Vanda FDA Appointment Suit Tossed After D.C. Circuit Petition
A D.C. federal judge said Vanda Pharmaceuticals must press its Appointments Clause fight over FDA's refusal of its tradipitant application in the court of appeals, not district court.
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D.C. Federal Judge Tosses Inmate’s FSA Credit Release Bid
Judge Randolph D. Moss said Brian Edward Moore appeared to have already received the release-related relief he sought and had previously lost on similar arguments.
Bozzuto Tenants Win Damages Classes In DC Utility Fee Suit
A D.C. federal judge certified two damages classes in a renter's suit accusing Bozzuto Management Company of failing to disclose utility fees and overcharging tenants for water and sewer service.
WMATA Beats Ex-Worker's Firing Suit Over Gun Report
A D.C. federal judge dismissed a former WMATA employee's wrongful termination claim, finding the transit agency was not immune from the suit but that the worker did not fit D.C.'s narrow public-policy exception for at-will employees.
Oil Group Can Defend Gulf ESA Exemption In NRDC Suit
A D.C. federal judge allowed the American Petroleum Institute to intervene in NRDC's challenge to a national-security-based endangered species exemption for Gulf oil and gas operations.
D.C. Magistrate Backs $57.9K Fee Award In Wage Suit
A former Clean the World Foundation employee should receive about half of the fees and costs he sought after only partially prevailing in his D.C. wage case, a magistrate judge recommended.
D.C. Federal Judge Keeps Drug Defendant Out Of Jail, Adds Home Detention
A D.C. federal judge refused to detain Ken Chiaen Chanlee before trial in a drug-trafficking case, finding release conditions could address prosecutors’ flight and safety concerns.
D.C. Federal Judge Tosses Pro Se 'Defense' Equipment Suit
A District of Columbia federal judge granted a pro se plaintiff pauper status but dismissed his complaint without prejudice, finding its allegations too frivolous to support jurisdiction.
DC Judge Tosses Pro Se Suit Over Illinois Custody Dispute
A D.C. federal court dismissed a grandmother's pro se complaint tied to an Illinois child custody matter, saying the dispute belonged in state court.
D.C. Federal Judge Tosses Visa Delay Suit Over Mexico Processing
A District of Columbia federal judge dismissed a family's bid to force action on employment-based immigrant visa applications, finding the alleged delay did not state an unreasonable-delay claim under D.C. Circuit precedent.
D.C. Judge Sends Student's IDEA Remedy Dispute Back To Hearing Officer
A District of Columbia federal judge adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation and ordered a hearing officer to further explain parts of an IDEA decision involving extended school year services and compensatory education.
D.C. Judge Lets FTC’s Texas Case Against WPATH Proceed
A D.C. federal judge denied WPATH’s emergency bid to block the FTC from pursuing a separate enforcement suit in Texas, saying the group had not shown a threat to the court’s prior injunction or irreparable harm.
Strike 3 Gets Early Verizon Subpoena In D.C. Piracy Suit
A D.C. federal magistrate judge said the adult-film copyright plaintiff may seek identifying information for a John Doe internet subscriber tied to alleged BitTorrent infringement.
DC Judge Trims FAA Work Bias Suit, Rejects Reconsideration Bids
A D.C. federal judge denied a former FAA engineer's attempts to revive previously dismissed claims while granting in part and denying in part the government's latest bid to end his pro se employment suit.
SBA Beats Ex-Worker's Shutdown Overtime Suit
A D.C. federal judge granted the SBA administrator summary judgment in a former employee's FLSA suit over a small overtime dispute tied to the 2018 government shutdown.
D.C. Federal Judge Trims Emotional-Distress Claim From WMATA Bus Crash Suit
Judge Richard J. Leon said the plaintiffs did not oppose WMATA's partial dismissal bid and had not pleaded serious, verifiable emotional distress.
D.C. Judge Lets USDA Job Applicant's Race, Sex Bias Suit Proceed
A federal judge said Paul Bishop's latest Title VII complaint cleared the low pleading bar after he alleged the Agriculture Department deemed him qualified but chose a white female candidate instead.
D.C. Judge Pauses Beberman Grievance Case For Transfer Fight
A D.C. federal judge stayed Julie Beberman's case while a related Virgin Islands action over Foreign Service grievance proceedings may be transferred to Washington.
D.C. Federal Judge Tosses Prisoner's 500-Claim Rights Suit
A Washington, D.C., federal judge dismissed a pro se prisoner's sprawling civil rights case against the U.S. government, finding some allegations too insubstantial for federal jurisdiction and the rest too incoherent to proceed.
D.C. Judge Lets Ex-BAC Worker's Race Bias Claim Expand
A former union employee may add a Section 1981 race-discrimination claim over a COVID-19 vaccine policy rollout, but a D.C. federal judge rejected her bid to add several other theories.
Bricklayers Union Worker Can Add Race Bias Claim In Vaccine Policy Suit
A D.C. federal judge let a former International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers employee expand his race discrimination case over his firing under a COVID-19 vaccine policy, but refused to revive or add several other employment, tort and labor-law claims.