Legal Opinion
Edmonds v. Clarkson
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 11, 1998No. CIV. A. 2:97CV364PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PAYNE, District Judge.
This action was filed by a former state court judge alleging the deprivation of federal constitutional rights and asserting claims under Virginia common and statutory law. The defendants are Virginia’s judicial review board, its former chairman and former counsel, several state circuit court judges, and a state court clerk. For the reasons set forth below, the action is dismissed.
BACKGROUND
Luther C. Edmonds, a former judge of the Circuit Court for the City of Norfolk, filed this action against (i) eight of his former judicial colleagues…
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