Richmond, VA

Whether district court erred in concluding habeas petitioner was not an "applicant for admission" subject to mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b); related issues.

Whether district court abused its discretion by determining that end-stage renal disease did not qualify as an extraordinary and compelling reason for compassionate release.

Appeal from jury verdict for plaintiff on failure to accommodate under the ADA, disability-discharge under both the ADA and North Carolina law, and ADA retaliation.

Whether district court erred in granting mandatory preliminary injunction to provide access to private properties along transmission line across Maryland.

Whether the court has jurisdiction to review district court's denial of cross-motion to decertify FLSA collective action in this interlocutory appeal; other issues.

Whether district court erred in dismissing as untimely claims challenging OSHA requirements related to civil penalties.

Whether district court erred by denying conduct-based foreign official immunity.

Whether district court erred in dismissing First and Fourteenth Amendment claims related to South Carolina State Conference of the limitations on funding certain materials related to race and racism in public schools.

Whether Defendants substantially burdened inmate's ability to practice his sincerely held religious beliefs; other issues.

Whether repeated strip searches of inmate by corrections officers violated Fourth Amendment.

Whether district court erred in denying motion to compel arbitration in putative class action alleging violation of Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Challenge to district court's grant of summary judgment to County on Fifth Amendment takings claim.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment related to CIA's redactions provided in response to plaintiff's FOIA requests.

Whether district court erred in dismissing claims alleging abuse of process, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence/gross negligence for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Whether ALJ's analysis of medical opinion evidence was factually and legally sound.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for defendant on hostile work environment, § 1981 and 1983, and Title VII claims.

Whether district court erred in dismissing claims alleging excessive fines, deprivation of right to jury trial related to civil penalties imposed by Maryland Public Service Commission.

Challenge to agency's imposition of $1.4 million civil monetary penalty against nursing facility.

Whether district court erred granting summary judgment to defendant on race discrimination, hostile work environment, retaliation, § 1981 and 1983, MFEPA claims.

Whether district court erred in granting Defendants summary judgment on unlawful entry and excessive force claims involving deadly force; other issues.

Cross-appeal challenging district court's order on summary judgment.

Challenge to district court's grant of habeas relief.

Whether officer of insolvent wholly-owned subsidiary owes fiduciary duties to subsidiary itself such that it must consider creditor interests, rather than interests of parent corporation.

Whether district court erred in not dismissing indictment for Appointments Clause violation; denying judgment of acquittal based on venue, literal truth defense; other issues.

Whether district court erred in denying qualified immunity for detention officers on claims of failure to provide medical care to a detainee.

Whether district court erred in decertifying FLSA collective action.

Whether district court erred in finding promise to arbitrate illusory, such that no agreement to arbitrate was formed.

Whether appeal waiver remains valid despite partial unenforceability of Rule 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement; whether district court committed reversible Tapia error; other issues.

Whether district court erred in dismissing claims alleging race and national origin discrimination; related issues.

Whether embezzlement under Va. Code Ann. 18.2-111 qualifies as an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(M)(i).

Whether the state courts unreasonably applied federal law in determining that trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance by failing to request additional records.

Whether substantial evidence supports Board's finding that Petitioner did not show that Honduran government is unable or unwilling to control her private persecutor.

Whether officers unreasonably prolonged a traffic stop to investigate other criminal activity in violation of the Fourth Amendment; other issues.

Whether BIA erred in finding petitioner was not targeted on account of a protected ground; other related issues.

Whether district court erred granting summary judgment in favor of defendants on claims including abuse of discretion in denying claims alleging ERISA violations.

Whether the district court erred by granting summary judgment to Defendants on Plaintiff's claim that they unreasonably used deadly force on her son.

Whether this Court has jurisdiction over petition for review in which Petitioner does not specifically challenge the agency's 2021 reinstatement order; equitable tolling.

Whether district court erred granting summary judgment, judgment as a matter of law on claims of trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract; related issues.

Whether district court erred in denying defendants' motion to dismiss on sovereign immunity grounds on claims related to removal of noncitizens from voter rolls.

Challenge to district court's order preliminarily enjoining importation to and distribution within the United States of certain prescription drugs manufactured for distribution outside the United States.

Whether district court erred in dismissing plaintiff's First Amendment claim related to DMV's recall of and refusal to permit use of personalized license plate.

Whether district court erred in preliminarily enjoining DHS from acting pursuant to new agency guidance related Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society to immigration enforcement actions in or near plaintiffs' houses of worship.

Propriety of the Board's denial of Petitioner's request for equitable tolling in context of motion to reopen; other issues.

Whether district court applied correct statute of limitations to plaintiff's fraud claims under Maryland law; whether defendants' alleged fraud tolled limitations period.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment to defendants on breach of contract claims.

Whether district court erred in dismissing for lack of standing action claiming municipality's taking of family cemetery in violation of Fifth Amendment; other issues.

Whether district court erred in awarding summary judgment to defendant on claims arising from car crash; other issues.

Whether district court erred in certifying class on securities fraud claims.

Whether district court erred in concluding subsequently filed suit was excluded from coverage under claims-made professional liability insurance policy.

Whether district court erred in dismissing claims under Anti-Terrorism Act and Alien Tort Statute for lack of jurisdiction, failure to state a claim.

Whether the Commodity Exchange Act preempts application of Maryland gambling laws to exchange-traded sports event contracts.

Whether any error in ALJ's calculation of years of employment was harmless; propriety of ALJ's assessment of medical opinion evidence; other issues.

Whether the district court properly dismissed Carter's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, as amended, for failure to exhaust his administrative remedies.

Whether warrant application showed sufficient nexus between criminal activity and residence to be searched.

Whether district court erred in allowing defendant to represent himself at trial; whether defendant was entitled to advice-of-counsel jury instruction; other issues.

Whether district court erred in holding counsel in civil contempt for violation of court order.

Whether order denying antisuit injunction and directing correction of misrepresentations and order imposing compensatory civil contempt sanctions are immediately appealable; other issues.

Whether individualized showing of reasonable suspicion is required to manually search password-protected cell phone at border; whether reasonable suspicion existed to justify search.

Whether sufficient evidence supports Hobbs Act robbery conviction; whether district court erroneously instructed jury on misprision of a felony charge; other issues.

Whether district court erred by excluding Plaintiff's medical expert; whether court provided sufficient due process when it revoked Plaintiff's counsel's pro hac vice admission.

Whether the district court erred in imposing terms of home detention and imprisonment that together exceed the statutory maximum term of imprisonment.

Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of officers on claims alleging Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment violations and violations of state tort law.

Due process challenge to removal of Board of Adjustment member prior to expiration of appointment term.

Propriety of district court's rejection of argument that Defendant's illegal reentry indictment should have been dismissed because of alleged fundamental flaws in immigration proceeding.

Sufficiency of evidence; denial of severance; prejudicial spillover effect of acquitted conduct; whether Farley's sentence was impermissibly based on acquitted conduct; other issues.

Whether Government produced sufficient evidence of coercion and interstate nexus in sex trafficking prosecution; whether defense counsel had unwaivable conflict; other issues.

Whether conditional guilty plea is valid when defendant waived appellate review by failing to file timely objections to magistrate judge's recommendation; other issues.

Whether prosecutor's improper statements during closing argument were prejudicial; whether court reversibly erred by declining to instruct jury on spoliation of evidence.