In this suit by a self-described Republican political consultant who was charged with violating South Carolina’s anti-robocall statute, the 4th Circuit says the South Carolina statute is a content-based regulation that does not survive strict scrutiny, but upholds dismissal of ...

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

Plaintiffs who were hunting deer in season on land owned by family members have stated a civil rights claim against defendant conservation officers for their detention of plaintiffs, search of their car, rifle and hunting pouch, and for violation of ...

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

Although the Bedford County School Board voted to close an elementary school that has a 32-percent minority population, it also closed another school that is overwhelmingly white, and neither the demographics of the situation or alleged racially insensitive remarks by ...

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

Plaintiff fair housing groups that have used testers to discover alleged violations of legal requirements for accessible and adaptable design under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 may pursue their claim prior to completion of construction; the burden on ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this suit filed by a family whose two minor sons were sexually abused in 2005 and 2006 by a child care provider who was a graduate of and previously had worked as a camp counselor at The Citadel’s youth ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Rights Judge G. Steven Agee

A divided 4th Circuit panel reverses an order allowing forcible medication of a detainee who suffers from a delusional disorder to render him competent to stand trial on a charge of firing a handgun at a Coast Guard helicopter; the ...

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

A Roanoke U.S. District Magistrate Judge recommends denying a motion to set aside a default judgment filed by defendant, a former prison guard who served time for sexual battery of plaintiff female inmate, and an award of $2,000 compensatory and ...

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

An 11-year-old student who was suspended from middle school may sue the school’s assistant principal and the school system’s chief operations officer for due process violations based on allegations that defendants knew the “crumpled leaves” found in his backpack on ...

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

Plaintiff taxpayer, a Baptist minister, may sue an agent of the Virginia Department of Taxation in her individual capacity on claims that she repeatedly swore out warrants for his arrest on various taxation offenses and all legal proceedings terminated in ...

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

A Virginia prison inmate who apparently adheres to his own particular brand of Christianity based on a version of the Bible written by himself has stated claims under the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ...

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