| 25-6737 |
Clyde Pontefract v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2026-02-06 |
Pending |
IFP |
access-to-courts administrative-procedure-act equitable-relief first-amendment jurisdictional-standing standing |
Whether lower courts are mandated to apply the Zone-of-Interest test to determine standing for a First Amendment Access-to-Court claim by a federal pr… |
| 25-6646 |
Noah P. Healy v. John A. Squires, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2026-01-22 |
Pending |
IFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-decision article-iii judicial-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether an Article III court may affirm an administrative agency decision while dismissing unrebutted record evidence as 'unpersuasive,' without provi… |
| 25-761 |
Novo Nordisk Inc., et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-12-29 |
Pending |
Amici (2) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking constitutional-constraints medicare price-controls separation-of-powers |
Is the separation of powers violated when an agency exercises sweeping price-setting and rulemaking authority with no constraints to ensure that it ac… |
| 25-579 |
Department of the Air Force, et al. v. Prutehi Guahan |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-17 |
Pending |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-action cooperative-federalism environmental-review hazardous-waste resource-conservation-recovery-act |
Whether the federal government's submission of a RCRA permit renewal application constitutes 'final agency action' and whether NEPA environmental revi… |
| 25A539 |
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. Rhode Island State Council of Churches, et al. |
First Circuit |
2025-11-07 |
Application |
Amici (3) |
administrative-procedure-act appropriations executive-discretion judicial-injunction nutrition-programs separation-of-powers |
Whether the Executive Branch may be compelled by a federal court to reallocate congressionally appropriated funds across federal nutrition programs du… |
| 25-540 |
Beyond Nuclear, Inc. v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-11-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-licensing congressional-action judicial-review separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation |
Do the Administrative Procedure Act and the constitutional separation of powers doctrine prohibit an agency from issuing a license conditioned on Cong… |
| 25A269 |
Department of State, et al. v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-09-08 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (2) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-discretion congressional-appropriations executive-branch funding-restrictions judicial-review |
Whether the Administrative Procedure Act permits judicial review of executive branch funding decisions that potentially conflict with congressional ap… |
| 25-252 |
Jalina Fluellen v. David Krasn, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-09-04 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure-act article-iii-rights constitutional-challenge due-process judicial-procedure rule-5.1 |
Whether the District Court violated Rule 5.1 and due process by dismissing a constitutional challenge without notifying the state attorney general or … |
| 25A227 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Global Health Council, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-08-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act executive-power impoundment separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation ultra-vires |
Whether the Administrative Procedure Act permits non-governmental organizations to challenge executive branch policy decisions through ultra vires cla… |
| 25-5332 |
Francisco Melgar Cabrera v. Christian Lepe, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-08-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act detention-review extradition-treaty federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation |
Whether extradition treaty violations are cognizable under 28 USC §2241(c)(3) and may be challenged at any time regardless of AEDPA restrictions |
| 25-162 |
Tennessee v. Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-11 |
Granted |
Relisted (3) |
administrative-procedure-act circuit-split funding-decision medina-remand munsingwear-vacatur spending-clause |
Whether the Supreme Court should vacate and remand the Sixth Circuit's decision as moot after HHS restored Tennessee's funding |
| 25-149 |
United Services Automobile Association v. PNC Bank N.A. |
Federal Circuit |
2025-08-07 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-decision arbitrary-capricious patent-challenge patent-trial-appeal-board |
Whether an agency decision is arbitrary and capricious when it fails to justify a different result reached on saliently similar facts, but involving a… |
| 25-28 |
Claude Franklin Sanders v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-filing federal-register income-tax jurisdiction tax-court |
Is the IRS required to publish in the Federal Register the places where federal income tax returns are to be filed, and are citizens subject to income… |
| 24-7492 |
Tony Chaney v. Chicago Housing Authority |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-06-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment administrative-procedure-act agency-discretion due-process fair-hearing housing-rights |
Whether housing agencies receiving federal funding have the authority to unilaterally deny residents a fair hearing under the Administrative Procedure… |
| 24A1106 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. American Federation of Government Employees, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-16 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (1) |
administrative-procedure-act executive-order federal-workforce injunction reduction-in-force separation-of-powers |
Whether the President possesses constitutional and statutory authority to implement a reduction in force and reorganization of the federal workforce t… |
| 24-1161 |
RunItOneTime LLC, fka Maverick Gaming LLC v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-13 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-procedure-act circuit-conflict federal-agency-action judicial-review rule-19 sovereign-immunity |
Whether Rule 19 requires dismissal of APA suits challenging federal agency action whenever a nonparty who benefited from that action asserts sovereign… |
| 24A1064 |
