U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 2019

Decisions

• 2019-08-16Antonio PASSARO, Jr., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Commonwealth of VIRGINIA; Virginia Department of State Police, Defendants - Appellees, 935 F.3d 243
• 2019-08-15UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Thomas Edward NORMAN, Defendant - Appellant., 935 F.3d 232
• 2019-08-15William HAWKINS; Eric Keller ; Thomas Zato; Kristof Gabor; Justin Panchley, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. I-TV DIGITALIS TAVKOZLESI ZRT., f/k/a DMCC Kommunikacios Rt., Defendant - Appellee, DIGI Tavkozlesi es Szolgaltato kft. ; RCS & RDS S.A. ; RCS Management S.A. ; DIGI Communications, N.V. ; Zoltan Teszari, Respondents - Appellees, and Laszlo Borsy; Mediaware Corporation ; MediaTechnik kft.; Peterfia kft.; Sam Black, Defendants. William Hawkins; Eric Keller ; Thomas Zato; Kristof Gabor; Justin Panchley, Plaintiffs - Appellees, v. i-TV Digitalis Tavkozlesi zrt., f/k/a DMCC Kommunikacios Rt., Defendant - Appellant, DIGI Tavkozlesi es Szolgaltato kft. ; RCS & RDS S.A. ; RCS Management S.A. ; DIGI Communications, N.V. ; Zoltan Teszari, Respondents - Appellants, and Laszlo Borsy; Mediaware Corporation ; MediaTechnik kft.; Peterfia kft.; Sam Black, Defendants., 935 F.3d 211
• 2019-08-14W. C. ENGLISH, INC., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. RUMMEL, KLEPPER & KAHL, LLP; CDM Smith, Inc., Defendants - Appellees., 934 F.3d 398
• 2019-08-12Paige MARTINEAU, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Joel WIER; Diane Wier; Richard Guest, Defendants - Appellees., 934 F.3d 385
• 2019-08-12UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Willie D. MCCALL, a/k/a Derrick Armstead, Defendant - Appellant., 934 F.3d 380
• 2019-08-09UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Donald Eugene WALKER, Defendant - Appellant., 934 F.3d 375
• 2019-08-01PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL MUTUAL CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff - Appellee v. BEACH MART, INC., Defendant - Appellant and L&L Wings, Inc. Defendant, 932 F.3d 268
• 2019-08-01UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Nikolai BOSYK, Defendant - Appellant. Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amicus Supporting Appellant., 933 F.3d 319
• 2019-07-31UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Daniel Lamont MATHIS, a/k/a Gunna, a/k/a Mooch, a/k/a D-Man, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mersadies Lachelle Shelton, a/k/a Lady Gunns, a/k/a Maisha Love Uhuru, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shantai Monique Shelton, a/k/a Tai, a/k/a Lady Blaze, a/k/a Boss Lady, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kweli Uhuru, a/k/a Travis Leon Bell, a/k/a K. Gunns, a/k/a Black Wolf, a/k/a Babi, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony Darnell Stokes, a/k/a Face, a/k/a Black Face, a/k/a Kenyata Baraka, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Halisi Uhuru, a/k/a Arthur Lee Gert Wright, a/k/a Gritty, a/k/a Bones, a/k/a Big Homey, Defendant-Appellant., 932 F.3d 242
• 2019-07-31UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Victor Oyewumi OLOYEDE, Defendant - Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Babatunde Emmanuel Popoola, a/k/a Emmanuel Popoola, a/k/a Tunde Popoola, Defendant - Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Mojisola Tinuola Popoola, a/k/a Mojisola Oluwakemi Tin Popoola, a/k/a Moji T. Popoola, Defendant - Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Gbenga Benson Ogundele, a/k/a Benson Ogundele, Defendant - Appellant., 933 F.3d 302
• 2019-07-30J. Duane GILLIAM, Guardian of the Estate of Leon Brown; Raymond C. Tarlton, Guardian Ad Litem for Henry Lee McCollum, Plaintiffs - Appellees, and Henry Lee McCollum; Leon Brown; Geraldine Brown Ransom, Guardian of Leon Brown; Kimberly Pinchbeck, as limited guardian and conservator of the estate of Henry Lee McCollum, Plaintiffs, v. Kenneth SEALEY, both individually and in his official capacity as the Sheriff of Robeson County; Robert E. Price, Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate of Joel Garth Locklear, Sr., Defendants - Appellants, and Robeson County; Town of Red Springs; Kenneth Snead; Joel Garth Locklear; Larry Floyd; Leroy Allen ; Estate of Luther Haggins; Geraldine Britt Haggins, as Administratix/Executrix of the Estate of Luther Haggins; Paul Canady, Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate of Luther Haggins; Fayetteville Observer-Times ; Associated Press; WTVD Television LLC ; Charlotte Observer, Defendants. J. Duane Gilliam, Guardian of the Estate of Leon Brown; Raymond C. Tarlton, Guardian Ad Litem for Henry Lee McCollum, Plaintiffs - Appellees, and Henry Lee McCollum; Leon Brown; Geraldine Brown Ransom, Guardian of Leon Brown; Kimberly Pinchbeck, as limited guardian and conservator of the estate of Henry Lee McCollum, Plaintiffs, v. Kenneth Snead; Leroy Allen, Defendants - Appellants, and Robeson County; Town of Red Springs; Kenneth Sealey, both individually and in his official capacity as the Sheriff of Robeson County; Joel Garth Locklear; Larry Floyd; Estate of Luther Haggins; Geraldine Britt Haggins, as Administratix/Executrix of the Estate of Luther Haggins; Paul Canady, Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate of Luther Haggins; Robert E. Price, Administrator C.T.A. of the Estate of Joel Garth Locklear, Sr.; Fayetteville Observer-Times ; Associated Press; WTVD Television LLC ; Charlotte Observer, Defendants., 932 F.3d 216
