Where the City of Alexandria moved to dismiss a suit brought by an opera singer arrested for violating the city’s ordinance after singing on the sidewalks, the motion was denied in part because the Noise Control Code uses vague, standard-less ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a motion to seal documents in a criminal case mistakenly included two references to criminal proceedings against a person named Assange, but there was no public record that the government had filed criminal charges against Julian Assange, the application ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A man’s conviction for murder and use of a firearm during a crime of violence was proper as he admitted struggling with three Pentagon police officers, grabbing one of their weapons and firing at the officers, one of whom died ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The court adopted the magistrate judge’s report finding a corporate plaintiff established that it owned the stolen domain name, which was unlawfully transferred by the defaulting defendant. Background Blackshore Properties Inc. filed this civil action against two defendants: John Doe, ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The court rejected a defendant’s argument that his conviction for aiding and abetting attempted murder does not qualify as a “crime of violence” under the §924(c)(3)(A) “force clause,” finding that just because an aspect of his conviction was attempted murder ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a case involving claims of sham real estate investments, a pro se defendant and her company’s repeated failure to appear before the magistrate judge and repeated violations of Federal Rules and court orders, even after compliance with discovery was ...

Tagged with: Judge Leonie Brinkema Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Claims by an unaccompanied minor and his relative that the Office of Refugee Resettlement policy violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the plaintiffs’ procedural due process rights, proceed to discovery. Background Plaintiffs/petitioners in this putative class action are four minors ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A subcontractor cannot rely on a teaming agreement with a contractor as binding, as such agreements imply the parties intend to negotiate in the future. Background InDyne Inc. submitted a proposal to the Air Force in which it proposed Beacon ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiff was granted judgment on liability on a number of consumer claims as a sanction for defendant auto dealer’s misconduct during discovery, and he is entitled to more than $164,000 in damages. Background In this civil action, plaintiff brings a ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The plaintiff Precision Tune franchisor showed that the manner in which the franchisee sold assets and real property and its failure to make advertising expenditures breached the parties’ franchise agreement. Background Plaintiff is the franchisor of the Precision Tune Auto ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District