Robert Mayfield, et al. v. Department of Labor, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act exempt-status fair-labor-standards-act legislative-vesting-clause minimum-salary-requirements nondelegation-doctrine |
Whether the Department of Labor exceeded its statutory authority under the Fair Labor Standards Act by imposing minimum salary requirements as a condi… |
| 24-1102 |
Citizens for Constitutional Integrity v. Census Bureau, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-04-24 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
14th-amendment administrative-procedure-act agency-action congressional-apportionment mandamus-act voting-rights |
Whether the Administrative Procedure Act and Mandamus Act provide procedural rights to challenge the Secretary of Commerce's apportionment report unde… |
| 24-6889 |
Benjamin LaCount, II v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-03-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act due-process judicial-review subject-matter-jurisdiction va-procedural-violations veterans-judicial-review-act |
Whether the Veterans' Judicial Review Act (VJRA) bars judicial review of procedural due process and APA violations by the Department of Veterans Affai… |
| 24A674 |
Executive Office for Immigration Review, et al. v. Al Otro Lado, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-10 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act asylum-seekers border-policy class-action-relief immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law |
Whether federal immigration officials may lawfully prevent noncitizens at the U.S.-Mexico border from applying for asylum through a 'metering' policy … |
| 24-6243 |
A. K. Anderson v. Miguel A. Cardona, Secretary of Education, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure-act circuit-conflict civil-rights driver's-license due-process |
Did the Ninth Circuit conflict with the Eighth Circuit's ruling regarding the timeliness and exhaustion of the petitioner's Administrative Procedure A… |
| 24-693 |
Jake's Fireworks, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-12-30 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action civil-penalties judicial-review regulatory-compliance |
Whether judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act for agency notices of violation is unavailable until the agency takes formal enforcemen… |
| 24A549 |
James Harper v. Daniel I. Werfel, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, et al. |
First Circuit |
2024-12-05 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act cryptocurrency financial-privacy fourth-amendment john-doe-summons third-party-doctrine |
Whether the Fourth Amendment's third-party doctrine permits the IRS to obtain a 'John Doe' summons compelling a cryptocurrency exchange to disclose pr… |
| 24-548 |
Arbor Global Strategies, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-11-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-decision inter-partes-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board prosecutorial-function separation-of-functions |
Whether Section 554(d) prohibits the same Patent Trial and Appeal Board panel from instituting and deciding inter partes review because institution is… |
| 24A397 |
Jake's Fireworks, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-10-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-action consumer-product-safety final-agency-action judicial-review regulatory-interpretation |
Whether a Notice of Non-Compliance from an administrative agency constitutes a 'final agency action' subject to judicial review under the Administrati… |
| 24A303 |
Arbor Global Strategies, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-09-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-adjudication inter-partes-review patent-invalidation patent-trial-and-appeal-board separation-of-powers |
Whether the Administrative Procedure Act prohibits a Patent Trial and Appeal Board panel from both instituting and deciding the merits of an inter par… |
| 24-300 |
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Shane Jeffries, in His Official Capacity as Ochoco National Forest Supervisor, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-17 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure-act administrative-record agency-action deliberative-materials judicial-review record-review |
Whether the Administrative Procedure Act permits an agency to categorically and unilaterally exclude deliberative materials from the administrative re… |
| 24-129 |
Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, et al. v. Smithsonian Institution |
District of Columbia |
2024-08-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act article-iii-standing benin-bronzes enslaved-africans ethical-return-policy long-term-loan mootness public-hearing-process repatriation smithsonian-institution subject-matter-jurisdiction title-transfer Whether descendants of enslaved Africans in the Un Whether the courts below improperly held the matte |
Whether subject matter jurisdiction exists over the Smithsonian Institution's repatriation of artworks to a foreign state under an Ethical Return poli… |
| 24A7 |
Duke Bradford, et al. v. Department of Labor, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-determination employment-status judicial-review tenth-circuit worker-classification |
Whether the Administrative Procedure Act permits judicial review of a Department of Labor determination regarding worker classification and employment… |
| 23-1361 |
William Edward Powell v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-07-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act circuit-split disclosure-refusal freedom-of-information-act internal-revenue-code judicial-review tax-returns taxpayer-disclosure |
Is § 6103 a specific statute displacing FOIA, so that the remedy for taxpayers to compel disclosure of their returns and return information is a suit … |
| 23-1353 |
Kansas, et al. v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-28 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-rule-making collusive-settlements federal-government federal-government-defense intervention litigation-strategy ninth-circuit standing sue-and-settle |
Did the Ninth Circuit err when it denied States with sufficient interests the ability to intervene as defendants after the federal government stopped … |
| 23-1348 |
In Re Charles Simon |
|
2024-06-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act all-writs-act civil-rights civil-rights-act-1964 due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation |
