon
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1790
Wilson v. UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co.  
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2044

Justia Opinion Summary: Wilson participates in a health insurance plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Wilson’s minor son, J.W., a beneficiary of the Plan, received in-patient mental health treatment. …

US v. Demetrios Stavrakis
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4149
Alan Mann v. David Young
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7548
United States v. Duroseau  
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4104

Justia Opinion Summary: Duroseau, a naturalized U.S. citizen, served in Afghanistan in the Marines and suffered PTSD and a possible traumatic brain injury. He was convicted of unlawful exportation and (Count Five) transporting firearms to the…

US v. Dondie Williams
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6391
Michael Garner v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6575
US v. Lavon Williams
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7190
United Financial Casualty Co. v. Ball  
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1452

Justia Opinion Summary: Milton employees were performing work at Perry’s home. Milton’s owner authorized Perry to move Milton’s truck, which was blocking the driveway. Perry accidentally struck Ball, a Milton employee, who sustained serious…

Biniam Habtemichael v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1719
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 625 v. Nitro Construction Services, Inc.  
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2080

Justia Opinion Summary: Labor unions and the West Virginia Pipe Trades Health and Welfare Fund, sued Nitro Construction under the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), 29 U.S.C. 185, after Nitro made several tardy payments to the Fund. Nitro…

Wendy Long v. Kilolo Kijakazi
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2362
Moore v. Equitrans, L.P.  
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1134

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012, the Moores sued, claiming that Equitrans breached the parties’ right-of-way agreement and trespassed on the Moores’ land by laying two pipeline segments outside of the area specified in their agreement. A jury…

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Alan Wilson
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1369
United States v. Said  
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7089

Justia Opinion Summary: Said and six other Somali citizens attacked the USS Ashland. Said and another held loaded AK–47s. The codefendant fired at the Ashland. The Ashland returned fire, killing one attacker. Six survivors were brought to…

US v. Murdock Sherrod
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7295
Jonathan Brunson v. George Solomon
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7300
US v. Robert Koger
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7334
Frederick Sellers v. Bryan Dobbs
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7341
US v. John Lattaker
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7346
US v. Mustafa Muhammad
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7354
US v. Jose Bran
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7358
US v. Rudolph Jamison, III
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7359
US v. Dontae Small
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7381
James Whaley v. Warden Tyger River Correctional Institution
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7398
Sean Mescall v. U. S. Department of the Treasury
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7400
Winfred Simpson v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7413
US v. James McNeal
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7458
Aronte Jarvis v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7497
US v. Claude Sloan
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7503
US v. Noah Billie
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7523
US v. Hector Carranza
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7536
US v. Savino Braxton
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7543
James Brown v. Gail Watts
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7563
Marvin Gomez v. IRS
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7576
David Wasanyi v. George Trent
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7589
Juan Colon-Arriaga v. Stevie Knight
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7602
Andrew Ellis v. County of Wake
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7642
Albert Gurkin, Sr. v. Barney Owens
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7648
US v. Walker Camp, Jr.
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7656
US v. William Colbert
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7671
Casey Tyler v. Scotland Correctional Institution
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7682
US v. Rodney Cannady
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7689
US v. Deryke Pfeifer
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7692
US v. Anthony Foye
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 16-4659
US v. Taylor Stallings
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4152
Morgan v. Caliber Home Loans, Inc.  
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1745

Justia Opinion Summary: Morgan’s credit reports reflected purported overdue home loan payments. Morgan wrote to his loan servicer: Please find a report ... stating as of 10/13/15 I owe Caliber $16,806[.] [A]lso on 9/20/16 I called Caliber and…

United States v. Hasson  
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4126

Justia Opinion Summary: Then-lieutenant Hasson was arrested at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters. Agents found 196 Tramadol pills in Hasson’s backpack and another 106 in his desk. A search of Hasson’s residence uncovered another 122 Tramadol pills;…

US v. Joseph Sansosti
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4214
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Wilson  
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1369

