United States Fourth Circuit - June 2008 Opinion Summaries

Teshome-Gebreegziabher v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings, a motion to stay petitioner's removal pending resolution of her petition for review is denied where: 1) 8 U.S.C. section...

US v. Gary

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for drug-related offenses, a decision allowing the government to introduce evidence obtained from a search of defendant's home...

In re: Mut. Funds Inv. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Cashed-out former employees remain "participants" in defined contribution retirement plans for purposes of section 502(a)(2) of ERISA when they seek...

Haxhiaj v. Hackamn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law
Denial of habeas corpus relief from a certification of extraction declaring that petitioner was eligible to be extradited to Italy to serve time for a...

US ex rel Wilson v. Graham County Soil & Water Conservation Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law
In an action raising claims under the False Claims Act (FCA), summary judgment for defendants after the district court found that it did not have...

U.S. v. Abu Ali

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In a prosecution resulting from defendant's affiliation with an al-Qaeda terrorist cell in Saudi Arabia, and its plans to carry out a number of...

In Re: Meredith

Bankruptcy Law
A ruling rejecting bankruptcy trustee's claim that he was entitled to recover from defendant the value of certain assets fraudulently transfered from...

Waybright v. Fredrick County Dept. of Fire & Rescue Services

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit arising out of the death of plaintiff's son during training to join a fire department, summary judgment against plaintiffs on their claim of...