Where the district court held that a settlement pact between women incarcerated at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women and officials of the Virginia Department of Corrections could not be enforced via contempt because it did not comply with Fed. ...

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

Where the government used a flawed analysis to convict the owner of a chain of pharmacies of Medicaid fraud, and he sued the prosecutor for fabricating evidence used at trial, the prosecutor was shielded by absolute immunity because she was ...

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

Where an officer claimed she acted reasonably in shooting the robbery suspect because she could not see his left hand and he refused to cooperate with her commands, she had no specific evidence that he carried a weapon or posed ...

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

Where the parties disputed what led to an off-duty police officer to stop the plaintiffs’ vehicle, a jury will have to decide if the stop was supported by probable cause. Background Four minor children, by their mother and next friend, ...

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

Where the former medical student alleged that after he questioned and critiqued the theory of microaggression during a panel discussion, he was suspended from the UVA Medical School, required to undergo counseling and obtain “medical clearance” as a prerequisite for ...

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

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