Former Virginia Tech rector John Rocovich filed a lawsuit against Gov. Abigail Spanberger in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Tuesday after she removed him from the university’s board of visitors in May for undisclosed reasons pertaining to his conduct. …
Rocovich’s team of attorneys argued, in the lawsuit, that Spanberger did not have the power to remove him from the board because there was no “‘malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, or gross neglect of duty’ as detailed ‘in a public statement’ of ‘reasons’” by the governor pertaining to his removal. …
“Governor Spanberger provided no such reasons. That is because none exist. She identified no instance of Rocovich’s alleged misconduct–because there is none. Governor Spanberger lacked cause to remove Rocovich, so her purported removal violated the Commonwealth’s code and constitution. This court should right her wrong and order Rocovich’s reinstatement,” the lawsuit read.
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