An Orange County judge rejected a media coalition’s request Tuesday to force the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to release its $1.2 million report on the School of Civic Life and Leadership.
A federal judge has denied plaintiffs’ request to reconsider a September order dismissing a lawsuit challenging conditions in North Carolina’s foster care system.
A federal judge has sanctioned the North Carolina Department of Justice, run by Attorney General Jeff Jackson, after documenting a history of lawyers from its Public Safety Section repeatedly running afoul of federal court rules. US Magistrate Judge Robert Numbers issued a 43-page order Friday imposing sanctions that affect the state attorney general himself.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spelled out its objections Monday to a former provost’s latest request in an open meetings lawsuit against the university. The case is scheduled for a hearing Wednesday afternoon in Hillsborough.
Plaintiffs are asking a federal judge to reconsider his September order dismissing a lawsuit challenging conditions in North Carolina’s foster care system. The judge had ruled that adults who filed the suit did not have close enough relationships with foster children to represent them in court.
A federal judge has agreed that no further action will take place in the US Justice Department’s voter registration lawsuit against North Carolina election officials while the federal government remains shut down.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging conditions in North Carolina’s foster care system. The decision Thursday indicated that eight adults who filed suit on behalf of 13 children did not have close enough relationships with the children to represent them in court.
Left-of-center groups challenging a provision of North Carolina election law are asking a federal judge to help them ensure election integrity activist Cleta Mitchell testifies at a trial next month in Winston-Salem. The challenged provision involves same-day voter registration rules.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections will consider on Wednesday a proposed settlement of a lawsuit the US Justice Department filed against the board in May. The settlement could head to a federal judge as early as Thursday. The suit challenges alleged deficiencies in North Carolina’s voter registrations.
A retirees group working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm is raising concerns about a plan that could resolve a month-old legal dispute between the US Justice Department and North Carolina election officials. A court filing this week suggested that the legal action threatens voting rights.
The US Department of Justice and North Carolina State Board of Elections both object to requests from outside groups to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the state’s voter lists. The elections board voted unanimously Tuesday to endorse a plan that would address the Justice Department's concerns.
