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Opinions
The court publishes opinions in cases that provide both the litigants and the trial court with guidance, create new law, or interpret statutes or concepts. These decisions are published in print and on the DCCA website. They are binding precedent, which means they can be cited as supporting authority in other cases.
MOJs
The court issues a Memorandum Opinion and Judgment (MOJ) in cases where the decision does not create new law, decide an issue of continuing public interest, or interpret a statute or concept that has yet to be reviewed. The decisions are issued by the panel (per curiam), not under the name of an individual judge. They are not published, and except as permitted by Appellate Rule 28(g), they may not be cited as supporting authority in other cases. For that reason, the court only lists online the names and case numbers of MOJs that have been issued. If a party or other interested person believes that a specific MOJ should be published, the party or interested person may file a motion to publish no later than 30 days after the MOJ issues.
| Appeal Number | Case | Date | Disposition | Judge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-CO-1017 | Stacey Busby v. US | Sep 29, 2011 | Affirmed | Canan |
| 06-CF-514 | Louis Benjamin, Jr. v. US | Sep 29, 2011 | Affirmed | Holeman |
| 10-CM-1269 | George Mebane v. US | Sep 29, 2011 | Affirmed | Pan |
| 09-CV-501+ | George Purcell and Fedora Inc v. Marva E. Thomas | Sep 29, 2011 | ||
| 09-AA-551 | Robert J. Hickey v. Mary Bomers. | Sep 29, 2011 | ||
| 10-CO-928 | Cordario Coleman | Sep 29, 2011 | Affirmed | Holeman |
| 08-CF-1544 | Angel A. Argueta-Anariba v. US | Sep 29, 2011 | Affirmed | Richter |
| 09-CF-209 | Andre Cooper v. United States. | Sep 29, 2011 | ||
| 10-SP-1053 | Stephen J. Larrew v. Keith Self | Sep 27, 2011 | Affirmed | Greene |
| 09-CF-559 | Floyd Little v. US | Sep 27, 2011 | Affirmed | Kravitz |
| 09-CF-185 | Leonard Miller v. US | Sep 27, 2011 | Affirmed | Johnson |
| 10-FM-716 | Nejat Temam v. Tekie Abraham | Sep 27, 2011 | Reverse and Remanded | Mitchell-Rankin |
| 10-CV-1483 | Lillie M. Middlebrooks v. Norma P. Fuentes, et al. | Sep 27, 2011 | Affirmed | Christian |
| 09-AA-1539 | Office of Management and Budget v. Tawanna F. Webb. | Sep 22, 2011 | ||
| 09-CM-152 | Robert L. Overton v. US | Sep 22, 2011 | Affirmed | Epstein |
| 11-CV-565 | B.F. Saul Co. v. Wendy Tiefenbacher, et al.. | Sep 22, 2011 | ||
| 07-CF-534+ | Gonzales Diggs and Odell Griffin v. United States. | Sep 22, 2011 | ||
| 10-CF-206 | Louis D. Murray v. US | Sep 20, 2011 | Affirmed | Canan |
| 10-CM-364 | Michael Kilgore v. US | Sep 20, 2011 | Affirmed | Diaz |
| 09-AA-999 | Kwadwo L. Asare v. Securiguard, Inc. | Sep 20, 2011 | Affirmed | |
| 10-AA-1061 | Carisia Dyson v. DOES and Children's National Medical center and Avizent Risk | Sep 15, 2011 | Affirmed | |
| 08-CF-1138 | Alonzo F.Lewis v. US | Sep 15, 2011 | Affirmed | Rigsby |
| 10-CV-632 | Potomac Development Corp., et al. v. District of Columbia, Et Al. | Sep 15, 2011 | ||
| 11-BG-635 | In re John M. Coppola. | Sep 15, 2011 | ||
| 10-CV-841 | O.L.D., Inc. v. Dreyfus-KCP 2001, LLC, et al. | Sep 15, 2011 | Remanded | Irving, Jr. |
| 10-CM-1078 | Duane J. Pressley v. US | Sep 15, 2011 | Affirmed | Pan |
| 10-CM-858 | Melissa Edmonds v. US | Sep 15, 2011 | Affirmed | Rankin |
| 11-BG-518 | In re Brian J. Colombana. | Sep 15, 2011 | ||
| 09-AA-678 | FastSigns v. Denise A. Phifer | Sep 15, 2011 | Affirmed | |
| 10-FM-215+ | Karen Cleaver-Bascombe v. Kimmo Kartano | Sep 15, 2011 | Affirmed | Dalton |
| 08-CO-1581 | Charles A. Hood v. United States. | Sep 15, 2011 | ||
| 10-CO-1408 | Oliver M. Boling v. US | Sep 15, 2011 | Affirmed | Ross |
| 11-BG-795 | In re Steven M. Assaraf. | Sep 15, 2011 | ||
| 10-CO-1111 | Melvin V. Givens v. US | Sep 14, 2011 | Affirmed | Retchin |
| 10-CF-251 | Gerald Arnold v. US | Sep 14, 2011 | Affirmed | Alprin |
| 10-FM-553 and 10-FM-554 | Robert North v. Shirley Loving | Sep 14, 2011 | Affirmed | Dalton |
| 07-CF-325 | Joseph M. Johnson v. US | Sep 14, 2011 | Affirmed | Diaz |
| 10-CF-133 | Raymond Watson v. US | Sep 14, 2011 | Affirmed | Morin |
| 10-CM-1270 | Jeremy W. Herndon v. US | Sep 14, 2011 | Affirmed | Canan |
| 10-CF-1178 | Sean G. Carter v. US | Sep 14, 2011 | Affirmed | Iscoe |
| 10-CF-642 | Bachar Youssef v. United States. | Sep 08, 2011 | ||
| 08-BG-82 | In re Theodore S. Silva, Jr. | Sep 08, 2011 | ||
| 08-CF-1172 | Danny Collins v. US | Sep 08, 2011 | Affirmed | Canan |
| 09-CF-410 | Michael Smith v. United States. | Sep 08, 2011 | ||
| 09-FS-606 | In re D.H. | Sep 08, 2011 | Affirmed | Cordero, Trial Judge Vincent, Disposition Judge |
| 06-BG-958 | In re Claude A. Allen. | Sep 08, 2011 | ||
| 10-FS-423 | In re M.L., R.Y. | Sep 08, 2011 | ||
| 08-CF-716 | Ricardo Jones v. United States. | Sep 01, 2011 | ||
| 10-CF-1058 | Robert Johnson v. US | Sep 01, 2011 | Affirmed | Beck |
| 10-CM-1301 | Sandy R. Jarmon v. US | Sep 01, 2011 | Affirmed | Morin |
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