North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

    Samples v. Ballard, Warden (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-146-17, 18 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 16-6740, June 23, 2017; USDC at Charleston, W.Va. (Johnston, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Although a district court must consider a habeas petitioner’s claims raised for ...

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U.S. v. Mondragon (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-145-17, 11 pp.) (Neimeyer, J.) No. 16-4139, June 21, 2017; USDC at Statesville, N.C. (Voorhees, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A defendant’s possession and display of a revolver while at the house of his closest ...

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U.S. v. Sterling (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-144-17, 26 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 15-4297, June 22, 2017; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Brinkema, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit affirms multiple counts of a former CIA employee’s convictions for unauthorized disclosure ...

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Ansley v. Warren (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-143-17, 18 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 16-2082, June 28, 2017; USDC at Asheville, N.C. (Cogburn, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Plaintiffs, including same-sex couples who are either engaged or married, cannot rely on taxpayer standing ...

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Sawyer v. Foster Wheeler LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-142-17, 19 pp.) (Niemeyer, J.) No. 16-1530, June 22, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Blake, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A boiler manufacturer’s claim that it had government-contractor immunity from a lawsuit filed ...

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PETA v. U.S. Dep’t of Agriculture (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-141-17, 19 pp.) (Thacker, J.) No. 16-2029, June 28, 2017; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Dever, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In PETA’s suit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s regulations under the ...

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U.S. v. Wolf (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-139-17, 46 pp.) (Traxler, J.) No. 15-4560, June 19, 2017; USDC at Charlotte, N.C. (Mullen, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A defendant convicted of mortgage fraud for a scheme in which he would identify a ...

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U.S. v. Lopez (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-138-17, 29 pp.) (Harris, J.) No. 15-4573, June 19, 2017; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Grimm, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A defendant who was 17 years old when he and another young man robbed a ...

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U.S. v. Pinson (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-137-17, 40 pp.) (Per Curiam) No. 15-4311, June 19, 2017; USDC at Columbia, S.C. (Norton, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit reverses RICO conspiracy and government program theft convictions for defendant, a former ...

Tagged with: RICO

Cox v. SNAP Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-136-17, 12 pp.) (Motz, J.) No. 16-2166, June 13, 2017; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (O’Grady, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A government contractor who signed a Letter Agreement to help defendant, an aspiring government ...

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