When a federal magistrate deems the behavior of state officials to have been so extraordinary as to top anything he has heard in more than 15 years as a state
CHARLESTON For the second time in a week, a West Virginia department is accused of destroying documents in a class action lawsuit, and a federal magistrate
CHARLESTON For the second time in a week, a West Virginia department is accused of destroying documents in a class action lawsuit, and a federal magistrate made his feelings known. In a 39-page order issued Monday night, U.S. Magistrate Judge Omar Aboulhosn found in favor of attorneys representing inmates at the Southern Regional Jail […]
Homeland Security Secretary Mark Sorsaia,said nothing was intentional. He said there were administrative failures in preserving that evidence and some people were disciplined.
Emails and other documents related to a lawsuit against the West Virginia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (WVDCR) were “intentionally” destroyed by the state of West Virginia, and a federal magistrate has recommended that the case be resolved in favor of the plaintiffs suing the state.