DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STRIKE AND DISMISSING WITH PREJUDICE EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION RAMONA V. MANGLONA , Chief District Judge . I. INTRODUCTION This is a Title VII civil rights suit in which plaintiff Nicolas Pohl alleges that defendants illegally discriminated against him by not hiring him on the basis of his race, national origin, and age. Before the Court is defendants Exxon Mobil Corporation and Mobil Oil Mariana Islands, Inc.'s motion to strike plaintiff's second first...
DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT RAMONA V. MANGLONA , Chief District Judge . I. INTRODUCTION This case involves plaintiffs' challenge to a large-scale effort by the U.S. Department of the Navy and Department of Defense to relocate several thousand U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam. Plaintiffs maintain that this effort may not proceed until defendants comply with the statutory obligations imposed by the National Environmental...
DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS RAMONA V. MANGLONA , Chief District Judge . I. INTRODUCTION This is a civil case brought by Plaintiff Obaydul Hoque Bhuiyan ("Bhuiyan") against the United States pursuant to the Federal Torts Claims Act ("FTCA"), 28 U.S.C. 1346(b), 2671-2680 and a claim for declaratory relief, 28 U.S.C. 2201. Bhuiyan alleges that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service ("USCIS") negligently granted his I-360 application and later...
DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS' FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Ramona V. Manglona , Chief Judge . I. INTRODUCTION Presently before the Court is Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint ("FAC") (ECF No. 38) pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). Plaintiffs, the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation ("CUC") and 13 of its alien contract workers employed under the federal Commonwealth-only transitional worker...
MEMORANDUM DECISION DENYING DEFENDANT ZHAOPENG CHEN'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL RAMONA V. MANGLONA , Chief Judge . I. INTRODUCTION On December 16, 2016, the Court denied Defendant Zhaopeng Chen's Motion for Judgment of Acquittal, brought pursuant to Rule 29(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. (Order, ECF No. 181.) This memorandum decision explains the Court's reasoning. II. BACKGROUND On December 10, 2015, the grand jury returned a one-count indictment against Xi Huang,...