• 2019-07-30UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Randall CORNETTE, Defendant - Appellant., 932 F.3d 204
• 2019-07-30UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Brandon LOCKE, Defendant - Appellant., 932 F.3d 196
• 2019-07-29UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Benitez Auguarius MOODY, Defendant - Appellant., 931 F.3d 366
• 2019-07-29UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Benjamin GALECKI, Defendant - Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Charles Burton Ritchie, Defendant - Appellant., 932 F.3d 176
• 2019-07-26DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE; Sierra Club; Virginia Wilderness Committee, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; United States Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior; Jim Kurth, in his official capacity as Acting Director; Paul Phifer, in his official capacity as Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Responsible Official, Respondents, Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC, Intervenor., 931 F.3d 339
• 2019-07-26IN RE: Carlos BROWN, Petitioner., 932 F.3d 162
• 2019-07-26UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Roger Dale CHARLES, II, Defendant - Appellant., 932 F.3d 153
• 2019-07-25UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Omar VILLARREAL SILVA, a/k/a Nolberto Ruiz Trinidad, a/k/a Nolberto Trinidad Ruiz, Defendant - Appellant., 931 F.3d 330
• 2019-07-25Tiffanie HUPP; R.H., a minor, by and through his next friend, Tiffanie Hupp; Clifford Myers, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. State Trooper Seth COOK; Colonel C.R. Jay Smithers, Defendants - Appellees, and West Virginia State Police, Defendant., 931 F.3d 307
• 2019-07-24Marcus HAHN, Petitioner - Appellant, v. Warden Bonita MOSELEY, Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield, South Carolina, Respondent - Appellee., 931 F.3d 295
• 2019-07-24UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Christopher RODRIGUEZ-SORIANO, a/k/a Christopher Soriano, a/k/a Christopher Soriano-Rodriguez, Defendant - Appellant., 931 F.3d 281
• 2019-07-24Rema DAWSON-MURDOCK, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. NATIONAL COUNSELING GROUP, INC.; National Counseling Group, Inc. Plan, Defendants - Appellees., 931 F.3d 269
• 2019-07-24LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Krishnamurthy GOVINDARAJ, Former President, Life Technologies Corporation, a Maryland Corporation, Party-in-Interest - Appellant, and Life Technologies Corporation, Montgomery County, Maryland, Defendant., 931 F.3d 259
• 2019-07-19Robert Sanchez TURNER, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Al THOMAS, Jr., in his individual capacity and his official capacity as Chief of Charlottesville Police Department; City of Charlottesville, Virginia ; W. Steven Flaherty, in his individual capacity, Defendants - Appellees., 930 F.3d 640
• 2019-07-19Melvin Josue Rodriguez CABRERA, Petitioner, v. William P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent., 930 F.3d 627
• 2019-07-18Therl TAYLOR, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Virginia GRUBBS; Pamala Smith ; Ann Hallman; Sherman Anderson, Present Chief; Valerie Jones; Supervisor Randall Williams; John Pate; Allendale Fairfax County-City, Defendants - Appellees. Therl Taylor, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. John Pate; Randall Williams; Teresa Ramsey; Connie Buehner; LT. Carter, SCDC; SCDC; Jane DOE, Employees; John DOE, Employees; Pamela Smith, AI Grievance Coordinator, Defendants - Appellees. Therl Taylor, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Walter Worrick; Virginia Grubbs; Pamela Smith; SCDC LT MR C Hartley; John Pate; Bryan Stirling; Jane Does; John Does, Defendants - Appellees., 930 F.3d 611
• 2019-07-17UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Juan CORTEZ, a/k/a Jasinto Morales, Defendant - Appellant. Steven Abrams ; Esmeralda Cabrera; Teofilo Chapa; Jeffrey S. Chase; George T. Chew; Matthew J. D'Angelo; Bruce J. Einhorn; Cecelia M. Espenoza; Noel Ferris; John F. Gossart, Jr.; Miriam Hayward; Rebecca Jamil; William P. Joyce; Carol King; Elizabeth A. Lamb ; Margaret McManus ; Charles Ernst Pazar; Laura Ramirez; John W. Richardson ; Lory Diana Rosenberg; Susan Roy; Paul William Schmidt; Denise Noonan Slavin; Andrea H. Sloan; William Peter Van Wyke; Gustavo D. Villageliu; Polly A. Webber, Amici Supporting Appellant., 930 F.3d 350
