Right to Access Town of Quantico

10/02/2025

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/30/quantico-base-tiny-town-virginia/?fbclid=IwdGRjcANLUxhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnStdwRBisskrBJDtHngmvIoq78bl3Rlyqb3p7nvdgs7d223oCxkSVbvA18J_aem_snGjRhD8upUKAvIJ9XpzcQ

The Virginia municipality, known as Q Town, is encircled by the Marine Corps base where Trump and Hegseth are expected to meet with the generals Tuesday.

09/25/2025

It was an exciting day today to go have the first hearing on the Quantico taking claim. This hearing was specific to hear arguments on the government’s motion to dismiss my taking claim. The judge said she anticipated making a decision on their motion in the next 30 days.

A few questions from the Judge and notes I jotted down.

- under the “trusted traveler”  program she asked the government how does that work and how does a person that is an owner or resident vouch for the fitness determination of a repair person that they’ve never met? The attorney for the government did not have much information. This wasn’t something he was well-versed in.

-  The judge stated that it sounds like the access procedure has been ad hoc administered.  That an individual could not rely 100% on the fact that they would be able to even es**rt someone. The government implied that those are “isolated incidents” where someone would be denied access that a homeowner had invited. 🤔

- The judge asked about  the hours of the visitor center, and specific to precious policies - “why would someone need to know 14 days in advance that they might be coming in order to get a pass” and asked what about when the visitor center is closed - like ok Sundays can individuals not go then? If I recall, the government said that an exception would be made for Sunday vistors 🙄

-  The government argued that the regulation that they have in place does not affect a persons use of their property. It’s only for use of the military installation and that there are other ways to access their home that dont involve driving - specifically by train and by water. Government further stated it is a “modest restriction that has incidental impact only.  The judge stated something like “so the policy could be changed - like for example you can’t invite people with blue eyes?” So long as the govenment has a reason behind doing so? The attorney for thr government said yes.

-  Judge asked about the easement on Fuller Road being a public right of way. The government stated that there is no private right of an easement on the road, that it is a public easement - and stated only people that can’t or won’t comply with the policy would be denied use of the easement

-  The government stated at best we might have a restriction, but we do not have a physical taking because access has not been denied to me personally and that the only meaningful access being denied is between a person that is denied access and the government being (eg government claim is homeowner can include and exclude persons so that right isnt being taken -  the fact that the government may override the invitation is not for the homeowner to take up rather It’s for the person being denied.)

-  My council pointed out that the reason that the United States withdrew their first basis of motion for dismissal (they claimed it was for “economy sake”) is inaccurate. The reason government withdrew that claim is because there is no legal basis for it, and that there is no legal basis for any of the other reasons the government has/is asking for the case to be dismissed.

-  My council stated the courts have decided in the past that property owners in the Town of Quantico, have a “special property interest” in the use of Fuller Road to gain access to their property - but “special property interest” is not further defined in law or in case law.

- My council also pointed out the fact that they have changed the visitors access policy over the years and  have made it less restrictive, whereby individuals can now at least go to the town on weekends (if they present credentials at the gate) whereas before they were not allowed to do that. He said it shows that the government realized perhaps their policy had gone “too far” as a taking which is why they modified it, but he said we are not implying that the 2024 policy has fixed everything (side note from me: individuala are required to go to another county, undergo fingerprints, get their facial image captured, and be placed in a federal database - and if a commercial contractor they must also undergo vehicle checks where they must wait for normally 30-90 minutes at a second stop (eg they go to visitor center first, then this vehicle check place, and then finally go to the gate at fuller road where they then can drive to the town).

-  The Judge asked my attorney wouldn’t this mean if my property had a taking that other places and businesses in the town would have a claim as well? He said possibly it depends on if it’s a taking to a property each case would need to be looked at independently - to which the judge said it sounds like you could have a lot of clients. He said he’ll take them.

Sharing also a few pictures from the courtyard and the lobby outside of the courtroom.

I will keep the page updated when I get any additional information/decisions.

09/03/2025

Lawsuit update:
Hearing is now set for 2pm on September 25 at the Court of Federal Claims in DC on the government’s motion to dismiss my taking claim concerning access to Fuller Road.

08/21/2025

06/24/2025

It’s 100 degrees outside and the AC in my property isn’t working at all - stuck at the gate, trying to get a company to come through the only one that I can get to come out today.. and a hold up because he doesn’t have the REALID drivers license.  even though I have “es**rt privileges” still not enough to be able to let them come in.