Whether the Three Judge Panel's order denied and rubber-stamped the Mandamus All Writs Act 28 U.S.C. section 1651, consolidated with the appeal, ignor… |
| 23-1352 |
Holtec International v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-27 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action atomic-energy-act circuit-split hobbs-act nuclear-regulatory-commission nuclear-waste-policy-act standing statutory-interpretation ultra-vires |
Whether there is an exception to the party-aggrieved requirement of the Hobbs Act for an ultra vires challenge to an agency action |
| 23-1292 |
Judy A. Brannberg v. Colorado Civil Rights Division, et al. |
Colorado |
2024-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act antitrust charter-school-regulation constitutional-review domestic-terrorism due-process employment-discrimination federal-rules-civil-procedure injunctive-relief school-district-authority whistle-blower |
civil-rights |
| 23-1059 |
Peter Williams v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-03-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-petition administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act clean-air-act due-process environmental-protection-agency epa-action petition-for-review standing statutory-interpretation timeliness |
Whether Williams could have petitioned for review using non-record rebuttal evidence within 60 days of EPA's initial action |
| 23-927 |
National Religious Broadcasters Noncommercial Music License Committee v. Copyright Royalty Board, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-02-27 |
Denied |
Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act burden-of-proof copyright-royalty copyright-royalty-board first-amendment rate-setting religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act webcasting |
Whether approving noncommercial rates that favor NPR's secular speech over religious speech violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) or t… |
| 23-903 |
David E. Stone, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act bundled-mortgages executive-branch executive-branch-discretion income-tax internal-revenue-code mortgage-taxation sovereign-immunity tax-collection |
Whether the Commissioner has absolute discretion and sovereign immunity to decline to collect income taxes on bundled mortgages |
| 23-871 |
Lotus Vaping Technologies, LLC v. Food and Drug Administration |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-13 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (4) |
administrative-procedure-act arbitrary-and-capricious circuit-split comparative-efficacy electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems fair-warning flavored-products food-and-drug-administration marketing-applications |
Whether FDA's denial of Petitioner's marketing applications for flavored ENDS was arbitrary and capricious |
| 23-799 |
Magellan Technology, Inc. v. Food and Drug Administration |
Second Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (4) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking arbitrary-and-capricious circuit-split comparative-efficacy electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems ends-products fda-regulation marketing-authorization reliance-interests youth-access |
Whether FDA's denial of Petitioner's marketing applications for flavored ENDS was arbitrary and capricious |
| 23-548 |
Jenny Schieber, et al. v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2023-11-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-discretion dispute-resolution executive-agreement international-executive-agreements judicial-review statutory-interpretation substantive-statute |
Whether agency adjudication rendered pursuant to an international executive agreement is subject to judicial review under the APA |
| 23-533 |
Jack Jordan v. Department of Justice |
District of Columbia |
2023-11-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act civil-procedure due-process federal-appeals fraud judicial-misconduct misconduct rule-60-motion standing summary-action summary-affirmance |
Whether a U.S. Court of Appeals may preclude appellant's filing of any brief and presentation of any oral argument |
| 23-395 |
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-16 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
abortion abortion-medication administrative-procedure-act drug-regulation fda fda-approval generic-drugs medical-safety mifepristone subpart-h |
Whether Cross-Petitioners' challenge to FDA's 2000 mifepristone approval is timely |
| 23-5680 |
Daniel Villa v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
District of Columbia |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action direct-evidence due-process judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation tax-court-jurisdiction tax-relief-and-health-care-act-of-2006 whistleblower whistleblower-award |
Whether Judicial Discretion dissolves in the presence of Direct Evidence, Statutory, and/or Procedural requirements |
| 23-236 |
Danco Laboratories, L.L.C. v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Judgment Issued |
|
administrative-procedure-act administrative-record agency-deference article-iii-standing circuit-split fda-drug-approval judicial-review national-scope preliminary-injunction |
Whether an association can demonstrate Article III standing to enjoin a government action |
| 23-5545 |
Robert K. Decker v. Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts administrative-procedure-act amended-complaint amendment civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings pro-se-litigant |
Did the lower courts err in dismissing the case and denying the petitioner's motion to amend the complaint |
| 23-135 |
Intel Corporation, et al. v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2023-08-15 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking inter-partes-review judicial-review patent patent-and-trademark-office patent-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) precludes review of PTO rules setting standards governing IPR institution decisions |
| 23-115 |
Fathi Elltaif Saad Elldakli, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-04 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-action citizenship-and-immigration-services final-agency-action immigration-law judicial-review removal-proceedings status-adjustment |
Whether a status-adjustment decision by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services constitutes final agency action within the meaning of t… |
| 23A82 |
