12 results for 'judge:"Easterly"'.
J. Easterly affirms the Office of Employee Appeals' decision to uphold the termination of a chief administrative law judge for the Office of Administrative Hearings. Termination was appropriate in light of several ethics violations to which she admitted, including conflicts of interests and the hiring of an attorney with whom she had a business and financial relationship. Affirmed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Easterly, Filed On: February 29, 2024, Case #: 21-CV-0275, Categories: Administrative Law, Employment, Judiciary
J. Easterly upholds the superior court's finding for a seller of a four-unit property and the buyer, who held all the tenants' assigned rights, in their action against an outside purchaser who refused to allow them to close. The buyer's contract with the seller was enforceable and held priority under the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act. Affirmed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Easterly, Filed On: February 8, 2024, Case #: 22-CV-0033 , Categories: Landlord Tenant, Real Estate, Contract
J. Easterly finds the lower court properly refused to hold a jury trial in defendant's simple assault trial. Although his conviction triggered a five-year ban on firearm possession, he fails to show "a temporary, geographically limited firearm ban transforms an otherwise petty offense into an offense triggering the right to a jury trial." Affirmed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Easterly, Filed On: February 8, 2024, Case #: 22-CM-0611 , Categories: Firearms, Jury, Assault
J. Easterly upholds the Board of Governors' denial of Valeriano Diviacchi's petition for reinstatement to the D.C. Bar. The board's reliance on disciplinary actions by foreign jurisdictions against Diviacchi was not improper, and its denial without hearing did not violate his due process rights. Affirmed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Easterly, Filed On: February 1, 2024, Case #: 22-BG-0827 , Categories: Administrative Law
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J. Easterly upholds defendant's assault and weapons convictions arising from his non-lethal shooting of a woman. Although the trial court improperly admitted testimony regarding shell casings identification and identification of defendant in surveillance footage, the government's other evidence was sufficient to support the convictions. Affirmed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Easterly, Filed On: December 21, 2023, Case #: 19-CF-0504 , Categories: Assault, Witnesses, Identification
J. Easterly reverses the trial court's refusal to suppress GPS data collected from defendant's monitoring device, which placed him at the location of a carjacking. The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, an officer of which ordered defendant to wear the GPS device for two weeks, does not have the power to impose GPS monitoring without the authorization of the parole commission. Reversed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Easterly, Filed On: December 21, 2023, Case #: 17-CF-1376 , Categories: Constitution, Search
J. Easterly vacates defendant's weapons-related convictions after finding the trial court improperly refused to strike the testimony of the only witness during defendant's suppression hearing. The government failed to produce the recording of the police officer who testified he relayed the tip regarding a man with a gun in his pants over the radio.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Easterly, Filed On: October 12, 2023, Case #: 21-CO-0636 , Categories: Evidence, Search, Weapons
J. Easterly upholds the Board of Elections' decision that a certain individual, a non-practicing attorney, could not be placed on the ballot to run for attorney general in the June 2022 primary election. A candidate must be working as an attorney to run for election.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Easterly, Filed On: August 31, 2023, Case #: 22-AA-0276 , Categories: Elections
J. Easterly upholds defendant's sexual abuse while armed and kidnapping while armed convictions. The trial court's refusal to grant defendant sanctions for the loss of photos of the victim taken by nurse following the rape or limit the admission of prior consistent statements under the report of rape rule was harmless. Affirmed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Easterly, Filed On: August 31, 2023, Case #: 19-CF-0117 , Categories: Evidence, Sex Offender
[Amended.] J. Easterly reverses the superior court's award of $70,000 in attorney fees to a man who sought sanctions against his former domestic partner after she unsuccessfully sued for a divorce. There is no evidence the woman acted in bad faith or engaged in egregious conduct when she pursued the action. Reversed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Easterly, Filed On: May 25, 2023, Case #: 21-FM-0737, Categories: Family Law, Sanctions, Attorney Fees