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Eastern District of North Carolina

Aug 13, 2025

Ellis Boyle sworn in as Eastern District U.S. attorney

Ellis Boyle, a veteran litigator and former assistant U.S. attorney, has been sworn in as U.S. attorney for North Carolina’s Eastern District.

Mar 19, 2025

Company to pay $2M for PPP loan

A Raleigh information technology company will pay $2.17 million to resolve its liability for falsely obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program loan during the COVID-19 pandemic, a news release from the […]

Sanctions against a debtor who sold her home without the court’s permission were vacated by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals because she relied on her lawyer’s advice. (Associated Press file)
Mar 14, 2025

4th Circuit: Ruling vacates sanctions against debtor

Where the district court sanctioned the debtor for selling her house without permission, in violation of a local rule, but it failed to consider testimony that she relied on the […]

Gov. Josh Stein, above, has appointed Thomas Anglim the district attorney for the 2nd Prosecutorial District. (Associated Press file)
Jan 8, 2025

Longtime prosecutor named D.A. in Eastern North Carolina

A veteran prosecutor has been tapped as the new district attorney for the 2nd Prosecutorial District. Thomas Anglim was named to the post Friday, news release from Gov. Josh Stein’s […]

A behavioral health provider has agreed to repay more than $2.5 million billed to the state’s Medicaid program. (Depositphotos.com)
Dec 5, 2024

Provider to repay $2M-plus for Medicaid charges

A southeastern North Carolina behavioral health care provider will pay more than $2.5 million to settle claims of false Medicaid billings brought by the state and federal Departments of Justice. […]

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Nov 13, 2024

Phishing attack targets NC lawyers

Courts in North Carolina‘s three federal districts are sounding the alarm about phishing attempts using an email that purports to be from the federal court system. Warnings on the websites […]

Sixteen members of the Hell’s Angels and Red Devils motorcycle clubs were arrested on federal charges stemming from a Jan. 1, 2023, slaying in Raleigh and a July 22, 2023, assault in Wade, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina has announced. (Associated Press file)
Oct 18, 2024

16 bikers face federal charges

Sixteen members of two motorcycle gangs — the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club and the Red Devils Motorcycle Club — have been arrested on federal charges in an indictment unsealed Wednesday […]

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit by a state prisoner who challenged guards’ search of him that led them to find a contraband cellphone hidden on his body. (Depositphotos.com)
Oct 1, 2024

4th Circuit: Ruling reinstates lawsuit over search

Where an inmate alleged that prison officials violated his rights by violently pulling a contraband phone out of his rectum in a prison shower, the District Court erred by granting […]

An August seminar held by the offices of the three U.S. attorneys in the state and Mountain AHEC focused on the Americans with Disabilities Act’s protections for people suffering opioid use disorder and combatting discrimination against them in treatment and recovery, a news release from the office for the Middle District of North Carolina says.
Sep 10, 2024

US attorneys, health agency offer training on aspect of ADA

Staffers with the three U.S. attorneys’ offices in North Carolina and a health nonprofit agency recently offered a seminar on the Americans with Disabilities Act’s protections for people suffering opioid […]

Kai Liam Nix, 20, a soldier assigned to Fort Liberty, said in 2022 on his security clearance application that he had never been a member of a group dedicated to overthrowing the U.S. government. (Associated Press file)
Aug 21, 2024

Fort Liberty soldier indicted for lying about ties with anti-government group

RALEIGH — An active-duty soldier based in North Carolina has been indicted on charges of having lied to military authorities about his association with a group that advocated overthrowing the […]

Aug 11, 2024

EEOC sues NC publishing company under ADA

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against a North Carolina-based publishing company, alleging Champion Media LLC discriminated against a deaf job applicant.

Federal authorities have warned North Carolina residents about a scam that falsely threatens to have them arrested for supposedly missing federal jury duty. (Depositphotos.com)
Jul 15, 2024

Jury duty scam targets North Carolinians

North Carolinians are being targeted by a telephone and email scam that threatens them with arrest because they supposedly failed to report for federal jury duty. A warning issued by […]


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