Although movant claims to have purchased a note related to the Chapter 11 debtor’s debt to defendant, movant has not proved his ownership of the note under Connecticut law, and the Richmond U.S. District Court denies his motion to be ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An alleged MS-13 gang member, charged with racketeering-related charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, use of a firearm and maiming, is entitled to a “missing witness” jury instruction because the U.S. deported a material witness without advising the defense; ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In remand of this case in which the court earlier entered an injunction, the Richmond U.S. District Court denies defendant’s motion to dissolve the injunction, but modifies the injunction to conform to the findings upheld by the appellate court. Defendant ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff borrowers’ suit alleging defendant note holder LNV Corporation’s substitution of trustee is invalid and foreclosure on their property should be overturned. Plaintiffs must demonstrate that but for LNV’s allegedly invalid execution of the ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiff Cincinnati Insurance Company, as assignee of a claim against defendant insurance broker and his agency, may sue those defendants for failure to place property insurance on a property that was damaged by fire after the prior insurance had lapsed; ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A federal judge who ruled on a telecom dispute before realizing he owned stock in one of the telecommunications companies before the court was not required to quit the case, an appeals court panel says. The parties were headed into ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Judge Robert E. Payne

Property owners who lost their property to foreclosure have not met the case-or-controversy requirement for the Richmond U.S. District Court to exercise jurisdiction over their claims for a loss of equity in the property, rents on the property, inconvenience and ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff suing for the fatal shooting of his son who allegedly was unarmed when a police SWAT team entered a house in which decedent had barricaded himself alone in a bathroom has stated a claim against the two defendant ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A pro se plaintiff who complained to the management of defendant temporary staffing agency, his employer, about only being assigned to jobs when no one else was available and of being repeatedly subjected to insults and a threat of violence, ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses a subcontractor’s suit alleging that various defendant contractors on a state construction contract refused to pay plaintiff because it was a minority-owned contractor, as plaintiff makes only conclusory allegations that do not satisfy the ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District