
Norman K. Moon Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
by James C. Sherlock
Jim Bacon reported April 8 on the claims of Kieran Ravi Bhattacharya, a former student at the University of Virginia Medical School, who alleges that he was retaliated against for exercising his First Amendment freedoms at a panel discussion by the University’s chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association (“AMWA”).
Senior Judge Norman K. Moon of the United States District Court Western District of Virginia in a memorandum opinion dated March 31, 2021, dismissed three of the four complaints but left in place the First Amendment allegation.
Mr. Bacon offered the following cautions:
“That ruling presents only one side of the story, Bhattacharya’s, and has to be considered in that light.”
“If Bhattacharya displayed a pattern of being loud, belligerent, and threatening, the actions taken against him conceivably might be justified.”
The defense Answer to the plaintiff’s First Amendment retaliation allegation was filed yesterday. Continue reading