Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in New Jersey

Federal Court or Administrative Court
I filed a federal lawsuit against my previous employer. In addition, my previous employer is trying very hard to have my case ''derail'' inside an administrative court., where the judges are more ''friendly'' towards the defendants interest. My question is, can i have an attorney go into a federal court where I have my federal complaint, and request that the judge halt all administrative proceedings?

Asked on 4/09/07, 12:26 am

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Locksley Wade Law Office of Locksley O. Wade

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Re: Federal Court or Administrative Court

From your question it appears that you may have an administrative requirement that must be satisfied before you proceed in federal court. If this is the problem, then the judge may stay (put on hold)or dismiss your case without prejudice (you can re-file) until the administrative court has ruled on your case.

Answered on 4/09/07, 7:03 am

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Daniel Cevallos Cevallos & Wong, LLP

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Re: Federal Court or Administrative Court

Bear in mind that I have not looked at this lawsuit, and don't even know what the basis is for it, but I will tell you that typically the federal courts require that you exhaust all administrative remedies BEFORE going to federal court. So I would expect that the court would require you to exhaust these remedies first.

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Answered on 4/09/07, 8:47 am

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