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28 Nov 2006, 7:09 pm
[JURIST] In a Tuesday ruling [PDF], Judge James Robertson of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] declared that "the Treasury Department's failure to design and issue paper currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired individuals violates section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. [read post]
2 Nov 2008, 3:05 pm
[JURIST] Judge Henry Kennedy of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Friday ordered [order, PDF] the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] to release legal memoranda relating to the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 9:31 am
[JURIST] A judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Wednesday granted habeas [opinion, PDF] to Guantanamo [JURIST news archive] detainee Mohammed El Gharani and directed his release. [read post]
16 Oct 2008, 7:55 am
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, I have a new post up on Balkinization discussing the Department of Justice’s principal argument that compliance with the district court’s order “could pose a threat to the public at large. [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 11:20 am by Emelina Perez
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Wednesday ruled [text, PDF] that Republican members of the House of Representatives have standing to sue the Secretaries of the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Treasury regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). [read post]
2 Jun 2009, 3:32 am
Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] granted a motion [text, PDF ; JURIST report] filed in April by the government asking that he certify and suspend [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 8:36 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Wednesday denied [order, PDF] a motion for reconsideration on claims of unlawful treatment and wrongful death brought by the families of two former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees. [read post]
3 Jun 2004, 3:52 am
Friedman, of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, said the law violates free speech. [read post]
7 Sep 2012, 8:22 am by Dan Taglioli
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Thursday rejected [opinion, PDF] new restrictions on lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder] detainees who have had their habeas corpus challenges denied or dismissed. [read post]
6 Apr 2024, 8:38 am by Allan Blutstein
District Court for the District of Columbia because only two of seven plaintiffs reside in Maryland and the responsive records are maintained in Missouri; rejecting plaintiff’s argument that venue could be established in Maryland based on the Maryland location of the agency’s Asylum Division headquarters. [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 10:44 am by William Theisen
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] dismissed a lawsuit [order, PDF] on Thursday, effectively ending a long-shot attempt to force Congress to vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 1:38 pm
District Court for the District of Columbia at this link. [read post]
13 Jan 2009, 6:50 am
Family members of the deceased filed the complaint last Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 9:52 am by Peter Snyder
The appeal was brought by four members of the US House of Representatives [official website] and the organization Common Cause [advocacy website] and sought to overturn an April ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] which found [JURIST report] that the district court properly dismissed... [read post]
28 Oct 2008, 6:23 am
[JURIST] Judge Richard Leon [official profile] of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Monday ruled [order, PDF] that in order to be validly held as an "enemy combatants," Guantanamo Bay detainees [JURIST news archive] must have directly supported hostilities against the US or its allies. [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 9:09 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Friday extended the deadline for Congress to approve the $3.4 billion settlement concerning the US government's alleged mismanagement of funds [DOI materials] held in trust for American Indian landowners [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 6:23 am
The suit, filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website], alleges that agents repeatedly [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 8:38 am by Andrea Bottorff
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] ruled Wednesday that the government can continue to hold indefinitely two Yemeni Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees, even though the men had been cleared for release by the Bush administration two years ago. [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 7:45 am by Max Slater
The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website], asks the court to issue a declaratory judgment approving the plan without going through the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] to ensure that the plan does not discriminate against minority voters. [read post]