[PROPOSED] ORDER ROYCE C. LAMBERTH , District Judge . Respondent's Opposed Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Petitioner's Motion for a Preservation Order is hereby DENIED. IT IS SO ORDERED.
MEMORANDUM OPINION RANDOLPH D. MOSS , United States District Judge . Plaintiff Ayo Thomas brings this action against her now-former employer, the District of Columbia, for alleged violations of the Family Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. ("FMLA"), and the District of Columbia Family Medical Leave Act, D.C. Code 32-501 et seq. ("DCFMLA"). Thomas alleges that a month after approving her request for medical leave in October of 2012, the District terminated her employment and...
ORDER PAUL L. FRIEDMAN , District Judge . Upon consideration of the parties' recent joint status report, the Court directs the parties to brief the question of whether Sanders has exhausted his administrative remedies under the Comprehensive Merit Personal Act ("CMPA") by filing an appeal to the Office of Employee Appeals ("OEA"). Administrative Law Judge Eric Robinson recently determined that the OEA did not have jurisdiction over Sanders's procedural due process claim. See Sanders v. D....
OPINION AND ORDER CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER , District Judge . Plaintiff Gregory Selden brought this suit against Airbnb, alleging unlawful race discrimination. On November 1, 2016, the Court issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order granting Airbnb's Motion to Compel Arbitration and staying all proceedings in the case. See Selden v. Airbnb , 16-cv-933, 2016 WL 6476934 (D.D.C. Nov. 1, 2016). The Court's decision to stay the case, rather than to dismiss it, is consistent with recent cases in this...
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER AMY BERMAN JACKSON , United States District Judge . Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has brought this action for securities violations under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), and Exchange Act Rules, against defendants RPM International, Inc. ("RPM") and RPM's General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Edward W. Moore ("Moore"). Compl. [Dkt. # 1] 1, 3 8-9, 85-105....
MEMORANDUM OPINION JOHN D. BATES , United States District Judge . Before the Court is AARP's motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent new regulations promulgated by defendant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), from becoming applicable on January 1, 2017. See Pl.'s Mot. for Prelim. Injunction [ECF No. 2]. EEOC has promulgated two sets of regulations under statutes it administers, one under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), see...
MEMORANDUM OPINION KETANJI BROWN JACKSON , United States District Judge . The "basic purpose" of the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. 552, is "`to open agency action to the light of public scrutiny.'" U.S. Dep't of Justice v. Reporters Comm. for Freedom of the Press, 489 U.S. 749 , 772, 109 S.Ct. 1468, 103 L.Ed.2d 774 (1989) (quoting Dep't of Air Force v. Rose, 425 U.S. 352 , 372, 96 S.Ct. 1592, 48 L.Ed.2d 11 (1976)). In furtherance of that core objective, the FOIA...
MEMORANDUM OPINION Gladys Kessler , United States District Judge . Plaintiff, Common Purpose USA, Inc. ("Common Purpose"), alleges that Defendants, the United States, the District of Columbia, and various officials of both governments, have violated the due process rights of Plaintiff's members by allowing them to be subject to past gun violence and the threat of future gun violence. Plaintiff seeks declaratory relief, which it believes will eliminate the threat of future gun violence...
MEMORANDUM OPINION Royce C. Lamberth , United States District Judge . I. INTRODUCTION This is a dispute between attorneys over who will reap the rewards of a sprawling litigation against the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) under the state sponsor of terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA). Nearly a decade ago, this Court lamented the "contentious road blocks and setbacks in what has been an increasingly futile exercise to hold Iran accountable for unspeakable...
MEMORANDUM OPINION Emmet G. Sullivan , United States District Judge . Currently pending before the court is appellant LaTricia L. Hardy's motion for an emergency temporary restraining order, which, based on the substance of the motion and the relief requested, the Court construes as a motion to stay two bankruptcy court orders pending appeal of those orders in this Court. See Mot. for an Emergency TRO ("Appellant's Mot."), ECF No. 10. Upon consideration of the motion, the responses...
