Judge dismisses 2nd lawsuit challenging the PW Digital Gateway data center corridor

By Cher Muzyk Times sTaff WriTer

Opponents of the Prince William Digital Gateway were dealt another blow last week when a judge dismissed a second lawsuit challenging the data center development.

Both lawsuits were filed by residents late last year in an effort to stop the 2,139-acre data center corridor proposed just north of the Manassas National Battlefield Park from moving forward. Both suffered the same fate: dismissals from two different judges in separate hearings held just a few weeks apart.

Prince William County Circuit Court Judge James A. Willett summarily dismissed on Thursday, May 25, a lawsuit filed by the Oak Valley Homeowners’ Association and 10 individual community residents when he ruled from the bench that the “plaintiffs have acted prematurely” in bringing their lawsuit.

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