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Jennifer Vanderstok, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-27 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (3) |
administrative-procedure-act atf-regulation firearm-definition frame-or-receiver ghost-guns second-amendment |
Whether the ATF's regulation defining 'frame or receiver' to include partially complete components and parts kits that may be readily converted into f… |
| 22-1220 |
Jeffrey A. Killian v. Katherine K. Vidal, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2023-06-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act alice-mayo-doctrine alice-mayo-test due-process federal-circuit patent-eligibility section-101 uspto |
Whether the Federal Circuit's departures from Supreme Court precedent in applying the Alice/Mayo test have enabled the USPTO to violate the Administra… |
| 22-1158 |
Lassana Magassa v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-30 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking constitutional-challenge final-order jurisdiction jurisdiction-stripping mcnary-v-haitian-refugee-ctr statutory-interpretation sts-redress-process |
Does agency rulemaking constitute a final order under 49 U.S.C. § 46110? |
| 22-1112 |
Avail Vapor, LLC, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-05-15 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act arbitrary-and-capricious evidence-standard evidentiary-standard fda fda-regulation marketing-authorization premarket-applications tobacco-product-regulation tobacco-products |
Whether FDA's marketing denial order was arbitrary and capricious |
| 22-1106 |
Judy A. Brannberg, et al. v. Colorado State Board of Education, et al. |
Colorado |
2023-05-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act charter-school-rights civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review obstruction-of-justice retaliation school-safety state-board-decision |
whether-the-last-sentence-of-section-colorado-revised-statutes-applies-to-all-state-board-decisions |
| 22-1008 |
Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-04-17 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (15) |
administrative-procedure-act adverse-effect adversely-affected agency-action agency-rule circuit-split legal-wrong standing statute-of-limitations |
When do APA claims first accrue under 28 U.S.C. §2401(a) |
| 22-1001 |
NST Global, LLC, dba SB Tactical v. Sig Sauer Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act burden-of-proof due-process federal-circuit federal-circuit-rule-36 inter-partes-review patent-construction patent-preamble patent-validity |
Whether the Federal Circuit's affirmance of the PTAB's decision on preamble construction impermissibly shifts the burden to invalidate a patent from t… |
| 22-816 |
The School of the Ozarks, Inc., dba College of the Ozarks v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
Amici (10) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act article-iii-standing enforcement executive-order fair-housing-act gender-identity notice-and-comment regulatory-enforcement standing |
Whether a notice-and-comment violation, on its own, can establish Article III standing for a regulated entity within the applicable zone of interests |
| 22-708 |
Gripum, LLC v. Food and Drug Administration |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-01-30 |
Denied |
|
administrative-agencies administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-deference conflicts-of-interest evidentiary-requirements fda-guidance judicial-deference judicial-review regulatory-conflict tobacco-control-act |
What level of judicial deference is afforded to administrative agencies with conflicts of interest? |
| 22-703 |
American Petroleum Institute, et al. v. Environmental Defense Center, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-27 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action coastal-zone-management-act environmental-assessment final-agency-action oil-and-gas oil-and-gas-permits well-stimulation-treatments |
Whether a programmatic environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact constitute 'final agency action' |
| 22-6567 |
Pedro Benitez v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act civil-procedure government-action judicial-review standing |
What is the proper standard for determining whether a petitioner has standing to challenge a government action under the Administrative Procedure Act? |
| 22-565 |
USP Holdings, Inc., et al. v. United States, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-action arbitrary-and-capricious judicial-review national-security section-232 tariff-authority trade-expansion-act |
Did the Federal Circuit err in holding that the Secretary's 'final agency action' which determined that imports of steel 'threaten to impair the natio… |
| 22-479 |
Steven Onysko v. Martin J. Walsh, Secretary of Labor, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-11-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-deference circuit-court-conflicts circuit-court-review safe-drinking-water-act standard-of-review summary-judgment whistleblower-protection |
Whether the Tenth Circuit applied the wrong standard of review under the Administrative Procedure Act |
| 22-351 |
Charles Simon v. Department of Justice, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-10-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act arbitrary-and-capricious arbitrary-capricious civil-rights due-process inmate-compensation judicial-review standing |
Whether the Lower Courts' unconstitutional procedural departure conflicts with the prerequisite demand pursuant several holding of United States Appea… |
| 22-323 |
Oakbrook Land Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-10-06 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
administrative-procedure-act charitable-donations conservation-easement conservation-easements income-tax-deductions judicial-review proceeds-regulation regulatory-process tax-deduction treasury-department |
Whether Treasury's failure to respond to comments raising concerns about the Proceeds Regulation, 26 C.F.R. § 1.170A-14(g)(6)(i) violated the Administ… |
| 22-5710 |
Lisa A. Biron v. Colette S. Peters, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accardi-doctrine administrative-procedure-act bureau-of-prisons discretionary-actions judicial-review prisoner-rights regulatory-compliance |
Are the discretionary actions of the federal Bureau of Prisons exempt from judicial scrutiny when sued for regulatory noncompliance under the Administ… |
| 22-5640 |
