6 results for 'judge:"Giles"'.
J. Giles grants the home owners' association's motion to dismiss claims they violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and Fair Housing Act. The servicemember, new to the neighborhood, believed the home owners' association denied his request to build a fence and a second driveway because of his South Asian ethnicity. The Acts are intended to protect vulnerable people from eviction, but the servicemember failed to identify any specific parts of the Acts the HOA violated in what they say was a purely aesthetic decision that had nothing to with his ethnicity.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Virginia, Judge: Giles, Filed On: March 5, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv551, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Property, Housing, Military
J. Giles grants the bank's motion to dismiss consumer protection and breach of contract claims from a group of payment card account holders. The group claimed the bank used fictional exchange rates and would apply those exchange rates to the group's foreign transactions. Despite establishing standing as a group who suffered an injury and displayed a likelihood that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision, the group failed to plausibly allege that the exchange rate processors acted as the banks' agents.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Virginia, Judge: Giles, Filed On: March 4, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv83, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Consumer Law, Banking / Lending, Contract
J. Giles grants the federal patent office's motion for summary judgment on a Freedom of Information Act claim. The attorney expelled from the patent bar sought documents from the patent office about its investigation into and disciplinary proceedings against him. The office redacted information that was either personal or medical, and its disclosure would be an invasion of privacy or law enforcement records that could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Virginia, Judge: Giles , Filed On: September 1, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv925, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Patent, Attorney Discipline
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