- A woman arrested in Raleigh after a 2020 protest of the governor’s COVID-19 shutdown order heads back to court next week.
- Monica Faith Ussery will ask a Wake County judge to allow her to move forward with a state constitutional lawsuit against state and local officials.
- Last year, a federal judge dismissed Ussery’s original lawsuit related to the arrest. She is asking the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse that decision.
A woman arrested after a 2020 Raleigh protest of then-Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 shutdown order heads back to court next week. She will ask a Wake County judge to allow her to proceed with a lawsuit against state and local officials.
Last year, a federal judge dismissed Monica Faith Ussery’s original lawsuit related to the same arrest. She has asked the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse that decision.
Ussery is scheduled to head to Wake County Superior Court Monday for a hearing on her lawsuit addressing state constitutional claims stemming from the arrest. Defendants have filed motions to dismiss the suit…