The formal mayoral aide claims Springfield wrongfully terminated him for a social media post condemning Donald Trump’s open support for Kyle Rittenhouse. A judge dismissed one of the counts.
Where a plaintiff has alleged retaliation under the False Claims Act, that count must be dismissed because the plaintiff was not terminated as a result of any protected conduct but for violating the defendant employer’s dishonesty policy. “The plaintiff Dr. Chi-Sang Poon has brought the following claims against the defendant Massachusetts Institute of Technology (‘MIT’):
Where a plaintiff claiming that he was improperly arrested and detained by federal immigration officers for the purpose of repatriating him to Cambodia sought damages from the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, a judge’s decision to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. §1252(g) must be reversed because the
Where a civil rights complaint has been filed over a motor vehicle police stop and subsequent arrest, a motion by the defendant officers for summary judgment should be denied in part, as there are triable issues as to whether the officers had reasonable suspicion to stop the plaintiff for violating a Chapter 209A order and
The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, one out of every 100 people in the U.S. is in