of for the
December 8–11, 2026
December 8, 2026
Jonathan Lowe v. Hung Cao
Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for employer on Title VII hostile work environment claim based on race-based harassment.
Xiomara Escobar-Garcia v. Todd Blanche
Whether substantial evidence supports the denial of asylum and withholding of removal based on agency's unable or unwilling finding.
Allen Hudson v. Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 150 Pension
Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for employer on breach of fiduciary duty claims related to denial of pension benefits under ERISA; related issues.
TitleMax of South Carolina, Inc. v. Carol Graham
Whether district court erred in confirming arbitration award where arbitrator disregarded choice-of-law provision on state public policy grounds.
Anthony Wright v. Mark Hunt
Whether the district court erred in finding that W. Va. Code § 11A-3-65 applied to foreclosure auction and provided "just compensation"; other issues.
Natl Assn of Home Builders v. Montgomery County, Maryland
Whether Energy Policy and Conservation Act preempts County's ban on the installation of gas appliances and their associated infrastructure in certain new buildings.
Maryland Building Industry Association, Inc. v. Serena McIlwain
Whether Energy Policy and Conservation Act preempts Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards, which impose declining emissions caps on certain buildings.
City of Baltimore ex rel. Ebony Thompson v. DraftKings Inc.
Whether district court erred in abstaining from litigation related to Baltimore's Consumer Protection Ordinance, remanding to state court pursuant to Burford.
North Avenue Capital, LLC v. Ranger Scientific LLC
Whether district court erred in reversing jury verdict in favor of plaintiff in breach of contract action.
Imani Kinloch v. International Longshoremen's Association
Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for defendants employer and union on claims including sexual harassment, hostile work environment, violation of collective bargaining agreement.
Lynsey Harper v. Charleston County School District
Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for defendant school district on race-and sex-based hostile work environment, constructive discharge and other claims.
Douglas Furlong v. Anthony Brown
Whether Maryland law prohibiting out-of-state beer manufacturers from transporting beer directly to consumers in Maryland violates dormant Commerce Clause.
In re: Gary Williams
Whether South Carolina v. Moore, 447 F.2d 1067 (4th Cir. 1971), applies to petitioners circumstances and warrants mandamus relief.
Sierra Club v. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Challenge to NCDEQ's issuance of Clean Water Act § 401 certification.
Dan River Basin Association v. Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Challenge to Virginia DEQ's issuance of Clean Water Act § 401 certification.
United States v. Ashley Cross
In prosecution for healthcare benefit fraud, whether people whose identities were used by defendant were properly considered vulnerable victims for purpose of sentencing enhancement.
Zerita Ross v. Erie Insurance Exchange
Whether district court erred in dismissing as time-barred complaint alleging race-based interference with agency agreements.
United States v. Spencer Bowens
Whether district court may rely on judge-found drug quantities when recalculating benchmark Guidelines range for First Step Act movant who was sentenced pre-Apprendi; other issues.
Althea Graham v. Patricia Atanasio
Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for defendant employer on claims alleging race discrimination, retaliation, related claims.
Chiquita Kelly v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority
Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for defendant on claims alleging race discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, constructive discharge, intentional and/or negligent infliction of emotional distress.
December 9, 2026
National Fair Housing Alliance v. Bank of America National Association
Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for defendant on disparate treatment, disparate impact claims under Fair Housing Act; related issues.
United States v. Austin Hale
Whether defendant transmits a threat in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), when he transmits it within state, and it subsequently crosses state lines.
Reina Cedillo-Lemus v. Todd Blanche
Whether agency abused its discretion by finding noncitizen failed to demonstrate government authorities were unwilling or unable to protect her from private actors.
E.K. v. Department of Defense Education Activity
Whether district court erred in preliminarily enjoining defendant from removing certain materials from school library, requiring certain removed materials to be restored; related issues.
Stella Croffe v. Steve Ford
Whether district court erred in dismissing claims alleging violations of the Medicaid Act for failure to state a claim, lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Melissa Jacob v. RTX Corporation
Whether district court erred in dismissing claims for breach of fiduciary duty and duty to monitor under ERISA.
Laura Garner v. Northrop Grumman Corporation
Whether district court erred in dismissing claims including violation of Plan documents, breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA.
