7 results for 'judge:"AliKhan"'.
J. AliKhan denies the climate denialist think tank's motion for a preliminary injunction halting an offshore wind energy project off the coast of Virginia. While one plaintiff, who professes a love for and desire to observe North Atlantic Right Whales, has sufficiently alleged that he faces injury because of a failure to adequately evaluate the project's impact on the whales to confer standing, he has not shown that this harm is sufficient or irreparable enough to warrant a preliminary injunction given existing measures in place to protect the whales.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: AliKhan, Filed On: May 24, 2024, Case #: 1:24cv774, NOS: Environmental Matters - Other Suits, Categories: Environment, Injunction
J. AliKhan largely grants the employer's motion for summary judgment and denies the employee's cross-motion for partial summary judgment in her suit alleging that the employer failed to accommodate her disabilities and cut her hours and threatened to terminate her for taking medical leave. Summary judgment is denied to the employer as to claims related to failures to provide an ergonomic chair and desk and related to the employer's requirement that the employee recertify her FMLA leave. It is otherwise granted.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: AliKhan, Filed On: May 3, 2024, Case #: 1:19cv1766, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. AliKhan grants summary judgment to the FBI in the information seekers' Freedom of Information Act suit related to the 2012 attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya. The FBI has adequately established that withheld records are part of an ongoing investigation of the attacks, and existing public accounts of the attacks do not undermine the agency's concerns about interference with that investigation.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: AliKhan, Filed On: April 26, 2024, Case #: 1:14cv1589, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Administrative Law, Public Record, Agency
J. Alikhan suspends prosecutors Mary Chris Dobbie and Reagan Taylor for six months, stayed in lieu of one year probation. Although the attorneys failed to disclose exculpatory information to the defense during an assault case, there is no evidence of bad faith and they both have clean records.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Alikhan, Filed On: December 7, 2023, Case #: 21-BG-0024 , Categories: Attorney Discipline
J. Alikhan upholds defendant's conviction for receiving stolen property based on evidence he robbed an individual in Maryland, boarded a train and traveled to D.C., where he was arrested with the stolen goods. The record shows he possessed the stolen goods within the district, as required by statute. Affirmed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Alikhan, Filed On: December 7, 2023, Case #: 22-CM-0878 , Categories: Theft
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J. Alikhan reverses the trial court's finding for a couple on their claims against a contractor related to advance payments they made for renovation work they deemed defective. The couple failed to show the contractor or his wife actually accepted the advance payments. Reversed in part.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Alikhan, Filed On: November 22, 2023, Case #: 22-CV-0527, Categories: Property, Contract
J. Alikhan upholds the probate court's interpretation of a deed that a father had originally conveyed as a tenancy by the entirety to his son as one creating a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship to the son. The probate court properly relied on the father's intent when it determined the son was the owner of the property after the father's death. Affirmed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Alikhan, Filed On: August 10, 2023, Case #: 22-PR-0338, Categories: Property, Wills / Probate