Larry E. Starks, Jr. v. United States Sentencing Commission, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act guideline-commentary judicial-review notice-and-comment sentencing-reform-act separation-of-powers u.s-sentencing-commission |
Whether the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 commands congressional intent when the U.S. Sentencing Commission violates the notice and comment requiremen… |
| 22-185 |
Mandy Mobley Li v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
District of Columbia |
2022-08-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action circuit-split internal-revenue-service judicial-review statutory-interpretation tax-court-jurisdiction tax-relief-and-health-care-act-of-2006 united-states-tax-court whistleblower-award |
Whether threshold rejections of whistleblower award requests are immune from the judicial review process established through the Administrative Proced… |
| 22-1 |
Lynn Brown, as Appointed Successor and Representative of Now Deceased Howard M. Berry v. Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-06-30 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-review civil-procedure deference government-procedure judicial-review military military-deference standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) incorporates a presumption of 'unusual deference' in all cases involving the military" |
| 21-1526 |
Gilbert P. Hyatt v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action civil-procedure federal-circuit judicial-review mandamus-standard patent patent-office-rule standing summary-judgment |
Whether the ordinary summary judgment standard of Rule 56 applies to review of agency action |
| 21-1463 |
Missouri, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-procedure-act anti-commandeering reliance-interests spending-clause statutory-authority tenth-amendment vaccine-mandate |
Whether the CMS vaccine mandate for healthcare workers violates the Administrative Procedure Act, the Spending Clause, the anti-commandeering doctrine… |
| 21-1350 |
Jack Jordan v. Department of Labor, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-04-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-sanctions constitution constitutional-precedent free-speech freedom-of-speech judicial-review petition precedent strict-scrutiny |
Whether federal judges are free to flout and violate the APA, Constitution, and precedent |
| 21-7372 |
Aaron Abadi v. Department of Transportation |
Second Circuit |
2022-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action agency-discretion discrimination-laws failure-to-act judicial-review mandamus petition-for-review standing unreasonable-withholding |
Can a petitioner file a petition for review of an agency action for a failure to act, relying on the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) |
| 21-1162 |
Erika Bailey-Johnson v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2022-02-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act court-of-federal-claims federal-jurisdiction injunctive-relief jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tohono-o'odham-nation tohono-precedent united-states-court-of-federal-claims united-states-v-tohono-o'odham-nation |
Should the Court revisit its holding in Tohono to determine whether, under 28 U.S.C. § 1500, a U.S. District Court action solely for injunctive or dec… |
| 21-1139 |
Daikin Industries, Ltd., et al. v. The Chemours Company FC, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2022-02-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act agency-deference appellate-review factual-determination factual-review judicial-review remand separation-of-powers |
Whether a federal appellate court may reverse an administrative agency's decision on a factual ground not addressed by the agency, without a remand to… |
| 21-7007 |
Amador Rodriguez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act fintiv-factors inter-partes-review patent-act patent-office |
Whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's use of the Fintiv factors to deny institution of inter partes review violates the Administrative Proced… |
| 21-915 |
Hugh McKinney v. Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army |
District of Columbia |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action arbitrary-and-capricious civilian-board deference judicial-review military-records standard-of-review |
Whether a civilian board's administrative decisions concerning the correction of military records pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 1552(a)(1) are properly revi… |
| 21-819 |
Baxter Corporation Englewood v. Becton, Dickinson and Company |
Federal Circuit |
2021-12-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act expert-testimony inter-partes-review ordinary-remand-rule patent patent-challenge prior-art remand-rule statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Federal Circuit's practice of allowing IPR petitioners to rely on evidence other than patents and printed publications to fill in gaps in … |
| 21-205 |
Thomas Rimini v. Department of Labor |
Second Circuit |
2021-08-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act administrative-record default-judgment department-of-labor frap-17 local-rules res-judicata sarbanes-oxley subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Should an unopposed default judgement be granted because the Department of Labor did not submit the full administrative record to the court as require… |
| 21-59 |
Carl Gordon v. Regents of the University of California, et al. |
California |
2021-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act administrative-record california-public-records-act california-state-law daca due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fraud-upon-the-court preemption |
Does the de facto nullification of California state law [Cal. Gov. Code §§ 6258 and 6259] (resulting in fraud upon the court) by the Regents of the Un… |
| 20-8194 |
Irvin Moreno v. DeWayne Hendrix, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act bureau-of-prisons drug-trafficking nonviolent-offense sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Whether the BOP violated the plain meaning of the relevant sentencing statutes and regulations by categorically disqualifying a prisoner convicted of … |
| 20-1535 |
Kevin Diaz v. Ashley Johnson |
First Circuit |
2021-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-action administrative-procedure-act agency-action apa arbitrary-and-capricious chevron-deference ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications judicial-review statutory-interpretation technology tucker-act |
