Where a 911 caller requested medical care for the decedent because of his consumption of alcohol and prescription drugs, and the officers knew the man was substantially inhibited in his ability to talk, walk or sit and they witnessed his ...

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

Where the former Virginia Tech employee’s hostile work environment claim ultimately relied on a single instance where her male supervisor “pinched and played with his nipple in a suggestive manner” during a meeting, the alleged incident was not sufficiently severe ...

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

Where the police officer allegedly released his dog against a motionless, unresponsive and outnumbered man in the front seat of a car who did not pose a risk of injury to others, that action was objectively unreasonable and in contravention ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Mark S. Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An inmate’s Eighth Amendment and Equal Protection claims, arising out of alleged bias against white males, was dismissed because he failed to show that he was treated any differently from other inmates. Background Louis Roy Chapman, a Virginia inmate proceeding ...

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

Where a patient who has a permanent and severe brain condition and follows the religious and cultural traditions of Jain Hindu alleged her diet at the commonwealth’s nursing facility violated her religious beliefs, but she did not provide details about ...

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

Where a man sued a Culpeper Police Department officer for false arrest and imprisonment, the claims were dismissed because they were filed more than two years after the date of the arrest and when the man was bound over for ...

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

The commonwealth has pleaded sufficient circumstantial allegations to establish a prima facie case of unfair housing discrimination. Defendant’s demurrer to the complaint is overruled Background Gilliard, who is Black, met with Fox, who is White and one of the defendants ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge James P. Fisher Loudon County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Where a bus driver rose out of her seat, approached a teenage student, loudly shouted and waved her arms and blocked the student’s exit from the bus, the driver’s malicious prosecution claim failed because probable cause existed to arrest her ...

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

Where the plaintiff identified four instances independent of his own experience where police officers used excessive force against individuals not resisting arrest or threatening officers, his practice or custom and failure to train claims against the City of Lynchburg may ...

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

Where an Alleghany County Sheriff’s Department’s sergeant relied on advice from the commonwealth’s attorney and findings of probable cause by a neutral magistrate in seeking arrest warrants, qualified immunity barred the § 1983 malicious prosecution claims. Background S. Travis Shrewsbury ...

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