A High Point woman used court filings this week to defend her federal lawsuit challenging her arrest during a 2020 protest of Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-related shutdown orders. Monica Ussery's lawyers filed three separate documents Wednesday in US District Court. Ussery responded to multiple motions to dismiss her case.
Defendants in a federal lawsuit stemming from an arrest at a 2020 COVID shutdown protest are asking a judge to throw out the case. Four separate motions arrived in US District Court this week seeking dismissal of Monica Ussery’s complaint.
Gov. Roy Cooper could be dropped as a defendant in a federal lawsuit challenging an arrest during a 2020 COVID shutdown protest in Raleigh. A court filing Friday proposes removing Cooper’s name and adding unnamed Raleigh police officers to the list of defendants linked to the arrest.
The city of Raleigh is asking a federal judge to drop the city from a High Point woman’s lawsuit challenging her arrest connected to an April 2020 protest over state COVID-related shutdowns. Monica Ussery filed suit in April against the city, a now-retired police chief, and a now-retired Raleigh police captain, along with Gov. Roy
A High Point woman arrested and charged in connection with an April 2020 ReOpenNC COVID shutdown protest is going to federal court. She’s suing Gov. Roy Cooper, the city of Raleigh, and state and local law enforcement officials for alleged violations of her First and 14th Amendment rights.