MEMORANDUM OPINION REGGIE B. WALTON, United States District Judge The plaintiff in this civil case, Salim Bilal-Edwards, filed a six-count complaint against the defendants, the United Planning Organization ("UPO") and two individuals, De Angelo Rorie and Andrea Thomas, alleging claims of wrongful termination, negligence, extreme and outrageous conduct, hostile work environment, and retaliation under the Whistleblower Protection Act, 5 U.S.C. 2302(b) (2006), and violation of the Age...
MEMORANDUM OPINION [Dkt. #13 (No. 13-0851), #10 (No. 13-0881)] RICHARD J. LEON, United States District Judge. On June 6, 2013, plaintiffs brought the first of two related lawsuits challenging the constitutionality and statutory authorization of certain intelligence-gathering practices by the United States government relating to the wholesale collection of the phone record metadata of all U.S. citizens. 1 These related cases are two of several lawsuits 2 arising from public revelations...
MEMORANDUM OPINION COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, United States District Judge. Plaintiff Janean Chambers brings this action against Defendant Kathleen Sebelius, in her official capacity as Secretary of Health and Human Services, alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 1 Presently before the Court is Defendant's [9] Motion to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, Motion for Summary Judgment. 2 Upon consideration of the pleadings 3 , the...
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER RICHARD W. ROBERTS, Chief Judge. Plaintiff Milton Holloway brings this action against his former employer, the District of Columbia, alleging violations of his rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), and his Fifth Amendment right to due process, arising out of the termination of his employment as a sanitation worker. The District of Columbia has moved for summary judgment. Because the District has shown that it is entitled to judgment as a...
MEMORANDUM OPINION RICHARD W. ROBERTS, Chief Judge. Plaintiffs Samuel Dukore and Kelly Canavan bring damages claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against Metropolitan Police Department ("MPD") Officers Michael O'Dea, Robert Reese, and Hashim Zrien, and Lieutenant Allan Thomas, and Department of Commerce and Regulatory Affairs ("DCRA") Inspector Gilbert Davidson (collectively, the "individual defendants"), alleging that they violated the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution...
MEMORANDUM OPINION EMMET G. SULLIVAN, District Judge. Plaintiff, Charles Ludlam, brought this Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") case against defendant, the United States Peace Corps (the "Peace Corps"), seeking production of the results of the Peace Corps' annual survey of its Volunteers. On March 29, 2013, 934 F.Supp.2d 174 (D.D.C.2013), the Court issued a Memorandum Opinion ruling that defendant was justified in withholding survey results to certain questions on a program-by-program...
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, District Judge. Before this Court are plaintiffs' motions to compel the Secretary to complete the administrative record by including six classes of materials, and to stay the briefing of the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment. For the reasons stated herein, the motion to compel is granted in part with regard to the public comment submitted by the Federation of American Hospitals and the February 13, 2003 Outlier Correction Interim...
MEMORANDUM OPINION RICHARD W. ROBERTS, Chief Judge. Plaintiff Romella Arnold, an African-American employee of the United States Department of the Interior ("DOI"), brings suit against the Secretary of the DOI ("Secretary") alleging that the Secretary failed to promote her in retaliation for her prior EEO activity, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"), 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq. At the close of discovery, the Secretary moved for summary judgment. Because...
MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING THE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS WITHOUT PREJUDICE; DENYING THE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION The plaintiff is an individual who entered into a Deed of Trust regarding residential real estate with the defendant, Flagstar Bank. The plaintiff satisfied the debt, and claims that the defendant is in breach of contract because it failed to subsequently surrender the original note. Further, the plaintiff claims...
MEMORANDUM OPINION BERYL A. HOWELL, District Judge. The Executive Office for United States Attorneys ("EOUSA") denied a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request for records, which are maintained in a Freedom of Information and Privacy Brief Bank ("Brief Bank") and accessible on the Department of Justice's intranet, on grounds that the Brief Bank and any records contained in it are protected by the attorney work product doctrine and, thereby, exempt from disclosure under FOIA exemption (...
