Ible v. Commonwealth

By JUDGE RANDALL G. JOHNSON

This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motion for an order suspending action, which the court interprets as a petition for a temporary injunction. The action sought to be enjoined is a garnishment proceeding filed in the General District Court of the City of Richmond in which plaintiff is the judgment debtor and Fidelity Realty and Construction Company ("Fidelity") is the creditor. Because plaintiff alleges the unconstitutionality of a state statute, he has made the Commonwealth of Virginia the defendant in the bill of complaint filed in this court.1

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