OPINION AND ORDER (Docs. 6, 7, 8, 11 and 15) WILLIAM K. SESSIONS III, District Judge. Petitioner Alkarim Lakhani, proceeding pro se, initiated this action with a "Motion for Appeal" claiming that he was subject to a removal order, but that a pending visa application was not being adjudicated in a timely manner. (Doc. 6). Lakhani also moved the Court to stay the order of removal. His filings were submitted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241. (Doc. 1 at 1.) Since this case was filed, Lakhani's...
Memorandum and Order WILLIAM K. SESSIONS III, District Judge. Plaintiff Daniel Melo has filed a motion in limine seeking a pretrial order that will define the reasonable value of his medical bills to be the amount his healthcare providers charged him for his care, and not the amount that the providers received from his healthcare insurance; and exclude from evidence any testimony, references and/or arguments that his lost income should be limited to an after-tax amount. Pl.'s Mot. in Limine...
OPINION and ORDER WILLIAM K. SESSIONS III, District Judge. On April 21, 2011, a grand jury indicted Defendant Nathaniel Goodale for possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(4)(B). The charges stem from Defendant's secret video recording of his allegedly 17-year-old stepdaughter in the bathroom while she disrobed to shower and use the toilet, among other things. The charge is primarily based upon the video evidence. See Opp'n to Mot. in Limine 6, ECF No. 8....
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Doc. 2) CHRISTINA REISS, Chief Judge. This matter came before the court on July 22 and August 1, 2011 for an evidentiary hearing on Plaintiff Deanna L. Jones's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 2). Plaintiff alleges Defendant National Conference of Bar Examiners is violating the Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12181, et seq. ("ADA") by refusing to allow Plaintiff to access the Multistate Professional...
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO SUPPRESS (Doc. 20) J. GARVAN MURTHA, District Judge. I. Introduction Defendant Sara Robinson (Robinson or Ms. Robinson) is charged with possessing with intent to distribute oxycodone in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841. (Doc. 1.) Robinson moves to suppress statements and other evidence. She argues her Fifth and Sixth Amendment constitutional rights were violated so her statements and any evidence discovered by the police must be suppressed. (Doc....
OPINION and ORDER WILLIAM K. SESSIONS III, District Judge. Kareem Campbell has been charged in a three-count indictment with possessing with intent to distribute oxycodone, possessing cocaine, and disobeying a lawful order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, which had sentenced him to a term of supervised release prohibiting him from possessing controlled substances. On December 20, 2010, Campbell filed a motion to suppress evidence, a motion to...
OPINION and ORDER Re: Defendant's Motion to Suppress Oral and Written Statements WILLIAM K. SESSIONS III, District Judge. Defendant Michael Jacques, who stands accused of kidnapping and murdering Brooke Bennett, has moved to suppress oral and written statements obtained from him by a government agent, Michael Garcia. Mot. to Suppress, ECF No. 204. Garcia, a friend and former co-worker of Jacques, began acting as Government agent after Jacques contacted him from prison, seeking help with a...
OPINION AND ORDER (Docs. 19 and 23) J. GARVAN MURTHA, Senior District Judge. Plaintiffs Dan Murphy ("Murphy") and Wendy Linnington ("Linnington"), who sue Acceptance Indemnity Insurance Company ("Acceptance") as assignees of the rights of the insured, Rusty Nail Acquisition, Inc. ("Rusty Nail"), now move for partial summary judgment on grounds Acceptance breached its duty to defend Rusty Nail in an underlying personal injury suit. (Doc. 19.) In the underlying action, Plaintiffs alleged...
OPINION and ORDER WILLIAM K. SESSIONS III, District Judge. Plaintiff RLI Insurance Company ("RLI") seeks a judicial determination of its rights and responsibilities under a policy of personal umbrella liability insurance issued to Defendants Arthur and Jane Klonsky. The Klonskys are responsible for injuries sustained by Defendant Maria Rosatone in an automobile accident in 2008. Rosatone filed a claim with RLI under the Klonskys' policy. RLI denied coverage on the ground that the policy was...
