U.S. Federal Court
Recent News About U.S. Federal Court
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W.Va. State soccer player seeks to defend new state law regarding transgender athletes
CHARLESTON – A West Virginia State University soccer player has asked to intervene in a federal lawsuit regarding a state law that would ban transgender athletes from participating in school sports. -
Teen says former police chief sexually abused her when she was a minor
CHARLESTON – A teenager claims the former police chief for the City of Gauley Bridge sexually abused her when she was a minor. -
New York Energy sues Etta Mae for breach of contract
CLARKSBURG — New York Energy LLC is suing Etta Mae Inc. alleging a breach of contract. -
Man sues Putnam County officers for illegal search of his home
HUNTINGTON — A Putnam County man is suing four officers and the Putnam County Commission for their search of his home in 2019. -
Justice companies, Carter Bank file motion to dismiss federal lawsuit
CHARLESTON – Companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice and a Virginia-based bank have asked that a federal lawsuit regarding nearly $400 million in loans be dismissed. -
UMWA trustees sue Justice companies for failing to pay retirement benefits
BECKLEY — Four trustees of the 1992 United Mine Workers of America benefit plan are suing three coal companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice's family alleging that the organizations failed to pay beneficiary premiums for the plan. -
Justice, attorney say settlement reached with Carter Bank over personally guaranteed loans
CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice and one of his attorneys say companies owned by his family have reached a settlement with a Virginia-based bank over nearly $400 million in loans. -
Republican AGs say Biden administration wrongly extended protections to LGBTQ community
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — Attorneys general from 20 states, including West Virginia’s Patrick Morrisey, have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration trying to stop directives that extend sexual discrimination protections to the LGBTQ community. -
As some state judges require face masks again, Supreme Court not taking that step yet
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court isn’t ready to reinstitute a statewide judicial face mask police even as a handful of circuit judges across the state once again begin to require face coverings in their courtrooms. -
Another federal inmate says officer sexually, physically assaulted her
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Another federal prison inmate says she was sexually and physically assaulted and abused by an officer who since has been indicted for similar actions. -
Woman says home was wrongfully put in foreclosure
HUNTINGTON — A woman says the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service wrongfully placed her home in foreclosure. -
Union sues Matheny & Sons for failure to make required contributions
HUNTINGTON — A local union is suing Matheny & Sons General Contracting and its owner alleging it did not follow a collective bargaining agreement to which it was obligated. -
Woman sues Enterprise Rent-A-Car for injuries in parking lot
CHARLESTON — A Kanawha County woman is suing Enterprise Rent-A-Car claiming she was injured while on the premises of the South Charleston rental car business. -
Morgantown man released as he awaits trial for U.S. Capitol siege
WASHINGTON – A West Virginia man charged in the assault of a U.S. Capitol police officer during the January 6 insurrection has been released on bond as he awaits trial. -
Missing cellphone at heart of police brutality suit found after two years
CLARKSBURG — A cellphone at the heart of a federal lawsuit against the City of Westover and two police officers has been found after being lost for nearly two years. -
Fayette County Commission sues companies for water contamination
CHARLESTON — The Fayette County Commission filed a lawsuit against the National Grid NE Holdings 2 and others for contaminating Loop Creek. -
Man sues Lowe's after mower overturns on him, fractures spine
ELKINS —A man is suing Lowe's Home Centers for injuries sustained while he was working. -
Morrisey sues Biden administration over 'Remain in Mexico' policy to stop fentanyl trafficking
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration caiming it is refusing to stop deadly fentanyl from flowing across the nation’s southern border. -
Environmental advocacy groups sue federal agency office for failing to act on program
HUNTINGTON — Conservation agencies are suing the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement in federal court alleging it failed to make a determination to a surface mining program. -
ACLU files lawsuit for transgender individuals to change birth certificate policy
CHARLESTON —The American Civil Liberties Union and its West Virginia chapter are suing the state over its transgender birth certificate policy.