Justia Opinion Summary: The 2021 South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act bans abortions after an ultrasound detects a “fetal heartbeat,” usually around the sixth week of pregnancy, before the “viability threshold”…

James Owens-El v. Maggie Chou
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1819
Judameyre McRae v. Niagara Bottling
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1884
Elizabeth Perry v. Jean Aidonis
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1943
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. Clarence Birkhead
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2009
Temekka Peterson v. Lynn Green
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2092
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. Kingwood Apartments
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2108
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. Manpower, Inc.
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2109
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. Lawrence Campbell
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2112
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. Roy Cooper
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2115
Derrick Allen v. Esther Bennett
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2129
Derrick Allen v. Jennifer Elwell
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2142
Derrick Allen, Sr. v. Burlington Housing Authority
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2152
Nelson Bruce v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2260
Michael Lee v. D. Bishoff
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2362
US v. Tymir Wigfall
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4054
US v. Gurbir Grewal
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4071
United States v. Buster  
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4101

Justia Opinion Summary: Officers approached Buster as he was walking; 30 minutes earlier, the officers had responded to “a domestic assault where a firearm discharged in the air.” The officers believed Buster matched descriptions of the…

US v. Ernie Brinn
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4379
US v. Terry Mason
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4394
US v. Tommy Adams, Jr.
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6696
US v. Jeffrey McCotter
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6918
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6930
Latron Brown v. Harold Clarke
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7036
US v. David Mero
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7173
US v. Mark Partman
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7208
US v. Christopher Silver
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7267
Robert Wilkins v. David Shaw
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7272
George Bigler v. State of North Carolina
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7274
US v. John Burton, IV
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7284
Ricky Evans v. Nottoway Correctional Center
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7402
Ali v. Hogan  
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2266

Justia Opinion Summary: Ali sought to pursue 42 U.S.C. 1983 proceedings challenging as unconstitutional an executive order of Maryland’s Governor that prohibits boycotts of Israel by business entities that bid on the state’s procurement…

US v. Traquon Davis
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4508
US v. Gaspar Dorantes Reyes
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4520
Yimoe Siddha v. Richard Dovey
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7668
US v. Claude Simpson
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7752
Azad Singh v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1662
US v. Steven Rast
Date: February 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7163
US v. Daniel Wood
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4914
US v. George Morales
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4272
US v. Abdi Osman
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7150
US v. Felix Martinez-Melquiades
Date: February 16, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4081
Irena Banks v. Bd of Educ of Anne Arundel
Date: February 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1302
Cordell Minor v. Paul Adams
Date: February 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7407
Mejia-Velasquez v. Garland  
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1192

Justia Opinion Summary: After Mejia-Velasquez entered the United States without inspection, she sought asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under CAT, claiming that she and other members of her family had been the victims of physical…

Yurvin Morales-Lopez v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1835
Petrona Lopez v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2259
US v. Corey Howard
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7026
Lyons v. PNC Bank  
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1058

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, Lyons opened a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) with PNC’s predecessor, signing an agreement with no arbitration provision. In 2010, Lyons opened deposit accounts at PNC and signed a document that stated he…

Krueger v. Angelos  
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1260

Justia Opinion Summary: STA, an association of businesses involved with the transport of cargo at the Port of Baltimore, and the Longshoremen’s union (ILA) entered into trust agreements to create funds that provide employee benefits in…

US v. Torrick Rodgers
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6673
US v. John Davisson
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6969
US v. Michael Puzey
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7260
Systems Application & Technologies, Inc. v. United States  
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2275

Justia Opinion Summary: Employees of a Navy services contractor, SA-TECH, sued the contractor in California state court for violations of the state’s labor laws. Before and during that suit, SA-TECH sought guidance from the Navy as to whether…

US v. Jymere Pratt
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4118
US v. Herbert Shaw
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4376
US v. Ahmad Kazzelbach
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4405
Pia McAdams v. Nationstar Mortgage
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1087
Gabriel Meadows v. Labcorp
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2032
US v. Jasper Mackey, Jr.
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4421
McAdams v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC  
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1087

