When ruling on the government’s proposal that defendant receive a sentence reduction under USSG § 5K1.1 for his substantial assistance after his arrest with 43 kilos of cocaine hidden in his tractor-trailer, the district court erred by considering factors not ...

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A defendant convicted of mortgage fraud for a scheme in which he would identify a “strike price,” or actual sale price of a property, but list an inflated “gross price” for the bank, with the surplus funneled to defendant’s company ...

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The 4th Circuit upholds summary judgment for an employer who fired a restaurant manager for reporting a coworker’s complaint of sexual harassment, which the employer determined after investigation was fabricated; filing a false report is not protected activity under Title ...

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An employer may fire an employee who reported a coworker’s sexual harassment claim, when the employer’s investigation determined the reporting employee fabricated the claim, a federal appeals court said on June 7. The employee said she reported the coworker’s claim ...

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The 4th Circuit affirms a 30-month sentence for a Jamaican native who pleaded guilty to illegal reentry after being convicted of an aggravated felony; the district court did not err in applying a 16-level enhancement under the then-current version of ...

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A defense contractor wins summary judgment in this FMLA suit filed by a former senior director who took medical leave for severe injuries to his hand from falling off his roof; the 4th Circuit says plaintiff was restored to an ...

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When sentencing defendant on his guilty plea to failure to register as a sex offender as required by 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a), the district court did not err in imposing as a special condition of supervised release that defendant undergo ...

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The 4th Circuit affirms a 188-month sentence for a defendant who pleaded guilty to four counts of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, based on his status as an armed career criminal; because the district court ...

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Although a Kenyan woman who had worked as a maid for defendants in Saudi Arabia and in the U.S. only received monthly base pay of $400 instead of the $1,600 recited in her contract, the 4th Circuit affirms summary judgment ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge William B. Traxler Jr.

A profoundly deaf plaintiff detained as a sexually dangerous person wins remand of his suit alleging the federal Bureau of Prisons violated his civil rights by failing to provide him with an American Sign Language interpreter during medical treatment and ...

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