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Rick Scott’s Claims Against Littlejohn Moved to DC Federal Court
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.)'s claims against former IRS contractor and Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. employee Charles Littlejohn belong in federal court in Washington, DC, rather than in Florida, a judge said.
The senator hasn’t sufficiently linked Littlejohn with Floridian contacts to trigger personal jurisdiction in the state, Judge Kyle C. Dudek of the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida said, transferring the senator’s legal claims against Littlejohn to the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
“There is no dispute that Littlejohn’s conduct was both wrong and unlawful—he now sits in prison for leaking the confidential ...