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Decided: October 23, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Peoples’ conviction for contempt of Judge Currie and reversed his conviction for contempt of Judge Conrad.
Peoples, a former inmate, brought a number of …
Decided: October 22, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s ruling that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) did not act outside its authority under the Convention on Cultural Property …
Decided: October 18, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s judgment that granted the Government’s motion to dismiss a challenge to Revenue Ruling 69-59, which limits firearms being sold at out-of-state …
Decided: October 18, 2012
Wilson Medical Center (“WMC”) appealed the Eastern District of North Carolina’s amended order and judgment entered on August 8, 2011, nunc pro tunc March 1, 2011. On appeal, the Court of …
Decided: August 14, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of three defendants who were tried together for charges relating to the murder of certain government witnesses, the murder of a co-conspirator, …
Decided: June 14, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court order dismissing Breton Lee Morgan’s action challenging his exclusion from participating in Medicare, Medicaid, and all other federally sponsored health care …
Decided: September 6, 2012
This case concerned a government petition for civil commitment of a convicted pedophile under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (the Act). The Fourth Circuit remanded the …
Decided: August 30, 2012
On appeal, Timothy Tyrone Horton challenged his conviction for possession of a firearm while a convicted felon and the district court’s sentence of life imprisonment. The Court of Appeals affirmed Horton’s …
Decided: August 22, 2012
Defendant Larry Whitfield appealed his convictions and sentence arising from his role in a failed attempt to rob a bank and a “mid-escape home intrusion” that resulted in the death of …
Decided: August 20, 2012
Westmoreland Coal Company petitioned the Court of Appeals for review after the Benefits Review Board reversed an administrative law judge’s denial of Mae Ann Sharpe’s claim for survivor benefits from her …
Decided: August 20, 2012
The defendant filed a § 2255 motion requesting that his sentence for a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 be vacated as it was impermissibly based upon a prior drug conviction, …
Decided: August 17, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s judgment that the district court does not have jurisdiction over a habeas corpus petition where the petitioner has not been in …
Decided: August 16, 2012
Davis was convicted of various federal offenses arising from the armed robbery of an armored car employee, the murder of that employee, and a subsequent carjacking. Davis challenges the use of …
Decided: August 14, 2012
Defendant Douglas Chappell appealed his conviction under Virginia’s police impersonation statute, Virginia Code § 18.2-174. Chappell challenged the constitutionality of the statute, arguing that it violates the Free Speech Clause of …
Decided: August 13, 2012
The Court of Appeals affirmed Charles Lee Smoot’s conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, rejecting Smoot’s 18 U.S.C. § 922 challenges to his conviction.
In 2008, an …