14 results for 'judge:"Walton"'.
J. Walton partially grants the employer's motion to dismiss its former employee's suit alleging violations of the Family Medical Leave Act, race, color, disability and sex discrimination and retaliation. The employee lacks a cause of action under the FMLA, and the only appropriate defendant for her Title VII and rehabilitation act claims is the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Of these claims, only one claim, for retaliation, is plausibly alleged. Claims alleging a hostile work environment also fail, but a retaliation claim under the Rehabilitation Act survives.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Walton, Filed On: May 24, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv2748, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Walton denies the employer's motion to dismiss the employee's national-origin and disability discrimination suit, but grants its motion to transfer the case to the Eastern District of Virginia. The employee has failed to establish that any of the employer's alleged acts occurred in the District of Columbia, and venue and personal jurisdiction are present in Virginia.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Walton, Filed On: May 23, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv2674, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Venue
J. Walton partially grants the employer's motion to dismiss the employee's suit alleging nonpayment of wages, failures to pay correct overtime rates for overtime hours and employee misclassification. The employee's misclassification claims under the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act fail because the Act does not create a private right of action for such claims, but her claims independent of that Act survive.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Walton, Filed On: April 26, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv3094, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, Labor
J. Walton grants the music festival operators' motion for a preliminary injunction preventing continued organization of live music events under the name "Moechella" in and around Washington D.C. The festival operators have shown that they have valid trademarks for "Coachella," "Chella" and other related marks, that the use of "Moechella" is likely to cause confusion, and that they are likely to suffer irreparable harm absent an injunction.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Walton, Filed On: April 4, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv288, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Trademark, Injunction
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J. Walton grants, in part, a soldier's motion for summary judgment on his action seeking collateral review of his conviction by a court martial for desertion and misbehavior, which occurred after he left his post without permission in 2009, and was captured by Taliban-related fighters and tortured for five years before being returned to the U.S. in a prisoner exchange. The court martial order must be vacated, as the military judge presiding over the case failed to disclose a ground for his disqualification.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Walton, Filed On: July 25, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv418, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Civil Procedure, Judiciary, Military
J. Walton grants an individual's motion for leave to conduct early discovery in her assault and battery case against an unnamed Secret Service agent. She has sufficiently shown a good faith belief the discovery will allow her to establish the district court's jurisdiction.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Walton, Filed On: July 7, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv3536, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Jurisdiction, Discovery, Assault