Gavin Grimm, who attended a Virginia public high school and was prohibited from using the boys’ bathroom because he was identified as female at birth, sufficiently alleged discrimination claims against the school under both Title IX and the Equal Protection ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Constitutional Education Equal Protection Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen Municipal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff alleging retaliation by his employer for an earlier charge of discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act could not rely solely on the retaliation provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The statutes protect different ...

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

An ADEA class was conditionally certified in a suit asserting that a school system declined to rehire older employees for IT positions. Background Plaintiff Joseph Andreana has been employed with Defendant Virginia Beach City Public Schools for over 28 years, ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Civil Rights Class Action Employment Employment Discrimination Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An affidavit alleging open-meeting violations by a county board of supervisors was sufficient to support a FOIA petition when the affiant swore to her belief in matters presented on information. Background Appellant Marian Bragg alleges that the Rappahannock County Board ...

Tagged with: Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons Civil Rights FOIA Public Records Supreme Court of Virginia

An ADEA class was conditionally certified in a suit asserting that a school system declined to rehire older employees for IT positions. Background Plaintiff Joseph Andreana has been employed with Defendant Virginia Beach City Public Schools for over 28 years, ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Civil Rights Class Action Employment Employment Discrimination Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In an age discrimination suit, a federal court struck the plaintiff’s designation of a human resources expert whose opinion was based only on 30 years’ experience in the field, but no reliable principles or methods cited. Background Plaintiff Angela Georges ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Civil Rights Employment Employment Discrimination Evidence Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

When a county initially estimated almost $900 for records-request compliance but later revised the estimate down to $200, it could not then charge an actual cost of more than $1,300 without consulting further with the requesting party. Background Petitioner Nelson ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights FOIA Judge Paul W. Cella Powhatan County Circuit Court Public Records Virginia Circuit Courts

Pictures and associated data stored in a police department’s automatic license plate reader database are “personal information” under the Data Act, but further factfinding is required to determine whether the record-keeping process allows a license plate number to be linked ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Justice Cleo E. Powell Supreme Court of Virginia

A blind plaintiff lacked standing to sue a Virginia bank for maintaining a website without reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, as he lived 300 miles from the nearest branch. Further, the bank’s voluntary upgrades – made prior to the ...

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

A law student who was denied testing accommodations by the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners should have sought state-court review. In addition, the Board was immune from the disability claims, and the student failed to state a Fourteenth Amendment claim. ...

Tagged with: Administrative Attorneys Civil Rights Disability Equal Protection Fourteenth Amendment Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District