Case law

Toxco Inc. v. Chu

724 F. Supp. 2d 16 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 20, 2010

The plaintiff submitted a proposal in June 2009, and ARC determined that the plaintiff was the lowest-cost, qualifying bidder. Id. … “[T]o have a property interest in a benefit, a person clearly must have more than an abstract need or desire for it. He must have more than a unilateral expectation of it.

Zalduondo v. Aetna Life Insurance

845 F. Supp. 2d 146 · District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 27, 2012

Zalduondo maintaining that these physicians weren’t qualified to perform her surgery. Id. ¶ 31-32. … to establish a denial of benefits claim.

Pierson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

District Court, District of Columbia · Nov 4, 2011

According to the plaintiff’s complaint, she had sought employment in other divisions within WMATA for which she was qualified but “was never contacted or interviewed for any of the positions.” Am. Compl. ¶ 37. … Id. at 12 (noting that a mere assertion of failure to exhaust administrative remedies without more is “clearly inadequate under prevailing regulations to establish a failure to exhaust administrative remedies”).

Lemmons v. Georgetown University Hospital

241 F.R.D. 15 · District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 1, 2007

This discovery led the Hospital to request that the plaintiff either undergo further training to become a qualified, full-time technologist or retain her present duties in a part-time capacity under a new title and a lower … The defendants have not moved for involuntaiy dismissal under Rule 41(b), and such a remedy would clearly not be appropriate here. .

Everson v. Medlantic Healthcare Group

414 F. Supp. 2d 77 · District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 13, 2006

Donaldson, 437 F.3d 1226 , 1233 n. 2, 2006 WL 305505 , *5 n. 2 (D.C.Cir.2006) (disciplinary memo sent to plaintiffs file did not qualify as an adverse action because it did not affect plaintiffs grade, salary, duties, or … This is clearly not an adverse employment action.

Wise v. Ferriero

999 F. Supp. 2d 286 · District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 11, 2013

He applied to both and believed he was the most qualified applicant from his lab. See id. … Wise thus clearly understood what he needed to do to file an administrative complaint, as he worked with Archives’ EEO Office to do just that.

Butler Amusements, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Labor

District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 26, 2025

Statutory Background The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (“INA”) “established the modern framework for regulation of immigration in the United States, including provisions for the admission of permanent … Article III of the Constitution vests “[t]he judicial Power of the United States . . . in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” U.S.

Rene v. Granholm

District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 20, 2022

Supp. 2d 78, 92 (D.D.C. 2005) (“Occasional instances of less favorable treatment involving ordinary daily workplace decisions are not sufficient to establish a hostile work environment.”). … As this Court already explained, he failed to state a plausible hostile-work-environment claim and so clearly cannot meet the more stringent standard required for constructive discharge.

Aftergood v. Central Intelligence Agency

355 F. Supp. 2d 557 · District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 9, 2005

A “genuine issue” is one whose resolution could establish an element of a claim or defense and, therefore, affect the outcome of the action. … In an earlier case filed by the same plaintiff, this court concluded that that this statute qualifies as a basis for Exemption 3 purposes. 2 Aftergood v. CIA, No. 02-1146, slip op. at 4-5 (D.D.C.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting v. Trump

District Court, District of Columbia · Jun 8, 2025

The Court does not doubt the force of the major premise of their argument; Congress was clearly concerned about preventing “any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States” from directing, supervising, … Yet, if Plaintiffs’ reading of § 396(c)(7) were correct, that provision of the PBA would implicitly create an immunity from removal, even when, for example, a director “[h]as been convicted of a felony,” § 29-406.08(c)(

United States v. Campbell

798 F. Supp. 2d 293 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 27, 2011

Others are such that to limit their locus to the strictly territorial jurisdiction would be greatly to curtail the scope and usefulness of the statute and leave open a large immunity for frauds as easily committed by citizens … extraterrito *305 rial conduct). 4 Aside from “the necessary implication of the statute,” the Ninth Circuit in Cotten also found persuasive evidence that the criminal venue provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 3238 were amended to establish

Protect the Public's Trust v. United States Department of Energy

District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 30, 2024

It is well established, though, that there are circumstances when an agency declaration may properly include hearsay. The D.C. … To determine whether disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, courts employ a two-step test.

Maneely v. Donley

967 F. Supp. 2d 393 · District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 26, 2013

This statute of limitations is “a jurisdictional condition attached to the government's waiver of sovereign immunity.” Hardin v. Jackson, 625 F.3d 739, 740 (D.C. Cir. 2010) (internal quotations omitted). … It is not arbitrary or capricious to conclude that an applicant does not qualify for 100 percent disability when, by his supervisors’ accounts, he can work 20 to 30 percent of a normal workweek. 3.

Blackmon v. Barr

District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 12, 2022

Rather, supervisors would select much less qualified employees to act.” See id., ¶ 72. … The bottom line is that the supervisor appropriately told her to apply for any position that she was interested in and qualified for. 5.

Page v. Comey

District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 1, 2022

If proven, these allegations clearly demonstrate wrongdoing. See Franks v. … immunity.19 2.

Kas v. Financial General Bankshares, Inc.

105 F.R.D. 453 · District Court, District of Columbia · Oct 19, 1984

Davis, 371 U.S. 178 , 83 S.Ct. 227 , 9 L.Ed.2d 222 (1962), the Supreme Court established the standard for granting leave to amend. … The amendment which plaintiffs propose is clearly related in substance to the thrust of plaintiffs’ original complaint and the first amended complaint in which plaintiffs alleged misstatements and misrepresentations by defendants

Cuti v. Barr

District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 29, 2022

Cuti’s attorney reports that he “contacted three locations advertised online as target and/or bird hunting facilities . . . and spoke either to management or ownership,” and, “[i]n each case[,] they clearly stated that … Applying the canon to the three types of enumerated crimes, the Eighth Circuit deduced that they all “clearly involve negative effects on consumers or commerce.” Id.

Chao v. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, AFL-CIO, CLC

141 F. Supp. 2d 13 · District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 28, 2001

The antidemocratic effect of the meeting-attendance requirements clearly outweigh the union’s interest in imposing them. 5 See Steekuorkers, 429 U.S. at 310 , 97 S.Ct. 611 . III. … This interest assumes that only knowledgeable and dedicated persons are qualified to act as delegates (and therefore electors).

Neuma Corp. v. Abdnor

713 F. Supp. 1 · District Court, District of Columbia · Apr 4, 1989

The SBA then subcontracts with qualifying small businesses, which actually provide services directly to the procuring agency. Id. § 637(a)(1). … Discovery is clearly the strictly-limited exception rather than the established rule, and Neuma has not . submitted anything — such as bad faith on the part of SBA officials or inadequate fact-finding procedures — that would

Oconus Dod Employee Rotation Action Group v. Cohen

140 F. Supp. 2d 37 · District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 27, 2001

In particular, Plaintiffs assert that: (1) the five-year policy applies only to GS-12 positions or higher, and thus, qualified and experienced replacements are difficult to find; (2) the lengthy security clearance process … The Interim Guidance is clearly not inconsistent with CPM 301.4. In fact, the Interim Guidance expressly reaffirmed that CPM Subchapter 301.4 set forth the criteria for granting extensions. See Def.’s Mot. at Ex. 5.