Justia Opinion Summary: A class action claimed Nationstar violated consumer protection laws in servicing class members’ mortgage loans. Years later, the parties filed a notice of settlement. A magistrate granted preliminary approval. In order…

In re: Meldamion Huguley
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2412
US v. Lethen Pollack, Jr.
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4221
US v. Bango Enyinnaya
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4400
Consolidation Coal Company v. Terry Shipley
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number: 19-1738
US v. Elrico Torrence
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4686
US v. Leila Hector
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4957
Guy Ferrante v. Westin St. John Hotel Co.
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1322
US v. Corbin Juran
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4212
Odelis Pineda-De Portillo v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1782
US v. William Smith
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7135
US v. Jessie Scriven
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7144
Albert Mills v. Maryland Department of Public
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7240
US v. Aaron Burton
Date: February 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7357
US v. Saheed Grant
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4267
US v. Alejandro Longoria
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7129
Roland Mathis v. Joel Ziegler
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7478
Olaitan Olaniyi v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1135
Dhanraj Singh v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1223
US v. Rashaad Cox
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4048
Robert Weddington v. National Indemnity Insurance C
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7073
US v. Juan Hunter
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7424
US v. Derrick Streeter
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4278
Marion Wilson v. Montgomery County
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2214
US v. Calvin Spencer
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7171
US v. Kenyada Alford
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4211
Corey Thomas v. NC Department of Public Safety
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6375
Timothy King v. Erik Hooks
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6561
US v. Victor Perkins
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7299
US v. Travis Chalk
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7467
US v. Frank Thomas
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4080
US v. Markita Simon
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6701
Freddie Paige v. Joseph Herring
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6763
Joseph Brown v. Marcus Porter
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1035
US v. Charles Alger, Jr.
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4167
Danny Rodriguez v. Jason Streeval
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6961
Jacqueline Minifield v. Stephanie Sills
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1301
Berg v. Kingdom of the Netherlands  
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1765

Justia Opinion Summary: Berg, a resident of South Carolina, sought recovery of art taken by the Nazis following the German invasion of the Netherlands. Berg’s grandfather was a partner in Firma D. Katz, which owned art galleries specializing in…

The Muhler Company, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1800
Elsa Luna-Deportillo v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1986
Appalachian Voices v. United States Department of the Interior  
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2159

Justia Opinion Summary: Environmental nonprofit organizations challenged the Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2020 Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement (BiOp) for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C.…

Kevin Gilliard v. Warden Joyner
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6908
US v. Willie Saxby, Jr.
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7360
US v. Marcus Smith
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6424
US v. Rezell Alston, IV
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4070
Tomas-Ramos v. Garland  
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1201

Justia Opinion Summary: Tomas-Ramos, a citizen of Guatemala, reentered the U.S. illegally in 2018. A removal order previously entered against him was reinstated. Tomas-Ramos expressed a fear of returning to Guatemala because gang members had…

US v. Nahson Suggs
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4032
United States v. Barringer  
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4584

Justia Opinion Summary: Barringer was the Executive Vice President and a Board member of J&R, a Virginia manufacturing company. By 2014, J&R was delinquent on filing and paying its 941 (employee withholding) taxes. Fearing personal liability,…

US v. Juan Sanchez
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4212
Terron Dizzley v. Melvin Garrett
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6873
US v. Carlton Brown
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7136
US v. Jamal Burnell
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7613
United States v. Hobbs  
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4419

Justia Opinion Summary: Hobbs’ former girlfriend, Foreman, called Baltimore police around 7:00 p.m. and stated that Hobbs had come to her home, brandished a semi-automatic handgun, broke a window, forcibly entered the home, removed a…

Faver v. Clarke  
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 19-7634

Justia Opinion Summary: Faver, a practicing Muslim inmate, sued, alleging the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC), had denied him the ability to practice tenets of his religion, in violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized…

