North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

U.S. v. Stone (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-166-17, 19 pp.) (Agee, J.) No. 15-4510, Aug. 2, 2017; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Hilton, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A defendant cannot overturn her fraud convictions for orchestrating a scheme to defraud mortgage companies ...

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U.S. v. Maclaren (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-165-17, 13 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 16-6291, Aug. 2, 2017; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Howard, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A motion for a discharge hearing filed by a pedophile civilly detained under the Adam ...

Tagged with: civil detainee

Humbert v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-164-17, 29 pp.) (Gregory, J.) No. 15-1768, Aug. 7, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Quarles, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit reverses a Maryland district court and ...

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Velasquez v. Sessions (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-163-17, 18 pp.) (Agee, J.) No. 16-1669, July 31, 2017; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: A Honduran mother who illegally entered the U.S. with her son after his paternal grandmother had the ...

Tagged with: murder

U.S. v. Diaz (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-162-17, 22 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 16-4226, July 26, 2017; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Trenga, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: An order of restitution for a defendant convicted of interference with flight crew members for ...

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U.S. ex rel. Benjamin Carter v. Halliburton Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-161-17, 25 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 16-1262, July 31, 2017; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Cacheris, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Although related False Claims Act suits against defendant Halliburton and ...

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Scott v. Cricket Communications LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-160-17, 14 pp.) (Duncan, J.) No. 16-2300, July 28, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Russell, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In this class action suit alleging plaintiff purchased two Samsung Galaxy S4 cell ...

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Northrop Grumman Technical Services Inc. v. DynCorp Int’l LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-159-17, 13 pp.) (Keenan, J.) No. 16-1644, July 28, 2017; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Cacheris, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In this contract dispute between Northrop Grumman and DynCorp, ...

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U.S. v. Burns-Johnson (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-158-17, 11 pp.) (Keenan, J.) No. 16-4338, July 18, 2017; USDC at Charlotte, N.C. (Whitney, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The North Carolina statutory offense of armed robbery with a dangerous weapon, in violation of ...

Tagged with: armed robbery

U.S. v. Ventura (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-157-17, 21 pp.) (King, J.) No. 15-4808, July 18, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Quarles, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Although the 4th Circuit vacated one of defendant’s seven convictions arising from his operation of ...

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