MEMORANDUM OPINION RANDOLPH D. MOSS , United States District Judge . This matter is before the Court on the plaintiff's motion for default judgment. Dkt. 7. Plaintiff, Ana Lucia Martinez, moves for a default judgment against defendant, China Boy, Inc., in the following amounts: (1) $23,952.73 in unpaid wages and (2) $71,858.19 in liquidated damages under the D.C. Minimum Wage Act Revision Act of 1992, totaling $95,810.92. Id. at 8. BACKGROUND Martinez's complaint and motion for...
MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING DEFENDANT'S PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS RUDOLPH CONTRERAS , United States District Judge . I. INTRODUCTION Vivian Vasser alleges that she was unlawfully discriminated and retaliated against when the Department of Veterans Affairs failed to promote her ten different times over the course of three years. Although the details of each alleged failure-to-promote are unique, Defendant's motion hinges on just one attribute of Ms. Vasser's claims: their timing....
MEMORANDUM OPINION RICHARD J. LEON , United States District Judge . This matter is before the Court on petitioner's "Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 USC 1651(a); 28 USC 2254(a)," ECF No. 1, the United States' Opposition to Petitioner's Pro Se "Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 USC 1651(a); 28 USC 2254(a)," ECF No. 12, and "Petitioner's Reply Pursuant to Rule 5(e) of Rules Governing 2254 Cases," ECF No. 26. For the reasons discussed below, the...
MEMORANDUM OPINION Gladys Kessler , United States District Judge . On March 28, 2016, Defendants Dahlquist Studios, Inc. and Jeffrey Dahlquist ("Dahlquist" or "Defendants") filed a Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment against Plaintiffs Federica Mennella and Dr. Luca Gattinoni, M.D., her husband ("Plaintiffs") [Docket No. 5]. Defendants request that the Complaint be dismissed pursuant to Rules 12(b)(6) and 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. On April 12,...
MEMORANDUM OPINION ADOPTING REPORT & RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON , United States District Judge . Plaintiff Geraldine Campfield applied to the Commissioner of Social Security ("Commissioner" or "Defendant") for disability benefits and supplemental security income benefits in 2012, claiming that she was disabled due to neck and back problems, as well as stiffness in her left hand. (AR, ECF No. 5-3, at 2.) 1 In May of 2014, an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"...
ORDER ROYCE C. LAMBERTH , District Judge . It is hereby ORDERED that Petitioner's motion for a record preservation order is GRANTED for the reasons stated in petitioners reply Respondents shall preserve and maintain all vidence, do documents and information. without limitation, now or ever in respondents' possession, custody or control, relating to the torture, mistreatment, and/or abuse of detainees held in the custody of the Executive Branch since September 11, 2001 as well as all...
ORDER ROYCE C. LAMBERTH , District Judge . Having reviewed petitioner's Motion for a Preservation Order and Memorandum of Law in Support of Petitioner's Motion for a Preservation Order, filed with the Court Security Office on November 18, 2016 and notice [ECF No. 260] given November 22, 2016, this Court hereby ORDERS the government to conduct a review of the classification status of that filing. Upon such review, should the government determine that the filings contain classified...
ORDER [Dkts. ##98, 99] RICHARD J. LEON , District Judge . For the reasons set forth in the Memorandum Opinion accompanying this Order, federal defendants' Motion to Alter or to Amend the Court's Judgment [Dkt. #99] and defendant-intervenor Maryland's Motion to Alter or to Amend the Court's Judgment [Dkt. # 98] are GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. It is hereby ORDERED 1. That the Federal Transit Administration ("FTA") shall conduct an assessment as expeditiously as possible, in...
MEMORANDUM OPINION RICHARD J. LEON , United States District Judge . Currently before the Court are federal defendants' Motion to Alter or to Amend the Court's Judgment [Dkt. # 99], and defendant-intervenor Maryland's Motion to Alter or to Amend the Court's Judgment [Dkt. # 98], both filed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). Upon careful consideration of the motions, the parties' responses thereto, the prior motions for summary judgment, the applicable law, and the entire...
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Amit P. Mehta , United States District Judge . Plaintiff Stephen Kelleher entered into a contract with Defendant Dream Catcher, L.L.C. to renovate his home. Dream Catcher's owners are Defendants Cesar De Armas and Heidi Schultz. When the renovation went awry, Plaintiff brought this action against Dream Catcher and its two owners, advancing various contract, quasi-contract, and tort claims, as well as two putative statutory claims under District of Columbia law....
