Where a video showed deputy sheriffs removing the plaintiff from a vehicle with such force that he was carried outside of camera range, and there was a dispute over what caused subsequent injuries suffered by the plaintiff, a jury will ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Robert S. Ballou U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a man failed to timely serve a deputy he sued for injuries allegedly suffered during an arrest, the district court was required to either (1) wait 90 days before dismissing the complaint or (2) provide notice and offer him ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Rights

Where a detainee alleged that prison officials acted with deliberate indifference by delaying his receipt of medications, but none of his communications suggested that urgent intervention was required to avoid a risk of harm and there was no evidence officials ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Rights Judge Pamela A. Harris

Where a woman alleged no facts to show law enforcement lacked probable cause to arrest her for providing false information, and her own allegations suggested her equivocal response gave the officers probable cause, her false imprisonment claim was dismissed. Background ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a pension fund erroneously sent a check to the wife of a deceased union member, her acceptance of that check didn’t necessarily make her a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Background Following her husband’s death, Sandra ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District

Where some employees of Roanoke city jail who were sued for their alleged role in the death of an inmate removed the case to federal court, the plaintiff was allowed to drop her federal claims, leading to the case being ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a transgender detainee alleged a nurse practitioner was liable for the cessation of her hormone injections while she was incarcerated at the Fairfax County adult detention center, her claim was dismissed because there were no allegations showing the nurse’s ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where body camera footage showed the decedent, an unarmed Black man who had been accused of violent conduct and was resisting arrest, quickly swung both of his arms in the direction of the officers in a motion that looked like ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a detainee alleged his doctor violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, by revealing in a medical setting that the detainee had not taken his HIV medication, the claim was dismissed. The court joined ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Rights Judge Julius N. Richardson

Where the father of a man who died in the Portsmouth city jail failed to plead facts showing that his son suffered from a “sufficiently serious” medical condition, in this case suicide ideation or self-harm, or that prison officials were ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District