Where a detainee suing for civil rights violations moved for sanctions after learning that videos of his physical altercation were not preserved, and he timely objected to a magistrate judge’s decision denying his motion, the district court must consider the ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Rights Judge James A. Wynn Jr.

Where a woman argued it was against her Muslim faith to remove her hijab in the presence of mixed gender company with whom she is not directly related, and the state failed to show why it had a compelling interest ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the Parole Board explained that it denied parole to the detainee because of the “serious nature and circumstances of [his] offense,” its conclusion that he should “serve more of [his] sentence prior to release on parole” and that to ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Leonie M. Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a homeowner alleged a county official violated the Fourth Amendment by entering his property without a warrant, but the property does not contain a home, the entirety of the property is considered an open field and, under the “open ...

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

Although a man suing a sheriff’s deputy for injuries allegedly suffered during an encounter failed to file suit within two years after the incident, his suit was not time-barred because he benefitted from the additional 126 days granted by the ...

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

Where a mother alleged that her son was removed from her custody without warning, court hearing or constitutionally required process, but the record showed the son was taken into custody on truancy and assault petitions after an independent judge determined ...

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

Where a prior consent order between the parties required prison officials to provide a detainee with “prepackaged kosher meals that contain an acceptable kosher certification” from an agreed-upon list of entities, and the prison instead cooked the meals in its ...

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

Where a woman plausibly alleged a Richmond detective used excessive and unreasonable force, arrested her without probable cause and illegally searched her purse and home without a warrant, but there were insufficient factual allegations that this was pursuant to an ...

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

Where former homeowners asserted a trespass claim against a sheriff, but the Fourth Circuit then held their “property rights were extinguished once their home was sold at foreclosure auction,” that decision was the law of the case. As such, the ...

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

Where a man protesting police brutality in downtown Fredericksburg alleged that officers repeatedly shouted directives at him, causing him to stop his movements, and that he was subsequently detained and issued a citation, he plausibly alleged a First Amendment retaliation ...

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