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, )

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.