U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 2006

Decisions

• 2006-12-29Ira W. MADISON, Plaintiff-Appellee, and United States of America, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Commonwealth of VIRGINIA, Defendant-Appellant, and R. Riter, a/k/a R. Ruter, CCS Chairman; Karen Polinsky; Duncan Mills; D.J. Armstrong; Gary Bass, Chief of Operations, CCS; Lewis B. Cei, Defendants; American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Incorporated; The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty; Coalition of Prison Chaplain Associations, Amici Supporting Appellee. Ira W. Madison, Plaintiff-Appellee, and United States of America, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary L. Bass, in his official capacity as Chief of Operations of Offender Management Services for the Virginia Department of Corrections; Louis B. Cei, in his official capacity as Special Programs Manager for the Virginia Department of Corrections; Duncan Mills, in his official capacity as Central Classification Supervisor for the Virginia Department of Corrections; Commonwealth of Virginia, Defendants-Appellants. American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Incorporated; The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty; Coalition of Prison Chaplain Associations, Amici Supporting Appellee, 474 F.3d 118
• 2006-12-29UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Douglas SMITH, Defendant-Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Douglas Smith, Defendant-Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Douglas Smith, Defendant-Appellant, 472 F.3d 222
• 2006-12-29Leroy A. LOVELACE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jack LEE; Gene Shinault; K. Lester, Defendants-Appellees, 472 F.3d 174
• 2006-12-29Martin PETER; Audrey Peter; C.P., Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent, 210 F. App'x 303
• 2006-12-29UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tom TOLLISON, a/k/a Thomas C. Tollison, Defendant-Appellant, 210 F. App'x 302
• 2006-12-29UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Efraine Perez TELLO, Defendant-Appellant, 210 F. App'x 301
• 2006-12-29UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frederick CARR, Defendant-Appellant, 210 F. App'x 299
• 2006-12-29Walter Lee WRIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roderick R. SOWERS, Warden; John Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Respondents-Appellees, 210 F. App'x 299
• 2006-12-29Michael P. WILLS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Daniel A. BRAXTON, Warden; Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees, 210 F. App'x 298
• 2006-12-29UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joshua Ricardo WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant, 210 F. App'x 297
• 2006-12-29UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernardo MERCEDEZ-GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant, 210 F. App'x 296
• 2006-12-29Andy Lee WRIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick JACKSON, Respondent-Appellee, 210 F. App'x 295
• 2006-12-28UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pat Roxy DARBY, a/k/a Edward George Tassy, a/k/a Buju, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 211
• 2006-12-28UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Renante Bonito QUERUBIN, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 209
• 2006-12-28UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Cleveland JORDAN, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 207
• 2006-12-28UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Keat Shaun WINGATE, Defendant-Appellee, 211 F. App'x 205
• 2006-12-28Be'Kura SHABAZZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Officer HILL; Officer A.R. Brown; Officer Morris; Officer Haskins; William Page True, Jr., Warden; Beth Cabel, Assistant Warden; Lieutenant Peebles; Lieutenant Barbour; Lieutenant Hedgepeth; Captain Tuvell; Teresa Porrovecchio, Operations Manager; Vera Wright, Warden's Assistant; Major Gilmore; Gene Johnson, Director; John Jabe, Deputy Director of Operations; N.H. Cookie Scott; H. Paul Broughton; Charlene Davis, Director's Secretary; June Kimbrel, Inspector General; David Bass, Assistant Director of Eastern Region; Rufus Fleming, Regional Director of Eastern Region, Defendants-Appellees, 211 F. App'x 204
• 2006-12-28Henry R. LINK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee, 211 F. App'x 204
• 2006-12-28Sakima Iban Salih EL BEY, a/k/a Francis Marion Savall, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert W. DAVIS, Trial Officer; Tim Cecil, Police Officer; Jeff Meeks, Police Officer; Mayor of Lancaster; George Bush, President of the United States of America; Mark Sanford, State of South Carolina Governor, Defendants-Appellees, 211 F. App'x 203
• 2006-12-28Georgia GRIMES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security; Robert J. Phares; Ralph P. Dobbs; Yvette Rainee; Cynthia Moore, Guard; Employees of Hearing and Appeals in Raleigh, Defendants-Appellees, 211 F. App'x 202
