Where a former public service employee’s discrimination claim did not expressly allege “quid pro quo” harassment, but it did allege that her supervisor demanded she endure his harassment in exchange for continued employment, and reassigned her because she refused, those ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the Canadian father established the minor child was “habitually resident” in Canada when she was removed by the mother, the removal was in breach of his Canadian rights and the mother failed to show the child was in grave ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously held that a plaintiff who won a preliminary injunction that was not reversed or modified, but whose case was later dismissed as moot, is not a “prevailing party” entitled to attorneys’ ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

A defendant charged with intent to distribute a substance containing a detectible amount of cocaine lacked standing to challenge the search of a residence because the house was used for drug dealing and individuals present for a business expectancy do ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

Where employees of a waterproofing company alleged it willfully violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, by failing to pay them for work performed in excess of 40 hours despite knowing they were working extra hours, those allegations were ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a former Virginia Tech student claimed the university and its officials denied him due process and violated Title IX during an investigation into an alleged sexual assault, his suit was dismissed because he failed to timely serve the defendants ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a former elder law and estate planning attorney indicted for wire and mail fraud filed an affidavit with the state bar in which she consented to revocation of her license to practice law, that affidavit could be used to ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the alleged leader of a Roanoke street gang argued that he should not be jointly tried with a gang member charged with murder because he was in jail at the time of the murder and thus could not have ...

Tagged with: Criminal District Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Where an assistant store manager allegedly hugged or touched an employee 10 times over a three-month period, and kissed her when she returned to work after surgery, he lacked the intent required for assault and his conduct did not amount ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the first suit filed by a former Department of Veterans Affairs employee was dismissed more than one year after she was warned that her failure to serve all defendants would result in dismissal, and she waited 104 days to ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District