• 2019-07-16Paul M. RETFALVI, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant - Appellee., 930 F.3d 600
• 2019-07-16Eunice GRAVES, Plaintiff - Appellant, and Carlin Robinson, individually, as Guardian and next Friend of I.Y., M.Y. and A.Y., and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Veronica Williams, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Daniel A. LIOI; Melvin Russell, Major, Defendants - Appellees and Baltimore City Police Department, Defendant, Cleaven L. Williams, Jr., Defendant. Carlin Robinson, individually, as Guardian and next Friend of I.Y., M.Y. and A.Y., and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Veronica Williams, Deceased, Plaintiff - Appellant, and Eunice Graves, Plaintiff, v. Daniel A. Lioi; Melvin Russell, Major, Defendants - Appellees, and Baltimore City Police Department, Defendant, Cleaven L. Williams, Jr., Defendant., 930 F.3d 307
• 2019-07-16Bryan MANNING ; Ryan Williams; Richard Deckerhoff; Richard Eugene Walls, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. Donald CALDWELL, Commonwealth's Attorney FOR the CITY OF ROANOKE ; Michael Nehemiah Herring, Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Richmond, Defendants - Appellees. National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, Amicus Supporting Appellant., 930 F.3d 264
• 2019-07-12Timothy RICHARDSON, Petitioner - Appellee, v. Edward THOMAS, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, Respondent - Appellant., 930 F.3d 587
• 2019-07-12Dennis FUSARO, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Member Michael R. COGAN, Maryland State Board of Elections ; Member Emmet C. Davitt, Maryland State Board of Elections ; Member Patrick J. Hogan, Maryland State Board of Elections ; Member Kelley A. Howells, Maryland State Board of Elections ; Member Gloria Lawlah, Maryland State Board of Elections ; Member David J. McManus, Jr., Maryland State Board of Elections, Defendants - Appellees., 930 F.3d 241
• 2019-07-11Kayla BUTTS, Individually and on behalf of her daughter A.F., a minor, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant - Appellant, and Berkeley Medical Center; West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.; Shenandoah Women's Health Center; Shenandoah Community Health Center ; Shenandoah Midwives; Avinash Purohit, M.D.; Tracy Swalm, CNM; Sara Spurgeon, R.N.; Shelly Palkovic, R.N.; Rebecca Pfender, CNM; Sarah Hardy, M.D.; Sonya Justice, R.N., Defendants., 930 F.3d 234
• 2019-07-11Ashley Amaris OVERBEY; Baltimore Brew, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. The MAYOR and City Council OF BALTIMORE; Baltimore City Police Department, Defendants - Appellees. American Society of News Editors; Associated Press Media Editors ; Association of Alternative Newsmedia; BuzzFeed; Gannett Company, Incorporated; Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic; International Documentary Association; Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley; Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University; Tawanda Jones; MPA- The Association of Magazine Media; Maryland D.C. Delaware Broadcasters Association; Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association ; National Press Photographers Association ; National Women's Law Center; Online News Association; Public Justice; Public Justice Center; Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Society of Professional Journalists; The Baltimore Sun; The Center for Investigative Reporting; The E.W. Scripps Company; The Washington Post; Tully Center for Free Speech; Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Amici Supporting Appellant., 930 F.3d 215
• 2019-07-10DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; State of Maryland, Plaintiffs - Appellees, v. Donald J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in his individual capacity, Defendant - Appellant. Scholar Seth Barrett Tillman; Judicial Education Project, Amici Supporting Appellant, Former Government Ethics Officers; Don Fox ; Marilyn Glynn; Karen Kucik ; Lawrence D. Reynolds; Amy Comstock Rick; Trip Rothschild; Richard M. Thomas ; Harvey Wilcox; Leslie Wilcox, Amici Supporting Appellees., 930 F.3d 209
• 2019-07-10IN RE Donald J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in his official capacity, Petitioner. Professor Clark D. Cunningham; Professor Jesse Egbert, Amici Curiae, Scholar Seth Barrett Tillman; Judicial Education Project, Amici Supporting Petitioner, Former National Security Officials; Commonwealth of Virginia; The Niskanen Center ; Republican Women for Progress; Cheri Jacobus; Tom Coleman; Emil H. Frankel; Joel Searby; Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, and Federal Courts Scholars; Certain Legal Historians, Amici Supporting Respondents., 928 F.3d 360
