Although a Norfolk fire captain previously, but unsuccessfully, sued the City of Norfolk for impeding his ability to apply for a battalion chief position, because that prior suit did not name the fire chief in his individual capacity, and because ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the father of a man who died in the Portsmouth city jail failed to plead facts showing that his son suffered from a “sufficiently serious” medical condition, in this case suicide ideation or self-harm, or that prison officials were ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the defendant was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, which inherently includes that he intended to commit the assault with violent force, his predicate conviction qualified as a crime of violence. Background On April 8, 2011, Dearnta Lavon ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a class of Virginia policyholders who were denied coverage for losses from businesses closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic had common and typical issues, were sufficiently numerous, and there was no conflict with the named plaintiff, a class was ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the court might have ruled differently on the parties’ dispute, the arbitrator acknowledged the applicable legal principles and applied at least some of the facts to those principles, therefore the manifest injustice standard was satisfied and the award was ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a $45 million settlement between runner peanut farmers and one sheller satisfied the requirements of Rule 23, it was approved. Background Plaintiffs are a group of peanut farmers who sell raw, harvested runner peanuts to the defendants (also known ...

Tagged with: Commercial Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the jury was allowed to convict the defendant if they found him guilty of any or at least one of the underlying crimes of violence, but the Supreme Court has since held that some of the underlying conduct no ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the court previously found that Virginia Beach’s at-large method of election was illegal and enjoined its continued use, it won’t allow the same system to be used for an election to fill the seat of a council member who ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a trooper’s search of a rental car was supported by individualized reasonable articulable suspicion, including the vehicle’s quick in-and-out of Arizona based on the license plate reader system and the co-defendant’s responses to questions, the defendant’s motion to suppress ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although the mortgage assignee argued the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claims should be dismissed because it was a creditor and not a debt collector, and because the deed of trust didn’t incorporate the FDCPA, its motion to dismiss was ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District