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

Where the pro se plaintiff didn’t plead any facts plausibly suggesting he was the victim of discrimination, didn’t even allege the protected class under the Civil Rights Act of which he is a member and didn’t identify what section of ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a nurse for a jail’s health care provider was subjected to a strip search on her first day of work at the regional jail, a jury will decide if prison officials violated her civil rights. Background Bikachi Amisi brings ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge David J. Novak U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a man waited more than two years before asserting his § 1983 claim against police officers he alleged conspired to have him convicted for driving under the influence and driving on a revoked license, his claims were dismissed as ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a detainee alleged that he suffered severe physical and psychological injuries when he was attacked by a guard’s dog, and further alleged that supervisory officials were aware of patrol dog attacks throughout Virginia but did nothing to stop them, ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District