A self-employed plumber who used a privately issued government identification document at TSA airport checkpoints, and admitted to a federal agent that he believed TSA agents probably assumed he worked for the government, is not entitled to a judgment of ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses for lack of subject matter jurisdiction a Bangladeshi citizen’s appeal arising from denial of his temporary resident application. Appellant applied to change his legal status pursuant to the amnesty program established by the Immigration ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Given the breadth of defendant’s objections and defendant’s counsel’s unwillingness to negotiate until after responses to discovery requests are provided, an Alexandria U.S. District Court magistrate judge says plaintiff was justified in bringing this motion to compel. To most of ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Theresa C. Buchanan U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court denies defendants summary judgment in this litigation in which plaintiff alleges infringement of a patent that involves a credit-card sized communications device. On Jan. 9, 2009, plaintiff DNT commenced this lawsuit alleging that various wireless ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff may sue under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of his rights resulting from an alleged extension of his incarceration for seven months longer than authorized by law, says a Richmond U.S. District Court. In February 2009, a ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Given the transitory nature of plaintiff’s injuries – on the job and in an automobile accident – as well as the types of restrictions placed on her during a period of temporary disability, plaintiff, a fabric worker for the military, ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a plaintiff’s lawsuit that attempts to satisfy a default judgment against the Cuban government and others for purported acts of torture committed against plaintiff, an Alexandria U.S. District Court grants a motion to allow intervention by a Cuban institution ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A South Dakota inventor who submitted an application for a patent for a “Flared Windshield for a Motorcycle” loses on summary judgment his lawsuit charging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with “arbitrary and capricious” denial of his patent application; ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A couple in default on their mortgage cannot sue defendant trustees for violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, as defendant is not a debt collector under the Act, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says. Like the defendants in ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who lost his home to foreclosure after his mortgage loan default cannot sue the mortgage loan servicer under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says, as the loan servicer is not a debt ...

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