U.S. Department
of Justice
United States v Prince George County, Virginia (E.D. Va.)
On September 30, 2021, the United States filed a complaint in Mark L. Gunn v. Prince George County, Virginia (PGC) and the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) (E.D. Va.). The complaint alleged that Defendants violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). The lawsuit alleged that Defendant PGC’s police department failed to properly reinstate Mark L. Gunn to his position as a detective with the police department, failed to pay him a bonus he was entitled to and that the police department and VRS failed to provide him with certain retirement benefits in violation of USERRA. On April 29, 2022, the Parties entered into a Court endorsed settlement agreement resolving the case. The agreement required the Defendants to provide Gunn with payment for lost benefits due to the failure to reinstate Gunn to his detective position, payment for lost pension benefits and other pension benefits for his service. The Civil Rights Division’s Employment Litigation Section litigated this matter with attorneys and staff from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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