DC Public Transportation Carry Ban Lawsuit

[Biggfoot44]

Opps .

Decriminalized , with minor citation .

It can't be stopped , that train has already left .

 

[Sunrise]

Opps .

Decriminalized , with minor citation .

It can't be stopped , that train has already left .

WMATA

Metro news and service information for the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

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WMATA | Fort Totten Faregate Barrier Review and Testing Project

Metro news and service information for the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

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WMATA | Metro to launch warning campaign aimed at deterring fare evasion

Metro news and service information for the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

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WMATA | Remember to pay your fare before riding

Metro news and service information for the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

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They're installing new fare gates.

Metro Will Retrofit Faregates To Cut Down On Fare Evasion

New data from Metro shows 1 in 8 Metrorail passengers didn't pay their fare in the first two-and-a-half months of 2023.

dcist.com

It will retrofit all 1,200 new gates with swinging four-foot-tall laminated safety glass, saloon-style doors instead of the low-slung yellow paddles. The ADA gates will have two gates that swing open. The narrower faregates will have just one gate.
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The new design has been tested at Fort Totten for months, along with another model that didn’t work as well. All gates will be retrofitted there by the end of the month. Then nine other stations — Wheaton, Bethesda, Vienna, Courthouse, Mt. Vernon Square, Pentagon City, Federal Center SW, Congress Heights, and Addison Road — will get them before they roll out to all stations by June 2024.

 

[BeoBill]

WMATA

Metro news and service information for the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

www.wmata.com

WMATA | Fort Totten Faregate Barrier Review and Testing Project

Metro news and service information for the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

www.wmata.com

WMATA | Metro to launch warning campaign aimed at deterring fare evasion

Metro news and service information for the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

www.wmata.com

WMATA | Remember to pay your fare before riding

Metro news and service information for the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

wmata.com

They're installing new fare gates.

Metro Will Retrofit Faregates To Cut Down On Fare Evasion

New data from Metro shows 1 in 8 Metrorail passengers didn't pay their fare in the first two-and-a-half months of 2023.

dcist.com

It will retrofit all 1,200 new gates with swinging four-foot-tall laminated safety glass, saloon-style doors instead of the low-slung yellow paddles. The ADA gates will have two gates that swing open. The narrower faregates will have just one gate.
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The new design has been tested at Fort Totten for months, along with another model that didn’t work as well. All gates will be retrofitted there by the end of the month. Then nine other stations — Wheaton, Bethesda, Vienna, Courthouse, Mt. Vernon Square, Pentagon City, Federal Center SW, Congress Heights, and Addison Road — will get them before they roll out to all stations by June 2024.

What was shown is pathetic eye candy. It won't even slow down non-obese kids. The NYCTA had to install full-height cages, and the kidz just used the emergency exits to get in. Nothing will change until we go back to "broken windows policing"; the Soros-installed prosecutors actually prosecute; and judges actually sentence IAW the Guidelines.

 

[Sunrise]

What was shown is pathetic eye candy. It won't even slow down non-obese kids. The NYCTA had to install full-height cages, and the kidz just used the emergency exits to get in. Nothing will change until we go back to "broken windows policing"; the Soros-installed prosecutors actually prosecute; and judges actually sentence IAW the Guidelines.

Oh I definitely agree with you. It's an embarrassment.

Arrest enough people and make punishment severe enough, this will stop.

It's slowly sinking in:

DC lags as Metro steps up fare evasion enforcement; new bill aims to help

D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto introduced a new bill she says will close a persistent loophole in Metro fare evasion and could cut violent crime on the system.

www.nbcwashington.com

Metro CEO Randy Clarke backs the bill, believing it will increase enforcement further, saying in a letter to Pinto, “When (Metro) increases fare enforcement, our Part I (serious) crime number is lower,” adding, “the vast majority of persons who commit criminal acts within Metro fare evade.”

Pinto shared Clarke’s sentiment.

“I believe we will be more successful in stopping some of the violent crime when we could have an enforcement mechanism for fare evasion,” she said.

 

[GTOGUNNER]

There are over 40thousand fare evasions every weekday.

 

[Sunrise]

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

52 notice Notice of Appearance Tue 05/16 2:10 PM NOTICE of Appearance by Edward M. Wenger on behalf of GREGORY T. ANGELO, CAMERON M. ERICKSON, ROBERT M. MILLER, TYLER YZAGUIRRE (Wenger, Edward)

Have you seen anything new on this case?

