Richmond, VA

Whether district court erred by granting summary judgment to Defendants on deliberate indifference claim regarding denial of out-of-cell recreation; other issues.

Whether district court erred granting summary judgment for employer on claims alleging violations of Fair Labor Standards Act, North Carolina Wage and Hour Act.

Whether district court erred in preliminarily enjoining West Virginia S.B. 325.

Whether district court erred in declining to preliminarily enjoin Maryland H.B. 1056.

Whether court erred in finding no dispute of fact related to Defendants' subjective culpability and granting summary judgment prior to discovery; other issues.

Whether, after Patel v. Garland, 596 U.S. 328 (2022), this Court may review application of the "false testimony bar" in cancellation proceedings; other issues.

Whether district court erred in concluding that Bloomingdales is not subject to specific personal jurisdiction in Maryland.

Whether firearms instructor was managerial employee and thus excluded from protections of the National Labor Relations Act.

Propriety of district court's denial of compassionate release motion based on 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, notwithstanding current inapplicability of career offender enhancement to appellant.

Whether a frivolous asylum application finding is mandatory or discretionary.

Whether to re-evaluate "particularity" requirement for a social group after Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. 369 (2024); propriety of agency's alternative analysis.

Whether district court erred in granting Defendants qualified immunity on Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment claims for prolonging imprisonment based on erroneous advisory opinion.

Whether federal inmates have a protected liberty interest in earning time credits under 18 U.S.C. § 3632(d)(4)(A); other issues.

Whether, in action under Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act, counterclaim challenging collection effort was properly dismissed based on doctrine of res judicata; related issues.

Propriety of ALJ's finding that the miner's terminal arterial blood gas studies satisfied the requirements of 20 C.F.R. § 718.105(d).

Whether an amended judgment entered after a First Step Act sentence reduction qualifies as a "new judgment" for purposes of the AEDPA.

Whether district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over claims arising under the Alien Tort Statute.

Whether defendant showed cause or actual innocence to excuse his procedural default of claim under Ruan v. United States, 597 U.S. 450 (2022).

Whether district court erred granting summary judgment in favor of defendant employer on failure to accommodate claims related to COVID-19 vaccination requirement.

Whether district court correctly found that employer's inquiry into employee's COVID-19 vaccination status is not an unlawful medical inquiry under the ADA; other issues.

Whether district court erred granting summary judgment in dispute related to calculation of "good time" credits.

Whether district court erred in concluding plaintiff's claims were barred by statute of limitations; related issues.

Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 842(p)(2)(B), prohibiting teaching bomb-making, knowing information will be used in furtherance of federal crime of violence; other issues.

Whether the district court erred in exercising supplemental jurisdiction over a state law claim for gross negligence by a private person; other issues.

Whether defendant hid or abandoned personal property; should concealment and abandonment be treated differently for Fourth Amendment purposes?

Whether the ALJ's residual functional capacity assessment is supported by substantial evidence; whether the ALJ properly applied the treating physician rule.

Whether district court erred by declining to vacate or modify protective order allowing for litigation under pseudonyms; whether this court has jurisdiction over appeal.

Whether abuse of position of trust enhancement under USSG § 3B1.3 applies to defendant who merely pretends to hold position of trust.

Whether challenge to condition of supervised release delegating to probation officer determination of maximum number of drug tests is outside scope of appeal waiver.

Whether district court erred in dismissing retaliatory search warrant claim.

Whether district court erred dismissing action seeking repatriation of remains of children from plaintiff tribe under Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

Whether civil penalties for failing to report foreign bank and financial accounts are "fines" within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause.

Whether court properly dismissed declaratory judgment action because case with same underlying copyright dispute was already pending in California.

Challenge to district court's conclusion that plaintiffs lack Article III standing to challenge West Virginia's administration of its foster care system; cross-appeal.

Whether district court erred granting motion to dismiss in case alleging fraud under the False Claims Act.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of defendants on ERISA claims.

Whether residence is included in supervised release condition permitting warrantless searches of "person and property"; level of evidence or suspicion to confirm residence.

Whether bankruptcy court erred in denying setoff for unpaid compensation; related issues.

Whether defendant's guilty plea was valid and whether district court abused its discretion by denying motion to withdraw guilty plea?

Whether suppression is available remedy for Fourth Amendment excessive force violation; whether court erroneously found no causal connection between force and discovery of firearm.

Whether district court erred in declining to preliminarily enjoin School Board policy prohibiting comments targeting specific students during public comments at School Board meeting.

Whether delay in international extradition until defendant completed foreign sentence resulted in Sixth Amendment speedy trial violation.

Propriety of agency's holdings regarding Honduran government's willingness and ability to control private-actor persecutors and Petitioners ability to internally relocate; other issues.

Whether the district court erred by finding indemnification claim under Virginia's Overhead High Voltage Line was barred by exemption in the Act.

Multi-issue challenge to visa fraud and identity theft convictions and sentence.

Whether district court erred in preliminarily enjoining certain provisions of Executive Order 14151 and Executive Natl. Assoc. of Diversity Officers in Higher Order 14173.

Whether district court erred related to CERCLA liability, appropriate remedies, in case involving environmental violations.

Whether district court erred in applying burden-shifting standard to determine defendant's liability under CERCLA; other issues.

Whether 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (National Firearms Act) is unconstitutionally vague; whether indictment failed to allege all elements of charged offenses; other issues.

Whether trial evidence established the existence of an "enterprise" in prosecution for conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering; other issues.

Whether court may revoke conditional discharge under § 4243(g) based on conditions that are not part of conditionally discharged person's prescribed treatment regiment.

Whether district court erred in excluding evidence of defendant's political beliefs and in excluding voir dire questions related to political bias.

Challenges to admission of summary spreadsheet, sufficiency of evidence, and loss amount in prosecution for submitting false claims in government contract.

Whether district court erred in dismissing claims based on doctrine of res judicata; related issues.

Whether defendant charged with exclusively nonviolent violation of Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, 18 U.S.C. § 248, is entitled to jury trial.

Whether the district court erred in entering default judgment and other evidentiary sanctions, granting injunctive relief, or calculating restitution.

Whether district court properly excluded defendant's mental health evidence; whether court properly admitted evidence that defendant possessed Nazi paraphernalia.

Whether lengthy preindictment delay unfairly prejudiced defense; whether failure to inform of immigration consequence in underlying conviction taints immigration fraud conviction; other issues.

Whether the district court erred in considering the Government's objections to the presentence report and in applying the firearm enhancement under § 2D1.1(b)(1).

Propriety of not conducting "mixed motive" analysis given that deemed-viable protected ground underlies finding that persecutor threatened Petitioner because she refused his romantic advances.

Whether sufficient evidence supported Defendants' convictions for aiding and abetting possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.

Whether district court erred in excluding proffered expert testimony; propriety of jury instructions; procedural reasonableness of sentence; sufficiency of evidence; other issues.