Strickland v. United States of America et al

  1. July 10, 2023

    Ex-Defender's Harassment Suit Will Go To Trial, Judge Says

    A former North Carolina public defender's claims that the federal judiciary mishandled her sexual harassment complaint will proceed to trial after a federal judge largely rejected both parties' competing bids for summary judgment Monday.

  2. June 30, 2023

    Judiciary 'Deliberately Indifferent' To Harassment, Court Told

    The federal judiciary and a former public defender locked in a contentious battle over whether her report of workplace sexual harassment was handled correctly have doubled down on their bids for summary judgment with competing briefs filed in North Carolina federal court.

  3. June 06, 2023

    North Carolina Cases To Watch: A Midyear Report

    The remainder of the year will find North Carolina's legal community paying close attention to a hospital system's antitrust battles, a challenge to a $189 million jury verdict in an intellectual property fight, and a trial in a harassment case against the federal judiciary.

  4. June 02, 2023

    Ex-Public Atty's Harassment Claims 'In Her Mind,' Gov't Says

    An investigation into an ex-public defender's allegations that a supervisor sexually harassed her found it happened "in her mind," the government told a North Carolina federal court in calling for a dismissal of the attorney's lawsuit.

  5. May 23, 2023

    Harvard Profs, Attys Exit Ex-Defender's Judiciary Suit

    A former public defender suing the federal judiciary for mishandling her sexual harassment complaint — a closely watched case that's made precedent — will now be represented by an unknown law clerk, after a judge allowed her former dream team of Harvard Law School professors and litigators to walk due to "irreconcilable differences."

  6. May 16, 2023

    Ex-Defender Asks To Delay Ruling On Atty Withdrawal Motion

    A former assistant federal public defender suing the federal judiciary over how her harassment complaints were handled asked a federal judge in North Carolina on Monday to hold off ruling on a request by Harvard law professors and two other attorneys to stop representing her.

  7. May 01, 2023

    Harvard Profs, Attys Seek Exit From Suit Against Judiciary

    Harvard law professors and two other attorneys have asked to stop representing a former North Carolina public defender suing the federal judiciary for allegedly mismanaging her sexual harassment complaint.

  8. April 20, 2023

    4th Circ.'s Chief Judge Must Sit For Depo In Harassment Suit

    A former federal public defender in North Carolina can depose the chief judge of the Fourth Circuit in her sexual harassment suit against the federal judiciary, a judge has ruled, finding that he has "firsthand knowledge" of the events giving rise to her complaint.

  9. April 05, 2023

    Judiciary Says Judge Depo In Harassment Suit Is 'Disruptive'

    The U.S. government asked a North Carolina federal judge to deny a former assistant federal public defender's deposition of Chief Circuit Judge Roger L. Gregory for the Fourth Circuit in her sexual harassment suit, arguing that Judge Gregory was barely involved in the events that led to the suit and that a deposition would disrupt his judicial responsibilities.

  10. October 23, 2020

    Ex-Defender Claims Fed Judiciary Liable In Harassment Suit

    A former assistant federal public defender who contends the judicial system failed her after she reported sexual harassment has urged a North Carolina federal court to determine that the federal government should be liable for violating her constitutional rights.