Lineweaver Arrested, Missing Records Produced

Davidson County’s Juvenile Court Clerk was arrested today on civil contempt charges.

Vic Lineweaver is accused of holding up pending cases for more than a year by not delivering records. Last Tuesday, Judge Betty Green gave Lineweaver one week to deliver the files pertaining to certain cases. When he missed that deadline, the judge ordered his arrest.

While Lineweaver is only charged in relation to three juvenile cases, Metro Court Administrator Tim Adgent says they’re symbolic of a longstanding problem.

“It’s not unusual on a daily basis for us to have to stop a hearing, or even reschedule a hearing, because of court files not being in place. There has been an ongoing lack of basic management in that office. I think this is symptomatic of what the ongoing issue has been there.”

A few hours after Lineweaver was taken into custody, the clerk’s office produced the records in question.

written with assistance from Nina Cardona