MEMORANDUM OPINION BERYL A. HOWELL , Chief District Judge . The plaintiff, Ameer Flippin, filed this lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. 552, to compel disclosure of records pertaining to certain federal police officers, maintained by the Department of Interior ("DOI"). Pending are Defendant United States Capitol Police Department's Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 14, and Defendants Department of the Interior ("DOI") and United States Park Police's Motion to...
MEMORANDUM OPINION BERYL A. HOWELL , Chief Judge . The plaintiff, Center for Investigative Reporting, a "nonprofit investigative journalism organization," Compl. 2, ECF No. 1, challenges the response of the defendants —the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its component agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP")— to a request submitted pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. 552, for "[a]ny and all submissions, records, documents, white papers,...
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY , District Judge . Pending before this Court is pro se Defendant Joseph Tolbert's [1030] Motion to Reduce Length of Disability, filed pursuant to Section 504 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ("LMRDA"), 29 U.S.C. Section 504, and the United States' [1049] Response to Defendant's Motion ("Govt's Resp."). The United States ("Government") does not oppose Defendant's request for reduction "[i]n light of the...
MEMORANDUM OPINION COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY , United States District Judge . Pending before the Court is Defendants Tyrone Garrett and the District of Columbia Housing Authority's Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 26. Defendants have moved to dismiss various claims in the Amended Complaint, ECF No. 24, under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim. In particular, Defendants contend that Ms. Chavis's claims...
OPINION & ORDER #92 — REMAND PAUL L. FRIEDMAN , United States District Judge . Litigation in this case has persisted for over two decades. In 2006, Judge Gladys Kessler, after conducting a nine-month bench trial, issued a thorough opinion in which she found that the defendant manufacturers had conspired to violate and in fact did violate the substantive provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. 1962. See United States v. Philip Morris USA,...
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER AMIT P. MEHTA , District Judge . As part of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 ("TCJA"), Congress enacted certain "transition tax" provisions applicable to "controlled foreign corporations" owned by "United States persons." See generally Pub. L. 115-97, 131 Stat. 2054 (2017). On January 15, 2019, Defendants Internal Revenue Service and United States Department of Treasury published final regulations to effectuate these tax provisions. Plaintiff Monte Silver...
MEMORANDUM OPINION CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER , District Judge . Brandon Jacobs alleges that the National Security Agency ("NSA") unlawfully withheld and failed to amend records containing his personal information. Discerning no basis upon which relief can be granted, the Court dismisses the case. See 28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) ("[T]he court shall dismiss the case at any time if the court determines that [] the action . . . fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted."). A "...
MEMORANDUM OPINION ROYCE C. LAMBERTH , District Judge . Plaintiff Document Technologies, LLC ("DTI") has filed an application with this Court for a Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO") against defendant David Hess. ECF No. 7. Mr. Hess opposes the TRO application. ECF No. 10. For the reasons set forth below, the Court will deny DTI's request for a TRO. BACKGROUND DTI is a company that provides on-site services to law firms. These services include procurement of personnel, procurement of...
MEMORANDUM OPINION (December 16 th , 2019) [Dkt. # 29, 31] RICHARD J. LEON , District Judge . Sylvia Williams brings various common law and federal claims arising from her allegedly unlawful arrest and prosecution after an incident at a nightclub in the District of Columbia. See Compl. 5-12 [Dkt. # 1-2]. She seeks to hold Officer Maynor Gonzalez ("Officer Gonzalez") and the District of Columbia ("the District") (collectively, "the District defendants") liable for Officer Gonzalez's...
MEMORANDUM OPINION December 16 , 2019 [# 114] RICHARD J. LEON , District Judge . On September 7, 2010, Medicaid recipients brought this suit against the District of Columbia ("the District"), alleging the District failed to provide them due process when denying Medicaid coverage for certain prescription medications. See Compl. [Dkt. # 3]. After two amended complaints, four motions to dismiss, and two appeals to the D.C. Circuit, plaintiffs filed a motion for a preliminary injunction...
