Arakelian v. The City of Falls Church, Virginia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division CHRISTINE ARAKELIAN, Plaintiff, 1:25-cv-00443-MSN-LRV v. CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Virginia has established in law a system of Boards of Equalization (“BOEs” or, singularly, “BOE”) to adjudicate property-owners objections to local tax assessments. Plaintiff Christine Arakelian asserts that the procedural rules BOEs employ are not fair. Not just that, but she claims (in her third suit along these lines) that BOEs’ procedures violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the…