Temu v. Holder, No. 13-1192
Decided: January 16, 2014
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order finding that a Tanzanian national who suffers from severe bipolar disorder was not a member of a …
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Decided: January 16, 2014
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order finding that a Tanzanian national who suffers from severe bipolar disorder was not a member of a …
Decided: January 14, 2014
On rehearing en banc, the Fourth Circuit held that the Maryland crime of resisting arrest, Md. Code, Crim. Law § 9-408(b)(1), does not categorically qualify as a “crime of violence” under …
Decided: January 8, 2014
Chinua Shepperson was convicted several crimes, including racketeering, conspiracy, and murder in connection with his involvement in the Latin King gang. The district court sentenced Shepperson to life plus ten years’ …
Decided: January 7, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court did not err in finding that the marks at issue in this trademark infringement case were not confusingly similar and therefore affirmed the …
Decided: January 7, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision and held that two Maryland towns’ use of first-class mail to issue electronically-signed speeding citations and use of those citations as evidence at …
Decided: January 7, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held (1) that the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia properly denied Roger and Judy Hoschar’s (collectively, the appellants) motion to remand, as …
Decided: January 3, 2014
The Fourth Circuit concluded that a coal miner’s wife was not entitled to benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act (“BLBA”) dating back to 1997 because the Elk Run Coal Company …
Decided: December 19, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that private parties have standing in civil suits under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) to seek redress on behalf of federal government interests, and ordered the trial …
The Fourth Circuit held that the appellants—a number of state officials including Governor Nikki …
Decided: December 11, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s order compelling arbitration of a breach of warranty claim in accordance with a lease agreement between the parties.
Christine and Antwan Seney (the “Seneys”) …
Decided: December 10, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s civil commitment of the defendant, Richard Savage, as a “sexually dangerous person” under the United States Code. Savage appeals his commitment on the grounds …
Decided: December 3, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment and held that the defendant’s prior North Carolina state convictions, which sentenced the defendant in the mitigated rather than the presumptive range of …
Decided: November 22, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that the Immigration Judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals (collectively, the agency) had substantial evidence to support an adverse credibility determination against Qing Hua Lin (Lin) …
Decided: November 18, 2013
The Fourth Circuit upheld the district court’s denial of Randall Justin McGee’s (“McGee”) motion to suppress evidence and further held that the district court did not commit clear error in its …
Decided: November 7, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s determination that two police officers were not entitled to qualified immunity or public officers’ immunity, respectively, in response to the plaintiff’s federal and state …