No. 24-5531

Frederick Foster v. Joel H. Slomsky, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction postal-accountability procedural-law sovereign-immunity
Latest Conference: 2024-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether 39 U.S.C. §409(d) & (e) waive any doctrine of sovereign immunity from judicial officers, Federal agencies, and employees acting on the behalf of or in concert with the USPS in any violation of Federal law?

Whether 39 U.S.C. §409(g)(l) prohibits the DOJ/United States Attorney's Office from furnishing legal representation to the USPS and "such agency or any officer or employee" acting on the behalf of or in concert with the USPS in any action, suit, or proceeding arising in whole or in part from any violation of Federal law?

Whether the district courts have jurisdiction over the USPS and "such agency or any officer or employee" acting on the behalf of or in concert with the USPS in any action, suit, or proceeding arising in whole or in part from any violation of Federal law?

Whether the United States can be substituted as a defendant for the USPS and "such agency or any officer or employee" "acting on the behalf of or in concert with" the USPS in any violation of Federal law?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 39 U.S.C. §409(d) & (e) waive sovereign immunity for judicial officers and federal agencies acting on behalf of the USPS in violation of federal law

Docket Entries

2024-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-31
Application (24A414) denied by Justice Alito.
2024-10-22
Application (24A414) for a stay, submitted to Justice Alito.
2024-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-10-09
Waiver of right of respondent Pitney Bowes, Inc. to respond filed.
2024-10-03
Waiver of right of respondent Federal Parties to respond filed.
2024-09-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2024)

Attorneys

Federal Parties
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Frederick Foster
Frederick Foster — Petitioner
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
Charles V. CurleyCurley & Rothman, LLC, Respondent