Carter et al v. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries ("VDGIF")/Commonwealth of Virginia et al

Filing 20

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge M. Hannah Lauck on 9/29/2017. (jsmi, )

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division VONNE HARRISON CARTER, et al., Plaintiffs, V. Civil Action No. 3:16cv661 VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES, et aL, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This matter comes before the Court on two motions filed by Defendants Virginia Department of Games and Inland Fisheries ("VDGIF"), Virginia Department of Human Resources Management ("VDHRM"), and VDGIF Executive Director Robert W. Duncan (collectively, the "Defendants"): (1) the "Partial Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Complaint" (the "Partial Motion to Dismiss"), (ECF No. 6); and, (2) the "Motion to Disqualify Plaintiffs [sic] Counsel" (the "Motion to Disqualify"), (ECF No. 14). Plaintiffs Vonne Harrison Carter, Dr. Joice Eaddy Conyers, Charlene Thomas Easter, and Carol King-Robinson (collectively, the "Plaintiffs") responded to the Partial Motion to Dismiss, (ECF No. 10), and the Defendants replied, (ECF No. 12). The Plaintiffs responded to the Motion to Disqualify, (ECF No. 17), and the Defendants replied, (ECF No. 19), The matters are ripe for disposition. The Court dispenses with oral argument because the materials before it adequately present the facts and legal contentions, and argument would not aid the decisional process. For the reasons that follow, the Court will deny the Motion to Disqualify and grant in part the Partial Motion to Dismiss.

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