Legal Opinion
Rush v. Samuels
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 12, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2014-0488PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BERYL A. HOWELL, United States District Judge
This matter is before the Court on defendant Charles E. Samuels, Jr.’s Motion to Dismiss or in the Alternative for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 10, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and (b)(6) and 56. The plaintiff, Thomas Lee Rush, filed this lawsuit alleging that the defendant infringed the plaintiffs First Amendment rights to petition the government for redress of grievance, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Compl. HV, ECF No. 1. For the reasons discussed below, the defendant’s motion is granted and this action…
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