Whether the Lower Court erred in not admitting nexus evidence |
| 20-1484 |
SFPP, L.P. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-04-22 |
Dismissed |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-decision cost-of-service interstate-commerce-act pipeline-rates record-development substantial-evidence |
Whether a federal agency complies with the Administrative Procedure Act upon remand |
| 20-7760 |
John Worthington v. Office of National Drug Control Policy, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action civil-procedure docket-management final-agency-action level-playing-field local-rule-7b official-capacity summons-and-complaint tort-claim tort-claims trial-court-arguments |
Whether the trial court erred by failing to apply local rule 7(b) |
| 20-1203 |
Moose Jooce, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-03-03 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
administrative-procedure-act agency agency-law appointments-clause due-process government-action ratification ratification-doctrine rulemaking-authority standing |
Whether a government official has the power to validate the unauthorized actions of other officials is presumptively determined by the law of agency, … |
| 20-1026 |
Eagle Trust Fund v. United States Postal Service, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act article-iii executive-action judicial-review non-apa-review postal-reorganization-act usps-rules |
Whether the Postal Reorganization Act impliedly bars non-APA review, including claims of USPS conduct or failure to follow its own rules |
| 20-934 |
Haritha Samaranayake, et al. v. Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2021-01-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act due-process evidentiary-record federal-circuit patent separation-of-powers standing statutory-jurisdiction |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit exceeded its statutory jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 144 |
| 20-846 |
Club One Casino, Inc., dba Club One Casino, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act federal-enclave federal-trust-acquisition indian-commerce-clause indian-reorganization-act land-transfer state-sovereignty tenth-amendment tribal-jurisdiction |
Does the Indian Reorganization Act unilaterally transfer state jurisdiction to the federal government and tribes? |
| 20-726 |
In Re Stephanie Michael |
|
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act forum-non-conveniens judicial-review mandamus qualified-immunity res-judicata va-benefits veterans-claims veterans-judicial-review-act |
Whether agency actions affecting the provision of VA benefits under applicable law may be reviewed by any other official or by any court of competent … |
| 20-562 |
John Yearwood, et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act appellate-procedure constitutional-claims district-court forney-v-apfel judicial-review national-importance res-judicata standing standing-to-appeal |
Whether the decision below denying the Petitioners' standing to appeal the district court's final judgment on their constitutional claims under the Ad… |
| 20-539 |
Oregon, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-23 |
Granted |
Relisted (3) |
administrative-procedure-act affordable-care-act healthcare-access medical-ethics patient-provider-communication reproductive-healthcare title-x |
Does the Final Rule violate appropriations statutes and the Affordable Care Act? |
| 20-420 |
Jack R. T. Jordan v. Department of Labor |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act constitutional-interpretation federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence foia foia-review judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure judicial-review supreme-court-precedent |
Whether lower courts may disregard FOIA-judicial-review-provisions,administrative-procedure-act,federal-rules-of-civil-procedure,federal-rules-of-evid… |
| 20-296 |
Christina V. Le v. Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act breach-of-contract civil-rights discrimination due-process eeoc-adjudication judicial-review retaliation settlement-agreement title-vii |
Whether an employee is entitled to file suit for breach of settlement agreement as discrimination or retaliation under Title VII |
| 20-241 |
Jack Jordan v. Department of Labor |
District of Columbia |
2020-08-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action attorney-client-privilege circuit-court-review foia freedom-of-information-act judicial-review rule-60 summary-judgment |
Whether district court and circuit court review of agency action under FOIA must comport with the APA |
| 20-184 |
Jamel Ellerbee v. Annett Holdings, Inc., dba TMC Transportation, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
29-cfr-1987-110-b 49-usc-31105 administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act commercial-motor-vehicle due-process employee-retaliation equal-protection judicial-review statutory-construction transportation |
Whether statutory construction of 49 U.S.C. § 31105 conflicts with judicial review, 29 C.F.R. § 1987.110(b), of the Administrative Procedure Act? |
| 20-135 |
Customedia Technologies, LLC v. Dish Network Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-08-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-USC-101 Administrative-Procedure-Act Appointments-Clause Due-Process Leahy-Smith-America-Invents-Act patent-eligibility Patent-Eligible-Subject-Matter patent-trial-and-appeals-board ultra-vires |
Whether a court of appeals can invoke forfeiture to refuse to address an Appointments-Clause-violation |
| 19-1194 |
Jiahao Kuang, et al. v. Department of Defense, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act,civil-procedure,due-p due-process equal-protection injunctive-relief judicial-review military-affairs standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether courts can evade their constitutional and statutory duty to review military decisions under the so-called 'Mindes test', or whether claims see… |
| 19-1166 |
Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, et al. v. Bureau of Indian Affairs, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-24 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action civil-procedure consent federal-agency federal-jurisdiction non-federal-entity rule-19 standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements |
Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19 requires dismissal of an Administrative Procedure Act action |
| 19-1090 |
In Re Bahig F. Bishay |
|
