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Decided: August 10, 2012
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of Mubdi’s motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop, finding that the police officers involved in the traffic stop at issue …
Decided: August 8, 2012
Michael Dwayne Durham was indicted by a Virginia grand jury on three counts of selling drugs and was later arrested and jailed for several months. The indictment of Durham resulted from …
Decided: July 26, 2012
This case addressed whether an employee’s authorized access of a computer or information on a computer could form the basis of a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of …
Decided: July 26, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of Mouzone and Fleming, gang members who were jointly tried and convicted for racketeering and drug offenses. The jury convicted Mouzone and …
Decided: July 25, 2012
Plaintiffs brought multiple class action claims against Bank of America Corporation (BOA) for alleged violations of certain provisions of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The district court …
Decided: July 25, 2012
The Fourth Circuit granted defendant Temitope Akinsade’s petition for writ of error coram nobis and vacated his conviction, finding that the district court’s admonishment during its Rule 11 proceeding was insufficient …
Decided: July 23, 2012
In this case, the Fourth Circuit held that a criminal defendant sentenced to a fifteen-year minimum sentence could not have his sentence reduced where, in both the plea agreement and at …
Decided: July 18, 2012
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) appealed from the denial of judicial enforcement of an administrative subpoena served in the course of investigating charges brought against Randstad. The Court of Appeals …
Decided: July 17, 2012
In this case, the court assessed whether or not a state burglary statute “substantially correspond[ed]” to the generic definition of burglary outlined by the Supreme Court in Taylor v. United States, …
Decided: July 16, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the district court did not err in deciding that Sean R. Francis was not a “sexually dangerous person” within the meaning of 18 …
Decided: July 13, 2012
Appellants filed suit challenging the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to construct a dam as part of a larger project along the Lost River Subwatershed. Appellants alleged that the …
Decided: July 13, 2012
This case involved a criminal defendant’s appeal of his 100-month sentence and special conditions imposed on his supervised release. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the 100-month sentence, reversed the district court’s imposition …
Decided: July 13, 2012
In this case, the Fourth Circuit held that a federal prisoner’s possession of a “shank” constituted a crime of violence under the career offender provision of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, thus …
Decided: July 11, 2012
On appeal, Albert C. Burgess, Jr., challenges his convictions and sentences for two felonies involving the receipt and possession of child pornography, as well as an award of restitution for losses …
Decided on: July 11, 2012
Johnson (“the Debtor”) filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in September 2010. The Debtor and her ex-husband (“the Creditor”) share joint custody of two minor sons. The sons …