In a dispute over cryptocurrency, where plaintiffs failed to demand a jury trial within the time required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, their untimely request was denied. Background This action relates to a dispute over the ownership of ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a woman sued her ex-husband for return of all assets awarded in their divorce, but both parties resided in Virginia and there was no allegation the ex-husband was acting under color of state law, the suit was dismissed because ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a complaint filed by a woman asserting claims for race discrimination and retaliation was signed by an attorney who was not admitted in the court, a corrected complaint signed by an admitted attorney was promptly filed, but the corrected ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a man challenging responses he received in response to his Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, requests failed to exhaust his administrative remedies as to two requests, those claims were dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Background John ...

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Where an employee alleged that she suffered an adverse employment action when she used sick leave while her accommodation request was being considered by her employer, but she volunteered to use the sick leave as an interim accommodation and she ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Although a government contractor agreed that any legal action would be brought “in a court of competent jurisdiction in Virginia,” that clause, by itself, did not establish that venue was proper in this court under 28 U.S.C. § 1391. As ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a conflict of interest disqualified a law firm from representing a Russian bank that sought discovery in aid of an alleged fraud, its subpoenas were quashed. The bank could seek them again through conflict-free counsel. Background VUZ Bank JSC ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

A federal jury will hear the claims of a life-long hunter who fell 20 feet to the ground when corroded support cables for a treestand snapped during installation. The manufacturer argued that the hunter lacked evidence of defective design. Further, ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a detainee sued the United States Postal Service, or USPS, for failing to respond to his requests under the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, but the record showed he sent his requests to the wrong component of the ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

In a takings case involving the Mountain Valley Pipeline, or MVP, a federal court has excluded a landowner’s experts who sought to establish the fair market value of her condemned land and the expected depreciation of her remaining land. Judge ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District