2020-03-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action federal-jurisdiction judicial-review mandamus standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the U.S. District Court erred in dismissing, sua sponte, the complaint seeking judicial review of agency action under the Administrative Proce… |
| 19-1009 |
Altera Corporation & Subsidiaries v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-13 |
Denied |
Amici (5) |
administrative-procedure-act arm's-length-standard chevron-deference cost-sharing rulemaking stock-based-compensation tax tax-regulation tax-treaties treasury-department |
Whether the Treasury Department's regulation is arbitrary and capricious and thus invalid under the Administrative Procedure Act |
| 19-930 |
CIC Services, LLC v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (23)Relisted (2) |
administrative-agencies administrative-procedure-act anti-injunction-act apa-challenges direct-marketing judicial-review regulatory-mandate regulatory-mandates statutory-interpretation taxes |
Whether the Anti-Injunction Act bars challenges to unlawful regulatory mandates |
| 19-796 |
Michael Cowels, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-review arbitrary-and-capricious civil-rights dna-profile due-process fbi-determination federal-bureau-of-investigation national-dna-index-system pretext pretextual-basis pretextual-determination |
Whether the FBI's determination that a DNA profile is ineligible for upload to NDIS is arbitrary and capricious |
| 19-6760 |
Ijaz Khan v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act constructive-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment indictment indictment-modification polygamy polygamy-charge |
Whether a constructive amendment occurred at trial when the court found defendant guilty of multiple marriages, a charge not on the indictment, and wh… |
| 19-517 |
Daniel Barbosa, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-transparency civil-procedure discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception express-statement-requirement foia foia-publication-requirements freedom-of-information-act judicial-review mandatory-publication secret-law stafford-act statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Stafford Act bars review of claims that FEMA uses secret law in violation of FOIA's mandatory requirements |
| 19-454 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-07 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act affordable-care-act agency-rulemaking conscience-exemption contraceptive-coverage contraceptive-mandate healthcare-mandate nationwide-injunction religious-freedom-restoration-act standing statutory-authority |
Whether the agencies had statutory authority to expand the conscience exemption to the contraceptive-coverage mandate |
| 19-396 |
Charles Simon v. Department of Justice, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act civil-rights civil-rights-act discriminatory-practices due-process employment first-amendment judicial-review preliminary-injunction standing unlawful-termination |
Whether the lower court erred in denying legal sufficiency of the well-pleaded facts of unlawful termination without cause and restricting judicial re… |
| 19-175 |
Brad S. Francis, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-08-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-misconduct appellate-procedure due-process jurisdiction notice-of-deficiency personal-jurisdiction reasoned-opinion statutory-notice subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-court tax-court-jurisdiction |
Does the Eighth Circuit's judgement and PER CURIAM AFFIRMANCE using Local Rule 47B AFFIRMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT OPINION of Case No. 18-2447 satis… |
| 19-86 |
Maria Jordan v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-adjudication appellate-procedure arbitrary-and-capricious constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review |
Whether the Administrative Procedure Act, as applied to Petitioner by the Fifth Circuit, is unconstitutional |
| 19-23 |
Rockwood Casualty Insurance Company v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-regulations agency-rulemaking black-lung-benefits-act burden-of-proof due-process evidence evidentiary-standards regulatory-amendment standing |
Does requiring a wrongly-named Responsible Operator to issue benefits to a Claimant with normal pulmonary function and normal arterial blood gas testi… |
| 18A1352 |
Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-06-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act chevron-deference criminal-enforcement machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation |
Whether Chevron deference applies to agency interpretations of criminal statutes that also have administrative applications when the statutory languag… |
| 18A1222 |
Hotze Health & Wellness Center, et al. v. Environmental Research Center, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action judicial-review regulatory-compliance standing |
Whether a private party may seek judicial review of an agency's regulatory action under the Administrative Procedure Act without demonstrating individ… |
| 18-1469 |
Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Casa de Maryland, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action agency-discretion deferred-action dhs-policy executive-discretion immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law judicial-review policy-rescission standing |
Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable |
| 18-1274 |
In Re Urvashi Bhagat |
|
2019-04-04 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
35-usc-101 administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act bilski-v-kappos federal-circuit-discretion graham-v-deere graham-v-john-deere judicial-discretion patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-35-usc-101 patent-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent uspto-discretion |
Whether the USPTO abused its discretion by refusing to allow claims that passed every requirement of Title 35 by insisting on extra-statutory requirem… |
| 18-1223 |
Mario Villena, et al. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
35-usc-101 35-usc-102-103 administrative-procedure-act alice-mayo-test judicial-review patent-eligibility patent-examination patent-trial-and-appeal-board preemption section-101 statutory-interpretation uspto well-understood-routine-conventional |
Rejection of patent claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101 without addressing each limitation separately and as an ordered combination, lack of substantial evid… |