MEMORANDUM OPINION ELLEN S. HUVELLE , United States District Judge . Before the Court is yet another case involving immigrants who enlisted in the Unites States military as part of the MAVNI program. 1 These plaintiffs, Gunay Miriyeva, Ann Tum, Siddhi Kulkarni, and Bipin Kadel, are seeking naturalization under 8 U.S.C. 1440, which provides an expedited path to naturalization based on military service during certain periods of military hostilities. Their applications have been denied...
MEMORANDUM OPINION TREVOR N. MCFADDEN , District Judge . Petitioners Hyundai Motor Company and Hyundai Motor America have filed trademark infringement claims against Direct Technologies International ("DTI") with the U.S. International Trade Commission ("USITC"). See Pet'rs' Mot. 1-2, ECF No. 1. In pursuit of its claims, Hyundai seeks documents and deposition testimony from two Canadian residents whom Hyundai believes possess relevant information about the trademark violations. See id....
MEMORANDUM OPINION TIMOTHY J. KELLY , District Judge . Plaintiff Stacey Makell, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, brought this action in August 2019 alleging a variety of claims related to her mortgage or the underlying property. ECF No. 1. Defendants subsequently moved to dismiss the complaint in several waves. Defendant FedChoice Federal Credit Union first moved alone. ECF No. 6. The following day, it jointly filed with Defendant CU Members Mortgage Colonial Savings, F.A., an...
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER TIMOTHY J. KELLY , District Judge . Defendant Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has moved to strike or dismiss Plaintiffs' class allegations and to dismiss Count II of the Amended Complaint. WMATA argues that Plaintiffs failed to move for class certification within the time limit imposed by this Court's Local Rules. WMATA also argues that it is immune from Plaintiffs' age discrimination claims. For the reasons discussed below, the Court...
MEMORANDUM OPINION CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER , District Judge . Plaintiffs in this ERISA action—the Service Employees International Union National Pension Fund and its trustees (collectively, "the Fund")—seek to recover unpaid contributions and associated damages from a New Jersey-based healthcare company. Despite having been properly served, the company has not responded to the Complaint or the Clerk's entry of default. Plaintiffs now request a default judgment, monetary damages, attorney's...
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER RANDOLPH D. MOSS , District Judge . Plaintiff Charmayne Kirkland brings this action against the Department of Homeland Security (the "Department") for allegedly violating the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 791 et seq., Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq., the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. 633a, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., by discriminating against her...
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON , District Judge . For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Robin M. Meriweather's Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED as to its findings and conclusions. It is FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment is DENIED and, for want of jurisdiction, this case is DISMISSED.
MEMORANDUM OPINION RICHARD J. LEON , United States District Judge . On October 31, 2019, Plaintiffs Everglades Harvesting and Hauling, Inc. ("Everglades"), Statewide Harvesting and Hauling, LLC ("Statewide"), Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association ("FFVA"), Florida Citrus Mutual, and National Council of Agricultural Employers ("NCAE") (collectively, "plaintiffs") filed suit against the United States Secretary of Labor, Eugene Scalia ("the Secretary"), and the Assistant Secretary of...
MEMORANDUM OPINION BERYL A. HOWELL , Chief Judge . The defendant, John Milton Ausby, faces retrial on one count of felony murder, for the murder of Deborah Noel on December 14, 1971, after the defendant's 1972 conviction on the same charge was vacated pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255. See United States v. Ausby, 916 F.3d 1089 (D.C. Cir. 2019); Order (July 3, 2019), ECF No. 43. As retrial approaches, the parties now dispute whether the trial transcripts from the defendant's original trial...
MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO PARTIALLY DISMISS Re Document No.: 10 RUDOLPH CONTRERAS , District Judge . I. INTRODUCTION In this employment discrimination suit, Osmel Maestre alleges that his employer, SDH Services East, LLC ("SDH"), violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e, et seq. Am. Compl. 1-2, ECF No. 9. Specifically, Mr. Maestre contends that Defendant subjected him to disparate treatment based on...