Kristy Frye v. American College of Radiology
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1604
New River Electrical Corp. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission  
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2173

Justia Opinion Summary: Marsh, an employee of Petitioner New River Electrical Corporation, suffered severe burns when he picked up a live electrical wire at a job site. No one had tested, tagged, or grounded the transformer connected to the…

Travis Carr v. Kilolo Kijakazi
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2226
US v. Zakaria Taoufik
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4609
US v. Herbert Pridgen
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6374
Stanton v. Elliott  
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1197

Justia Opinion Summary: West Virginia State Troopers Elliott and Cornelius received three 911 calls about Crumbley. Two different callers stated that Crumbley was armed and dangerous and keeping his family hostage. Another caller stated…

Shawn Houslin v. Merrick Garland
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1404
US v. Sean McIntosh
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4133
Fred Freeman v. Director Stirling
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6880
US v. Jerry Davis
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7078
US v. Carl Hopkins
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7285
Cleon Dillard v. Lt. Smith
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7308
Doe v. Settle  
Date: January 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1951

Justia Opinion Summary: Two months after he turned 18, Doe was caught having sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend. Doe could have been charged with “carnal knowledge of a child,” a Class 4 felony but instead pleaded to “taking indecent liberties…

United States v. White  
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4886

Justia Opinion Summary: White was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. In determining White’s sentence, the district court applied the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) 18 U.S.C. 924(e), based on three prior convictions for…

Brian McLane v. IRS
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1074
RLI Insurance Co. v. Nexus Services, Inc.  
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2253

Justia Opinion Summary: An immigration bond allows the release of a detained individual based on a surety’s contractual undertaking to the United States to either deliver the individual as demanded or forfeit the sum specified in the bond.…

Kiril Zahariev v. Hartford Life & Accident Insur
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1426
Kevin Herriott v. Sgt. Bostick
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6006
US v. Gregory Barlow
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6648
Andrew Zupko v. US
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2157
Nozimjon Kholmurodov v. Merrick Garland
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1049
US v. Ron Whitley
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6040
US v. Rodriguez Lomax Norman
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6797
Peter Gakuba v. Warden
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7450
United States v. Freeman  
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4104

Justia Opinion Summary: On rehearing en banc, the court vacated defendant's sentence for possession with intent to distribute hydrocodone and oxycodone. Instead of pursuing defendant's objections, counsel relied entirely on a motion to enter a…

McLane v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue  
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1074

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit held that, after the Commissioner of Internal Revenue conceded that a taxpayer owed $0 and was entitled to the removal of any lien or levy, the United States Tax Court did not have jurisdiction to…

Western World Insurance Group v. Church Mutual Insurance Co.
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2001
United States ex rel. Sheldon v. Allergan Sales, LLC  
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2330

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a False Claims Act qui tam suit against his employer, Forest Laboratories, alleging that it engaged in a fraudulent price reporting scheme under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Statute by failing to aggregate…

US v. Nelson Conto
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4563
Wild Virginia v. United States Forest Service  
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-1039, 21-1082

Justia Opinion Summary: In two consolidated cases, petitioners seek review of the Forest Service and BLM's decisions to allow the Mountain Valley Pipeline to cross three and a half miles of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia and West…

Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster  
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2070

Justia Opinion Summary: Nine parents of students with disabilities who attend South Carolina public schools and two disability advocacy organizations filed suit challenging a South Carolina provision in the South Carolina state budget that…

