Richmond, VA

Challenge to dismissal of retaliation, discrimination, and hostile work environment claims.

Whether the district court erred by imposing extra-statutory requirements on the definition of "use in commerce" under 15 U.S.C. § 1127; related issues.

Whether district court applied correct standard of review to benefits determination where plan administrator failed to make a timely decision on appeal; other issues.

Whether appellant properly stated a claim under the ADA and the Due Process Clause; related issues.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment to manufacturer on design defect claim.

Whether district court erred in certifying nationwide damages class of prisoners alleging failure to provide MOUD amounted to deliberate indifference; related issues.

Whether district court erred in dismissing negligent misrepresentation claim, finding defendant owed plaintiff no duty of care.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of US PTO in APA case seeking to set aside the Director's decision.

Whether district court erred in dismissing § 1983 claims for unlawful and excessive force and state law claims for assault, battery, and wrongful death.

Whether district court erred enjoining military policy prohibiting accession of asymptomatic HIV-positive individuals with an undetectable viral load.

Argument after Supreme Court remand for consideration in light of United States v. Skrmetti, 605 U. S. ___ (2025).

Whether plaintiff's counsel was properly sanctioned under 28 U.S.C. § 1927; whether district court may award sanctions related to plaintiff's unsuccessful appeal.

Challenge to district court's order denying motion to vacate arbitration award; related issues.

Whether Plaintiff plausibly alleged she was a qualified individual for purposes of surviving motion to dismiss Rehabilitation Act claim.

Whether district court properly dismissed middle school student's malicious prosecution claims arising out of allegedly false sexual assault accusation.

Whether state court unreasonably resolved Appellant's claim that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to alleged constructive amendment of indictment.

Whether the magistrate judge erred in granting summary judgment to former police officer on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 false arrest and imprisonment claims.

Whether district court imposed a procedurally unreasonable sentence by not addressing or considering Hall's nonfrivolous mitigation argument regarding the conditions of his pre-trial detention.

Whether district court erred in dismissing discrimination claims and granting summary judgment for defendant on retaliation and hostile work environment claims.

Whether Dutch arbitration award is binding; timeliness of petition to confirm award; whether award is foreign-country judgment under North Carolina law.

Challenge to district court judgment following bench trial on claims related to employer's termination of retiree welfare benefits plan.

Whether district court erred in dismissing Fifth Amendment takings claim on ripeness grounds, concluding Burford abstention would apply if claim was ripe.

Whether district court correctly dismissed equal protection claims related to plaintiff not receiving business permit for lack of Article III standing and unripeness.

Whether district court erred granting summary judgment in favor of multi-employer pension plan in action to International Painters and Allied Trades collect withdrawal liability and additional statutory damages under ERISA.

Whether district court erred in denying Appellant's motion to dismiss indictment or suppress evidence based on claim that destruction of evidence violated due process.

Whether court erred by denying motion to suppress firearm based on its finding that officers had reasonable suspicion of violation of state concealed-carry law.

Whether Board of Immigration Appeals erred in reversing Immigration Judge’s grant of deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture.

Cross-appeal challenging district court's interpretation of Declaration of Covenants related to permissible uses of real property.

Challenge to district court's order preliminarily enjoining defendant federal agencies from terminating plaintiffs without court authorization.

Whether Amateur Sports Act unconstitutionally delegates authority to U.S. Center for Safe Sport; for related issues.

Whether Bankruptcy Court erred in denying confirmation of chapter 13 plan that provided for retention of three financed vehicles.

Whether district court erred in applying Fourteenth Amendment to § 1983 claims of post-plea, pre-sentenced prisoner.

First Amendment challenge to Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program, which offers scholarships to Virginia college students but excepts those seeking religious vocational degrees.

Whether as-applied Second Amendment challenge to charge of firearm possession by person previously convicted of domestic violence misdemeanor, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), is viable.

Whether plaintiff adequately alleged facts demonstrating scienter in securities fraud action. City of Southfield General Employees'

Standing to challenge search; whether probable cause to search existed when drug dog did not indicate presence of drugs in accordance with its training

Whether district court erred in dismissing plaintiff's § 1983 claims arising from wrongful arrest.

Whether officer had reasonable suspicion to stop Defendant's vehicle based on window tint or license plate; application of good faith exception.

Propriety of district court's summary judgment grant to employer on Plaintiff's ADA claim premised on failure to accommodate; related issues.

Whether Government produced sufficient evidence to convict defendant of conspiracy to commit money laundering; other issues.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for defendant employer on disability discrimination claim.

Whether district court erred dismissing complaint for lack of jurisdiction.

Whether district court erred granting summary judgment for defendant employer on claims for sexual harassment, wrongful termination based on sex, retaliation, and unpaid wages.

Whether district court erred granting summary judgment for defendants on unjust enrichment claims related to $1 million insurance payout.

Whether the ALJ erred by deferring to 20 C.F.R. § 718.305(b)(2) after Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. 369 (2024); other issues.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for city, finding no issue of material fact as to plaintiff's claims of undue influence.

Whether reversible inconsistency exists between oral pronouncement of warrantless search condition of supervised release and written judgment; proper incorporation of standing order; harmless error.

Whether the district court abused its discretion by imposing a new supervised release condition barring the defendant from accessing legal pornography.

Whether district court erred granting summary judgment for employer on claims under ADA for disability discrimination, under FCA and MFCA for retaliatory discharge.

Whether district court erred granting qualified immunity in excessive force case involving injuries inflicted by police dog.

Whether district court erred by denying recusal motion, denying motion to suppress, ordering pro se defendant's shackling during trial, and imposing enhanced sentences.

Whether the district court erred in denying motion for mistrial after admission of hearsay testimony during hate crime jury trial; other issues.

Denial of motion for mistrial based on mid-trial delays; sufficiency of evidence to sustain aggravated identity theft conviction; other issues.

Whether the trial evidence established that the Defendant was involved in the business email compromise schemes; other issues.

Whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain Mosley's various witness-murder convictions; other issues.

Whether plaintiff's Eighth Amendment claim that prison officers were deliberately indifferent to his medical conditions presents a new context under Bivens and Carlson.

Whether district court erred in applying obstruction and leadership role enhancements under the Sentencing Guidelines; sufficiency of evidence supporting firearm convictions.

Whether district court erred in denying motion to suppress firearm discovered in vehicle during traffic stop.

Whether law enforcement violated Fourth Amendment when it reviewed files identified by Google as hash matches to child sexual abuse images; other issues.

Whether court erred by finding Jamerson in criminal contempt; whether pretrial release order under 18 U.S.C. § 3142 expires when a presentence release order under 18 U.S.C. § 3143 is issued.

Challenge to district court's dismissal of complaint alleging constitutional violations arising from seizure and destruction of hemp crop.

Challenges to sufficiency of evidence regarding intent to defraud, denial of motion to sever, and sentence enhancement for use of sophisticated means.

Whether court erred in instructing jury that device need not be operable to constitute a silencer; other issues.

Whether a conviction for violating Fla. Stat. § 893.135(b)(1) (2024) qualifies as a controlled substance offense under the Sentencing Guidelines.