Lawyers from Washington, D.C. who are representing plaintiff prisoners in this suit under the Prison Litigation Reform Act are awarded $15,980 in attorney’s fees and expenses by the Charlottesville U.S. District Court for their motion to compel documents that defendant ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

In plaintiff’s suit alleging injury from a sliding glass door falling on him at the entrance to a Lowe’s Home Center, the Charlottesville U.S. District Court denies plaintiff’s motion to remand the suit against the company that maintained and serviced ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

In plaintiff’s suit alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family Medical Leave Act, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants plaintiff’s motion for a protective order and defendant’s motion to compel, regarding plaintiff’s medical records. At the ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court accepts the magistrate judge’s recommendation to sanction plaintiff company for its failure to produce two witnesses from abroad for deposition by dismissing plaintiff’s suit, without prejudice, and ordering plaintiff to pay defendant’s attorney’s fees and ...

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

Plaintiff company’s failure to produce two witnesses from abroad for deposition, and refusal to respond to discovery during the “pleading stage” of the litigation, lead the Alexandria U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge to recommend dismissal of plaintiff’s suit, without prejudice, ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Ivan D. Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although plaintiff, a Virginia limited liability corporation, is moving some of its operations to Durham, N.C., the company president’s declarations indicate its headquarters still are located in Radford, Va., where the president maintains a home and where significant corporate records ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

Although plaintiff, who alleges damages from defendant WhitePages’ listing of his home telephone number as the number for Comcast, filed frivolous bar complaints against opposing counsel and said he was pursuing litigation to run up defendant’s legal costs, the Harrisonburg ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Joel Hoppe U.S. District Court - Western District

A split panel of the 4th Circuit says there is a timeliness requirement for a motion for a judge’s recusal under 28 U.S.C. § 455(b)(2), which defendant Kolon Industries failed to meet in the trade secret-antitrust litigation, and the summary ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Procedure Judge Albert Diaz

A Newport News U.S. District Court dismisses a pro se plaintiff’s disability discrimination suit because she has refused to comply with discovery requests for her medical records despite a protective order; plaintiff, a nurse, says her records are private and ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A defendant’s one-day delay – due to the weather, a national holiday and forgetfulness – in filing reply briefs to accompany their motions to dismiss and/or transfer plaintiffs’ business tort suit is deemed “excusable neglect,” and the Richmond U.S. District ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District