United States Fourth Circuit - February 2017 Opinion Summaries

In Re: Gray

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action to file a second or successive 28 U.S.C. section 2254 petition challenging his conviction for first-degree murder, the petition is denied...

Heyer v. U.S. Bureau of Prison

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit brought by a deaf prisoner who communicates primarily through American Sign Language (ASL) and is presently confined as a sexually dangerous...

US v. Hill

Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a criminal prosecution for drug-related crimes, the district court's denial of defendants' motions to suppress is affirmed where: 1) the traffic...

Mahmood v. Sessions

Immigration Law, Administrative Law
In a petition brought by a native and citizen of Pakistan who was granted asylum in the United States in 1997, voluntarily applied in 2011 for...

Upatcha v. Sessions

Immigration Law, Administrative Law
In a petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigrant Appeals (BIA) affirming an immigration judge's (IJ) denial of petitioner's request...

Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren

Constitutional Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a uranium miner's challenge to the Virginia General Assembly's ban on uranium mining 'until a program for permitting uranium mining is established...

Hamilton v. Pallozzi

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to Maryland's firearms regulatory scheme, arguing that the scheme is unconstitutional as applied to...

Willner v. Dimon

Property Law & Real Estate, Administrative Law, Banking Law
In a pro se complaint seeking a declaration that bank defendants cannot foreclose on plaintiffs' home, the district court's dismissal of certain...

Crouse v. Town of Moncks Corner

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law
In a suit by two police officers who appeal their dismissal from the force, claiming that it was in retaliation for the exercise of their First...

US ex rel. Michaels v. Agape Senior Community, Inc.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA), alleging that defendant fraudulently billed Medicare and other federal health care programs for...