U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Social Security Attorneys’ Fees Buckingham v. Astrue 07-CV-159 Judge Curtin Background: Plaintiff Denise F. Buckingham seeks judicial review of the determination of the commissioner of Social Security, who denied her application for ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Election Law Free Speech — Disclosure National Organization for Marriage Inc. v. Walsh 10-CV-751 Judge Arcara Background: According to the plaintiff’s amended complaint, it is a tax-exempt 501(c)(4) organization founded in 2007 ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Job Discrimination Dozier v. Corning Community College 10-CV-6423 Judge Telesca Background: Plaintiff H. Richard Dozier brings action pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, claiming he was discriminated ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Bankruptcy Appeal Homestead Exemption — Determination of Value In Re Huy Nguyen 09-CV-913 Judge Arcara Background: Creditor AFGM Enterprises Federal Credit Union appeals an order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Job Discrimination Lawson v. Rochester City School District 07-CV-6544 Judge Telesca Background: Byron Lawson brought action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1981 and 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging the defendants, the Rochester City School ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Discovery In Re Air Crash near Clarence Center, N.Y., on Feb. 12, 2009 09-MD-2085 Judge Skretny Background: The plaintiffs moved jointly to compel production of the cockpit voice recorder audio recording from ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Breach of Contract Postal Service Kaplan v. U.S. Postal Service 08-CV-6145 Judge Telesca Background: Plaintiff Alexander Kaplan brought action against the U.S. Postal Service, seeking damages for a package he sent to ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Sanctions Crown Castle USA Inc. v. Fred A. Nudd Corp. 05-CV-6163 Judge Telesca Background: Crown Castle USA Inc., Crown Castle GT Company LLC, Crown Castle Atlantic LLC, Crown Atlantic Co. LLC and ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Customs Qualified Immunity Sun v. Tjepkema 08-CV-35 Judge Arcara Background: Pending is the  defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s pro se complaint under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York ERISA Barry v. Carestream Health Inc. 09-CV-6672 Judge Larimer Background: Plaintiff Thomas C. Barry brings this action under the Employee Retirement Insurance Security Act. The plaintiff, a former employee of Carestream Health ...

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U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York Job Discrimination Military Status Partlow v. City of Gloversville 08-CV-1046 Judge Hurd Background: The plaintiff sued the defendants pursuant to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. The defendants ...

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Job Discrimination Jackson v. Strong Memorial Hospital 09-CV-6029 Judge Telesca Background: Plaintiff Carolyn Jackson brings action pro se claiming Strong Memorial Hospital unlawfully discriminated against her on the basis of her age, ...

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