11 results for 'judge:"Srinivasan"'.
J. Srinivasan upholds the district court’s refusal to dismiss claims against Donald Trump that he conspired with political allies and supporters to attain a second term following the 2020 election. Trump is not protected by a President's official-act immunity, as engaging in a campaign for re-election is not an official presidential act. Affirmed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Srinivasan, Filed On: December 1, 2023, Case #: 22-5069 , Categories: Elections, Immunity
J. Srinivasan reverses the district court's finding for the government on a publisher's constitutional challenge to the requirement it submit two copies of a printed work within three months of publication or face fines. The Copyright Office’s application of the requirement under the Copyright Act was an unconstitutional taking. Reversed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Srinivasan, Filed On: August 29, 2023, Case #: 21-5203 , Categories: Constitution, Copyright
J. Srinivasan vacates the district court's finding for the Department of Veterans Affairs on a law firm's Freedom of Information Act case pertaining to documents concerning veterans and VA beneficiaries who are added to a background check system that identifies those barred from owning guns for having been adjudicated as "'mental defectives.'" The VA fails to show the documents it withheld on deliberative process and attorney-client privileges are exempt from disclosure. Vacated in part.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Srinivasan, Filed On: August 18, 2023, Case #: 21-5108 , Categories: Public Record, Veterans
J. Srinivasan find the district court properly dismissed a wireless company's action against the Internal Revenue Service challenging more than $1 million in exactions imposed after the company allegedly failed to abide by coverage rules under the Affordable Care Act. The district court lacked jurisdiction, as the exaction is considered a tax. Affirmed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Srinivasan, Filed On: August 8, 2023, Case #: 22-5121 , Categories: Health Care, Tax
J. Srinivasan holds the trial court improperly refused to suppress evidence of a handgun during defendant's trial on a firearms charge. Defendant was seized at the time the officer asked him to reveal his waistband and the government fails to show there was reasonable suspicion to support the seizure. Vacated.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Srinivasan, Filed On: August 1, 2023, Case #: 22-3017, Categories: Constitution, Firearms, Search
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J. Srinivasan upholds defendant's wire fraud and other convictions and 8-year sentence related to her embezzlement of more than $1 million from her former employer. The trial court's jury instructions and the weight of the evidence against her rendered any error in the admission of certain evidence harmless, while the sentencing enhancement was properly applied. Affirmed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Srinivasan, Filed On: August 1, 2023, Case #: 21-3075 , Categories: Fraud, Sentencing, Embezzlement
J. Srinivasan vacates the district court's finding for the Secretary of the Army on a veteran's challenge to the Army's assignment of a 20 percent, rather than 30 percent, disability rating following back and leg injuries he suffered in a car accident while on deployment. The secretary improperly adopted the Physical Disability Board of Review's conclusion, which did not assign a rating to the veteran's leg condition, despite the board's finding the condition contributed to his unfitness. Vacated.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Srinivasan, Filed On: July 28, 2023, Case #: 22-5045 , Categories: Administrative Law, Military
J. Srinivasan grants a petition challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to change futures on the SPIKES Index to futures, rather than security futures, in order to promote competition with futures on the VIX Index. The SEC failed to sufficiently explain why SPIKES futures must be regulated as futures to promote competition.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Srinivasan, Filed On: July 28, 2023, Case #: 21-1038 , Categories: Securities
J. Srinivasan vacates the district court's grant of summary judgement to a landlord on a brokerage firm's action to recover commission on a lease agreement in which the firm represented both the landlord and tenant. Contrary to the district court's finding, the firm was not required to follow the formatting specifications under the District of Columbia's Brokerage Act, but is only required to show it obtained the required written consent. Vacated.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Srinivasan, Filed On: July 7, 2023, Case #: 22-7046 , Categories: Landlord Tenant, Contract
[Consolidated.] J. Srinivasan grants, in part, Sierra Club's petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. The commission must prepare an environmental impact statement pertaining to potential erosion caused by the project or better explain why one is not needed, but the project can move forward during the interim, as it is almost complete and completion may solve the project's impact on the soil.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Srinivasan, Filed On: May 25, 2023, Case #: 20-1512 , Categories: Energy, Environment