Fourth Circuit
Nicole Gina Berner
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. BidenDemocratic
- Seat
- CA41502
- Nominated
- Jan. 8, 2024
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Jan. 18, 2024
- Senate vote
- 50–47Roll Call
- Confirmed
- March 19, 2024
- Commissioned
- March 19, 2024
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 24
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Sept. 10opinion issued Authored the opinion in Oscar Lopez Garcia v. Robert Guadian
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Sept. 10opinion issued Authored the opinion in Juan Rivera v. Robert Guadian
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Sept. 3panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Carlos Turcios Villatoro
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Sept. 3panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Cristian Arevalo Arias
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Sept. 3panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Marvin Gutierrez
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Aug. 21
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Aug. 14panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Zerion Franklin
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Aug. 14panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Danny Roney
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Aug. 10
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Aug. 10panel identified Sat on the panel in Richard Kelly v. Altria Client Services, LLC
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Aug. 10panel identified Sat on the panel in Richard Kelly v. Altria Client Services, LLC
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion of the Court | Kerron Andrews v. Baltimore City Police Department | Fourth Circuit | Sept. 24, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Oscar Lopez Garcia v. Robert Guadian | Fourth Circuit | Sept. 10, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Juan Rivera v. Robert Guadian | Fourth Circuit | Sept. 10, 2026 |
| Concurrence in part | Christopher Billesdon v. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 21, 2026 |
| Opinion | Joann Haysbert v. Outback Steakhouse of Florida, LLC | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 10, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Claudia Orellana-Ramos v. Todd Blanche | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 10, 2026 |
| Opinion | PSEG Renewable Transmission LLC v. Arentz Family, LP | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 6, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Robert Boyd | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 6, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Ibrahima Dieng v. Orkin, LLC | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 5, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | United States v. Bisheem Jones | Fourth Circuit | July 21, 2026 |
| Opinion | Covington Specialty Insurance Company v. Omega Restaurant & Bar, LLC | Fourth Circuit | July 20, 2026 |
| Opinion | Golden Corral Corporation v. Illinois Union Insurance Company | Fourth Circuit | July 15, 2026 |
| Opinion | Dwayne Burey v. Todd Blanche | Fourth Circuit | July 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Charles Wable | Fourth Circuit | July 10, 2026 |
| Concurrence | United States v. Jermaine Carson, Jr. | Fourth Circuit | July 8, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Warner Guevara Martinez v. Todd Blanche | Fourth Circuit | July 7, 2026 |
| Opinion | Lauren Spurlock v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc. | Fourth Circuit | May 4, 2026 |
| Opinion | Jeffery Payne v. Joshua Moser | Fourth Circuit | April 13, 2026 |
| Opinion | Theodore Bolick v. Joel Anderson | Fourth Circuit | March 13, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Brandon Case v. Officer Beasley | Fourth Circuit | Feb. 17, 2026 |