12 results for 'judge:"Cobb"'.
J. Cobb grants the American oil company's motion for default judgment and to confirm an arbitration award in its action against the Iranian oil company alleging that natural gas it purchased was never delivered. This court has subject matter jurisdiction over the dispute, since the parties agreed to arbitrate this dispute in a New York Convention signatory country and it is commercial in nature, and personal jurisdiction over the Iranian company since the American company successfully accomplished service when it received a "read" receipt of a service email. The American company has also satisfied procedural requirements for enforcement, and there is no reason to deny them confirmation.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Cobb, Filed On: April 30, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv1361, NOS: Arbitration - Other Suits, Categories: Arbitration, International Law, Jurisdiction
J. Cobb grants the Campaign for Accountability’s cross-motion for summary judgment in its suit seeking to require the Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel to make certain records available to the public under the “reading-room” provision of the Freedom of Information Act. Deliberative process privilege “does not categorically protect the OLC’s formal written opinions resolving interagency disputes.” Thus, those opinions are subject to the “affirmative disclosure requirements of FOIA’s reading-room provision.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Cobb, Filed On: April 19, 2024, Case #: 1:16cv1068, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Government
J. Cobb grants the Department of Justice's motion to dismiss the employee's action seeking enforcement of a decision by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Office of Federal Operation, which had been reversed by the Commission itself three months prior. The employee has failed to exhaust her administrative remedies, namely because she has failed to obtain an order of agency noncompliance and because the order has been reversed. Her claim for money damages is precluded by the availability of an action under Title VII of the Civil rights Act, and she has failed to state a claim against several named officials in their individual capacities.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Cobb, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv1154, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Administrative Law, Employment
J. Cobb finds a lower court properly dismissed a native of China's motion to remain in the U.K. The Chinese national argued that he is entitled to judicial review based on his Tier 2 skilled worker, a financial analyst. However, the home department sufficiently showed in court that he may have engaged in money laundering. Affirmed.
Court: Her Majesty's Court of Appeal, Judge: Cobb, Filed On: February 7, 2024, Case #: CA-2022-156, Categories: Employment, Government, Immigration
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J. Cobb denies in part the US Army Corps of Engineers' motion for summary judgment regarding an environmental group's allegations that it failed to adequately respond to four FOIA requests. The dispute relates to the "operation and maintenance of two dams on the Yuba River and the impact of those dams on several fish species that are protected by the Endangered Species Act." The Corps failed to articulate what harm it might suffer from disclosing the records it withheld. The Corps are ordered to produce those materials.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Cobb, Filed On: June 21, 2023, Case #: 1:16cv2327, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Environment, Public Record
J. Cobb denies in part the FBI's motion to dismiss an employee's allegations of hostile work environment and constructive discharge. The employee sufficiently alleges that her supervisors routinely made sexist comments to her, passed her over for a promotion and instead promoted a less-qualified male coworker, threatened to report her for time and attendance fraud if she complained about the discrimination, assigned her to a position beneath her qualifications, and gave her a negative performance review in which she was called "too emotional." The employee has also sufficiently alleged that she felt compelled to resign as a result of the discrimination.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Cobb, Filed On: June 21, 2023, Case #: 1:18cv2712, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination