Where a detainee claimed a prison official grabbed him by the throat, slammed his head into the van and slapped him, while he was secured in handcuffs and leg restraints and therefore was only a limited threat to the security ...

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

Where a physician’s assistant at the Roanoke city jail did not promptly see a detainee or take further action to address his symptoms, even when faced with an X-ray that provided no clarity as to the cause of his symptoms ...

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

Where a detainee alleged a prison official used excessive force towards him, but the record showed the detainee first attacked the official and the official used a limited amount of force to secure his safety, the official was granted summary ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although a man being served with an emergency protective order refused to provide his driver’s license or other personal descriptors to the police, the police lacked probable cause to arrest him for obstruction of justice. While the officers could ask ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a detainee alleged that a prison official intercepted his mail in retaliation for a lawsuit he filed in federal court, but the record showed the mail was intercepted for a legitimate reason and there was no evidence it was ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a prison doctor provided treatment and made decisions, based on his professional judgment, about what treatment a detainee who complained about hip and knee pain required, the doctor did not act with deliberate indifference towards the detainee. Background Nathaniel ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a disabled prisoner alleged a nurse practitioner was deliberately indifferent when she denied his request for a handicap pass required to access a library, but he alleged no facts showing the nurse knew that he likely could not meaningfully ...

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

Where a student alleged that a teacher created a hostile environment by inappropriately touching her on several occasions and subjecting her to verbal harassment, and that multiple school officials received actual knowledge of the teacher’s alleged harassment, but either failed ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a plaintiff alleged that a circuit court judge allegedly called him “arrogant” that he “would not negotiate with the city” and that he had “gotten all the [d]ue process [he] would receive from” the court, these allegations did not ...

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

Where a woman alleged her civil rights were violated when she was detained in an overcrowded, poorly ventilated and unsanitary county jail, but she failed to show that any policy or custom by Henrico County was the “moving force” of ...

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