GHASSAN v. BIDEN
Plaintiff: OMAR GHASSAN, MADIA OMAR, M. O., N. O. and O. O.
Defendant: JOSEPH BIDEN, CHRISTOPHER A. WRAY, HOMELAND SECURITY, ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, FBI DIRECTOR LAS VEGAS OFFICE, LAS VEGAS POLICE DEPARTMENT and DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Case Number: 1:2021cv03252
Filed: December 17, 2021
Court: US District Court for the District of Columbia
Presiding Judge: Florence Y Pan
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Other
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
February 9, 2022 Filing 11 MOTION for Injunction by OMAR GHASSAN. (zjf)
February 9, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 10 ORDER advising Plaintiffs to respond by February 23, 2022, to Defendant Las Vegas Police Department's #8 Motion to Dismiss. Signed by Judge Florence Y. Pan on 2/9/22. (lcaa)
February 9, 2022 Set/Reset Deadlines: Plaintiff's Response to #8 Motion to Dismiss due by 2/23/2022. (zacr)
February 8, 2022 Filing 9 NOTICE of Appearance by Kristopher Kalkowski on behalf of LAS VEGAS POLICE DEPARTMENT (Kalkowski, Kristopher)
February 8, 2022 Filing 8 MOTION to Dismiss Under FRCP 12(b)(1), MOTION to Quash Service by LAS VEGAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Summons, #2 Exhibit B- Declaration)(Anderson, Lyssa). Added MOTION to Quash on 2/10/2022 (zjf).
February 8, 2022 Filing 7 NOTICE of Appearance by Lyssa Anderson on behalf of LAS VEGAS POLICE DEPARTMENT (Anderson, Lyssa)
January 6, 2022 Set/Reset Deadlines: Time to effectuate service upon party due by 3/17/2022. (zacr)
January 6, 2022 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER directing Plaintiff to serve Defendants with a summons and a copy of the #4 Amended Complaint by March 17, 2022. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m) (stating that if a "defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court... must dismiss the action without prejudice."). Plaintiff is required to file proof of service, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(l), under the methods listed in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(i) for serving the United States and its Officers. This Court "lack[s] the power to assert personal jurisdiction over a defendant" unless there is effective service of process. See Mann v. Castiel, 681 F.3d 368, 372 (D.C. Cir. 2012). Without personal jurisdiction, this Court cannot hear Plaintiff's case. Plaintiff is also directed to serve copies of the #3 Motion for Injunctive Relief and #6 Motion for Order on the Defendants. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(a)(1)(D) (stating that a "written motion" "must be served on every party"); see also LCvR 5.3 ("Proof of service of papers required or permitted to be served... shall be filed with such papers."). This Court cannot rule on Plaintiff's motions until the Defendants are served with process, and until Plaintiff serves copies of the motions on Defendants and they have an opportunity to respond. Signed by Judge Florence Y. Pan on 1/6/2022. (lcrl)
January 5, 2022 Filing 6 MOTION for Order by OMAR GHASSAN. (zjf)
December 23, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 5 STANDING ORDER: The parties are hereby ORDERED to comply with the directives set forth in the attached Standing Order. See document for details. Signed by Judge Florence Y. Pan on 12/23/21. (lcrl)
December 17, 2021 Filing 4 AMENDED COMPLAINT against JOSEPH BIDEN, CHRISTOPHER A. WRAY, HOMELAND SECURITY, ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, FBI DIRECTOR LAS VEGAS OFFICE, LAS VEGAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number 201006) filed by OMAR GHASSAN(zsb)
December 17, 2021 SUMMONS Not Issued as to All Defendants (zsb)
December 17, 2021 Opinion or Order MINUTE ORDER (paperless) DIRECTING the Clerk of the Court, upon consideration of plaintiff's amended Complaint using only the initials of the minor plaintiffs in compliance with the Local Rules, see LCvR 5.4(f)(2), to open this matter as a civil case and assign a new civil docket number. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on December 17, 2021. (lcbah4)
December 6, 2021 Filing 3 Emergency MOTION Injunctive Relief by OMAR GHASSAN. (zsb)
November 29, 2021 Filing 2 MOTION to Amend/Correct by OMAR GHASSAN. (Attachment: #1 Amended Complaint)(zsb)
November 22, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 1 ORDER denying Motion to File Under Seal. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on 11/22/2021. (Attachments: #1 Motion for Leave to File Under Seal, #2 Complaint, #3 Civil Cover Sheet, #4 Declaration) (zsb)

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