• 2006-12-28Monica JEFFRIES, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Benny Thomas, Plaintiff, v. MERCEDES-BENZ CREDIT CORPORATION; Trans Union; Experian; Equifax; DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, and America Service Center, Defendant, 211 F. App'x 201
• 2006-12-28Emmett Johnson JAFARI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF RICHMOND, a Municipal Corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and/or, in his/her personal capacities and individual and official capacities as officials, administrators, department heads and final decision makers of and for the City; Lawrence Douglas Wilder, Mayor; William Harrell, Chief Administrative Officer; Rudolph McCollum, Former Vice-Mayor, Mayor; John A. Rupp, Former City Attorney; Jean K. Showalter, General Registrar; Glen Butler, Director of Social Services, Defendants-Appellees, and Timothy Kaine, Former Mayor; Robert C. Bobb, Former City Manager; Calvin Jamison, Former City Manager, Defendants, 211 F. App'x 200
• 2006-12-28Moses JALLOH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TARGET CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee, 211 F. App'x 199
• 2006-12-28Cassandra F. BULLOCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REHRIG INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee, 211 F. App'x 198
• 2006-12-28Donald SULLIVAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carson SMITH, individually and in his capacity as Sheriff of Pender County, North Carolina; Major Keith D. Hinkle; Captain Mark Sloan, individually and in their capacities as officers of the Sheriffs Department of Pender County, North Carolina; Deputy E.S. Wyrick, Jr.; Deputy Reed; Deputy Gonzales; Joe Doe, I; John Doe, II; John Doe III; Jane Doe, individually and in their capacities as deputies in the Sheriff's Department of Pender County, North Carolina; County of Pender; Magistrate Delores R. Helms, individually and in her capacity as an officer of the court for the Fifth Judicial District of North Carolina, Defendants-Appellees, 211 F. App'x 198
• 2006-12-28Richard VARN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF the ARMY; Francis J. Harvey, Secretary of the United States Army, Defendants-Appellees, 211 F. App'x 197
• 2006-12-28Wendell FREEMAN; David Jathniel Freeman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RICHLAND COUNTY PROBATE COURT; Amy McCulloch, Probate Judge; Jacqueline D. Belton, Associate Probate Judge; State of South Carolina; Mark Sanford, Governor; Teresa Lee Clement, Guardian Ad Litem, Defendants-Appellees, 211 F. App'x 196
• 2006-12-28UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Ramon ALMONTE, a/k/a Rana, a/k/a Esteban, a/k/a Jose B. Almonte, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 195
• 2006-12-28UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Antonio Maurice COOPER, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 193
• 2006-12-28UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Quang T. NGUYEN, Defendant-Appellee, 211 F. App'x 191
• 2006-12-28Narayana I. SRINIVASAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John SNOW, Secretary, United States Department of Treasury, Defendant-Appellee. Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Amicus Supporting Appellant, 211 F. App'x 186
• 2006-12-28UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald Gray SPEAKS, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 184
• 2006-12-28UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ira St Anthony HUGGINS, Defendant-Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Travon Middleton, a/k/a Oran Middleton, a/k/a Yon Trayon Middleton, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 181
• 2006-12-28UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Thomas DONEL, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 180
• 2006-12-28UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michele WINGROVE, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 179
• 2006-12-27Taylor AYES; William P. Cutshall; Frank A. Ribar; Edward C. Smith; James F. Martin; William C. Terrio, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Defendant-Appellee, 473 F.3d 104
• 2006-12-27Clarence EPPS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Probation and Parole; Chesapeake Circuit Court, Defendants-Appellees, 210 F. App'x 295
• 2006-12-27UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lamontez Sentell LURRY, a/k/a Chopper, Defendant-Appellant, 210 F. App'x 291
• 2006-12-27UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Ross STRICKLAND, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 177
• 2006-12-27UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey James AYERS, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 176
• 2006-12-27UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary Allen KIRKPATRICK, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 174
