 In announcing that the first case of the office's new division of civil rights will be an alleged sex-for-rent case on Maryland's eastern shore, Attorney General Anthony Brown said the office has filed a civil suit in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County against Eric Sessoms and the Mount Vernon Group. The suit alleges gender-based discrimination in issuing housing. The case is the first for the civil rights division that was launched in January to fight civil rights violations across Maryland. Vicki Schultz, Executive Director of Maryland Legal Aid.