Fourth Circuit
Stephanie Dawn Thacker
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
- Barack ObamaDemocratic
- Seat
- CA41003
- Nominated
- Sept. 8, 2011
- Committee hearing
- Oct. 4, 2011
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Nov. 3, 2011
- Senate vote
- 91–3Roll Call
- Confirmed
- April 16, 2012
- Commissioned
- April 17, 2012
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Aug. 12panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Colby Joyner
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Aug. 11opinion issued Authored the opinion in Kaitlyn Trimble v. Entrata, Inc.
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Aug. 10
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Aug. 6panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Robert Boyd
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Aug. 5
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July 30
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July 17opinion issued Dissented in Alejandra Montesinos Cisneros v. Todd Blanche
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July 14panel identified Sat on the panel in Dwayne Burey v. Todd Blanche
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July 7panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Kevin Williams
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July 7panel identified Sat on the panel in Stephen Roberts v. Mark Engelke
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July 2opinion issued Authored the opinion in Cassiopia Rhoads v. Erik Riddell
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July 2panel identified Sat on the panel in K.C. Langford v. Donnie Stonebreaker
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 | Kaitlyn Trimble v. Entrata, Inc. | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 11, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Vapor Technology Association v. McKinley Wooten, Jr. | Fourth Circuit | July 30, 2026 |
| Dissent | Alejandra Montesinos Cisneros v. Todd Blanche | Fourth Circuit | July 17, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Cassiopia Rhoads v. Erik Riddell | Fourth Circuit | July 2, 2026 |
| Opinion | Marcus Ingram v. Israel Hamilton | Fourth Circuit | June 24, 2026 |
| Opinion | Thomas Navarro v. United States Center for SafeSport | Fourth Circuit | April 27, 2026 |
| Opinion | Vaughn Gardner v. Todd Blanche | Fourth Circuit | April 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | Wolf Run Mining Company v. DOWCP | Fourth Circuit | April 7, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | United States v. Nico Lowers | Fourth Circuit | March 10, 2026 |
| Opinion | Cedar Coal Company v. DOWCP | Fourth Circuit | March 6, 2026 |
| Dissent | United States v. Sergio Murillo | Fourth Circuit | March 5, 2026 |
| Opinion | Wanda Johnson v. Baltimore City, Maryland: Baltimore Police Dept. | Fourth Circuit | Jan. 6, 2026 |
| Opinion | Clinchfield Coal Company v. Geraldine Mullins | Fourth Circuit | Dec. 2, 2025 |
| Opinion | Carlos Ramos Marquez v. Pamela Bondi | Fourth Circuit | Nov. 19, 2025 |
| Opinion | Samuel Sherbrooke Corporate, Ltd v. Gabriel Mayer | Fourth Circuit | Nov. 18, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Jason Kokinda | Fourth Circuit | July 28, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Marilyn Mosby | Fourth Circuit | July 11, 2025 |
| Opinion | Justin Wolfe v. Chadwick Dotson | Fourth Circuit | July 7, 2025 |
| Opinion | Alex Zalaya Orellana v. Pamela Bondi | Fourth Circuit | June 24, 2025 |
| Opinion | E.R. v. Beaufort County School District | Fourth Circuit | June 11, 2025 |