Cases

Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the Atlantic and Maryland Reporters. Users are requested to notify the Clerk of the Court of any formal errors so that corrections may be made before the bound volumes go to press. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS No. 24-AA-0185 WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, PETITIONER, V. DOMINIQUE O. R

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MORRIS THWEATT, : : Plaintiff, : v. : Civil Action No. 23-1185 (CKK) : WMATA, : : Defendant. :

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARLES COBB, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 20-3522 (BAH) v. Judge Beryl A. Howell WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant. MEMORANDU

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued February 14, 2025 Decided September 5, 2025 No. 23-7157 CATHERINE JONES, APPELLANT v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, APPELLEE Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 1:21-cv-01952) Donna Williams Rucker argu

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PHYLLIS HARRIS, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 20-cv-8 (CRC) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION This case arises from tragic circumstances. Plaintiff Phyllis Harris’s son, Jamal Ferrell, was fatally st

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued October 20, 2023 Decided December 29, 2023 No. 22-7154 CAMEROON WHITERU, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF OKIEMUTE C. WHITERU AND AGNES WHITERU, APPELLANTS v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, APPELLEE Appeal from the United States

Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the Atlantic and Maryland Reporters. Users are requested to notify the Clerk of the Court of any formal errors so that corrections may be made before the bound volumes go to press. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS No. 20-CV-455 WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, APPELLANT, V. ALBERT NA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PHYLLIS HARRIS, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 20-cv-8 (CRC) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff, Phyllis Harris, seeks damages from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARLES W. COBB, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 20-cv-3522 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant. M

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REBECCA BRITT, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 23-844 (JDB) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Rebecca Britt sued her former employer, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), under Title VII of the Civi

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued September 22, 2021 Decided February 11, 2022 No. 20-7087 CAMEROON WHITERU, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF OKIEMUTE C. WHITERU AND AGNES WHITERU, APPELLANTS v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, APPELLEE Appeal from the United States D

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued September 23, 2021 Decided October 22, 2021 No. 21-7008 SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATION, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, APPELLANT v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, AN INTERSTATE AGENCY CREATED BY COMPACT AND KONE INC., APPELLEES Appeal from the United States Di

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAVID W. BROWN, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 19-cv-2853 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant.

Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the Atlantic and Maryland Reporters. Users are requested to notify the Clerk of the Court of any formal errors so that corrections may be made before the bound volumes go to press. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS Nos. 18-CV-1299 & 18-CV-1386 DENISE MCKENNEY and KAMILAH WOODS, APPELLANTS, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN ARE

Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the Atlantic and Maryland Reporters. Users are requested to notify the Clerk of the Court of any formal errors so that corrections may be made before the bound volumes go to press. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS Nos. 18-CV-1299 & 18-CV-1386 DENISE MCKENNEY and KAMILAH WOODS, APPELLANTS, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN ARE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REBECCA BRITT, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 23-844 (JDB) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, 1 Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Rebecca Britt, a longtime employee of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Aut

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued October 5, 2020 Decided November 24, 2020 No. 19-7029 TESHOME WORKAGEGNEHU, APPELLANT v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, ALSO KNOWN AS WMATA, ET AL., APPELLEES Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Col

I. BACKGROUNDPlaintiff worked as a Project Manager in WMATA's engineering services department from August 1999 until his retirement in April 2015, at age 80. Plaintiff alleges that he "was disappointed by the lack of promotion during [his] 16 years of uninterruptible work for WMATA and tired of the daily long walking from the Eisenhower Metro Station to the office" in Alexandria, Virginia. As a result, Plaintiff "felt like" h

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued September 10, 2019 Decided January 28, 2020 No. 18-7037 HENRY OVIEDO, APPELLANT v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, APPELLEE Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 1:16-cv-018

MEMORANDUM OPINION TANYA S. CHUTEAN, United States District Judge Plaintiff Carlos Alexander brings this discrimination action pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 et seq., 1 against defendant Washington Metropolitan Are