MEMORANDUM OPINION JAMES E. BOASBERG, District Judge. Plaintiffs filed this action against their employer, Wackenhut Services LLC, and its affiliates, claiming that Defendants owed them unpaid compensation for their work on American military bases overseas. In response, the Wackenhut Defendants filed a Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Litigation, arguing that Plaintiffs were obligated to arbitrate these claims under the mandatory-arbitration provision in their employment agreements....
MEMORANDUM OPINION COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, United States District Judge. This contract action involves an agreement concerning the design and construction of nuclear electrical generating units in Waynesboro, Georgia. On July 25, 2012, Plaintiffs Stone & Webster, Inc. and Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (together "Plaintiffs") filed the instant [1] Complaint against Defendants Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, and the City of...
MEMORANDUM OPINION REGGIE B. WALTON, United States District Judge The plaintiffs in this civil case, M.O., through her parents, Elizabeth Seymour and Robert Ourlian, allege that the defendant, the District of Columbia ("District"), failed to provide M.O. with the free appropriate public education ("FAPE") to which she is entitled under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. 1400 (2006). Complaint ("Compl.") 74-80. The parties filed cross motions for summary...
MEMORANDUM OPINION COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Plaintiff 2910 Georgia Avenue LLC filed suit against the District of Columbia, Mayor Vincent C. Gray, and Michael P. Kelly in his official capacity as Director for the Department of Housing and Community Development ("DHCD"), alleging the District of Columbia's Inclusionary Zoning Program constitutes an unconstitutional taking and violates the Plaintiff's substantive due process and equal protection rights. Presently...
Re Document Nos.: 2, 5-13, 15 MEMORANDUM OPINION RESOLVING ALL PENDING MOTIONS RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge I. INTRODUCTION This action arises out of the Defendants' alleged violations of the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act. On November 15, 2012, the pro se Plaintiff, Mr. Jeremy Pinson, filed a complaint alleging that Defendants, Department of Justice ("DOJ") and its components, failed to respond to the Plaintiff's requests under the Freedom of...
Re Document Nos.: 6, 9, 19 MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS OR TRANSFER; FINDING AS MOOT PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY; AND DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL AND FOR RULE 37 SANCTIONS RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION This matter comes before the Court on the defendants' motion to dismiss. The plaintiff is an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. The defendants are a Wyoming-based...
MEMORANDUM OPINION Emmet G. Sullivan, United States District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Frank H. Wilson, proceeding pro se, has filed a complaint against eight Defendants: Timothy F. Geithner, the former Secretary of the Treasury; the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury; John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader; John Campbell, a Representative for the 48th congressional district of California in the...
MEMORANDUM OPINION Gladys Kessler, United States District Judge Plaintiff Stephen D. Metz ("Plaintiff" or "Metz") brings this diversity action against Defendant BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc. ("Defendant" or "BAE") alleging violations of the common law of the District of Columbia. This matter is presently before the Court on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Amended Complaint [Dkt. No. 13]. Upon consideration of the Motion, Opposition [Dkt. No. 19], Reply [Dkt. No....
MEMORANDUM OPINION AMY BERMAN JACKSON, United States District Judge The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the United States House of Representatives has filed this action to enforce a subpoena it issued to the Attorney General of the United States, Eric H. Holder, Jr. The Attorney General refused to produce a portion of the records called for by the subpoena on the grounds that they are covered by the executive privilege, and the Committee seeks a declaration that the...
MEMORANDUM OPINION AMY BERMAN JACKSON, United States District Judge Plaintiffs Toshia Hodges, Barron Jackson, Irma Flores, and Rasheed Hammond have brought four separate actions against several Metropolitan Police Department ("MPD") officers in their individual capacities and against the District of Columbia. They allege claims arising out of their arrests for disorderly conduct and their release pursuant to a "post-and-forfeit" procedure whereby an arrestee simultaneously posts and forfeits...
