A former transportation security officer failed to bring the alleged discriminatory conduct to the attention of an EEO officer within 45 days, there were no incidents within six months from the date he contacted the EEO, most of the incidents ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a former county employee alleging he was not reasonably accommodated after hip surgery but that white employees were given light duty accommodations voluntarily dismissed his § 1983 claim and failed to plead facts showing the comparators were similarly situated, ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the bank showed the borrower breached three enforceable notes for development financing, and that the defendants had both signed guarantees, judgment was entered against the defendants for $864,536.61. Background Fulton Bank N.A. seeks judgment against two guarantors for amounts ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Douglas E. Miller U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a Norfolk State University student was expelled for sending a threatening text message to his roommate, punching another individual and for his “volatile” behavior, he failed to show the university violated his free speech rights and discriminated against him ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Rebecca Beach Smith Judge Robert J. Krask U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Eight grams of cocaine in baggies and 170 capsules found in the driver’s side door of defendant’s vehicle supported his conviction for possession of cocaine. Although the defendant argued he had transported a passenger for Uber, that his vehicle had ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a woman previously pleaded “no contest” to the charge of attempted malicious wounding of a police officer, her conviction foreclosed her subsequent excessive force claim against the officer for his conduct after she attempted to wound him.  Background On ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the summons and complaint was received at the defendant’s house on Aug. 29, that date started the 30-day clock for removing the case to federal court. Although the defendant argued he was not home on Aug. 29, did not ...

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

Where an “all risk” policy included accidental or fortuitous “direct physical loss[es],” and it is plausible that a fortuitous “direct physical loss” could mean the property is uninhabitable, inaccessible or dangerous because of intangible or nonstructural sources, a spa that ...

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

Where a Black guest at a Hilton hotel alleged that while waiting in the lobby he was asked to produce identification and a room key when white guests were not similarly harassed, he plausibly stated claims for discrimination under federal ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge David J. Novak U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the former finance director for the City of Hopewell argued he was terminated because of his race or in retaliation for his EEOC complaints, the record showed his failure to timely complete comprehensive annual financial reports was the true ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District