Christina Agola is an attorney practicing primarily employment law in the Western District of New York. She has a long disciplinary history in the courts of this Circuit. See, e.g., In re Agola, 484 F. Appʹx 594 (2d Cir. 2012) (summary order) (failing to comply with scheduling orders); Rankin v. City of Niagara Falls, No. 09‐ cv‐974‐A, 2013 WL 1501682 (W.D.N.Y. Apr. 11, 2013)

Appellant Raymond McArdle ("McArdle") is a former teacher in the public schools of the town of Dracut, Massachusetts. He claims, among other things, that Dracut improperly handled his request for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2612 ("FMLA") and forced him to resign in retaliation for seeking such leave. The district court granted summary judgment dismissing all of Mc

This Title VII case arises out of alleged sexual harassment by Chuck Wolfe, the superintendent of an all-male crew on a construction site operated by Boh Bros. Construction Company (“Boh Brothers”). During a three-day jury trial, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) presented evidence that Wolfe subjected Kerry Woods, an iron worker on Wolfe’s crew, t

PARTIES, JURISDICTION AND VENUE

1. Plaintiff Jacquelyn Allen is a resident of Tulsa, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma.

2. Defendant Dish Network, LLC is a foreign limited liability company doing business in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

3. The Plaintiff was an employee of Defendants as defined by state and federal law.

4. The events giving rise to this action occurred

Following a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of using fire to commit a felony, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(h)(1), and two counts of arson, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(i). He was sentenced to 430 months' imprisonment. Defendant now appeals his conviction and sentence.

BACKGROUND

Prior to his conviction, Defendant was a real estate investor who owned seve

Jessica Cuellar alleges that her secondary employer, Keppel Amfels, L.L.C. (“Keppel Amfels”), violated § 2615(a)(1) of the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) by discouraging her primary employer, staffing agency Perma-Temp Personnel Services, Inc. (“Perma-Temp”), from seeking her reinstatement after an FMLA-authorized maternity leave. The district court grante

David Demers is a tenured associate professor at Washington State University. He brought suit alleging that university administrators retaliated against him in violation of the First Amendment for distributing a short pamphlet and drafts from an in-progress book. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, finding that the pamphlet and draft were distributed pursuant to Demers�

The People of the State of California charged Paul Roger Moore, age 49, with first-degree murder of Robert Ayala, age 43, on July 16, 2011. Ayala was the foreman of the Moore Brothers rice farming operation in Colusa County, California. He was killed by bomb planted when he turned on an irrigation pump.

Defense counsel claimed that Paul's bother Peter was the one who killed Ayala.

In 2007, citing “uncommonly well-settled case law,” we held that the First Amendment is violated when the state coerces an individual to attend a religion-based drug or alcohol treatment program. Inouye v. Kemna, 504 F.3d 705, 712, 716 (9th Cir. 2007). Plaintiff Barry Hazle is an atheist who, over his numerous objections, was forced as a condition of parole to participate in a resident

The question presented is whether to issue a writ of mandamus to resolve in favor of the defendants this long-lived litigation under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”)—a statute, passed in 1789, that was rediscovered and revitalized by the courts in recent decades to permit aliens to sue for alleged serious violations of human rights occurring abroad. The statute was first deployed

Named plaintiffs David Hendleman and Anne Aaronson appeal from the order of the trial court denying their motion for certification of a class of tenants at the Los Altos Apartments in the context of their lawsuit against the landlord. Plaintiffs brought this action alleging the landlord failed to repair and maintain the property in a safe and habitable condition over a period of 10 months, unlawfu

When litigation goes awry, lawyers sometimes scramble to find a scapegoat. So it is here: having conspicuously failed to protect the record, the plaintiff's lawyers attempt to shift the blame to their opposing counsel. Concluding, as we do, that this diversionary tactic lacks force, we affirm the district court's denial of the plaintiff's motion for relief from judgment.

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After filing a worker’s compensation claim, Appellant Kim Burt filed suit against her former employer, Andrews County Hospital District doing business as Permian Regional Medical Center (the Hospital), Appellee, alleging retaliatory discharge under Chapter 451 of the Texas Labor Code and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Burt now appeals the trial court’s summary judgment

Jeff Edward Woods sued The City of Norman on a wrongful termination theory claiming:

1. At all relevant times herein, Plaintiff was and now is a resident of the City of Norman, Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma.

2. At all relevant times herein, Defendant The City of Norman was and now is a municipal corporation located in Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma. Jurisdiction and Ve

A trial court dismissed appellant Victor Tamayo’s case by granting a plea to the jurisdiction filed by the appellee, Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio in his official capacity. In two issues, Tamayo argues that: (1) governmental immunity did not bar

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his suit because he alleged a statutory violation and was not seeking monetary damages, and (2) the Cameron County Sheriff

Gladys Hernandez appeals the trial court’s no-evidence summary judgment in favor of Select Medical Corporation and Select Specialty Hospital-Midland, Inc. In her sole appellate issue, Hernandez contends that the summary judgment evidence raised genuine issues of material fact on her retaliatory discharge claim

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under Section 161.134 of the Texas Health and Safety Code1 and th

Keith Pearson appeals the district court’s summary judgment for his employer, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), on Pearson’s claims of employment discrimination and retaliation. We affirm.

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The MBTA operates the Boston subway and bus system, and employs Pearson, who was hired in 1990 as a “maintainer” and promote

In thirteen issues, Christine E. Reule argues the trial court erred by granting Colony Insurance Company’s motion for summary judgment disposing of all of Reule’s claims. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1999, Reule purchased a unit in the Sherwood Valley I condominiums. All unit owners were members of the Sherwood Valley I Council of Co-Owners

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Keith Pearson appeals the district court’s summary judgment for his employer, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), on Pearson’s claims of employment discrimination and retaliation. We affirm.

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The MBTA operates the Boston subway and bus system, and employs Pearson, who was hired in 1990 as a “maintainer” and promoted in 1

This appeal presents only one issue for consideration: whether a settlement agreement between Thomas Trent Pettigrew and the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) waived the state’s “Eleventh Amendment” right not to be sued in federal court. Although the language of the agreement is not explicit, the agreement’s reference to bringing suit in federal court has no reas

J. Neal Turner and Kerie B. Turner sued D&M Marine, Inc. d/b/a Phipps & Company Homes and others over damage in the construction of their home. The jury found in favor of the Turners and against D&M Marine on the Turners’ claims of negligence, deceptive trade practices, breach of warranty, and attorneys’ fees. The trial court awarded engineering and consulting fees after a post-trial

James Ronald Smith sued Sheridan Trucking Company on a wrongful termination theory claiming:

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Plaintiff, James Ronald Smith, is a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

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Sheridan Trucking Company is a domestic business corporation organized and
existing under laws of the State of Oklahoma licensed to do business throughout the
State

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Audrey Striplin sued University of Tulsa on a wrongful termination theory claiming:

1. That Plaintiff is an individual and former employee of Defendant who began employment with Defendant in August, 2010.

2. That TU is Domestic Not-for-Profit Corporation in the State of Oklahoma, located in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, where the Plaintiff was employed.

3. That in August, 2011, Plai

Jorge Granados, the former County Public Works Director, sued Dona Ana County for creating a hostile work environment and then retaliated against him for complaining. Plaintiff claimed that the County had a pattern of retaliation against employees.

The County claimed that Granados was fired for poor performance and not in retaliation for complaining.

City of Philadelphia Police Officers Michael Gwynn and Brendon Ryan appeal a summary judgment entered in favor of several of their fellow officers and the City. Appellants asserted constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, statutory claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and various state law claims. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the judgment of the District Court.