Although plaintiff has received a chapter 7 discharge, her bankruptcy case has been reopened and the bankruptcy trustee may pursue debtor’s Title VII claim against defendant community college, which debtor did not disclose in her earlier bankruptcy proceeding; the Norfolk ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Rebecca Beach Smith 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

An administrator for the estate of a pretrial detainee who died at Richmond City Justice Center after medical staff allegedly placed him on an opiate, rather than a benzodiazepine, withdrawal regimen, states plausible claims for negligence and deliberate indifference by ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a Somali-born U.S. citizen’s suit challenging his placement on the “No Fly List,” a register of persons compiled by the Terrorism Screening Center who are prohibited from flying on commercial airlines, the Alexandria U.S. District Court says the List ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants conditional certification to a class of Telephone Claims Representatives I and II based on evidence they have produced indicating they are similarly situated in their positions with GEICO to pursue common claims for overtime ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Michael C. Allen U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court adopts a magistrate judge’s recommendation and denies dismissal of plaintiff’s suit alleging defendant violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by falsely reporting a balance on her home mortgage loan, which plaintiff asserts had been paid ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge M. Hannah Lauck Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court revokes bond for a former CIA agent accused of spying for the People’s Republic of China, as the government has shown by clear and convincing evidence that defendant is a flight risk and represents a ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court denies the parties’ joint motion to seal court files in this suit filed by plaintiff, who formerly worked as a domestic servant in defendants’ homes in the U.S. and in Qatar, alleging violations of the ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Gerald Bruce Lee 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

Plaintiff pipeline company’s references to federal regulations in their complaint alleging defendant landowners violated plaintiff’s rights under an easement and Virginia state laws, do not show a basis for federal jurisdiction, and the Norfolk U.S. District Court remands plaintiff’s suit ...

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