Jose Bojorquez v. Nikita Baker
Propriety of district court's ruling that habeas petitioner was unlikely to succeed on either regulatory or due process challenge to intended third-country removal.
United States v. Okello Chatrie
Whether search conducted by accessing cell-site location information was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.
United States v. Vanessa Fenderson
Whether denial of motion to discharge local counsel violated Sixth Amendment; whether court erred in declining to strike potential jurors for cause; other issues.
United States v. Rui Jiang
Whether indictment for religious obstruction, 18 U.S.C. § 247(a)(2), was duplicitous; whether religious obstruction involving intent to kill is crime of violence; other issues.
Lucinda LC v. Jay Som
Whether district court erred in declining to enjoin enforcement of the source-of-funds provision of the Virginia Fair Housing Law.
Factor2 Multimedia Systems, LLC v. US
Whether district court erred in dismissing for failure to state a claim constitutional challenge to ex parte reexamination of patents.
Michael Crehan v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of employer on retaliation claims.
Daniel Crowder v. Bethany Herman
Whether district court erred in finding defendants protected by quasi-judicial and qualified immunity in suit challenging post-release supervision requirements.
Bryan Johns v. William Morris, III
Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment on claims alleging breach of fiduciary duties.
Devlin Kyre v. Experian Information Solutions, Incorporated
Whether appeal is permitted under § 16(a)(1)(B) of Federal Arbitration Act; propriety of court's refusal to compel arbitration under 2023 amendment to 2017 contract.
Grace Ocean Private Limited v. United Source One, Inc.
Whether district court erred in denying appellant's motion for leave to late-file and answer and claim regarding petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability.
Green Valley Investors, LLC v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Whether Tax Court erred in valuing property for purposes of charitable deduction donation to land conservation group.
Jackson Stone South, LLC v. Commissioner of IRS
Whether tax court erred in valuing conservation easement donation.
First Recovery, LLC v. Keith Sanders
Whether district court erred in affirming bankruptcy court's finding that appellant owed a nondischargeable debt to appellees.
United States v. Princeton Patterson
Whether Government forfeited right to invoke appeal's untimeliness by seeking dismissal only after this Court's Anders review; whether risk-notification condition violates Article III.
United States v. Stephen Peters
Whether Peters's 18 U.S.C. § 2, 1028A(a)(1) conviction remains sound following Dubin v.United States, 599 U.S. 110 (2023).
United States v. NTGH
Whether district court erred finding claimant in civil forfeiture action lacked ownership interest in defendant currency. 2A Auto Trade, Inc.
December 10, 2026
Pine Island Property Holdings, LLC v. Beaufort County, South Carolina
Whether district court erred in dismissing as moot constitutional challenge to enactment and enforcement of amendment to county zoning ordinance.
Leanne Stynchula v. INOVA Health Care Services
Whether the district court erroneously dismissed claims premised on Defendant's denial of Plaintiffs' requests for religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccination policy; other issues.
Randy Ferrell v. Capital One N.A.
Whether district court erred in dismissing, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, complaint related to plaintiffs' loss of access to account funds during banking outage.
United States ex rel. Elgasim Mohamed Fadlalla v. DynCorp International LLC
Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment for defendant in qui tam action alleging violations of False Claims Act, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.
Fluorofusion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. v. Chemours Company FC, LLC
Whether district court erred in dismissing claims for monopolization in U.S. sales of refrigerant R-454B, related claims.
Melissa Brown v. Daryl Washington
Whether district court erred in finding Virginia Code § 37.2-416.1 unconstitutional as applied to appellant.
United States v. Robert Taylor
Whether court abused its discretion in finding that Defendant did not show "extraordinary and compelling reasons" supporting compassionate release; other issues.
Luz Lopez-De Bautista v. Todd Blanche
Propriety of BIA's summary dismissal of appeal; whether BIA should have permitted reopening of case based on email not submitted with original motion.
Richard Grenell v. Olivia Troye
Whether district court erred in concluding statements lacked defamatory meaning, dismissing defamation claims.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Inc. v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company
Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of defendant insurance company.
United States v. Ronzel Dixie
Whether failure to sever resulted in unfair prejudice to defendants that could not be cured by jury instruction; sufficiency of evidence; other issues.
