A physician whose license was summarily suspended for his conduct of classes at a federal military medical school did not have a due process right to counsel of his choosing, and the Virginia Board of Medicine did not abuse its ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Marla Graff Decker Virginia Court of Appeals

Although the Virginia Board of Medicine erred in saying respondent, a physician board-certified in internal medicine and rheumatology, legally could not testify as an expert in the board’s proceeding against her for her treatment of a particular patient for Lyme ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Appellants, including a commercial wa­terman, did not have standing to challenge a circuit court order upholding a decision of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to grant oyster harvesting ground leases to two individual lessees in areas that previ­ously allowed public ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Robert J. Humphreys Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals affirms dismissal of appellant’s attempt to appeal to the circuit court an administrative finding of physical neglect, inadequate supervision, level one, against appellant; the circuit court lacked jurisdiction over the matter. The circuit court found that ...

Tagged with: Administrative Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

A hearing officer did not act “contradicto­ry to the law” in declining to reinstate appel­lant to employment at the Virginia Depart­ment of State Police; the Court of Appeals affirms the circuit court decision upholding a decision for the VSP to ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Randolph A. Beales Virginia Court of Appeals

On a matter of first impression in this circuit, the 4th Circuit holds that an administrative law judge’s failure to follow the “special technique” required while evaluating a claimant’s mental impairment may constitute harmless error; however, it was not harmless ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Administrative Judge Allyson K. Duncan

A child services agency is not required to pay back $1.1 million in Medicaid funding; the Court of Appeals says the circuit court erred in upholding a director decision refusing to accept the hearing officer’s recommendation in favor of the ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Amendments to Virginia regulations on the land application, marketing and distribution of biosolids are upheld by the Richmond Circuit Court in a challenge by environmental groups who claim the amended regulations do not “ensure” that sewage sludge will be safely ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Joi Jeter-Taylor Richmond Circuit Court

The Court of Appeals upholds a circuit court decision affirming the State Health Commissioner’s denial of appellant NHC Healthcare/Bristol LLC’s petition seeking good cause standing status under Va. Code § 32.1-102.6(G), in order to participate in proceedings before the commissioner ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

In evaluating plaintiff Competitive Enterprise Institute’s FOIA request for unredacted U.S. State Department documents relating to the upcoming U.N. Climate Conference in Paris, France, that resulted in the Paris Climate Agreement, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says plaintiff is entitled ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District