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opinion as to a motion for a preliminary injunction stated: "The School Board contends that granting the preliminary injunction and allowing G.G. to use the male restroom would endanger the safety and privacy of other students" and "G.G.'s unsupported claims, which are mostly inadmissible hearsay, fail to show that his presence in the male restroom would not infringe upon the privacy of other students". The Fourth
Circuit rejected both of these assertions, concluding that "the record is devoid of any evidence tending to show that G.G.’s use of the boys’ restroom creates a safety issue," and that Doumar "abused discretion when denied G.G.’s request for a preliminary injunction without considering G.G.’s proffered evidence." At the district court hearing on the motion to dismiss, Judge Doumar had stated that he had “no problem with transgender” but had “a lot of problems with sex." "I am worried about where we are going," Doumar declared. "Maybe I am just old-fashioned. . . . Where the U.S is going scares me. It really scares me." The
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Circuit Judge James A. Wynn Jr. said. "Tried to be as kind as we could. … Looks like the same case." "Circuit Judge Stephanie D. Thacker was unable to complete a sentence at one point as she considered this 'misstatement of the law.' 'I just — I mean — how do you — it couldn't be more clear,' Thacker told an assistant U.S. attorney."
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In the case of U.S. v. Martinovich, the defendant appealed alleging "a litany of errors." On
January 7, 2016, in vacating Doumar's sentence as "procedurally unreasonable," the Fourth Circuit stated: "Here, we are once again confronted with a case replete with the district court’s ill-advised comments
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bid in 1967. According to Doumar, he played a major role in every
Republican campaign in Norfolk since 1957. Doumar co-managed Richard Nixon's Norfolk campaigns in 1968 and 1972 and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1968, 1972, and 1976. He had been a Republican State Central
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still exists there, and features curb service, homemade barbecue, and handmade ice cream cones. The Doumar family credits Doumar's uncle, Abe Doumar, with inventing the ice cream cone, although Abe's nephew Albert conceded, "There were 40 ice cream stands in the World's Fair and all of them claim
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According to press reports, during the hearing "ne appeals court judge expressed incredulity at Doumar's misstatement of federal sentencing rules during
Martinovich's sentencing hearing" and "nother said the judge's frequent interruptions of Martinovich's defense reminded him of another case two
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Jeffrey Spruill v. U.S., 243 F. Supp. 2d 527, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25492 (E.D. Va., 2002). Doumar ruled that a U.S. citizen designated as an enemy combatant was entitled to a lawyer, and that the government had to provide evidence justifying his detention. The
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