This is all I see on PacerMonitor:

ANGELO et al v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1:22-cv-01878), District Of Columbia District Court

ANGELO et al v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1:22-cv-01878), District Of Columbia District Court, Filed: 06/30/2022

www.pacermonitor.com

Friday, May 26, 2023
53		notice Notice of Appearance Fri 05/26 3:43 PM NOTICE of Appearance by Dennis Polio on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Polio, Dennis)

 

[Ismee]

54 notice Notice of Withdrawal of Appearance Fri 07/28 4:56 PM
NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCE as to MICHAEL L. ANZALLO, ROBERT J. CONTEE, III, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BRIAN SCHWALB. Attorney Andrew J. Saindon terminated. (Saindon, Andrew)

 

[MeatGrinder]

54 notice Notice of Withdrawal of Appearance Fri 07/28 4:56 PM
NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCE as to MICHAEL L. ANZALLO, ROBERT J. CONTEE, III, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BRIAN SCHWALB. Attorney Andrew J. Saindon terminated. (Saindon, Andrew)

What does this mean in regards to the odds of winning the law suit?

 

[Sunrise]

54 notice Notice of Withdrawal of Appearance Fri 07/28 4:56 PM
NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCE as to MICHAEL L. ANZALLO, ROBERT J. CONTEE, III, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BRIAN SCHWALB. Attorney Andrew J. Saindon terminated. (Saindon, Andrew)

Interesting.

What are the Plaintiffs currently waiting on in this case? Is something still pending?

 

[Sunrise]

What does this mean in regards to the odds of winning the law suit?

Nothing as far as I can tell. One of the attorneys for the Defendants is dropping off the case.

FWIW, this guy appears to have been involved in the Wrenn lawsuit years ago, which DC lost so it became Shall Issue.

 

[Ismee]

Nothing as far as I can tell. One of the attorneys for the Defendants is dropping off the case.

FWIW, this guy appears to have been involved in the Wrenn lawsuit years ago, which DC lost so it became Shall Issue.

I am no lawyer, but that's my take. Government lawyers get assigned and reassigned regularly. I was expecting there would/will be a recaptioning when the new chief gets confirmed, to remove Contee.

 

[Sunrise]

I am no lawyer, but that's my take. Government lawyers get assigned and reassigned regularly. I was expecting there would/will be a recaptioning when the new chief gets confirmed, to remove Contee.

Yeah. Perhaps that will happen in a future filing.

Not sure what the timetable is for the case now, but it sure feels good knowing that all the criminal individuals are following the carry ban on Metro for the time being.

 

[Ismee]

55
Aug 10, 2023
NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY by GREGORY T. ANGELO, CAMERON M. ERICKSON, ROBERT M. MILLER, TYLER YZAGUIRRE (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit 1,, Teter v. Lopez, # 2 Exhibit Exhibit 2, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis)(Lyon, George) (Entered: 08/10/2023)
Main Doc
Notice of Supplemental Authority

 

[Sunrise]

55
Aug 10, 2023
NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY by GREGORY T. ANGELO, CAMERON M. ERICKSON, ROBERT M. MILLER, TYLER YZAGUIRRE (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit 1,, Teter v. Lopez, # 2 Exhibit Exhibit 2, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis)(Lyon, George) (Entered: 08/10/2023)
Main Doc
Notice of Supplemental Authority

Thank you.

Inching along....

 

[Kanly]

Looks like you can carry on Metro! lol

Gun recovered from Red Line train after fight

Gun recovered from Red Line train after fight

At 6 p.m., MTPD and MPD officers assigned to Gallery Place responded to a report of a fight aboard a Red Line train.

www.wusa9.com

 

[Sunrise]

Looks like you can carry on Metro! lol

Gun recovered from Red Line train after fight

Gun recovered from Red Line train after fight

At 6 p.m., MTPD and MPD officers assigned to Gallery Place responded to a report of a fight aboard a Red Line train.

www.wusa9.com

Nice Glock I think?

The important question to ask here is whether this individual was abiding by the DC Magazine Capacity Limit as well.

 

[Sunrise]

Opps .

Decriminalized , with minor citation .

It can't be stopped , that train has already left .

Metro's new higher faregates help reduce fare evasion by more than 70%

New Metro data shows a decrease in fare evasion by more than 70% following the installation of higher faregates.

www.fox5dc.com

Incremental progress.

 

[ChesterW8]

There have been multiple shootings and stabbings at the Navy Yard metro station. Which doesn't make any sense to me because guns are not allowed in the metro to begin with....

 

[Sunrise]

There have been multiple shootings and stabbings at the Navy Yard metro station. Which doesn't make any sense to me because guns are not allowed in the metro to begin with....

I'm sure all the shootings in the gun-free zone were done with DC Compliant firearms though.... Wouldn't want to catch the extra charge of an extended magazine.... Oh wait.... They don't care about that either.

 

[Sunrise]

There are over 40thousand fare evasions every weekday.

Metro reports dramatic drop in fare evasions since new gates, barriers installed

New numbers provided to 7News by Metro officials indicate dramatic drops in fare evasion at ten rail stations that have new taller gates and barriers installed.

wjla.com

They'll have the new fare gates at every station by late next Summer.