US v. Eric Bradley
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7058
US v. Robert Early
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7107
Warren Giddings v. Montgomery County Police
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7114
Lazaro Quinones-Cedeno v. Jennifer Resh
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7132
US v. William Askew, III
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7142
US v. Rodney Williamson
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7151
Sean Earl v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7154
US v. Joseph Hall
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7174
US v. Eddie Blanchard
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7210
US v. Carl Ross
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7228
Demond White v. George Schaefer, Jr.
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7248
US v. Sean Dudley
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7251
US v. Clayton Paul
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7262
US v. Erskine Dawson, Jr.
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7263
David Perkins v. W. Donoway
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7275
US v. Rahkeem McDonald
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7276
US v. Darryl Booker
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7282
Clifton Lyles v. Cecilia Reynolds
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7291
US v. Henry Richardson
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7297
US v. Sean Dudley
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7301
US v. Ronnie Brown
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7315
Alexander Cameron v. The Attorney General of the St
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7319
US v. Anthony Laporte
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7320
Gary Scott v. Murray
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7328
US v. Gregory Taylor
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7368
US v. Damian Murphy
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7382
Johnathon Kelly v. J. Streeval
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7388
US v. Michael Pacelli
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7433
US v. Reginald Spivey
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7446
US v. James Sumter
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7510
US v. Rodrick Marshall
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7513
US v. Murace Hewitt
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7515
Timothy King-El v. Wilson
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7552
US v. Kevin Elrod
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7561
Derick Kessing v. Unknown
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7592
Derwin Peterson v. Colonel Meletis
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7634
US v. Michael Gary
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4578
United States v. Benton  
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 19-7471

Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of defendant's 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion seeking to vacate his sentence. The district court found that defendant qualified as an armed career criminal by relying on…

Lucinda Ruh v. Metal Recycling Services, LLC
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1440
US v. Kieron Williams
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6635
US v. Deandre Estelle
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7471
Tatyana Pokrovskaya v. Virginia Employment Commission
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1599
Bor-Tyng Sheen v. US
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1626
Tiffany Ricks v. Michael Huynh
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1703
In re: William Davis, Jr.
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1750
James Williams v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1888
Tracy McNair v. US
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1958
Patrick Lockhart v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1966
Sean Shallow v. US
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1989
Brenda Gillis v. Suzanne Wade
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2041
Board Of Supervisors Of Alleghany County v. Donnie Kern
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2046
Judson Witham v. United States Government
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2071
Rayco Saunders v. Raleigh County
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2163
Traci Guynup v. Travis Sumption
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2167
Jennifer Taylor v. Katherine Tiffany
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2196
Richard Coleman v. State of North Carolina
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2199
Anthony Bryant v. Wells Fargo
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2228
In re: James McClain
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2264
Joseph Crussiah v. Lawrence Hogan
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2266
In re: Jose Perez
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2353
In re: Dennis Johnson
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2361
In re: Edward Zinner
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2382
US v. Isidro Cruz
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4065
US v. William Clark
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4174
US v. Antonio Priester
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4244
US v. Charles Daniels
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4310
US v. Kamal Dorchy
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4331
US v. Michael Toler
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4346
US v. Robert Smith
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4372
US v. Deshawn Greene
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6435
US v. Lloyd Royal, III
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6481
US v. Ryan Little
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6686
Zannie Lotharp v. Office of the United States At
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6720
Mark Lowe v. David Hamlett
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6861
US v. Jamahl King
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6888
US v. Ryan Sessoms
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7003
US v. James Swindler
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7007
US v. Jonathan Norris
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7027
Qun Wang v. Artin Afsharjavan
Date: January 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1881
Drue Wallace v. Cecil County Fair, Inc.
Date: January 21, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2031
Nadendla v. WakeMed  
Date: January 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1300

Justia Opinion Summary: Nadendla, a physician, is of Indian origin. Nadendla was a member of WakeMed’s hospital's medical staff where she was granted clinical privileges in 2010, In 2017, citing “clinical concerns,” WakeMed informed Nadendla…

Karanbir Singh v. Merrick Garland
Date: January 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1573
Brenda Noe v. City National Bank of West Vir
Date: January 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1597
US v. Christopher Conley
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4396
Moskos v. Hardee  
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 19-7611

Justia Opinion Summary: North Carolina inmate Moskos asked Officer Hardee for permission to cross the prison yard to get cold water. Hardee denied this request. Shortly thereafter, Moskos encountered Officer Butler, who allowed him to use a…

