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Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia

59-04138 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: 1959

Closed Date: 1967

In this landmark civil rights case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state statutes banning interracial marriage violated the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In June 1958, two Virginia residents, Mildred Jeter, a Black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, married in Washington, D.C., pursuant to its laws. In October 1958, upon returning to Virginia, a grand jury issued an indictment charging the Lovings with violating Virginia a…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Stinnie v. Holcomb

3:16-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 6, 2016

Case Ongoing

On July 6, 2016, indigent Virginia residents brought this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia after suffering indefinite suspension of their driver's licenses pursuant to Virginia Code § 46.2-395 for failure to pay court costs and fines that they could not afford. The plaintiffs sued the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private attorneys, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive reli…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of United Latin American Citizens - Richmond Region Council 4614 v. Public Interest Legal Foundation

1:18-cv-00423 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 12, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the allegedly false claims made in reports published by the Public Interest Legal Foundation accusing the named plaintiffs of committing voter fraud.  On April 12, 2018, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and four private individuals filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiffs sued the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) and its president under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3), Section 11(b) of the Vot…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Williams v. Kincaid

1:20-cv-01397 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Equal Protections case brought in 2020 by a transgender woman incarcerated in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (FCADC). On November 16, 2020, she filed a complaint against the sheriff, deputy, and medical professionals employed by FCADC in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and her case was assigned to Judge Claude M. Hilton. In her complaint, plaintiff alleged that FCADC and its employees denied her the me…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Richmond Medical v. Hicks

3:03-cv-00531 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 18, 2003

Closed Date: Dec. 11, 2009

On June 18, 2003, the Richmond Medical Center For Women brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Commonwealth Attorney for the City of Richmond and the Commonwealth Attorney for the County of Henrico. The case was originally assigned to Judge Robert E. Payne, but Defendants requested a random reassignment, which was granted. The case was randomly reassigned to Judge Richard L. Williams on July 1, 2003.  This case challenged a Virginia Statute…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Riggleman v. Clarke

5:17-cv-00063 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 26, 2017

Case Ongoing

On June 27, 2017, an prisoner in the custody of the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, against VDOC's Director and its Chief Medical Director in their official and personal capacities. Plaintiff, who had Hepatitis C, claimed that VDOC knowingly refused him medical care for his disease and this refusal violated the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause and the state constitution. Plaint…
JAIL CONDITIONS
DOJ ADA Investigation of Virginia Regional Jail Authority

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The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) initiated an investigation into the Central Virginia Regional Jail (“CVRJ”), run by the Virginia Regional Jail Authority (“VRJA”) following a complaint alleging violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The complainant, a deaf individual who uses American Sign Language (“ASL”) to communicate, alleged that VRJA failed to provide a qualified interpreter or any additional aids or services so that she could effectively com…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Luciani v. Virginia State Board of Elections

7:20-cv-00401 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 13, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2020

On July 13, 2020, an independent candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives (“the plaintiff”) sued the Virginia Department of Elections, the Virginia State Board of Elections, and its officers (“the defendants”) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia to enjoin the defendants from enforcing the state’s signature requirement for the 2020 election. The plaintiff, filing this case pro se, alleged that in light of Virginia’s state of emergency during the COVID-19 pandem…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Aziz v. Trump

1:17-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2017

On January 28, 2017, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States, represented by the Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiffs brought the action as a petition for writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. They simultaneously filed an emergency application for a temporary restraining order (TRO). The plaintiffs were 50 to 60 lawful permanent residen…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Harrison v. Spencer

1:18-cv-00641 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: May 30, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the legality of the U.S. military’s policy prohibiting the enlistment or promotion of people with HIV. On May 30, 2018, an enlisted service member and attorney, along with the Modern Military Association of America (formerly OutServe-SLDN), filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, where it was assigned to Judge Leonie M. Brinkema. Represented by Lambda Legal, OutServe-SLDN and private counsel, the plaintiff sued the Secret…