United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Bullock v. Napolitano

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In racial discrimination action against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,...

US v. Carter

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution under 18 USC section 922(g)(3) for possessing a firearm while being an unlawful user of marijuana in which the defendant's...

US v. Ramos-Cruz

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
On appeal of conviction on nine criminal counts related to the defendant's membership in the MS-13 gang, judgment of conviction is affirmed, where: 1)...

US v. Venable

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a federal prosecution for possessing a firearm while being a felon, in which the defendant moved for discovery and moved to dismiss the indictment...

Hennis v. Hemlick

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In an appeal of a district court’s decision to abstain, on the basis of Schlesinger v. Councilman, 420 U.S. 738 (1975), and dismiss without prejudice...

US v. Winfield

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a challenge to the district court's jurisdiction under 18 USC section 3583(e) to impose a second prison sentence for violations of supervised...

Fortier v. Principal Life Insurance Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing, on summary judgment, plaintiff's ERISA complaint for further benefits under a group...

Lee-Thomas v. Prince George's County Public Schools

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court partially rejecting appellant's assertion of Eleventh Amendment immunity against plaintiff's...

Warren v. Sessoms & Rogers, P.A.

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiff's Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Act) complaint as moot, judgment is...

Peabody Holding Company, LLC v. United Mine Workers of America

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court upholding an arbitrator's determination of arbitrability in a dispute concerning a limited...