Legal Opinion

Townsend v. United States of America

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided May 20, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2015-1644Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARK WILLIAM TOWNSEND, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 15-1644 (BAH) v. Judge Beryl A. Howell UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This Court once again considers a dispositive motion in this ten-year-old age- discrimination case concerning a job reassignment that lasted four days before the plaintiff, Mark William Townsend, was terminated due to his role in a multi-year time-and-attendance fraud against his employer, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). For the reasons explained below, defendants’ Motion…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2006
  4. Gunn v. MintonSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  5. Victor Herbert v. National Academy of SciencesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992

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