• 2019-07-03UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ryan COURTADE, Defendant-Appellant, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Washington and Lee University School of Law Advanced Administrative Litigation Clinic, Amici Supporting Appellant., 929 F.3d 186
• 2019-07-03Lula WILLIAMS ; Gloria Turnage; George Hengle; Dowin Coffy; Felix Gillison, Jr., on behalf of themselves and all individuals similarly situated, Plaintiffs - Appellees, v. BIG PICTURE LOANS, LLC; Ascension Technologies, LLC, Defendants - Appellants, and Daniel Gravel ; James Williams, Jr. ; Gertrude McGeshick; Susan McGeshick; Giiwegiizhigookway Martin; Matt Martorello, Defendants. National Congress of American Indians ; National Indian Gaming Association; National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development; Conference of Tribal Lending Commissioners; Online Lenders Alliance, Amici Supporting Appellant. District of Columbia; State of Connecticut; State of Hawaii; State of Illinois; State of Iowa; State of Maine; State of Maryland; State of Massachusetts; State of Minnesota; State of New Jersey; State of New York; State of North Carolina; State of Pennsylvania; State of Vermont; State of Virginia; Center for Responsible Lending, Amici Supporting Appellee., 929 F.3d 170
• 2019-07-03Barry DOE, individually and as Next Friend of his minor children M.D. (2006), E.D. (2008) and K.D. (2009), Plaintiff - Appellant, v. David J. MERON, individually and in his official capacity as Navy Officer and former Commanding Officer at NSA Bahrain (DOD); Barbara R. Craig, individually and in her official capacity as Director of Armed Forces Center for Child Protection (DOD); Kristen E. Webb, individually and in her official capacity as social worker at Armed Forces Center for Child Protection (DOD); Terry Greene, individually and in her official capacity as Principal of Bahrain School (DOD); David Laspisa, individually and in his official capacity as current or former Executive Office, NSA Bahrain (DOD); Steven Stutzman, individually and in his official capacity as Regional Counseling and Advocacy Coordinator, Navy Installations Command (EURAFSWA) ; John Scorby, individually and in his official capacity as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and Commander of Navy Installation Command, EURAFSWA; Clark Jackson, individually and in his official capacity as current or former Family Advocacy Representative (FAR), NSA Bahrain (DOD); United States of America, Defendants - Appellees., 929 F.3d 153
• 2019-07-03BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SHEET METAL WORKERS' NATIONAL PENSION FUND, Plaintiff - Appellant, and Board of Trustees, International Training Institute for the Sheet Metal And Air Conditioning Industry; Board of Trustees, National Energy Management Institute Committee; Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust Fund; Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' International Association Scholarship Fund; Board of Trustees, National Stabilization Agreement for the Sheet Metal Industry Trust Fund, Plaintiffs, v. FOUR-C-AIRE, INC., Defendant - Appellee. Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund, Amicus Supporting Appellant., 929 F.3d 135
• 2019-07-01UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Bobby Arion DINKINS, Defendant - Appellant., 928 F.3d 349
• 2019-06-28DOMINION ENERGY, INC.; Sedona Corp., Petitioners, v. CITY OF WARREN POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Respondent. Dominion Energy, Inc.; Sedona Corp., Petitioners, v. Metzler Asset Management GMBH, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Respondent. City of Warren Police and Fire Retirement System, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Dominion Energy, Inc.; Sedona Corp., Defendants - Appellants. Metzler Asset Management GMBH, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Dominion Energy, Inc.; Sedona Corp., Defendants - Appellants., 928 F.3d 325
• 2019-06-27UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Bryshun Genard FURLOW, Defendant - Appellant., 928 F.3d 311
• 2019-06-25UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff - Appellee v. Lamont Marloe VANDERHORST Defendant - Appellant, 927 F.3d 824
• 2019-06-24UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Sergio Carrillo MURILLO, Defendant - Appellant., 927 F.3d 808
• 2019-06-24UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Leonard Charles BERNARD, Defendant - Appellant., 927 F.3d 799
• 2019-06-21Broderick William SEAY, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sheriff Al CANNON, Respondent-Appellee., 927 F.3d 776
• 2019-06-18Herman HARRIS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Zachary PITTMAN, Fayetteville Police Department, Defendant - Appellee, and Moose Butler, Defendant., 927 F.3d 266