Reina Ramos v. Merrick Garland
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1929
US v. Joseph Gilliam
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4235
US v. Michael Holley
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4457
US v. John Underwood, Jr.
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6782
Quinton Peterson v. Donald Ames
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6852
US v. Wossen Assaye
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7061
Arthur Hairston, Sr. v. DVA
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1695
James Tolle v. Ralph Northam
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2106
US v. Michael Peninger
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6013
Demetrius Wade v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6951
US v. William Merritt
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7196
US v. Dale Sizemore
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4508
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative v. PJM Interconnection, LLC  
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1483

Justia Opinion Summary: Following severe cold weather in January 2014, Old Dominion, a nonprofit electric utility that serves customers in Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, unsuccessfully sought to recover certain electricity generation costs…

Jessup v. Barnes Group, Inc.  
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1801

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2000, Jessup began to work for Barnes. In 2016, he suffered a panic attack and requested a leave of absence. Barnes approved that request and a subsequent extension. Jessup was prescribed medication for depression…

Lonnie Barbee v. Isothermal Community College
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2182
Alexander v. Carrington Mortgage Services  
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2359

Justia Opinion Summary: The district court dismissed a class action, alleging that Carrington violated the Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act (MCDCA) and the Maryland Consumer Protection Act (MCPA) by charging $5 convenience fees to…

US v. Adam Sanchez
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4342
US v. Gabriel Kershaw
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6854
US v. Kahuntas Chapman
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7705
United States v. Moses  
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4067

Justia Opinion Summary: Moses was convicted of two counts of drug trafficking. The district court sentenced him as a career offender under U.S.S.G. 4B1.1, based on two prior drug-trafficking convictions. Moses argued that the conduct involved…

US v. Piere Ceradoy
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6041
US v. Nathan Petway
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6488
Dmitriy Khavkin v. Harold Clarke
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6614
US v. Douglas Pittman
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6724
US v. Martin Ballard
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6791
Corey Hood v. Bureau of Prisons
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6985
Jerry Holloman v. US
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7122
US v. Mandrail Woodberry
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4472
Hicham Elkharroubi v. Six Flags America, LP
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1387
United States v. Skaggs  
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4303

Justia Opinion Summary: Skaggs was indicted, along with 20 others, in a 39-count indictment. Two counts related to Skaggs, charging him with possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1); (b)(1)(C) and a related…

US v. Anthony Velasquez
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6801
US v. Lorenzo Barnes
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7730
Jerome Brown v. Thor Smith
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1688
In re: Tiayon Evans
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2415
US v. Justin Barr
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4490
US v. Dequantey Williams
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4344
US v. Devin Brown
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6403
US v. Artemas Roberts
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7424
US v. Manuel Tabares-Castillo
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7491
US v. Eric Gallman
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7583
Coffey v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.  
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1248

Justia Opinion Summary: Coffey was employed by the Railway as a locomotive engineer. In 2012, a train that Coffey was operating derailed; a drug test revealed the presence of amphetamines in Coffey’s system. Coffey was permitted to continue…

Southern Power Co. v. Cleveland County  
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1449

Justia Opinion Summary: Southern Power and Cleveland County, North Carolina executed an “Incentive Development Agreement” in July 2007, providing that if Southern built and operated a natural gas plant — a decision left to Southern’s sole…

In re: Kevin Myers, Jr.
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1790
In re: Percy Tucker
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2387
US v. Marquan Preston
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4160
US v. Marcus Parks, Jr.
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4248
Christine Owen v. Liberty University
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1596
US v. Jayson McNeil
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4289
Renaldo Shepard v. Bryan Dobbs
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7566
Piero Bugoni v. Employment Background Investigations, Inc.
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1450
US v. Toby Painter
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4013
US v. Carlos Brizuela
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4134
US v. Jervaze Salley
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4149
US v. Antreal Henderson
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4282
Darrell Harris v. Hudgins
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6495
US v. Bobby Debnam
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6748
US v. Francis Davis
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6960
US v. Stacey Johnson
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4457
Mutual Assurance Society of VA v. Federal Insurance Company
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1149
Porter v. White  
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-13

