Case law

Pealo v. Farmers Home Administration

412 F. Supp. 561 · District Court, District of Columbia · Apr 6, 1976

In its accompanying Memorandum Opinion, reported at 361 F.Supp. 1320 , this Court held that for the defendants to certify various qualified members of plaintiff class as being eligible to receive direct housing loans under … monies would come from the Federal Financing Bank and thereby add to the national debt, but also because if such a payment did create a deficit it would require Congressional appropriation from the Treasury, which would clearly

Clemente v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

741 F. Supp. 2d 64 · District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 28, 2010

It is established, however, that “[t]he adequacy of a search is not determined by its results, but by the method of the search itself.” Harrison v. Fed. … Clemente that the informants to which the redacted passages appear to refer do not qualify as “current” by any stretch of the imagination.

Informed Consent Action Network v. National Aeronautics & Space Administration

District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 29, 2025

The Supreme Court has set forth “[t]wo requirements . . . , each of which must be satisfied for requested materials to qualify as ‘agency records.’” Tax Analysts, 492 U.S. at 144. … Fox’s declaration, and it establishes that “Caltech has sole control of the email system at JPL,” ECF No. 10-2, at 4 ¶ 13, and that “there is no indication that the requested records . . . have been integrated into NASA

United States v. Sumler

District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 28, 2021

Under this first prong to establish a CCE murder offense, then, no reference is made to any penalty attached to the drug offense violation. … Were he to be vaccinated, he “would not be likely to suffer exacerbation of [his medical] conditions as a result of COVID- 19 . . . because the vaccine would strengthen defendant’s immune response to the virus, protecting

Hicks v. District of Columbia Office of the Inspector General

District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 30, 2018

Without more, the “bags of money” comments are not enough to qualify as direct evidence of age discrimination. … Plaintiff Has Not Established That He Made Protected Disclosures Regarding the Payment Non-Suspension Issue Plaintiff argues that his disclosures qualify as protected activity under the DCWPA.

Federal Cure v. Lappin

District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 18, 2009

Thus, the statute prescribes a two-pronged test the requester must satisfy to qualify for a FOIA fee waiver. … Indeed, compared with the plaintiffs in Forest Guardians, who had not yet even established a website, FedCURE has actually done more to demonstrate their ability to convey meaningful information through their already established

McEachin v. Kijakazi

District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 26, 2024

To qualify for benefits under the Act, a claimant must show that she is “disabled.” See 42 U.S.C. § 1382(a)(1). … She testified that she was unable to meet the physical demands of the new job because it would have compromised her immune system. Id. at 115.

Bazuaye v. United States

41 F. Supp. 2d 19 · District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 22, 1999

See gen-emlly Warren, Qualifying as Plaintiff in an Action for a Conversion, 49 Harv. L.Rev. 1084 (1936). … Under the statute, the burden shifts to potential claimants to establish a superior right to the property. Id. In this case, no claimant successfully established a right to the $11,000. .

Bailey v. Henderson

94 F. Supp. 2d 68 · District Court, District of Columbia · Apr 20, 2000

sexual harassment or other unequal treatment of an employee or group of employees that occurs because of the sex of an employee must, to be illegal under Title VII, take the form of sexual advances or of other incidents with clearly … Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, provides: No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States, as defined in section 706(7) of this title, shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the

Ashraf-Hassan v. Embassy of France

185 F. Supp. 3d 94 · District Court, District of Columbia · May 6, 2016

The reason seems to me much more clearly that she fired her because she was pregnant.” See id. at 9:5-19. … First, Defendant clearly knew all along that March 16 was a Saturday.

Goings v. Court Services & Offender Supervision Agency

786 F. Supp. 2d 48 · District Court, District of Columbia · May 3, 2011

Aug. 16, 2010) (probationer’s liberty interest in being free from sex offender treatment is not “clearly established” and would not appear “unlawful to objectively reasonable official.”). … Amendment or qualified immunity, or no personal involvement in the complained-of misconduct. 2010 WL 3239385 at *10, *11, *15-16, 2010 U.S.

In re Zofran (Ondansetron) Prods. Liab. Litig.

368 F. Supp. 3d 94 · District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 5, 2019

Therefore, these malformations would not qualify as adverse reactions." ( Id. … Those concerns are clearly legitimate.

Breen v. Tucker

821 F. Supp. 2d 375 · District Court, District of Columbia · Nov 4, 2011

Breen for the several vacancies to which he later applied, resulting in him “not [being] selected although imminently qualified.” Id. at 3. Mr. … Breen also clearly states the relief he is seeking: that the Court hold the District in contempt for violating the order to induce the District’s compliance.” Id. The District also argued that Mr.

Lindsey v. United States

448 F. Supp. 2d 37 · District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 22, 2006

In the present case, the plaintiffs clearly have failed to meet their burden of showing that the Enochs exception applies. … Section 7428 permits certain federal courts to entertain challenges to determinations by the Secretary of the Treasury as to whether an entity qualifies as a tax-exempt non-profit organization under 26 U.S.C. § 501 (c)(3)

Alsaraj v. United States Department of State

District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 25, 2025

The Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) provides that a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident may petition for a qualifying relative to receive permanent residency in the United States. 8 U.S.C. § 1154. … Issuing a final decision on a visa application is clearly a discrete agency action, and it is required by both the APA and federal regulations. See Khazaei v. Blinken, No. 23-CV-1419, 2023 WL 6065095, at *6 (D.D.C.

National Treasury Employees Union v. King

798 F. Supp. 780 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 24, 1992

The standards for reviewing the constitutionality of the denial of NTEU’s permit requests are well established. … Such use of the streets and public places has, from ancient times, been a part of the privileges, immunities, rights, and liberties of citizens.

Santos v. Sessions

District Court, District of Columbia · Jun 17, 2019

Brady, 520 F.3d at 494 (“Lest there be any lingering uncertainty, we state the rule clearly: In a Title VII disparate-treatment suit where an employee has suffered an adverse employment action and an employer has asserted … Santos because she was the most qualified candidate for the position and not in retaliation for prior EEO activity.

Douglass v. the Govenment of the District of Columbia

District Court, District of Columbia · Nov 10, 2010

DCPS discriminated against Herbert based solely on his disability by not having the appropriately qualified teachers in his classes.”). … Interpreted consistently with Plaintiff’s prior representations to this Court, Plaintiff’s Section 504 claim is clearly time-barred because Plaintiff filed the instant case over two years after the HOD was issued.7 Therefore

United States Ex Rel. Ervin & Associates, Inc. v. Hamilton Securities Group, Inc.

298 F. Supp. 2d 91 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 7, 2004

And Robinson, qualified and also acting in good faith, approved the running of the second optimization report unilaterally and quickly. … This showing is not enough to establish reckless disregard. 15 .

Libertarian National Committee, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission

228 F. Supp. 3d 19 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 3, 2017

Nov. 7, 2016) (three-judge panel) (“The state party’s inability to use corporate funds in its possession for additional [federal election activity] in which it would like to engage qualifies as a concrete injury.”). … As noted above, the LNC clearly articulates the injury suffered to be the inability to accept the entire Shaber bequest, when it became available in 2015 to engage in election activities, including various forms of expressive