A Raleigh robber did not face a “vindictive” federal prison sentence after winning an earlier appeal in his case. A unanimous 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals panel offered that conclusion Tuesday. Combined with a state prison sentence, defendant Christopher Rayquaz Singletary could spend an additional decade behind bars.
The University of North Carolina System is asking a federal judge to move a sexual assault lawsuit from the state’s Western District to the Middle District. The plaintiff in the case is an expelled student who argues the university botched its investigation of assault allegations against him.
The NC State Board of Elections and local district attorneys urge a federal judge to reject a lawsuit challenging state restrictions on felon voting. The federal court action is taking place after the NC Supreme Court upheld state felon voting rules in April.
North Carolina's Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, is leading a bipartisan coalition of 15 senators who want the U.S. Senate to embrace nuclear energy as a reliable, clean answer to a secure power grid.
Two members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation have signed onto a US Supreme Court brief opposing so-called “Chevron deference.” That’s a legal doctrine that compels judges to defer to government administrative agencies’ interpretations of federal laws. Sen. Ted Budd and Rep. Dan Bishop joined 34 colleagues in endorsing the brief.
NC Attorney General Josh Stein and three local district attorneys urge a federal court to reject a request to block North Carolina’s new anti-riot law. The American Civil Liberties Union is pursuing a preliminary injunction against the law.
Rep. Richard Hudson, R-NC8, accused U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra of misleading him and other North Carolinians about plans to house unaccompanied migrant children at a Greensboro facility at a hearing Wednesday.
The possibility of a Mountain Valley Pipeline extension into North Carolina cropped up once during more than an hour of arguments Thursday at the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Appellate judges are debating whether to dismiss a case from environmental activists challenging pipeline permits.
A judge wants more information from voter identification critics and defenders before deciding how a federal lawsuit against North Carolina’s 2018 ID law can proceed. A court order has kept the case in limbo since December 2021.
A new filing at the N.C. Supreme Court suggests the state’s former top political donor owes $1.9 billion or more to his creditors. The filing arrives as the donor, Greg Lindberg, asks the state’s highest court to reverse a lower court ruling in a dispute involving insurance companies.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has tossed out the conviction of a man who burned 70 acres of the Nantahala National Forest in 2020. Appellate judges agreed the man should have been able to argue that he believed he was on his own property.
