No. 25-6745

Linda Sun v. D.C. Office of Employee Appeals, et al.

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2026-02-06
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: administrative-law due-process fraud-on-court judicial-integrity mandate-rule party-presentation
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court's inherent power to set aside a judgment for fraud on the court is subject to a 'reasonable time' limitation when an adjudicator intentionally subverts a superior court's remand mandate

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether a court ’s inherent power to set aside a judgment for fraud on the court — as preserved in Super. Ct. Civ. R. 60(d) — is subject to a “reasonable time ” limitation when an adjudicator, lacking mandatory statutory qualifications, intentionally subverts a superior court ’s remand mandate to favor a party, thereby violating the Due Process Clause and undermining the integrity of the judicial process. 2. Whether a court violates the Party Presentation Principle and the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause by rejecting an agency ’s functional confession of error and unilaterally asserting defenses on behalf of the government to uphold a decision rendered by an unlicensed examiner. 3. Whether a tribunal violates the Mandate Rule and the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause by unilaterally altering the legal framework on remand such that it failed to adjudicate the causal link in the prima facie stage of the McDonnell Douglas framework. 4. Whether an administrative decision that is void for lack of jurisdictional authority can have preclusive effect over a federal Title VII claim, particularly where that claim was decided under the McDonnell Douglas framework in conflict with the standard for summary judgment. i

Docket Entries

2025-11-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 9, 2026)

Attorneys

Linda Sun
Linda Sun — Petitioner
Linda Sun — Petitioner