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Criminal – Sentence wasn’t unreasonable despite deportation consequences
The 4th Circuit affirmed a supervised release sentence for Heliberto Figueroa Gomez despite deportation consequences under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a).
Criminal – Defendant granted resentencing for violation of supervised release
The 4th Circuit vacated and remanded the resentencing of Preston Mills Jr. for violation of supervised release in EDVA due to failure to consider credit for time served.
Criminal – District court erred when imposing probation violation sentence
The 4th Circuit vacated the district court's probation violation sentence for Naeem Deonte Jones, citing a misclassification of the violation grade under sentencing guidelines.
Criminal- Sex abuse defendant barred from accessing legal pornography
The 4th Circuit affirmed a district court order barring Joseph D. Castellano from accessing legal pornography during supervised release in EDVA.
Criminal – Defendant convicted for knowingly submitting false immigration documents
The 4th Circuit affirmed convictions of Oluwatoyin Aborisade for knowingly submitting false psychological evaluations and lease documents in VAWA visa petitions.
Criminal – Defendant has standing to appeal Rogers-Singletary error
The 4th Circuit holds a defendant has standing to appeal when written judgment includes provisions not orally pronounced at sentencing under Rogers-Singletary.
Criminal – District court sufficiently explained upward-variant revocation sentence
The 4th Circuit affirmed a 36-month upward-variant revocation sentence for Sidney Derrod Evans in EDVA, citing multiple crimes committed while on federal supervision.
‘Abscondment’ doesn’t toll term of supervised release, SCOTUS rules
U.S. Supreme Court rules absconding does not extend supervised release, resolving a circuit split in Rico v. United States.
Criminal – Defendant thrice sentenced to same term of supervised release
The 4th Circuit affirmed Larry Pyos Jr.'s five-year supervised release term after three resentencings in his EDVA case involving Hobbs Act robbery and firearm convictions.
SCOTUS wrap-up: factors for revoking supervised release narrowed
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled a federal judge could not consider the need to “promote respect for the law” in deciding whether to revoke a drug defendant’s supervised release.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers stroke from ruptured aneurysm
- Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
- Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pickup truck passenger dies from crash injuries
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers complications from improper cyst removal
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Henrico driver sustained wrist fracture in five-car collision
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
Opinion Digests
- Arbitration – Court decides whether nonparty to arbitration agreement can enforce it
- Constitutional – Circuit court applied wrong standard in church dispute
- Civil Procedure – Medical malpractice statute of limitations doesn’t apply to claims against hospital
- Bankruptcy – Creditor can’t examine debtor under Bankruptcy Code § 707(b)(1)
- Administrative – Court construes Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- Taxation – County’s tax assessment was ‘plainly wrong’
- Negligence – Release doesn’t bar rider’s negligence claim against horse owner
- Bankruptcy – Motion to reinstate Chapter 7 petition previously dismissed by court is denied
- Wills and trusts – Court applied incorrect statute of limitations to breach of trust claims
- Administrative – Doctor’s attacks on license suspension order fails
- Habeas Corpus – Petition attacking military court martial is dismissed
- Parent and Child – Stepmother awarded custody of stepchildren over father’s objection