Could he come in my car? Sure except I have another appointment and can’t stay the whole time he’s there, and also it’s not like there’s a place that he can leave his vehicle safely even if so.

Could I call another company? Sure - maybe if someone else can come but why can I not have my choice of company to service my private home since my DEED says nothing about there being restrictions on who can and cannot come to my property. 

Last I checked in Virginia all you need is a drivers license in order to drive on a road.

03/20/2025

This is a postcard I just purchased labeled as “entrance from US Route 1 to United States Marine Barracks Quantico, Virginia”

On the back it is handwritten and reads “This is the only entrance to the post by automobile. It is very beautiful. The train goes through the post though.”

03/15/2025

Just a quick update - As expected, on Feb 14th the United States filed a "motion to dismiss" for the complaint filed by my attorney last October seeking damages for the taking of the right of way access to my property located in the Town of Quantico. The original response would have been Dec 14th but they requested, and we agreed, to give them an extra 60 days for their response.

Today, March 14th, my attorney filed a response to their motion with counter-arguments.

We now wait for the judge to review the motion (there is no timeline for that, depends on complexity, case load, etc.). The judge may ask for a hearing or make a ruling based on the arguments presented, etc.

Hopefully the judge will deny the motion to dismiss and allow the complaint to move forward to trial.

All documents on the case can be found on-line through PACER if interested in reading.

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02/03/2025

I’m guessing they will not face the same challenges that the town of Quantico does by having only people living in the town that have the right identification being able to visit their waterfront..

The Dumfries Town Council in December finalized the purchase of the 160.91-acre Campbell Salvage Yard property along Quantico Creek, according to Mayor Derrick Wood.

01/05/2025

Due to recent events in New Orleans and Las Vegas, the Commander of U.S. Northern Command has directed all installations to immediately implement heightened security measures at all entry gates to include 100% ID checks, random inspections, and the suspension of the Trusted Traveler program until further notice.

The Trusted Traveler Program was a procedure that allowed DoD-affiliated sponsors to vouch for vehicle occupants to gain entry onto an installation.

Drivers should expect delays and random inspections at entry gates as we enhance the security posture of our installation to ensure our ability to project combat power when and where required.

For further details on MCB Quantico base access procedures, please visit: https://www.quantico.marines.mil/Info/Base-Access/.

01/03/2025

 Just sharing an update - one would like to think this is just for access to get to the base and would not affect the poor planning that was done in setting up multiple roads that branch off of the Fuller road easement (reminder:  what is now Fuller Road was there, leading to the town, before the Navy Dept purchased all of the land around it — back in 1917).

I’m trying to find out what the process is for individuals to go to the town when the visitor center is closed and will post here when I learn anything.

***MCB Quantico Gate Procedure Change**

Effective on 4 January and until further notice, MCB Quantico requires 100% ID checks for all adults in the vehicle at all gates (24/7).

Please ensure all passengers have their ID ready to present when the vehicle arrives at the gate.

12/07/2024

So the charges that dropped were “trespassing”
on Fuller Road.

It’s not the fault of the state of Virginia, the county of Prince William, the town of Quantico, or the property owners that the US Government decided to add additional access points to their reservation by branching roads off of that easement. Obviously when they did this, they were not thinking about security and then have been trying to backpedal without having to pay a dime to property owners for the loss of use nor to the Commonwealth for taking of access to that part of Virginia.

Once those “trespassing” charges got up to the federal level, I’m certain they realized they didn’t have a chance of winning the charge (because it’s been decided before in Watson v United States that going on fuller road for the sole purpose of transit to the town is not under military jurisdiction, so long as the driver meets same requiremnts to drive on a Virginia highway) and so they dropped the charges.

Now if the gate had let them go to the town of Quantico ( or if there was no gate at all and they just drove there like any other road - or they came on the train etc) - and then they left the town and came over railroad tracks and they went left (exiting the easement of fuller road) - and then they were stopped, the federal government probably would’ve been willing to take the case for prosecution.

Glenn Youngkin says a box truck of illegal immigrants stormed Quantico, Virginia. In reality, the two men making a delivery didn’t understand they had to stop off at a check-in station.

12/03/2024

Case update:
The United States has asked for additional time to respond to the complaint for the taking of land access and I, through my attorney, did not oppose and the judge agreed to grant an extension so the deadline for the United States to respond to the complaint is now February 14, 2025.