A restaurant that refused to allow a child with a severe gluten sensitivity to bring in his own homemade meal could be sued for discrimination in violation of the American with Disabilities Act. Background J.D. is an 11-year-old boy who ...

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

Plaintiffs can go forward with a suit that alleges defendants interfered with fair housing rights by not renting a dwelling at the advertised price because the family had five minor children. Facts The complaint in this case alleged that the ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Jeanette A. Irby Loudoun County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Where the plaintiff was admitted to a medical center pursuant to an emergency custody order after she was found in the middle of a suicide attempt and she was physically and medically restrained so a doctor could obtain blood and ...

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

A suit against prison officials sued for their alleged deliberate indifference in the death of an inmate will continue after the court denied the officials’ motion to dismiss. The officials argued that, because the complaint did not allege facts showing ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The court held that a jury should determine if tasing of the defendant constituted excessive force. The court additionally held the plaintiff established good cause to extend the deadline to serve one defendant and that he was entitled to use-of-force ...

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

A former Virginia State University student who was disciplined for his alleged role in an altercation with a female student did not allege facts that plausibly suggested the discipline was based on his gender or violated his civil rights. Background ...

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

A deputy sheriff who worked as a resource officer in a middle school is facing a civil suit alleging he illegally seized the minor’s cell phone without probable cause and then used excessive force against the 14-year old boy by ...

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

Plaintiffs could not bring a claim for damages against ICE agents who allegedly violated their Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights because recognizing a Bivens remedy in this context was unwarranted given Congress’s refusal to provide such a remedy in any ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Rights Judge Paul V. Niemeyer

Excessive billing, vague time entries and block billing, as well as the plaintiff’s overall lack of success on his claims means that, while attorneys representing a plaintiff who successfully prevailed on his § 1988 claim will receive almost $490,000 in ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Robert S. Ballou U.S. District Court - Western District

After the magistrate judge recommended reducing the plaintiff’s attorney fee award by almost 40% because of excessive billing, vague time entries, block billing and the plaintiff’s overall lack of success on his claims, the district court further reduced the fee ...

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