As the blog turns twelve years old, we’re trying a new feature to expand coverage of federal appeals. The Fourth Circuit holds six weeklong argument sessions in Richmond each term. Below is a list of appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland being heard during the Court’s sitting that begins September 9, 2025. Where available, we include the Clerk’s synopsis of the issues.

You can visit the Court’s argument calendar for more information on the appeals, including dates for each argument, PACER links to the briefs, and links for audio livestreams. On the morning of each argument day, the Clerk will update the argument calendar to disclose the composition of the three-judge panels.  

Please note that, to compile this list, we’re going only by the district judge’s name, which can be overinclusive (if a Maryland-based judge was sitting by designation elsewhere within the Circuit) or underinclusive (if an outside judge was sitting by designation in the District of Maryland). Feel free to leave a comment if we’ve missed anything.