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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 …
Decided: July 11, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Mathur’s motion to vacate his guilty plea based on the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Kentucky v. Padilla. Mathur, …
Decided: July 9, 2012
The court of appeals affirmed the lower court’s exercise of personal and subject matter jurisdiction, and it’s authority to remand the remaining nonarbitrable claims to state court.
In 1925, Congress enacted …
Decided: July 9, 2012
In this appeal brought by eleven inmates in the custody of the Virginia Department of Corrections against members of the Virginia Parole Board (the “Board), the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district …
Decided: July 9, 2012
In this case, the Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Defendant superintendents of a correctional facility on a claim that they had violated certain employees’ First Amendment rights. The court …
Decided: July 5, 2012
Debbie McCravy appealed the district court’s holding that her remedies under ERISA § 1132(a)(3) were limited to premiums improperly withheld by MetLife. As a Bank of America employee, McCravy participated in …
Decided: July 5, 2012
A group of hourly-wage employees of Perdue Farms, Inc. (Perdue) filed a civil conspiracy action under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d) of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The plaintiffs …
Decided: June 29, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of G. Martin Wynn for mail and wire fraud related to his engineering services undertaken for Oconee County, South Carolina to extend …
Decided: June 28, 2012
Plaintiffs, the parents of two students and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, brought suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that one of the School District’s policies, which allows student …
Decided: June 28, 2012
The Government appealed the district court’s grant of William P. Danielczyk, Jr. and Eugene R. Biagi’s (“Appellees”) motion to dismiss count four and paragraph 10(b) of the indictment, alleging that they …
Decided: June 27, 2012
Jane Huggins, trading as SADISCO of Maryland, appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Prince George’s County and five County officials. In November 2001, SADISCO purchased a …
Decided: June 27, 2012
Archbishop Edward F. O’Brien, St. Brigid’s Roman Catholic Congregation, Inc., and the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc. (“the Pregnancy Center”) sued the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, challenging …
Decided: June 27, 2012
Plaintiff, Centro Tepeyac (“Tepeyac”), a nonprofit corporation that provides pregnancy services but does not refer for or provide abortions, sought a declaratory judgment that Montgomery County Resolution No. 16-1252 (“the resolution”) …