The court held that a nonprofit group providing housing assistance did not fail to make reasonable accommodations and/or housing modifications at the request of a client who requested wheelchair-accessibility construction. Plaintiff Veda Evans is a disabled mother of three young ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The statutory procedural requirement that a debt collector accurately report that a consumer debt is disputed is a substantive right enacted by Congress in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and plaintiff has alleged an injury in fact from an ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Defendant prison officials win summary judgment in an inmate’s suit alleging their failure to provide a separate pill-call time for inmates fasting during Ramadan violated his rights under the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act; ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Newport News U.S. District Court denies defendant’s motion to dismiss two counts of an indictment charging him with aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1); defendant can be charged with this offense even if the two ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A male Busch Gardens employee must arbitrate his claim that he was sexually and racially harassed by female supervisors; the Newport News U.S. District Court rejects plaintiff’s contention that he is not bound by an arbitration clause in his written ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiff company’s declaratory judgment action seeking insurance coverage for asbestos-related claims, a Newport News U.S. District Court will not transfer venue to a New York federal court, where some of the same parties filed a second suit, but will ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who initially demanded over $100,000 from a mortgage servicer that allegedly violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to investigate plaintiff’s alleged delinquency, but who then accepted defendant’s Rule 68 Offer of Judgment for $5,000, is awarded ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants plaintiffs leave to amend their suit challenging foreclosure on their home, based on their recent receipt of a letter that denied the loan modification request that was pending as defendants pursued foreclosure, in order ...

Tagged with: Judge Mark Davis Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who alleges that, as a passenger in a vehicle stopped by police, he was not resisting when defendant police officer grabbed him by the crotch and “yanked” him out of the car, handcuffed him and knocked his foot ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A woman who alleges she was injured when she fell while walking on an asphalt path at Kingsmill Resort, at a grassy patch at the edge of the path that covered a hole that caused her to fall, may proceed ...

Tagged with: Judge Mark Davis Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District