Justia Opinion Summary: Porter was convicted of capital murder in Virginia state court for killing a police officer in 2005. He was sentenced to death. After unsuccessfully pursuing direct and collateral review of his conviction and sentence in…

Joseph Johnson v. Casey Campbell
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6863
Rosa Ponce-De Ascencio v. Merrick Garland
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1147
Carroll Murray v. Gregory Ray
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1407
US v. Tovorris Jenkins
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4003
US v. Raul Landaverde-Giron
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4598
Wei-ping Zeng v. Marshall University
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1481
Janeth Hernandez-Zaldivar v. Merrick Garland
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1996
US v. Jason Bryant
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4586
US v. Joshua Cole
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6713
Damian Inman v. Aaron Dewitt
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7324
US v. Allah Burman
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7742
US v. Henry Bennett, Jr.
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7767
US v. Reggie Kelley
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6563
US v. Cedric Washington
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6929
US v. Jerome Heath
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-7461
Coley v. DIRECTV, Inc.  
Date: January 10, 2022
Docket Number: 16-1920

Justia Opinion Summary: Coley fraudulently procured satellite television programming from DIRECTV, then sold and distributed that programming to unwitting customers. On a cross-complaint against Coley under the Federal Communications Act, 47…

US v. Jawanza Carter
Date: January 10, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4867
West Virginia State University Board of Governors v. The Dow Chemical Co.  
Date: January 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1712

Justia Opinion Summary: The federal government used the 433-acre Institute Facility for synthetic rubber production during World War II. In 1947, UCC purchased the Facility and began manufacturing hydrocarbon and agricultural products. In…

US v. Antonio Davis
Date: January 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4315
US v. Wincy Joseph
Date: January 10, 2022
Docket Number: 20-6321
Reginald Evans v. Prince George's Community Television, Inc.
Date: January 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1933
In re: Kevin Baker
Date: January 10, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2174
Sally Heyns v. Select Portfolio Servicing, In
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1280
Bora Erdem v. US
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2003
US v. Delton Warren
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4076
United States v. Campbell  
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4256

Justia Opinion Summary: Campbell, convicted of possession with intent to distribute opiates, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), received an enhanced sentence as a career offender, U.S.S.G. 4B1.1. The district court identified only two predicate…

US v. Francisco Torres
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4341
US v. Larry Lowery, Jr.
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-4458
In re: Anthony Taylor
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1676
US v. Derek Johnson
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4280
US v. Aaron Coppedge
Date: January 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-6101
United States v. Sitton  
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 18-4831

Justia Opinion Summary: Sitton pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm. The district court calculated an enhanced base offense level under U.S.S.G. 2K2.1(a)(3) based on his South Carolina first-degree assault and battery (A&B)…

Niya Wallace v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 19-2459
US v. Alfred Cash, Jr.
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 19-4034
Cabrera v. Garland  
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1943

Justia Opinion Summary: Cabrera, a citizen of Mexico, legally entered the U.S. on a B-2 visa and overstayed. In 2015, her boyfriend physically assaulted her in front of her child. The responding officer noted her physical injuries. Cabrera’s…

PETA v. Tri-State Zoological Park
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2298
Troy Cowart v. Abdul Jamaludeen
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 20-7279
Jeffrey Howell v. County Commission of Hampshire
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1023
David S. Brown Enterprises v. Affiliated FM Insurance Co.
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1051
Delila Uwasomba v. Merrill Lynch
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1091
In re: David Hill
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2024
In re: David Smith
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2195
United States v. Perez  
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-4026

Justia Opinion Summary: Perez violated the conditions of an initial supervised release sentence. The district court revoked that release, imposed a six-month term of imprisonment, and sentenced him to an additional 36 months of supervised…

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