Monthly Archives: June 2013
Another Plaintiff Voluntarily Dismisses Suit After anti-SLAPP Motion Is Filed
Last month, I wrote about an anti-SLAPP motion filed by a Charlottesville, Virginia newspaper. The plaintiff’s opposition was due last week. Instead, on June 6, he voluntarily dismissed his complaint and, the next day, the Court acted on the notice and closed the case. This is not the first time this has happened in this case. As noted here, after this same plaintiff initially filed the Complaint in Virginia state court in September 2012, he then voluntarily dismissed it the next day. This dismissal, however, likely means the end of the lawsuit. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(B), a …
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Superior Court Judge Grants District of Columbia’s anti-SLAPP Motion against Former Employee
Last week, another DC Superior Court judge granted an anti-SLAPP motion. This motion was filed by the District of Columbia in response to a defamation/related torts lawsuit brought by a former employee: Eric Payne. (For prior discussions on this suit, see this post discussing the DC opening brief; this post discussing Payne’s opposition brief; and this post discussing DC’s reply brief). You can also find news stories about the lawsuit here and here, and an editorial that is critical of DC’s anti-SLAPP motion here). This is the second anti-SLAPP motion that has been granted by a DC Superior Court judge, …
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