• 2006-12-27Vivian M. KELLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, School of Continuing Studies, Defendant-Appellee, 211 F. App'x 173
• 2006-12-27UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bobby James BROWN, Defendant-Appellant, 211 F. App'x 173
• 2006-12-27Kevin JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jerry KILGORE, Attorney General; Gene Johnson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections; Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections; Fred Schilling, Health Services, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections; Linda Shields, Food Services, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections; Larry Huffman, Regional Director, Virginia Department of Corrections; Tracy Ray, Warden Chief, Red Onion State Prison; Daniel Braxton, Warden Chief, Red Onion State Prison; Jerry Armentrout, Assistant Warden, Red Onion State Prison; Yvonne Taylor, Treatment Program Supervisor, Red Onion State Prison; Richard Fleming, Security Chief, Red Onion State Prison; Larry Collins, Disciplinary Hearing Officer, Red Onion State Prison; D. McKnight, Food Services Supervisor, Red Onion State Prison; Doctor Owens, Optometrist, Red Onion State Prison; Doctor Williams, Medical Doctor, Red Onion State Prison; V. Phipps, Nursing Director, Red Onion State Prison; L. Holsapple, Licensed Practical Nurse, Red Onion State Prison; H. Bolling, Licensed Practical Nurse, Red Onion State Prison; W. Stidham, Licensed Practical Nurse, Red Onion State Prison; J. Deel, Licensed Practical Nurse, Red Onion State Prison; D. Lester, Licensed Practical Nurse, Red Onion State Prison; D. Moore, Licensed Practical Nurse, Red Onion State Prison; T. Phipps, Licensed Practical Nurse, or Registered Nurse, Red Onion State Prison; P. Mullins, Registered Nurse, Red Onion State Prison; T. Adams, Institutional Investigator, Red Onion State Prison; O'Quinn, Prison Guard, Red Onion State Prison; Stanley, Prison Guard, Red Onion State Prison; J. Baser, Prison Guard, Captain, Red Onion State Prison; D. Turner, Prison Guard, Captain, Red Onion State Prison; R. Fowler, Prison Guard, Lieutenant, Red Onion State Prison; K. McCoy, Prison Guard, Lieutenant, Red Onion State Prison; S. Deel, Prison Guard, Sergeant, Red Onion State Prison; L. Fleming, Prison Guard, Sergeant, Red Onion State Prison; T. Wood, Prison Guard, Sergeant, Red Onion State Prison; J. Vitatoe, Prison Guard, Red Onion State Prison; J. Bowen, Prison Guard, Red Onion State Prison; S. Long, Prison Guard, Red Onion State Prison; C. Branham, Prison Guard, Red Onion State Prison; R. Phipps, Prison Guard, Red Onion State Prison; S. Bunch, Mailroom Clerk, Red Onion State Prison; T. Pease, Mailroom Clerk, Red Onion State Prison; S. Mullins, Mailroom Clerk, Red Onion State Prison; F. Taylor, Grievance Coordinator, Red Onion State Prison; R. Mullins, GC, Red Onion State Prison; M. Bolling, GC, Red Onion State Prison; N. Sutherland, GC, Red Onion State Prison; J. Johnson, GC, Red Onion State Prison; P. Perrigan, GC, Red Onion State Prison; Q. Reynolds, Counselor, Red Onion State Prison; Tiller, Counselor, Red Onion State Prison; Stanley Young, Warden Chief, Wallens Ridge State Prison; Adam Harvey, Assistant Warden, Wallens Ridge State Prison; T. Yates, Security Chief, Wallens Ridge State Prison; S.E. Rider, GC, Wallens Ridge State Prison; M. Hall-Gallihar, Counselor, Wallens Ridge State Prison; G. Baker, Counselor, Wallens Ridge State Prison; T. Phillips, Prison Guard, Red Onion State Prison; C. Salyers, Prison Guard, Wallens Ridge State Prison; George Allen, III, Virginia Governor; James Gilmore, Virginia Governor; Mark Warner, Governor, Defendants-Appellees, 211 F. App'x 171
• 2006-12-27Taylor AYES; William P. Cutshall; Frank A. Ribar; Edward C. Smith; James F. Martin; William C. Terrio, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Defendant-Appellee, 472 F.3d 104
• 2006-12-22SUCAMPO PHARMACEUTICALS, INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ASTELLAS PHARMA, INCORPORATED, formerly known as Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Company, Limited, Defendant-Appellee, 471 F.3d 544
• 2006-12-22UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles E. JONES, III, a/k/a Chuckie, Defendant-Appellant, 471 F.3d 535
• 2006-12-22William HILL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joyce FRANCIS, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution Gilmer; Federal Correctional Institution, Gilmer; Bureau of Prisons, a/k/a B.O.P., a/k/a Federal Bureau of Prisons; Department of Justice, a/k/a Federal Department of Justice, a/k/a United States Department of Justice; Office of the Solicitor General of the United States; Roberto Gonzalez, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents-Appellees, 209 F. App'x 361
• 2006-12-22UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerome Derrick HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant, 209 F. App'x 360
• 2006-12-22UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur Edward WILLIAMSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant, 209 F. App'x 359