Richmond, VA

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment to defendants, denying motion to amend scheduling order.

Whether appellant was eligible for innocent spouse relief from joint and several liability under I.R.C. § 6015(f) related to IRS's collection of erroneous refund.

Whether district court erred in declining to reopen case under FRCP 60(b)(6) after change in law.

Whether the district court violated the defendant's constitutional right to a public trial by ordering partial closure of the courtroom during trial.

Whether Defendant's prior Delaware drug convictions qualify as controlled substance offenses under the Sentencing Guidelines; other issues.

Whether BIA erred in concluding that Petitioner did not raise two proposed social groups in immigration court; whether any error is harmless.

Whether the Board legally erred in reviewing cognizability of proposed social groups and denial of relief under the Convention Against Torture; other issues.

Whether district court erred in declining to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of MFEPA against General Conference of Seventh-Day plaintiff church related to hiring practices.

Whether ecclesiastical abstention doctrine applies to deprive district court of jurisdiction to resolve dispute.

Interlocutory appeal of district court's order denying university's motion to dismiss sex-based discrimination claims under Title VII.

Whether district court erred in denying motions to compel arbitration in suit alleging violations of FDCPA, & Collins LLC Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act, and Maryland Consumer Protection Act.

Whether district court erred in enjoining petitioner's removal from the United States, ordering his release from custody during pendency of habeas proceedings.

Propriety of Board's precedential ruling in In re Fernandes (B.I.A. 2022) as to when noncitizen forfeits claim-processing objection to charging document; other issues.

Whether the amended complaint states a plausible claim against Defendant for a hostile work environment under 42 U.S.C. § 1981.

Whether district court erred in dismissing ERISA and WARN Act claims as time barred and lacking subject matter jurisdiction; related issues.

Whether Board correctly concluded that petitioner's state court conviction was vacated on ground other than defect in state criminal proceedings.

Whether district court erred in granting qualified immunity to caseworker on claims related to foster care placement.

Whether district court erred in excluding evidence under FRCP 37, granting summary judgment for defendant.

Whether district court erred granting summary judgment for defendant on CERCLA and RCRA claims.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for employer on religious discrimination and race discrimination claims related to COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for employer on race-based discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination claims; related issues.

Whether district court erred in applying FOIA's Exemption 5 to communications between Administrative Patent Judge panels and non-panel APJs concerning Inter Partes Review trials.

Whether the ALJ correctly determined the miner's claim was timely under 30 U.S.C. § 932(f)(1) and 20 C.F.R. § 725.308(a).

Propriety of Board's ruling that immigration judge not required to adjudicate application for cancellation of removal prior to accepting concession on withholding; other issues.

Whether the district court adequately addressed the defendant's mitigating arguments and explained the sentence.

Propriety of findings that FTCA claims failed under § 2680(h) and that Sheridan v. United States, 487 U.S. 392 (1988), was inapplicable; other issues.

Whether the bankruptcy court erred in dismissing a Chapter 13 payment plan based on equitable mootness.

Whether Appellant stated a claim of excessive force under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Whether district court erred in denying relief on Appellant's due process and First Amendment retaliation claims based on placement in segregation and transfer.

Whether officers seized the defendant without reasonable suspicion in violation of the Fourth Amendment; other issues.

Whether district court erred in allowing counsel with potential conflict to represent defendant at resentencing; multiple challenges to procedural reasonableness of sentence.

Whether district court erred in dismissing claims on issue preclusion and Younger abstention grounds; related issues.

Whether North Carolina prayer for judgment continued requiring only community service constitutes conviction, 8 U.S.C. section1101(a)(48)(A), and whether North Carolina misdemeanor larceny is CIMT.

Petition for writ of mandamus directing district court to vacate Case Management Order setting statewide bench trial on public nuisance claims.

Whether district court erred in preliminarily enjoining defendant from discharging HFPO-DA into the Ohio River in excess of permitted limits.

Whether district court erred in granting qualified immunity to employer on claims alleging FMLA interference.

Whether the district court applied a correct pleading standard in granting Defendant's motion to dismiss Plaintiff's national origin discrimination claim; other issues.

Whether the district court applied a correct pleading standard in granting Defendant's motion to dismiss Plaintiff's national origin discrimination claim; other issues.

Whether post-Loper Bright the district court erred in determining that Benson failed to "successfully participate" in programming that entitled him to earned time credits.

Propriety of the agency's timeliness rulings related to Petitioner's motion to reopen seeking to adjust status under the Violence Against Women Act; other issues.

Propriety of district court's summary judgment grant to city on Plaintiff's constitutional challenges to ordinance regulating short term rentals; other issues.

Multi-issue appeal from district court's orders denying summary judgment, directed verdict, motion to amend judgment.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for corrections officers on deliberate indifference claims, granting qualified immunity for officers.

Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(3)'s exclusion clause prohibits individuals granted Special Immigrant Juvenile from applying, after naturalization, for immigration benefits for their parents.

Whether New Jersey offense of knowingly endangering the welfare of a child is a removable crime of child abuse.

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(o) is constitutional and whether USSG § 2K2.1(b)(4)(B)(i) applies when one of three serial numbers on firearm remains legible.

Whether district court erred in revoking defendant's supervised release based on new criminal conduct when defendant was acquitted of such conduct in state court.

Whether counsel was ineffective such that defendant was unable to knowingly and voluntarily enter plea agreement.

Whether Melvin's appeal waiver is valid and enforceable and whether due process challenge falls within the scope of the waiver; other issues.

Whether district court erred in instructing jury on required mens rea for convicting physician of unauthorized distribution of oxycodone; whether any error was harmless.

Whether the district court reversibly erred when it instructed the jury to disregard defense counsel's entire closing argument; other issues.

Multi-issue appeal from murder and racketeering convictions, including whether the district court should have declared a mistrial based on improper closing arguments.

Whether the district court reversibly erred when it denied Appellants' motions for a mistrial premised on Government's purported Brady violation; other issues.

Whether district court erred in allowing Hicks to represent himself at trial; whether sufficient evidence supports Mendozas wire fraud conviction; other issues.

Whether sufficient evidence supports defendant's convictions related to gift card fraud scheme; whether district court erred in entering forfeiture order.

Whether the district court plainly erred in calculating Appellant's policy statement range.

Whether denial of defendants' motion for new trial was abuse of discretion in prosecution for failure to pay trust fund taxes.

Whether Government may invoke appellate waiver where it previously filed a motion to dismiss without invoking waiver as to Appellant's sentencing argument; other issues.

Whether district court erred in proceeding with declaratory judgment action while underlying state action remained pending; other issues.