Legal Opinion

Lanier v. Smedberg

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided July 29, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2023-2922Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HORATIO AXEL LANIER, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 23-02922 (AHA) v. PAUL C. SMEDBERG, et al., Defendants. Memorandum Opinion and Order Horatio Axel Lanier sues his former employer, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”), WMATA’s board of directors, and several current and former WMATA officers alleging disability, age, and sex discrimination in their decisions to not promote and to terminate him. Lanier seeks damages and reinstatement. The defendants move to dismiss and, for the reasons below, the Court grants…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Erickson v. PardusSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  5. Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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