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Recent News About U.S. Federal Court
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Fourth Circuit upholds ruling denying a new hearing in Loughry case
RICHMOND, Virginia – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a federal judge’s ruling denying former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry a new hearing. -
Someone with COVID-19 attended Supreme Court event; no court employees have tested positive
CHARLESTON – Someone who attended an event last week at the state Supreme Court chambers has tested positive for COVID-19, but it wasn’t any court employee who works at the Capitol. -
Ohio woman says fees charged for unpaid W.Va. Turnpike tolls are unlawful
CHARLESTON – An Ohio woman says the West Virginia Parkways Authority is charging unlawful administrative fees to people who don’t pay tolls while driving on the West Virginia Turnpike. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: Chief Justice Tim Armstead Takes Oath of Office
Supreme Court Chief Justice Tim Armstead began his first full 12-year-term on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia on Tuesday by pledging to continue to work to restore public confidence in the state court system. -
Former employee says Wayne County Commission discriminated against her for pushing mask wearing
HUNTINGTON — A woman says the Wayne County Commission refused to enforce mask-wearing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, forcing her to use unpaid leave and eventually losing her job. -
Group of AGs sues Google, target unlawful search monopoly, related advertising
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a bipartisan coalition of 38 AGs suing Google, claiming the tech giant illegally has a monopoly on general search engines and related advertising markets. -
Loughry finishes federal sentence, released from halfway house in Baltimore
CHARLESTON – Former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry was released December 16 from a federal halfway house near Baltimore. -
44 veterans file lawsuits claiming Beckley VA doctor sexually abused them during exams
BECKLEY – More than 40 patients at the Beckley Veterans Affairs Medical Center have filed civil lawsuits against the federal government after a former doctor there sexually abused them during medical appointments. -
Wayne Co. superintendent doesn't have to turn over entire personnel file in bus garage theft civil suit
HUNTINGTON – Wayne County’s school superintendent must provide some documents from his personnel file in a federal lawsuit accusing him and others of violating two employees’ constitutional rights. -
Segal says Dinsmore & Shohl law firm schemed against him, damaged his reputation
CLARKSBURG – A prominent attorney has filed a federal lawsuit against a regional law firm and four of its attorneys claiming they schemed against him and tricked him as well as damaged his reputation. -
Another female federal inmate files lawsuit over sexual abuse, rape by officer
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Another federal prison inmate has filed a lawsuit claiming she repeatedly was sexually assaulted by a convicted and imprisoned former correctional officer. -
AG's office reaches settlement with Nationstar Mortgage over consumer protection claims
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has joined a coalition of 51 attorneys general and other federal and state agencies to reach a settlement with the country’s fourth-largest mortgage servicer. -
Lingering COVID concerns forces Faber to push back federal opioid trial indefinitely
CHARLESTON – A federal judge again has pushed back the start of a key opioid trial, this time indefinitely, because of concerns about spreading the Coronavirus. -
Federal judge orders conservation group case against WVDEP to go on
HUNTINGTON — A federal judge ruled that a lawsuit alleging that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) isn't properly maintaining the Special Reclamation Fund is allowed to continue. -
Federal judge denies restaurant's request, says governor's mask mandate is 'rational,' 'reasonable'
HUNTINGTON – A federal judge has denied a request by the owners of a Putnam County restaurant for a temporary restraining order after claiming Gov. Jim Justice’s recently amended mask mandate is hurting their business. -
Governor says Putnam County restaurant's mask mandate case should be dismissed
HUNTINGTON – Attorneys for Gov. Jim Justice say a lawsuit by the owners of a Putnam County restaurant claiming the recently amended mask mandate is hurting their business should be dismissed. -
Putnam County restaurant seeks emergency ruling following Justice's latest mask mandate order
HUNTINGTON – The owners of a Putnam County restaurant are seeking a preliminary injunction and/or a temporary restraining order following Gov. Jim Justice’s amended mask mandate. -
Whitey Bulger's estate files federal lawsuit blaming BOP employees for his death
MARTINSBURG – The family of one of America’s most infamous gangsters has filed a lawsuit blaming his 2018 death at a federal prison in West Virginia on Bureau of Prisons employees. -
Man says he fell after dropping trailer hitch on his foot at Walmart
CLARKSBURG – A Taylor County man says he was injured by a trailer hitch while shopping at Walmart. -
Tentative settlements reached in VA death cases
CLARKSBURG — The families of six veterans who died at the hands of a nursing assistant while they were patients of the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg have reached tentative settlements in their federal cases.