| 18-1214 |
Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-18 |
GVR |
Amici (2)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act apportionment-clause census-act census-citizenship-question census-data commerce-department commerce-secretary constitutional-authority constitutional-provisions district-court-injunction due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-injunction standing statutory-interpretation voting-rights-act |
Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census |
| 18-1192 |
The Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act constitutional-rights contraceptive-coverage contraceptive-mandate government-mandate government-regulation health-care health-plans healthcare-coverage healthcare-law interim-final-rules national-importance religious-exemption religious-exemptions religious-freedom-restoration-act religious-objection standing |
Whether RFRA requires the government to exempt religious objectors from providing health plans that include contraceptive coverage |
| 18-966 |
Department of Commerce, et al. v. New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-01-25 |
Denied |
Amici (52)Relisted (3) |
administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa agency-decision agency-decision-making census discovery executive-branch standing |
Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a question about citizenship to the 2020 decennial census |
| 18-795 |
William J. Bush v. Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-records chevron-deference circuit-split de-novo-review due-process foia-request freedom-of-information freedom-of-information-act freedom-of-information-act-foia |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's standard for agency records pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) conflicts with the D.C. Circuit's standard |
| 18-722 |
Soundboard Association v. Federal Trade Commission |
District of Columbia |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (4) |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking arbitrary-and-capricious chilled-speech chilling-effect federal-trade-commission judicial-review protected-speech rulemaking staff-advisory-opinion |
Do Petitioners have a right to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act of a Federal Trade Commission staff advisory opinion that effect… |
| 18-599 |
Wi-Fi One, LLC v. Broadcom Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-11-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-315b administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa indemnity-agreements inter-partes-review inter-partes-review-ipr judicial-review patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab standard-of-review time-bar |
Whether the PTAB panel violated the Administrative Procedure Act by refusing to admit known indemnity agreements into evidence when deciding whether t… |
| 18-587 |
Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (5)Relisted (5) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca department-of-homeland-security-dhs dhs-policy due-process equal-protection executive-power immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law judicial-review standing |
Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable |
| 18-588 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-11-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (5) |
administrative-law administrative-law-review administrative-procedure-act agency-action deferred-action due-process equal-protection executive-discretion executive-power homeland-security immigration immigration-policy judicial-review standing |
Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable |
| 18-555 |
Marquette County Road Commission v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa agency-action clean-water-act clean-water-act-cwa environmental-protection epa-veto final-agency-action judicial-review permit-approval state-authority state-permitting wetlands |
Whether an arbitrary and capricious EPA veto of a state-approved CWA § 404 permit, a final agency action that denies the state-approved permit forever… |
| 18-557 |
Department of Commerce, et al. v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Amici (8)Relisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action agency-decisionmaker agency-officials discovery executive-branch executive-discretion judicial-review mandamus mental-processes standing |
Whether a district court may order discovery outside the administrative record to probe the mental processes of an agency decisionmaker when there is … |
| 18-513 |
Lee Mulcahy v. Aspen Pitkin County Housing Authority |
Colorado |
2018-10-22 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act class-of-one due-process equal-protection exhaustion-doctrine material-facts property-rights |
Can a governmental agency initiating litigation be relieved of its obligation to prove the elements of its claim against a 'class of one', even when t… |
| 18-505 |
In Re United States, et al. |
|
2018-10-18 |
Dismissed |
|
administrative-procedure-act article-iii civil-procedure-standing civil-rights climate-change due-process environmental-advocacy justiciability public-trust-doctrine standing |
Whether this suit is justiciable under Article III |
| 18-461 |
Raquel Hinojosa, et al. v. Petra Horn, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure-act citizenship-claim due-process immigration judicial-review passport passport-denial rusk-v-cort standing |
Whether 8 U.S.C. §§1503(b)-(c) preempts judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act of the denial or revocation of a passport for a United … |
| 18-277 |
Urvashi Bhagat v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2018-09-04 |
Rehearing |
Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
' '35-usc-101" ' 'administrative-procedure-act' ' 'funk-brothers" ' 'myriad-genetics" ' 'patent-eligibility" ' 'patent-system" 35-usc-101 administrative-procedure-act Funk-Brothers Myriad patent-eligibility USPTO |
Whether the Federal Circuit erred in finding petitioner's patent application claims unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101 due to conflicting standards of… |
| 18-190 |
Queen's University at Kingston v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-08-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act burden-of-proof due-process enablement inter-partes-review patent-invalidity prior-art |
Does the Federal Circuit's requirement that patent owners negate enablement of prior art in the first instance invert the statutory burden of proving … |