North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Tassi v. Holder A citizen of Cameroon who was a university student newspaper editor and political activist in a Southern Cameroon independence movement, who was repeatedly arrested and beaten for her activism, has her case challenging denial of asylum remanded by the 4th Circuit so she may again seek protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT).

Tagged with: Administrative immigration

White v. Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. Where plaintiff’s decedent was pronounced dead on April 19, 2006, but where plaintiff did not file his wrongful death action until April 12, 2010, plaintiff’s claim is barred by the two-year statute of limitations for wrongful death actions. We affirm summary judgment for defendants.

Tagged with: Civil Practice Statute of Limitations Tort/Negligence Wrongful Death

U.S. v. Baxter A defendant's 1976 burglary conviction under Virginia law qualifies as a predicate offense under the Armed Career Criminal Act, and the 4th Circuit upholds his mandatory minimum sentence of 180 months on a conviction of possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.

Tagged with: Burglary sentencing

Administrative Standard of Review – Medicaid – Whole Record & De Novo Meza v. Division of Social Services. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-06-0369, 23 pp.) (Sarah Parker, Ch.J.) (Patricia Timmons-Goodson, J., concurring in the result) From the Court of Appeals. N.C. ...

Tagged with: Medicaid Standard of Review