Roger L. Gregory
How Judge Gregory rules, drawn from 83 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Gregory
Roger L. Gregory is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Appointed by President William J. Clinton, Judge Gregory received a commission on July 25, 2001.
Judge Gregory's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Gregory's own (checked October 11, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026).
How Judge Gregory decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Tairou's asylum appeal, he held that the explicit death threats he received qualified as persecution under circuit precedent and remanded the petition.
“Because Tairou received multiple, explicit threats of death both during and after the village gathering, the BIA's conclusion as to past harm contravenes our express and repeated holding that the ‘threat of death’ qualifies as persecution.”
In Ramirez's removal appeal, he held that the Virginia obstruction provision reached conduct without moral turpitude, so the convictions did not qualify as removable offenses on that ground.
“Because § 18.2-460(A) prohibits conduct that does not necessarily involve moral turpitude, it sweeps more broadly than the INA's definition of a CIMT, and Ramirez's convictions thereunder do not qualify as CIMTs.”
In Hultz v. Bisignano, Gregory ordered a calculation of Social Security benefits after finding the claimant’s disability established on the record and the agency’s treatment of her fibromyalgia evidence erroneous.
“Because the undisputed evidence reflects that Ms. Hultz was legally disabled during the relevant period”
Procedural preferences
In the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defence's jurisdictional appeal, he held that the district court should have accepted the pleaded damages amount absent a showing of bad faith.
“Absent such allegations, the court should have accepted the Ministry's alleged damages as the amount in controversy in this case.”
In Farabee's civil rights suit, he reversed summary judgment entered before the plaintiff had a chance for discovery and proper notice of Rule 56 requirements.
“Without first providing Farabee with an opportunity to conduct discovery or ensuring that he was properly informed of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 56's (‘Rule 56’) requirements, the district court granted Appellees' summary judgment on all of his claims”
In Blair v. Appomattox County School Board, Gregory revived the deliberate-indifference claim while affirming dismissal of the remaining claims.
“For the foregoing reasons, we remand the district court’s ruling with respect to Blair’s deliberate indifference claim and affirm the district court’s ruling with respect to all other claims.”
Cautions
In Henderson's sentencing appeal, he rejected an enhancement based solely on one firearm possession placing Henderson in two prohibited-person categories and reversed for resentencing.
“He therefore cannot be subject to a sentencing enhancement based solely on the fact that he falls into more than one class of prohibited persons under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g).”
In Ray's suit over an officer shooting her tethered dog, he held that the complaint plausibly alleged an unreasonable seizure and reversed its dismissal.
“Taking these factual allegations as true and drawing these reasonable inferences in Ray's favor, Roane's seizure of Jax was unreasonable because Jax no longer posed any threat to Roane.”
In Swink v. Southern Health Partners, Gregory reversed the order striking evidence but left the denial of the plaintiff’s motion to compel in place.
“we reverse the district court’s ruling granting Appellees’ motion to strike and affirm the district court’s ruling denying Gunter’s motion to compel.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED AND REMANDED”
“PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; VACATED AND REMANDED”
“PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED, ORDER OF REMOVAL VACATED, AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS”
“PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; VACATED AND REMANDED”
“PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; VACATED, AND REMANDED”
“Petition for review granted; vacated and remanded”
“REVERSED AND REMANDED”
“affirm the judgment of the district court dismissing this action for lack of jurisdiction”
“we reverse the district court's grant of summary judgment and remand the case for further proceedings.”
“We therefore reverse the district court's decision and remand for further proceedings.”
“we affirm the district court's dismissal of Laurent-Workman's discrete-act retaliation claim, but we vacate its dismissal of her race-based hostile work environment and retaliatory hostile work environment claims.”
“Therefore, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.”
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