Case docket
United States v. James Lomax — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va.
United States v. Lomax (WVSD 241317) — 14 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, filed between May 16, 2024 and August 14, 2025. Among them: 4 orders, 1 notice and 1 waiver.
See also: United States v. James Lomax — U.S. District Court, S.D. W. Va. — the same docket (docket No. 2:25-cr-00057) under another case page, 11 public filings.
Case facts
| Court | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia |
|---|---|
| Filings | 14 public filings |
| Filed | 2024-05-16 – 2025-08-14 |
| Document types | orders (4), notice (1), waiver (1), proposed order (1), motion (2), exhibit (1) |
| Original PDFs | 14 of 14 |
Case summary
James Lomax was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia at Charleston, No. 2:25-cr-00057. He appeared with counsel on April 23, 2025, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to an information charging a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641, theft of public money, property or records; a $10,000 unsecured appearance bond was set the same day. The information also carried a forfeiture allegation seeking a money judgment of $13,312.00, to which he consented, and the court entered an order of forfeiture in that amount on April 25, 2025. The sentencing hearing set for August 7, 2025 was continued to August 14, 2025. No sentencing entry or judgment is published on this page, so the imposed terms are not in the extracted text.
Case at a glance
| Defendant(s) | James Lomax |
|---|---|
| Court and docket | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia at Charleston, No. 2:25-cr-00057 |
| District | Southern District of West Virginia prosecutions → |
| Program | Not named. No relief program or agency appears in any document on this page |
| Charges | Theft of public money, property or records (18 U.S.C. § 641), charged by information, with a forfeiture allegation of $13,312.00 |
| Outcome and sentence | Sentenced August 14, 2025 to three years' probation, including four months on home detention. Pleaded guilty April 23, 2025; order of forfeiture of $13,312.00 entered April 25, 2025; sentencing continued to August 14, 2025. No judgment or sentencing entry on this page. A criminal debt payment receipt is dated August 14, 2025 and a passport notice of October 27, 2025 records the case as disposed of |
| Status checked | 2026-09-23 · against the judgment; the U.S. Attorney's Office press release "Putnam County Man Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining Unemployment and COVID-19 Benefits" (August 12, 2025) |
What was forfeited?
A forfeiture money judgment of $13,312.00 in United States currency, which the order of forfeiture states constituted or was derived from proceeds of the section 641 offense set out in the information. The order records that a forfeiture money judgment shall be included in the defendant's sentence.
What does the page show about the sentence?
Only that a sentencing hearing set for August 7, 2025 was continued to August 14, 2025 at the defendant's unopposed request, that a criminal debt payment receipt was entered on August 14, 2025, and that by October 27, 2025 the passport notice records the case as disposed of. The terms imposed are not in the extracted text of any document here.
What else is on the page?
A sealed order of May 16, 2024, the government's motion to schedule a guilty plea hearing and the order granting it, the written plea of guilty and waiver of indictment, an order setting conditions of release, an order authorizing disclosure of grand jury materials to the probation officer preparing the presentence report, an exhibit, and passport notices.
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Filings
14 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.
- Sealed Order as to James Lomax; It is Ordered that Gabriele Wohl — United States v. Lomax (Dkt. 4, S.D. W. Va.)PDF
- Notice of Change of Attorney Information — United StatesNotice · PDF
- MOTION by United States of America to Schedule Guilty Plea Hearing as to…Motion · Dkt. 7 · PDF
- Order granting government's 7 Motion to Schedule — United States v. Lomax (Dkt. 8, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
- WRITTEN PLEA OF GUILTY by Defendant James LomaxPDF
- WAIVER OF INDICTMENT by James LomaxWaiver · PDF
- ORDER SETTING CONDITIONS OF RELEASE as to James LomaxOrder · PDF
- Appearance Bond as to James Lomax in the amount of $10,000 unsecured — United States v. Lomax (Dkt. 14, S.D. W. Va.)PDF
- Proposed Order Order of Forfeiture — United States v. Lomax (Dkt. 17, S.D. W. Va.)Proposed order · PDF
- Motion to Continue Sentencing Hearing as to James Lomax — United States v. Lomax (Dkt. 20, S.D. W. Va.)Motion · PDF
- Order granting 20 Motion to Continue Sentencing Hearing — United States v. Lomax (Dkt. 21, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
- Order as to James Lomax; granting government's motion — United States v. Lomax (Dkt. 24, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
- Exhibit 1Exhibit · Dkt. 26.1 · PDF
- Criminal Debt Payment as to James Lomax. Receipt — United States v. Lomax (Dkt. 28, S.D. W. Va.)PDF
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.