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Decided: January 27, 2014
The Fourth Circuit combined two similar cases from the district courts of South Carolina and Maryland to consider whether the Federal National Mortgage Associate (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan …
Decided: January 27, 2014
The Fourth Circuit partially granted Julio Ernesto Martinez’s (“Martinez”) Petition for Review, finding that a group consisting of former MS-13 gang members constitutes a “particular social group” within the meaning of …
Decided: January 27, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that it was without jurisdiction to consider a coal operator’s petition for review following the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission’s (the “Commission”) decision to temporarily …
Decided: January 24, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina did not abuse its discretion by prohibiting Awni Shauaib Zayyad (Zayyad) from cross-examining government …
Decided: January 24, 2014
The Fourth Circuit, “[c]onstrained by the standard of review,” held that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) properly exercised its discretion in declining to grant the North Carolina Utilities Commission (“NCUC”) …
Decided: January 23, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the United States District Court for the District of Maryland properly denied Leconie Williams, IV’s (Williams) motion to suppress evidence and did not abuse its discretion …
Decided: January 23, 2014
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the district court, denying the defendant habeas relief. The Fourth Circuit held that the trial counsel’s failure to call three witnesses, …
Decided: January 23, 2014
The Fourth Circuit reversed the district court’s determination that a plaintiff did not qualify for protection under the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”) where the plaintiff suffered from only a temporary …
Decided: January 21, 2014
Defendant Reggie Beckton was convicted of two counts of bank robbery. Beckton appeals on two grounds: (1) that the district court erred in refusing to permit him to testify in narrative …
Decided: January 21, 2014
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s dismissal of plaintiffs’ complaint attacking the legality of the toll charged by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (“MWAA”) for use of …
Decided: January 17, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina did not abuse its discretion by allowing only simultaneous sign language interpretation—rather than consecutive …
Decided: January 17, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of Herbert Green’s (“Green”) suppression motions based on the scope and duration of a traffic stop and the reliability of the drug-detection dog.…
Decided: January 17, 2014
The Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded the district court’s order directing a defendant to pay restitution to victims that he defrauded because the crime for which the defendant was convicted did …
Decided: January 16, 2014
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order finding that a Tanzanian national who suffers from severe bipolar disorder was not a member of a …
Decided: January 14, 2014
On rehearing en banc, the Fourth Circuit held that the Maryland crime of resisting arrest, Md. Code, Crim. Law § 9-408(b)(1), does not categorically qualify as a “crime of violence” under …