Legal Opinion
Hudson v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 4, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2025-0207Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ANJINETTE HUDSON, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:25-cv-207 (JMC) v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP. D/B/A AMTRAK, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Anjinette Hudson sued Amtrak—her former employer—alleging that the company discriminated against her because of her disability. The company moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim, arguing that Hudson’s failure to include allegations in the complaint about her exhaustion of administrative remedies warrants dismissal. Because failure to exhaust is an affirmative defense to be proved by…
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- Roy E. Bowden v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
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