Plaintiff Joseph Fleming is an inmate at the River North Correctional Center. He is not able to support his body weight or walk unassisted because of a “slipped spine” and pinched nerve. He can stand with assistance, but only with ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court grants relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to a petitioner whose sentence on a firearm conviction was enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act’s residual clause for prior North Carolina convictions of common law robbery, ...

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Plaintiff dentist who, under a contract with defendant Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services, allegedly was treating 75 percent of eligible Medicaid patients in the Roanoke Valley, has not stated any antitrust claims against DMAS or additional dentists for dental ...

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Plaintiffs who allege they were tenants of the purchasers of their home at foreclosure, under an oral agreement for additional time to relocate in exchange for allowing the buyers to inspect the property prior to plaintiffs’ relocation, may sue the ...

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In this False Claims Act suit alleging the Duke University defendants knowingly falsified medical research data in order to obtain federal grants from various agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institutes of Health, the Danville U.S. District ...

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A Wal-Mart store wins summary judgment in a plaintiff’s suit alleging she was injured when she, while wearing rubber flip-flops, entered the store and began pushing a shopping cart, and her “feet went out from under” her and she slipped ...

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A defendant school system wins summary judgment in a Title VII suit filed by a job applicant who alleged he was denied a position as a substitute bus driver based on a prior criminal charge, his race and his “huge ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court says a pro se African-American plaintiff fired by The Home Depot has stated Title VII claims for a racially hostile work environment and retaliation with allegations that she was denied a job as being not ...

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The U.S. did not intervene in, or have any practical control over, a relator’s earlier False Claims Act suit against a manufacturer of armored vehicles that allegedly defrauded the government by late delivery of vehicles that did not pass ballistic ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court dis­misses petitioner’s request for resen­tencing in light of Johnson v. U.S., as petitioner’s prior crimes of breaking and entering and burglary under Vir­ginia law were predicate crimes of vi­olence under the Armed Career Crim­inal Act; ...

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