discretionary-function

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-661 Erik Blecher, et al. v. The Holy See, aka The Apostolic See Second Circuit 2025-12-08 Pending discretionary-function foreign-sovereign-immunities-act mandatory-policy sexual-abuse subject-matter-jurisdiction tort-claims Whether the FSIA's discretionary function exclusion denies federal subject matter jurisdiction for tort claims arising from mandatory foreign governme…
24-5249 Farid Fata v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies berkovitz-gaubert-test circuit-split discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act jurisdictional-requirement sovereign-immunity Question not identified.
24A74 Curtrina Martin, Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of G.W., a Minor, et al. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-22 Presumed Complete discretionary-function federal-tort-claims-act fourth-amendment qualified-immunity search-warrant supremacy-clause Whether the Supremacy Clause and the discretionary function exception of the Federal Tort Claims Act can immunize federal law enforcement from liabili…
22-7 Joe Carollo v. William O. Fuller, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-01 Denied discretionary-function eleventh-circuit legislative-immunity mitchell-v-forsyth municipal-elected-official municipal-official policy-making qualified-immunity scott-v-harris Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' narrow application of the legislative-immunity doctrine to a municipal-elected-official departs-from-an…
21-720 Rodney S. Ratheal v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-process discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act ftca no-admit-no-deny no-admit-no-deny-policy sec-policy securities-and-exchange-commission whistleblower whistleblower-notice Does the SEC publishing a defaming whistleblower notice that implies guilt in violation of its own No Admit No Deny policy directive that after settle…
21-5449 Lillian J. Cuadrado-Concepcion v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP discretionary-function due-care FTCA Gaubert state-law-obligations subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the discretionary function inquiry under Gaubert applies to voluntarily adopted State-law obligations with State-law defined 'due care' perfor…
20-426 William L. Huntress, et al. v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-02 Rehearing Amici (2)Relisted (2) abuse-of-process discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act law-enforcement-proviso malicious-prosecution sovereign-immunity Whether the discretionary-function exception nullifies the law-enforcement proviso
19-6607 Robert Allen Stanford v. Jay Clayton District of Columbia 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights discretionary-function due-process extraterritorial extraterritorial-jurisdiction fourth-amendment search-and-seizure sec-enforcement securities sovereign-immunity Whether the SEC's civil enforcement action against Stanford International Bank, Ltd. in Antigua violated the claimant's due-process rights
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
19-6224 Philong Huynh v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General District of Columbia 2019-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-statutes court-procedure discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception discretionary-standard due-process government-oversight investigation-power judicial-review legal-interpretation Whether the government oversight function, including the power of investigation, is subject to the discretionary function exception under congressiona…
18-1357 Randy Cummings, et al. v. Celina Bussey, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 clearly-established-law discretionary-function federal-court-interpretation federal-court-review ministerial-exception property-rights qualified-immunity state-law state-law-interpretation state-supreme-court-precedent statutory-interpretation Whether a federal court interpreting a state statute can conclude that it grants the state agency discretion such that the 'ministerial exception' to …