Legal Opinion
Johnson, Jr. v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 12, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2017-2411Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JOSEPH JOHNSON, JR., Plaintiff, v. Case No. 17-2411 (CRC) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Keep poking the bear and it will eventually claw back. After plaintiff Joseph Johnson filed this, his twelfth, lawsuit challenging his student loan debt, the government brought a counterclaim to collect the approximately $35,000 it says he owes. The question is whether the government’s parry is a compulsory counterclaim that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 13(a) required it to bring in one of Johnson’s prior suits.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Columbia Plaza Corporation v. Security National BankCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Timothy Jeffries v. William BarrCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2020
- Robert Maddox and Margaret Maddox, Cross-Appellants v. Kentucky Finance Company, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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