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Decided: July 9, 2015
In a case related to a RICO action, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of a motion to intervene, and denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss the appeal of …
Decided: July 9, 2015
The Fourth Circuit held that the dismissal of Jehovah’s Sabbath claims, cell assignment claims, and deliberate indifference claim was inappropriate. Additionally, the Fourth Circuit held that the trial court erred in …
Decided: July 8, 2015
In this post-conviction relief case, the Fourth Circuit found that the district court had reasonably determined Gregory Christian’s trial attorney did not render ineffective assistance of counsel regarding West Virginia’s recidivist …
Decided: July 7, 2015
The district court sentenced Gerson Arturo Aplicano-Oyuela (“Aplicano”) to sixteen months in prison and three years of supervised release for an illegal reentry offense that followed his removal from the …
Decided: July 7, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgement to the Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation (“MBCC”).
This case was an appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgement to …
Decided: July 6, 2015
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court was correct in declining to vacate challenged aspects of an arbitration award. The arbitrator only awarded punitive damages for violations of the Credit …
Decided: July 2, 2015
In a case under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of a new trial to the government, although it did so based on different …
Decided: July 1, 2015
The Fourth Circuit held that Plaintiff’s twenty-year solitary confinement amounted to atypical and significant hardship in relation to the general population and implicated a liberty interest in avoiding security detention. In …
Decided: July 1, 2015
The Fourth Circuit held that the District Court for the District of Maryland incorrectly granted Defendants’ Motions for Dismissal on claims the Plaintiffs brought under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act …
Decided: July 1, 2015
The Fourth Circuit vacated the judgment awarded by the district court, reversed its order dismissing the plaintiff’s claims against the Substitute Trustee, and remanded for further proceedings.
This appeal stemmed from …
Decided: June 30, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court.
This case was an appeal from the Virginia district court’s denial of Alfredo Rolando Prieto’s (“Prieto”) petition for a writ of …
Decided: June 30, 2015
On remand from the United States Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit denied the government’s motion to remand the case to district court and vacated Defendant’s sentence and remanded for further proceedings …
Decided: June 29, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the magistrate judge, holding that he correctly granted summary judgement to the Scottsdale Insurance Company and denied summary judgment to Marks and Johnson.
This …
Decided: June 29, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court holding that (1) the district court had appropriate personal and subject matter jurisdiction, (2) venue was correct in Virginia, and (3) …
Decided: June 24, 2015
The Fourth Circuit held that the Government did not breach a plea agreement with Obey, and the district court did not commit plain error in crafting Obey’s sentence for the drug …