WINSTON-SALEM (AP) The North Carolina doctor accused of reusing syringes and storing human fat in plastic bags can practice medicine again, even though her license was suspended. A Wake County judge granted a temporary restraining order May 15 against the N.C. Medical ...

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When a local sheriff determined that petitioner’s application for renewal of a concealed handgun permit ought to be denied on the grounds that petitioner “suffer[s] from a . . . mental infirmity that prevents the safe handling of a handgun,” ...

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Ballard v. Shelley (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-028-18, 13 pp.) (Richard Dietz, J.) Appealed from Cabarrus County Superior Court (C.W. Bragg, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Defendants allege that Cabarrus County reconsidered previously approved (and final) permit and code determinations without notifying ...

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Painter v. Adams (Lawyers Weekly No. 004-026-17, 15 pp.) (Max Cogburn Jr., J.) 3:15-cv-00369; W.D.N.C. Holding: Even though the Eleventh Amendment bars any damages claims plaintiff may have against the defendant-public university arising out the university’s student disciplinary proceedings in ...

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Tropic Leisure Corp. v. Hailey (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-035-17, 15 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) Appealed from Wake County District Court (Debra Sasser, J.) N.C. App. Holding: The U.S. Virgin Islands’ small claims court deprives litigants of representation by counsel at ...

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Rodriguez v. Bush, Warden (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-169-16, 12 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 14-7297, Nov. 23, 2016; USDC at Rock Hill, S.C. (Wooten, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A defendant who claims his lawyer provided ineffective assistance of counsel when he ...

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Lytle v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-149-16, 8 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) Appealed from the Industrial Commission. N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The plaintiff-prisoner delayed proceedings in the Industrial Commission by refusing to accept a transcript ...

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State v. Mosteller (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-140-16, 8 pp.) (Valerie Zachary, J.) Appealed from Cleveland County Superior Court (Jeffrey Hunt, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Although (1) defendant was present during sentencing, (2) the imposition of attorney’s fees and an ...

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Herron v. North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers & Surveyors (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-223-16, 23 pp.) (Valerie Zachary, J.) Appealed from Buncombe County Superior Court (Marvin Pope Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: Prior to the formal hearing on petitioner’s ...

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Butterworth v. City of Asheville (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-172-16, 14 pp.) (Chris Dillon, J.) Appealed from Buncombe County Superior Court (Mark Powell, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Asheville’s Planning and Zoning Commission had to exercise discretion when it decided whether to ...

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