Nechelle Lemagne v. Kenyatta Momon
Whether district court erred in granting qualified immunity to law enforcement officer for use of deadly force.
United States v. Eric Jordan
Whether Maryland common law offense of assault with intent to rob is a violent felony for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act.
Prysmian Cables & Systems USA LLC v. Stephen Szymanski
Challenge to jury verdict in case alleging trade secrets violations.
United States v. David Merritt
Whether imposition of life term of supervised release violated Ex Post Facto Clause; whether district court erred in imposing location monitoring condition.
Derrick McRae v. Eddie Buffaloe
Whether petitioner demonstrated that he is entitled to proceed through the actual innocence gateway to excuse the procedural bars to his federal habeas petition.
Calvin Trull v. McCreary Modern, Inc.
Whether district court erred in dismissing ERISA claims alleging defendants failed to act as a "prudent fiduciary."
Susan Shain v. Washington County, Maryland
Whether district court erred in dismissing complaint alleging interference with rights under Family and Medical Leave Act and retaliation.
Pediatric Therapy Studio LLC v. Optum Inc.
Whether district court erred in denying motion to compel arbitration.
December 11, 2026
Brandon Polk v. Stanly County, North Carolina
Propriety of summary judgment grant on excessive force claims against dog handler and deputy who allegedly choked Plaintiff.
Philippe Hetrick v. IINK, Corp.
Whether district court erred in granting motion for judgment as a matter of law on asserted defamatory statement insinuating plaintiff hacked defendant; other issues.
Johana Benitez de Hernandez v. Todd Blanche
Whether the Board erred in applying In re M-R-M-S-when it concluded Petitioners did not show persecution on account of family particular social group.
Cristian Lopez Torres v. Todd Blanche
Whether adverse credibility determination was error; whether, even in absence of credible testimony, record established claim for protection under Convention Against Torture.
PFLAG, Inc. v. Donald Trump
Whether district court erred in enjoining enforcement of certain Executive Order provisions directing agencies to avoid funding gender ideology or gender affirming care.
Haughtland Resources LLC v. SWN Production Company, LLC
Whether district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of appellees in breach of contract suit related to oil and gas lease.
Delmira Lazo v. Todd Blanche
Whether and to what extent immigration judges have a duty in counseled asylum cases to help articulate a cognizable particular social group.
United States v. Brandon Russell
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3504(a) requirement applies to surveillance under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1801 to 1818; other issues.
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, Inc. v. EPA
Whether EPA's disqualification of grantmaking organizations that promote or take part in environmental justice initiatives exceeded Agency's authority or was arbitrary and capricious.
Universal Life Church Monastery Storehouse v. R.Steven Landes
Whether district court erred in dismissing First and Fourteenth Amendment claims of religious discrimination.
United States v. Javon Randolph
Whether a driver's furtive movement coupled with close proximity justifies a constructive possession finding.
United States v. Norman Goins, Jr
Whether law enforcement's use of pole cameras to surveil defendant for about five months constituted search under Fourth Amendment; other issues.
United States v. Robert Overstreet, II
Whether district court erred in limiting cross-examination of detective; whether court abused its discretion in determinations regarding hearsay and present sense impression; other issues.
In re: 2025 Subpoena to Children's Natl Hospital
Whether district court erred in quashing subpoena of records related to transgender healthcare.
National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. v. Anthony Brown
Whether district court erred in abstaining pursuant to Younger in suit challenging Maryland's Gun Industry Accountability Act; related issues.
Rowena Simmons v. Baltimore City Police Department
Propriety of dismissal of claims brought following vehicle pursuit ending in death; propriety of failure to convert dismissal motions to summary judgment motions.
International Association of Color Manufacturers v. Arvin Singh
Whether district court erred in preliminarily enjoining West Virginia Statute regulating certain synthetic food additives.
Gary Rollins v. Jonathan Frame
Propriety of district court deferring to the West Virginia courts' state habeas rulings related to petitioner's claims under Brady and Napue.
U. S. Wind, Inc. v. EPA
Whether Environmental Appeals Board lacks jurisdiction to review permits issued by Maryland Dept. of the Environment.
Mayra Franco v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company
Whether the district court abused its discretion by finding common issues predominated and certifying class.