Where Fairfax County had brought an action in state court on behalf of two tenants who were discriminated against by their landlord on the basis of their familial status, the tenants could not bring a separate action in federal court ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A woman who came to the country on a visitor visa, and who then twice married U.S. citizens (during which marriages she gave birth to children fathered by another man) failed to show that United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where an employee voluntarily left her employment after her position was downgraded from full-time to part time, she was not constructively discharged. and the change did not constitute an adverse employment action sufficient to establish a prima facie case of ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The owner of copyrights to eight films was entitled to judgment against a defaulting defendant based on the proof attached to the complaint that the defendant had downloaded, copied and distributed digital bits of the copyrighted film files through a ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the parents of a man killed by police officers filed an administrative claim before they were appointed their son’s executors, they failed to exhaust their remedies and their wrongful death suit is dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The plaintiff demonstrated the defaulting defendant violated the federal Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act. Background On July 24, 2018, plaintiff brought an in rem action for cybersquatting and trademark infringement against defendant FractalAnalyticsPro.com. . The clerk of court entered default on Oct. ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Record companies failed in their attempt to sue a Russian national who owns and operates two websites the plaintiffs allege are used for music piracy and copyright infringement because the defendant did not purposefully avail himself of the benefits and ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A woman’s ADA discrimination and retaliation claims against Fairfax County failed because she could not show she suffered an adverse employment action. There was no evidence she was forced to leave her job nor had she been singled out for ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An 11-count discrimination suit brought by a former substance abuse counselor was dismissed because one defendant could not be sued and another was immune; the court did not have jurisdiction over some counts and others ran the statute of limitations, ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a money-laundering defendant brought a claim that her lawyer was ineffective, at sentencing she has asked if she had been satisfied with his services, answering yes, her ineffective assistance claim is denied. Background On Aug. 30, 2016, petitioner pleaded ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District