The evidence proved that the mother failed to substantially comply with the department of social services’ requirements; to take advantage of services offered, such as counseling, substance abuse treatment, parenting and money management classes among others; or remedy the conditions ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

A law enforcement officer lawfully detained the defendant as he was emptying his truck on a rural road, and the appeals court upholds the denial of the motion to suppress. Background Indicted for illegal firearm possession, Steven Nestor moved to ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Per Curiam Opinion

The district court found appellants guilty of marriage fraud in connection with a scheme whereby they obtained permanent resident status for Cameroonian nationals by arranging fraudulent marriages with American citizens. The court affirmed. Background Carine Kojia Aleah Ep Mbendeke and ...

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The district court held that Baltimore County violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, but denied the EEOC’s request for back pay damages, concluding it had discretion to deny a request for such damages. The 4th Circuit disagreed, holding that ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination Per Curiam Opinion

The circuit court did not err in concluding that the entirety of the record, which included evidence and testimony that the father failed to comply with the Department of Social Services’ requirements and his own deficiencies, supported terminating his parental ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

At the conclusion of all the evidence, the circuit court held the mother’s parental rights should be terminated pursuant to several provisions of the Virginia Code. On appeal, the mother challenged some, but not all, of the reasons why the ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

Liberty Counsel, an organization dedicated to advancing Christian causes, sued GuideStar, a nonprofit organization that maintains an extensive online directory of profiles on other nonprofits, after GuideStar reported the Southern Poverty Law Center had designated Liberty Counsel as a hate ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Intellectual Property Per Curiam Opinion

After “only the latest in a string of frivolous lawsuits” against Loudoun County and its various departments, a pro se litigant must pay the county more than $4,000 in attorneys’ fees. She is also barred from bringing more petitions against the County without ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Per Curiam Opinion Supreme Court of Virginia

After “only the latest in a string of frivolous lawsuits” against Loudoun County and its various departments, a pro se litigant must pay the county more than $4,000 in attorneys’ fees. She is also barred from bringing more petitions against the County without ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Per Curiam Opinion Supreme Court of Virginia

Although some evidence potentially may have impeached the veracity of a report that a father molested his daughter, statements by multiple of his children supported the hearing officer’s finding that the report was founded. Background Appellant Robert London, father to ...

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