The 4th Circuit affirms a district court’s decision that it had no subject matter ju­risdiction over a lawsuit filed by the 24th Senatorial District Republican Committee of Virginia and its committee chair chal­lenging Virginia’s Incumbent Protection Act, which allows an ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Rights Judge Roger L. Gregory

Plaintiff states claims for unlawful sei­zure and excessive force against defendant state trooper, allegedly a friend of her hus­band who seized her and took her away for an involuntary psychiatric examination when plaintiff and her husband were having marital difficulties; ...

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

A male college student can sue James Madison University for violation of his procedural due process rights based on a property interest, for refusing to allow him to appear before an appeal board and lim­iting his ability to respond to ...

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

The 4th Circuit affirms summary judg­ment for a school board in this lawsuit filed by a student and his parents alleging the school did not adequately respond to com­plaints about the student being bullied by other students because of learning ...

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

A Fairfax Circuit Court denies recon­sideration of its earlier rejection of a motorist’s claim that an assessment for 157 separate violations of Va. Code § 46.2-819.1 for failure to pay tolls while using the Dulles Toll Road amounts to an ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Michael F. Devine Virginia Circuit Courts

A first sergeant and Iraq war veteran who allegedly was ordered out of his car and tased three times over not having his driver’s license, after offering his military identification to the officer, has established excessive force in violation of ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Rights Judge Loretta C. Biggs

A publisher of visitors’ guides to Vir­ginia does not have standing to chal­lenge Virginia Department of Trans­portation policies governing what may be displayed in VDOT Welcome Centers and rest areas; although the publisher has standing to challenge the fees for ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An aviation executive accused of a vio­lation of civil rights and assault against a Somali-born Muslim taxi driver cannot overturn a $350,000 judgment against him with post-trial motions under Fed. R. Civ. P. Rules 59 and 60. Plaintiff, who is ...

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

A Charlottesville U.S. District Court remands to state court a defamation suit filed by a Culpeper police officer who al­leges defendants, the commonwealth’s at­torney and deputy commonwealth’s attor­ney for Culpeper County, allegedly made false and defamatory remarks about his character, ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

Defendant school officials, including a resource officer who identified a leaf in plaintiff middle-school student’s cinch sack as marijuana despite three field tests yielding negative results, win summary judgment in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit filed in Lynchburg U.S. ...

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