Hudson v. American Federation of Government Employees

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EUGENE HUDSON, JR., Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 17-2094 (JEB) AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION “[T]he original merits of the case have long disappeared from the face of the earth. . . . It’s about nothing but costs now,” bemoaned John Jarndyce, a long-suffering participant in Bleak House’s tale of the interminable lawsuit that bore his name. He could just as well have been speaking about this case. After half a decade of litigation, and with the merits resolved long ago, all that remains of…