Where petitioner was convicted of a sex crime that requires him to permanently register as a sex offender, the requirement precludes the restoration of his firearm rights. Background After a plea-based conviction of taking incident liberties with a child, petitioner ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Daniel E. Ortiz Virginia Circuit Courts

Where an inmate at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women sought damages and injunctive relief alleging that a guard ordered her to show him her genitals, that conduct did not amount to a constitutional violation within the context of § ...

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

A former student’s claim that Lees-McRae College did not sufficiently protect her against sex-based verbal harassment and other conduct was dismissed because the conduct, though “unsettling,” did not rise to the level of “severe or pervasive.” Moreover, the college took ...

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

Where a woman previously pleaded “no contest” to the charge of attempted malicious wounding of a police officer, her conviction foreclosed her subsequent excessive force claim against the officer for his conduct after she attempted to wound him.  Background On ...

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

Where a Black guest at a Hilton hotel alleged that while waiting in the lobby he was asked to produce identification and a room key when white guests were not similarly harassed, he plausibly stated claims for discrimination under federal ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge David J. Novak U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where officials at the Red Onion prison were aware that video was relevant to an inmate’s claim that a guard sprayed him in the face and chest with oleoresin capsicum, and they failed to preserve the video, the Virginia Department ...

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

Where a University of Virginia sorority that was told to eliminate its requirement that its student members study for academic courses at least 25 hours per week before it was reinstated as a student organization failed to demonstrate a First ...

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

Where a man voluntarily left a restaurant with a police officer to be patted down outside, the officer did not brandish a weapon, use restraint, accuse him of wrongdoing or make a show of authority, and thus the man failed ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Rights Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon

Where a plaintiff suing several defendants after a shooting at the Lynchburg General Hospital’s Psychiatric Emergency Center requested documents on the firearms and training policies created by the group that designed the center, and the defendants argued that data was ...

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

Where a plaintiff suing over the shooting death of a fleeing suspect relied on two 2014 shootings involving sheriff’s deputies, those incidents did not present “[a] pattern of similar constitutional violations” showing deliberate indifference or a conscious choice regarding training. ...

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