Richmond, VA

Whether United States Fish and Wildlife Service must proactively post certain documents under eFOIA; and other issues.

Whether conflict of law issue can be resolved via judicial admission; whether conflict of interest existed between insured and attorney paid for by insurer.

Appeal from dismissal of psychotherapist's complaint challenging constitutionality of statute banning "conversion therapy" for minors as violative of First Amendment; standing issues.

Whether Young failed to satisfy the second prong of the Wheeler test for challenging his federal sentence in a § 2241 petition.

Whether tort claims were preempted by Interstate Commerce Clause Termination Act of 1995; other issues.

Whether Social Security Administration's benefit redetermination procedures violated due process and the APA.

Whether restrictions placed on inmate who refused to cut dreadlocks amounted to substantial burden on inmate's Rastafarian religious practice.

Whether district court erred by applying federal law to state wrongful termination claim; other issues.

Whether Appellant is eligible for Superfund reimbursement without preauthorization when preauthorization form allegedly violated Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. §§ 3501-21; other

Multiple issues arising from district court's grant of summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff's ERISA claims and denial of her motion for class certification.

Whether district court erred by granting summary judgment to defendant on action under False Claims for lack of evidence of required scienter.

Whether the FTCA's discretionary function exception bars Lins' claims. Other issues.

Cross-appeals from order dismissing Lanham Act claims as barred by statute of limitations, upholding Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's cancellation of trademark; other issues.

Challenge to district court's order enjoining the implementation of an Executive Order regarding the Refugee Act.

Whether petitioner established past persecution based on written death threats.

Whether South Carolina would recognize the continuous breach/continuous accrual theory in applying the statute of limitations to contract breach claims.

Appeal from district court's grant of summary judgment to defendants on regulatory takings and substantive due process claims.

Challenge to class certification and summary judgment for plaintiffs on unconscionable inducement claims under West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act; other issues.

Whether district court erred by granting preliminary injunction based on "reverse confusion" theory of trademark infringement; issues of mootness.

Whether, after Kingsley v. Hendrickson, 575 U.S. 959 (2015), a pretrial detainee's claim of deliberate indifference to a serious medical need is evaluated by objective reasonableness standard.

Propriety of agency's interpretation of 8 C.F.R. §§ 208.14(C), 208.24 (2020) in holding Petitioner was no longer a derivative of mother's later-filed asylum application.

Cross-appeals from district court's rulings on remand related to damages.

Propriety of district court's conclusion that Battalion Chiefs' primary duty is not emergency response under the first responder regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

In action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, whether Bureau of Prisons owed duty to ensure that inmate received necessary medical treatment for terminal illness.

Multiple issues arising from judgment for defense following jury trial on contract and defamation claims and grant of summary judgment on employment discrimination claims.

Whether district court properly concluded that police-citizen encounter was consensual and that officers did not manufacture probable cause for search.

Whether the district court erroneously denied Defendant's motion for a directed verdict and abused its discretion in awarding equitable relief.

Propriety of grant of summary judgment to juvenile detention center on claims by immigrant child detainee of inadequate mental health care; standing issue.

Whether valid appeal waiver bars review of claim that due process rights were violated by district court using religious language in sentencing.

Appeal from district court's determination that taxpayers were not entitled to charitable contribution deduction for donation of house to nonprofit organization.

Whether the district court's conclusion as to the state court's rejection of ineffective assistance claim is debatable or wrong.

Appeal from denial of post-judgment motions challenging 15 million dollar jury verdict on plaintiff's claims of false advertising under Lanham Act.

Multiple issues arising from jury verdict finding pharmaceutical company liable for fraud and awarding punitive damages.

Whether the district court erred in granting defendant's motion to compel arbitration and denying plaintiff's motion for reconsideration; other issues.

Whether district court erred by denying evidentiary hearing based on alleged juror misconduct arising from juror's Twitter usage during criminal trial against former judge.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment on ADA claim based on disabled employee's inability to comply with her employer's safety policies.

Whether counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to assert a double jeopardy defense to conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), which is an element of 18 U.S.C. § 924(j).

Whether Defendants' refusal to allow deaf civil detainee access to videophone violates the First Amendment.

Whether substantial evidence supports the finding that Petitioner was not persecuted on account of her family; related issues.

Whether district court erroneously applied U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual §§ 2G2.1(b)(1)(A), 4B1.5(b) for offense involving minor and absent covered-sex-crime-derived Guidelines range;

Whether district court correctly granted Defendants summary judgment on Plaintiff's claims arising out of enforcement of prison grooming policy over religious objection.

Whether district court erred by dismissing plaintiff's claims against DHS arising out of his detention and removal as barred by FTCA's discretionary function exception.

Whether district court erred by dismissing claims that application of Virginia Sex Offender Registry Act violated Ex Post Facto and Due Process Clauses.

Whether the verdict form and instructions were confusing to the jury; other issues.

Multiple issues arising out of bench trial on breach of contract and fraudulent inducement claims.

Whether RICO conspiracy with murder as special sentencing factor was crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); other issues on cross-appeal.

Whether USSG § 2D1.1(b)(1) firearm enhancement is sustainable where evidence shows the only gun was present during drug offense separate from underlying conviction; other issues.

Appeal from district court's dismissal of appellants' constitutional challenge to restrictions in 18 U.S.C. § 922 on the sale of handguns to persons under 21.

Whether district court properly determined that false information and material omissions were not recklessly included in search warrant applications.

Sufficiency of evidence supporting finding that Wilson intended to cause death or serious bodily harm for carjacking conviction, where Wilson knew gun was not loaded.

Whether Eastern District of Virginia was appropriate venue for illegal reentry prosecution where indictment charged Defendant was found in Pennsylvania.

Whether the district court erred in applying a Guidelines enhancement and failing to address defendant's sentencing arguments; whether the sentence is substantively reasonable.

Whether, at resentencing, the district court properly considered the defendant's postsentencing rehabilitation evidence; other issues.

Whether Freeman's sentence is substantively reasonable; whether counsel provided ineffective assistance at sentencing.

Whether district court erred in failing to apply provisions of First Step Act in reimposing judgment on habeas motion to allow direct appeal.

Whether imposing an Internet ban as a supervised release condition for sex offenders constitutes substantive sentencing error; other issues.

Whether the court properly rejected Collins' constitutional challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4); whether sufficient evidence supported Collins' conviction following Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191

Whether motion for judgment of acquittal was proper in trial for production of child pornography. issues.

Whether the district court adequately explained its reasons for imposing special conditions of supervised release; other issues.

Whether the definition of "an explosive," as contained in 18 U.S.C. § 1716(a), encompasses a "bomb" that the FBI designed to not explode; other issues.

Whether the Government's investigation of defendant's attorney for witness tampering created a conflict of interest warranting reversal of defendant's convictions; other issues.