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The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment against a pro se plaintiff on defamation and Title VII employment discrimination claims. The court limited its review to specific objections raised by the appellant and found no reversible error in the lower court's ruling.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court judgment finding Texas International Terminals liable for breaching a facility agreement by failing to issue a Notice of Stable Operations. The court held that the contract term stable operations possessed an ordinary meaning of steady, consistent operations, not a specific production rate.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Anna Rhodes' civil action against Navy Federal Credit Union for failure to state a claim. The appellate court found no reversible error in the lower court's denial of the motion to remand and the subsequent dismissal.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Michael Jerome Orr's motion for compassionate release, finding no abuse of discretion. The appellate court upheld the lower court's decision to deny relief after weighing the statutory sentencing factors, even though it previously acknowledged Orr met the threshold for extraordinary and compelling reasons.
The Third Circuit affirmed the District Court's denial of Rasheed Hargrove's motion for a sentence reduction under the First Step Act. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion, noting the lower court properly considered Hargrove's arguments regarding historical sentencing inequities.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Willie Good's race discrimination and retaliation claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The appellate court found no reversible error in the lower court's ruling and determined that oral argument was unnecessary.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Mengyang Li's pro se Title VII discrimination and retaliation claims against Shepherd University. The appellate court found no reversible error in the lower court's ruling and dispensed with oral argument.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed Ethan D. Delauder's conviction for possessing a firearm after a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction, rejecting his Second Amendment challenge. The court held that his facial challenge was foreclosed by precedent and his as-applied challenge was waived for failure to develop the argument.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the denial of a habeas corpus petition because the petitioner failed to file specific objections to the magistrate judge's recommendation. This failure to object resulted in a forfeiture of the right to appellate review of the substantive recommendation.
The Tenth Circuit reversed a conviction, ruling that the Fourth Amendment does not permit a protective sweep of a vehicle based solely on a passenger's romantic relationship with an arrested driver. The court held that the government's reliance on this association constituted an impermissible criminality-by-association test rather than a valid totality-of-circumstances analysis for reasonable suspicion.
