Virginia Man Sues Gov. Northam, Demands Repair of Confederate Statue ‘Defaced by Vandals During Riots’ – By Aaron Keller (Law and Crime) / June 9 2020
A Virginia man who on Monday asked a federal judge to prevent Governor Ralph Northam (D) from removing a statue of Robert E. Lee from a park in Richmond is in for a rude awakening. First, his claim makes little sense under the law. Second, he asked the court to hide his identity. It didn’t. Everyone can look at the court file and see who he is.
And, there’s more: the plaintiff not only wants Northam to keep the statue in place; he apparently wants a federal judge to force all future governors to also keep it in place. In other words, the statue would seemingly have unending federal legal protection. And he wants the statue cleaned and repaired. And he’s asking a federal judge to order the governor to clean it and repair it within 10 days.
According to public court documents filed in the Eastern District of Virginia and reviewed by Law&Crime, the plaintiff, William F. Davis, is proceeding without an attorney. “[D]ue to the urgency of the matter, I have not had time to contact potential counsel, nor do I have the resources to fund a potentially lengthy legal battle without assistance,” he wrote in federal court documents available online.
“The issue is the Governor of Virginia’s stated intent to quickly remove the statue of Robert E. Lee from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia,” Davis told the judge.
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