Michael English was a 22-year-old college student who suffered from schizophrenia. When medicated, he was fine. When he stopped taking his medications, he would act out. In October 2012, during a schizophrenic episode, he attacked a friend. Michael was arrested ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights D.C. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan Wrongful Death

An African-American man and woman may sue a Caucasian police office and the county for an equal protection violation based on allegations that the officer had a history and practice of selectively tar­geting African-Americans, as exhibited by his execution of ...

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

A couple who say they were vic­tims of selective enforcement by a bigoted police officer can move their case forward in federal court. A judge allowed equal protection claims to advance against Albe­marle County and the accused officer this month ...

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

In this suit alleging negligence in the death of a mentally ill inmate at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail, a Nor­folk U.S. District Court adopts the rec­ommendation of the magistrate judge and denies plaintiff ’s motion to prevent alleged retaliation ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Latino plaintiffs who allege defendant mobile home park discriminates against them by enforcing a policy requiring ten­ants who seek lease renewal to present certain documents relating to their U.S. residence and/or citizenship, resulting in eviction of one plaintiff ’s family, ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court says an inmate who alleges defendant prison medical providers violated his Eighth Amendment rights when they delayed care that would have timely diagnosed his lymphoma may amend his claim to add two more defendants: a ...

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

After a bench trial, the Danville U.S. District Court rules for defendant police officers in plaintiff ’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit challenging the officers’ entry and search of his quarters in a rooming house that he owned, and seizure ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Jackson L. Kiser U.S. District Court - Western District

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Mag­istrate Judge recommends abstention from hearing plaintiff’s civil rights suit alleging defendant judges of the Rock­ingham County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court have improperly barred him from entering JDR courtrooms to observe proceedings for child support ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Joel Hoppe U.S. District Court - Western District

An assistant special agent for the DMV’s Lynchburg office wins partial summary judgment in his suit alleging defendant state officials violated his due process rights by refusing to allow him to fully challenge his termination through the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedur­al ...

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

Defendant police officers who were con­fronted with an armed, mentally unsta­ble man, who was resisting an emergency custody order, a search warrant and an arrest warrant and who had terminated communications with police and had not responded to efforts to ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District