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Fourth Circuit Issues Nonprecedential Disposition in Appeal No. 25-7002

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit filed a nonprecedential opinion in No. 25-7002 on August 31, 2026. Because the disposition is expressly nonprecedential, its practi...

Fourth Circuit Issues Nonprecedential Disposition in Appeal No. 25-7002

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit filed a nonprecedential opinion in No. 25-7002 on August 31, 2026. Because the disposition is expressly nonprecedential, its practi...

Fourth Circuit Nonprecedential Opinion Signals Limited Reach Beyond the Parties

The Fourth Circuit’s September 29, 2026 disposition in docket no. 25-4182 is expressly labeled a nonprecedential opinion, which is itself the most important takeaway for lawyers ev...

Fourth Circuit Nonprecedential Opinion Signals Limited Reach Beyond the Parties

The Fourth Circuit’s September 29, 2026 disposition in docket no. 25-4182 is expressly labeled a nonprecedential opinion, which is itself the most important takeaway for lawyers ev...

Immigration – Detained noncitizens must be provided a bond hearing

The 4th Circuit affirmed that detained noncitizens inside the United States must be provided bond hearings under § 1226 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibili...

Fourth Circuit to hear DOJ bid to revive cases against Trump foes Comey, James

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider the DOJ's request to reinstate criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James over appointment authority. The post Fourth...

Fourth Circuit Nonprecedential Opinion Signals Limits of Appellate Reach

The Fourth Circuit’s September 1, 2026 disposition in Nonprecedential Opinion, No. 26-4129, is designated nonprecedential, which immediately matters for how lawyers should read and...

Fourth Circuit Nonprecedential Opinion Signals Limits of Appellate Reach

The Fourth Circuit’s September 1, 2026 disposition in Nonprecedential Opinion, No. 26-4129, is designated nonprecedential, which immediately matters for how lawyers should read and...

Fourth Circuit overturns $42M Abu Ghraib jury verdict

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a $42 million verdict against CACI Premier Technology for detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. The post Fourth Circuit overturns $4...

Sidebar: 4th Circuit Revives Virginia School Districts' Lawsuits Over Transgender Bathroom Policies

Criminal – Court creates circuit split over sentencing enhancement

Where the district court imposed a sentencing enhancement because two out of three serial numbers on the recovered firearm had been modified, such that only one digit of the seven-...

‘Make the Supreme Court Say It Twice’: Roberts Blocks 4th Circuit's Extraordinary Election Order

Fed. Circ. Won't Overrule Sending IP Cases From Va. To Ill.

The Federal Circuit on Thursday said it won't send back to Virginia federal court a trio of suits accusing fleet vehicle telematics company Xirgo Technologies of infringing more th...

Fourth Circuit Vacates Wage-and-Hour Class Certification Due to Existence of Individualized Inquiries Despite Uniform Po...

Third Circuit Issues Precedential Opinion in No. 24-1719: What Litigators Should Watch

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has issued a precedential opinion in docket No. 24-1719, signaling that the panel intended to provide guidance with value beyond the...

Third Circuit Issues Precedential Opinion in No. 24-1719: What Litigators Should Watch

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has issued a precedential opinion in docket No. 24-1719, signaling that the panel intended to provide guidance with value beyond the...

Criminal – Federal Criminal Rule 32 wasn’t violated during sentencing

Although the district court imposed its sentence before hearing the entirety of defense counsel’s sentencing arguments, because the defense counsel then stated that he thought he “...

Criminal – Closing argument error deemed harmless

The 4th Circuit affirmed Isaac Martinez-Chavez's conviction in virginia despite a prosecutor's improper vouching during closing, ruling the error harmless. The post Criminal – Clos...

Criminal – Circuit court erred when it held statute was facially unconstitutional

Where the circuit court declined to address the defendant’s First Amendment overbreadth challenge to a criminal statute, and did not rule on whether the statute was unconstitutiona...

2d Circuit Allows Cellphone Searches At Border For Kicks

The Supreme Court recognized that cellphones were different in Riley v. California. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals, with both JFK airport, among others, within its jurisdictio...

Third Circuit Opinion in No. 25-3170: What Practitioners Should Watch

The Third Circuit’s October 5, 2026 filing in Opinion, No. 25-3170, is now available, but before drawing substantive conclusions, practitioners should confirm the slip opinion’s te...

Appeals – Circuit court dismisses appeal filed in wrong court

Where a party noted an appeal to the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond from a Virginia Department of Health Professions order suspending its Virginia registration, but then fil...

Criminal – Defendant’s technical violation conviction is reversed

Where the court agreed with the parties that the circuit court erred by imposing a one-year sentence of incarceration for the defendant’s first technical violation, his conviction...

Criminal – Court denies en banc review in facial challenge to criminal statute

Although the court denied the petition for rehearing en banc, several judges would have granted the petition, with Judge Gregory explaining that the question raised First Amendment...