Case law

Tenacre Foundation v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

892 F. Supp. 289 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 13, 1995

Evidence of such qualifications may include, but need not be limited to, evidence establishing that the alien is a monk, nun, or *293 religious brother or that the type of work to be done relates to a traditional religious … Congress passed the statutes at the same time, and it clearly distinguished between the two statutes when it included the prior experience requirement in one and not in the other.

Keeley v. Small

391 F. Supp. 2d 30 · District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 30, 2005

Clearly, plaintiff engaged in statutorily protected activity when he filed administrative complaints in December 1999, February 2000, and June 2000. … More importantly, only where a reasonable employer would have found plaintiff “significantly better qualified” can a fact finder infer that the employer consciously selected the less qualified applicant. Carter v.

Millican v. United States

District Court, District of Columbia · Oct 13, 2010

It specifies that a promotion may be delayed for six months after the date of promotion if there are any ongoing investigations or proceedings or any cause to believe that the officer is not qualified. 10 U.S.C. § 14311 … That provision does not provide any time limit, but clearly states that the “President may remove the name of any officer from a promotion list at any time before the date on which the officer is promoted.” 10 U.S.C. §

Hooker v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

887 F. Supp. 2d 40 · District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 21, 2012

The withheld records qualify as predecisional and deliberative. … Cir. 2005) (noting that even innocuous information may qualify for Exemption 6 protection).

Williams v. Veterans Affairs Administration

District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 20, 2020

The FTCA contains a limited waiver of sovereign immunity that allows the United 10 States to be sued for the negligent acts or omissions of its employees acting within the scope of their … Porter] will use the VA’s own guidelines, a national standard, which clearly states ‘[m]edical documentation is required for all 22 services provided to a Veteran under the [VA].’”

Nurriddin v. Goldin

382 F. Supp. 2d 79 · District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 17, 2005

Circumstances Giving Rise to Discrimination Even were plaintiff able to establish that he was qualified for a promotion through accretion, he has not shown that similarly qualified co-workers were promoted during the time … See Pl.’s Statement ¶ 29. 9 This clearly constitutes protected activity for purposes of establishing the first element of the prima facie test. See McGowan v.

Newport Aeronautical Sales v. Department of the Air Force

District Court, District of Columbia · Oct 7, 2009

Moreover, once received, the qualified U.S. … (ii) the Board may disclose such information in cases in which the Board finds that such disclosure is clearly in furtherance of the interest of the employee or his estate; . . . .

Stansell v. Republic of Cuba

217 F. Supp. 3d 320 · District Court, District of Columbia · Nov 4, 2016

A plaintiff relying upon this statutory provision to abrogate sovereign immunity and, thus, establish subject matter jurisdiction, must prove four elements: (1) the foreign country was designated a state-sponsor … Nonetheless, courts in this District previously have allowed a plaintiff’s FSIA claim to proceed, even absent a clearly articulated theory of recovery, when the plaintiff alleged all the facts necessary to establish the

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. United States Transportation Security Administration

928 F. Supp. 2d 156 · District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 7, 2013

Department of Justice, the Circuit held that factual materials included in a report were immune from disclosure where that information “was assembled through an exercise of judgment in extracting pertinent material from … True, the agency has “the burden of establishing what deliberative process is involved, and the role played by the documents in issue in the course of that process.” Coastal States Gas Corp. v.

In Re Capitol Hill Healthcare Group

242 B.R. 199 · District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 13, 1999

Nor has the debt- or ever sought to qualify with the Internal Revenue Service as a charitable organization. … That alone does not establish an injustice as required by Quinn to pierce the corporate veil.

Campaign Legal Center v. Federal Election Commission

District Court, District of Columbia · Jun 26, 2025

With that goal in mind, FECA establishes certain disclosure requirements for individuals and organizations spending money in connection with federal elections. Id. … J. at 17 (saying the ad qualified as independent expenditures “[u]nder the plain terms of the express advocacy standard at 11 C.F.R.

Galvin v. Harker

District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 18, 2022

Waiver of Sovereign Immunity The government next contends that Galvin’s claim under the APA is barred by the United States’s sovereign immunity. See Gov’t Mot. at 11–12. … Supp. 3d 7, 13 (D.D.C. 2020)), and he argues that “[s]ection 628 certainly does not clearly and convincingly bar APA review even if it does create an alternate remedy.” Id.

Aamer v. Obama

58 F. Supp. 3d 16 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jun 24, 2014

In contrast to Al Warafi , Petitioner does not claim to fit within one of the clearly-defined detention categories listed in Army Regulation 190-8. … Circuit nonetheless considered whether he qualified as a medic under Army Regulation 190-8, see Al Warafi II, 716 F.3d at 627-29 .

Beth Rochel Seminary v. Bennett

624 F. Supp. 911 · District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 19, 1985

This legislation established certain student financial aid programs and created a comprehensive system for administering those programs. … To that end, section 1141(a) was promulgated, establishing the 3IC method of eligibility.

Brandenburg, Sr. v. U.S. Department of State

District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 11, 2023

See 5 U.S.C. § 702 (waiving sovereign immunity only for claims “seeking relief other than money damages”). … overpayments past his termination date and it would not have been reasonable for him to assume the payments were meant as unofficial compensation for his SSA EEO case in the absence of any “official documents from the [DOS] clearly

Otero v. Government of the District of Columbia

District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 22, 2025

Supp. 2d 269, 283–84 (D.D.C. 2013) (finding that conclusory failure to train allegations without corresponding assertions of fact “clearly miss the Iqbal and Twombly pleading-standard mark”). … However, where a district court “dismiss[es] all claims independently qualifying for the exercise of federal 12 jurisdiction, [the court] ordinarily dismiss[es] as well

Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission

466 F. Supp. 2d 195 · District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 21, 2006

WRTL admits that it does not qualify for any exception permitting it to pay for the *198 exception electioneering communications from corporate funds because (a) it is not a "qualified nonprofit corporation” within the definition … , the Supreme Court concluded that “the vast majority of ads clearly had such a purpose,” Id.

Jones v. District of Columbia

879 F. Supp. 2d 69 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 25, 2012

Code.4 This statute imposes conditions on the District’s waiver of sovereign immunity, which are “mandatory as a prerequisite to filing suit against the District.” Barnhardt v. … While the Plaintiffs clearly conveyed the possibility of a discrimination complaint, it was a complaint of sexual orientation discrimination, not sex discrimination.

Williams v. Romarm S.A.

District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 14, 2021

Wemhoff’s pending motions have clearly “unreasonably and vexatiously” multiplied this litigation. See LaPrade, 146 F.3d at 906. … bears the burden of producing evidence establishing that a specific exception to immunity applies”).

United States Ex Rel. Tran v. Computer Sciences Corp.

53 F. Supp. 3d 104 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 3, 2014

At all times relevant herein, Infotran qualified as a small business concern. … Supp. 2d at 208 (“The plain language of th[e] phrase [‘terms and conditions of employment’] clearly establishes that section 3730(h) applies only to the employment context[.]”)