Richmond, VA

Whether district court erred in finding petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel during pendency of state court appeal of right.

Agency's general authority to terminate removal proceedings following In re S-O-G-, 27 I. & N. 462 (A.G. 2018); other issues.

Whether the Court lacks jurisdiction to review dispositive issues not raised before the Board; related issues.

Whether court based sentence on clearly erroneous facts that conflict with jury verdict; if not, whether downward variant sentence of probation is substantively reasonable.

Propriety of district court's application of bodily-injury enhancement under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2B3.1(b)(3)(A); adequacy of sentencing explanation.

Whether district court erred by revoking appellant's conditional release under 18 U.S.C. § 4246(f); whether clear and convincing or preponderance evidentiary standard applies.

Whether former Marine officer's post-service failure-to-warn claim is barred by the discretionary function exception.

Appeal from summary judgment entered in favor of excess insurance carrier on breach of contract and bad faith claims arising out of handling of insurance claim.

To what extent should the district court consider Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000) when resentencing under the First Step Act; related issues.

Whether district court erred by determining that Greater Richmond Transit Company is a state actor for purposes of § 1983; additional issues on cross-appeal.

Whether failure to obtain leave to file complaint pseudonymously is a jurisdictional defect precluding relation back of subsequent order granting leave to proceed pseudonymously.

Whether district court erred by determining that it lacked federal-officer or federal question jurisdiction over state law claims challenging RCRA cleanup.

Whether this Court's decision in Lennear v. Wilson, 937 F.3d 257 (4th Cir. 2019), applies retroactively.

Whether Petitioner was due the rebuttable presumption of good cause for a continuance with a prima facie approvable U visa; related issues.

Whether BIA erred by rejecting proposed particular social group consisting of "prosecution witnesses"; other issues.

Whether the district court erroneously granted Defendants' motion to dismiss Plaintiff's Title VII discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims; other issues.

Whether ensuing loss clause in defective design and construction exclusion provides coverage for damages from defective design and subsequent settlement of building.

Propriety of district court's determination that borrower correspondence to loan servicer did not trigger servicer's obligations under Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.

Whether, under McDonough v. Smith, 139 S. Ct. 2149 (2019), district court erred in dismissing § 1983 claim as untimely.

Whether County's refusal to extend sewer service to property on which Appellant's intended to build a church violates RLUIPA, Free Exercise Clause; related issues.

Whether amendment to county's Water and Sewer Plan involved a zoning or landmarking law subject to regulation under RLUIPA; related issues.

Multiple issues arising from district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' tort and contract claims related to corporation's use of their personally identifiable prescription information; personal jurisdiction.

Whether federal contractor claim is barred by the Election Doctrine.

Whether the district court erred in determining that the action was barred by the statute of limitations; related issues.

Whether the district court erred by denying Defendant's motions to suppress statements made during traffic stop and evidence seized during home search.

Whether the Court has jurisdiction over the appeal; other issues.

Propriety of the agency's ruling that Petitioner's proposed social groups were not cognizable, as a matter of law, because they lacked particularity.

Whether employee adequately alleged a violation of the Fair Labor Standard Act's overtime provisions; other issues.

Standard of review of immigration court's ruling in reasonable-fear review hearing; whether alien has right to counsel's participation at such a proceeding; other issues.

Whether the district court erred in denying Appellant's motion to vacate an arbitration award; application of res judicata and collateral estoppel.

Whether, under North Carolina law, claim for breach of insurance contract accrued at date of loss or date of breach; other issues.

Ineffective assistance, involuntariness, and other challenges to guilty plea and capital sentence.

Whether, in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), the Government's failure to disclose certain evidence deprived Appellant of a fair trial.

Whether Board improperly required Administrative Law Judge to consider the preamble to the regulations in assessing weight and credibility of employer's physician's opinions; other issues.

Whether to transfer petition for review to the Fifth Circuit given Petitioner's physical presence in Louisiana during his televideo removal hearing; other issues.

Whether district court erred by dismissing IDEA claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because students had withdrawn from school district and complaints requested nonmonetary relief.

Whether district court erred in dismissing 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for due process violation based on failure to allege a state created danger.

Whether Virginia's lifelong sex offender registry requirement after conviction for indecent liberties violates Equal Protection Clause, Eighth Amendment, and Due Process Clause.

Whether class action complaint plausibly alleged material misstatement or omission and scienter to survive dismissal at pleading stage.

Whether the district court erred by finding parties' agreement to arbitrate illusory and unenforceable under Maryland law.

Whether Garcia was sentenced under the Fair Sentencing Act and is therefore ineligible for First Step Act relief.

Whether District Court possessed extraterritorial jurisdiction over appellant regarding § 1956(h) money-laundering conspiracy charge; related issues.

Whether no trespass ban against parent of public school students violated right to due process; other issues.

Whether Maryland Election Law § 3-506, which limits use of Maryland's registered voter list to purposes related to electoral process, violates the First Amendment.

Whether district court properly ignored policies' "other insurance" provisions; whether court correctly predicted how Virginia Supreme Court would resolve dispute between dueling excess policies.

Propriety of district court's conclusion that pretrial detainee failed to exhaust administrative remedies and failed to demonstrate deliberate indifference to serious medical needs.

Whether violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-817(B), felony eluding, categorically qualifies as crime of moral turpitude, other issues.

Whether Walters was prejudiced by counsel's failure to timely relay favorable plea offer or seek reopening of plea offer.

Whether the district court possessed jurisdiction to adjudicate § 2241 petition when prisoner previously raised same issue in second or successive § 2255 motion.

Whether defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance by not objecting to new evidence presented during jury deliberations.

Whether district court erred in interpreting West Virginia's "loss of chance" statute.

Whether evidence was sufficient to support conspiracy conviction; other issues.

Whether, under standard set forth in Chavez-Meza v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 1959 (2018), explanation of sentence was adequate. (15 mins. per side)

Whether sentence is procedurally and substantively reasonable; other issues.

Propriety of relying on the Guidelines commentary to qualify a prior conviction for an inchoate offense as a career offender predicate; other issues.

Whether challenge to special assessment under 18 U.S.C. § 3014 falls within the scope of appellate waiver.

Whether sufficient evidence supported convictions for federal program fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(A); other issues related to jury instructions, evidentiary rulings, forfeiture.

Whether officers improperly manufactured federal jurisdiction warranting reversal of Defendant's conviction for traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct; other issues.

Whether district court properly applied murder cross reference; other issues.

Whether Virginia law prohibits possession of crossbow on school grounds, and whether law enforcement officer could reasonably believe such possession is prohibited under Virginia law.

Whether district court properly attributed "ice" methamphetamine to defendants; whether district court properly rejected defendants' challenges to Sentencing Guidelines' treatment of "ice"

Whether a former passenger has standing to contest search of vehicle; other issues.

Whether a sufficient factual basis supported the guilty plea; other issues.

Whether substantial evidence supports the finding that the Petitioners failed to show a nexus to the particular social group; related issues.

Appeal from denial of habeas relief in capital case.