district-court-jurisdiction

63 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-735 Floyd D. Johnson v. United States Congress Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-22 Pending Amici (2) congressional-acts constitutional-challenge district-court-jurisdiction judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Did the Veterans' Judicial Review Act strip district courts of the jurisdiction, recognized by this Court in Johnson v. Robison, 415 U.S. 361 (1974), …
25-725 Edward Weinhaus v. Regina A. Scannicchio, Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-12-19 Pending Response Waived district-court-jurisdiction federal-lawsuit jurisdictional-challenge merits-dismissal rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-decision 1. Whether the District Court is precluded from exercising jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine when Petitioner's injury occurred prior to t…
24-7234 In Re David Diehl 2025-05-16 Dismissed IFP district-court-jurisdiction federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief second-successive-claims statutory-interpretation Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. …
24A910 Department of Education, et al. v. California, et al. First Circuit 2025-03-26 Presumed Complete Amici (1) administrative-discretion district-court-jurisdiction executive-power federal-grants judicial-review separation-of-powers Whether a federal district court exceeds its jurisdictional authority by compelling the Executive Branch to reinstate and fund federal grants that hav…
24-779 Roger Paul Bradford v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-23 Denied Response Waived criminal-indictment criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction judicial-review prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether an indictment that alleges conduct outside the reach of a criminal statute precludes a district court from exercising jurisdiction to adjudica…
24-5754 Azibo Aquart v. United States Second Circuit 2024-10-15 Denied IFP charging-statute district-court-jurisdiction federal-criminal-prosecution indictment-defect jurisdictional-error mandate-rule Whether a defect in an indictment is categorically a non-jurisdictional error, even if the indictment alleges conduct beyond the scope of the charging…
24-275 Donte Parrish v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-12 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) appeal-period district-court-jurisdiction federal-rules-appellate-procedure judicial-procedure notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation Whether a litigant must file a second notice of appeal after the appeal period is reopened under 28 U.S.C. § 2107(c)
24-5305 In Re Babubhai Patel 2024-08-13 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion district-court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus second-in-time-motion statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the Sixth Circuit abused its discretion by holding that a Second-in-Time 2255 Motion based on a new Supreme Court statutory interpretation rul…
24-17 Devas Multimedia Private Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-09 Judgment Issued civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction service-of-process statutory-interpretation Whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction over a foreign state under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act requires satisfaction of the minimum-con…
23-7844 Marcus Orlando Armstrong v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-jurisdiction forfeiture forfeiture-doctrine judicial-discretion objection sentencing sentencing-procedure standard-of-review Does a defendant forfeit a challenge to the manner in which the district court imposed sentence by failing to object after the sentence is pronounced,…
23-7195 In Re Dechaun Toliver 2024-04-10 Denied IFP constitutional-custody constitutional-rights custody district-court district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus successive-petition successive-petitions writ-of-habeas-corpus Is it mandatory for a District Court to entertain a Writ of Habeas Corpus when a petitioner is claiming to be in custody in violation of the Constitut…
23-6835 R. Allen Stanford v. Ralph S. Janvey, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-enforcement district-court-jurisdiction equity-receiver equity-receivership federal-civil-procedure federal-venue general-jurisdiction securities-enforcement securities-regulation ultra-vires venue-laws Whether the SEC properly construed and applied federal venue laws
23-5452 In Re Reinard Smith 2023-08-25 Denied IFP attorney-misconduct civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process fraud fraud-upon-court injunctive-relief judicial-misconduct perjury standing Did the District Court conspire to have jurisdiction over Petitioner's Motion for Injunctive Relief?
23-5258 Octavius McLendon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-violations district-court-jurisdiction federal-inmates federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-review procedural-default statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals may deny a § 2255 motion on the merits rather than remanding to the district court
23-5007 Alexis Carberry Benson, on Behalf of Minor Child K.C., Jr., et al. v. Fort Mill Schools/York County District 4, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-justice ada district-court-jurisdiction idea idea-law in-forma-pauperis individual-immunity pro-se right-to-counsel section-1983 Should Plaintiffs/Parents filing a Federal Complaint through IDEA Section 504 or ADA, be accorded the right to counsel when filing pro se' and/or in f…
22-1120 Paula Parisi v. Peter C. Anderson, United States Trustee for Region 16 Ninth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-chapter-11 28-usc-158 bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal chapter-11-proceeding debtor-in-possession district-court-jurisdiction self-representation sua-sponte sua-sponte-designation united-states-trustee Discretion to designate U.S. trustee as appellee
22-7535 Delroy Booth v. Lieutenant R. Allen, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied IFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-rights damages discretionary-review district-court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-procedure prisoner-rights procedural-standards remedy-exhaustion retaliation Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of the petitioner's complaint alleging retaliation, de…
22-1010 Robert A. Heghmann, et ux. v. Djamel Hafiani, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-17 Denied Response Waived automatic-stay bankruptcy-court-jurisdiction bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split compensatory-damages district-court district-court-jurisdiction punitive-damages status-quo Does the Bankruptcy Court or the U.S. District Court, or both, have jurisdiction to entertain a complaint filed by a debtor seeking compensatory and p…
22-910 Javitch Block, LLC v. Jerome Redman Fourth Circuit 2023-03-17 Denied civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federal-question-jurisdiction procedural-remand remand removal state-court-litigation waiver Whether waiver by participation in state court litigation is a permissible basis for District Courts to decline to exercise their original jurisdictio…
22-814 William R. Tinnerman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction flora-rule internal-revenue-code jurisdiction jurisdictional-prerequisite standing statutory-interpretation tax-refund Whether full payment of tax is a jurisdictional prerequisite for a district court to adjudicate a taxpayer's refund claim
22-6627 Kenneth Mobley v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction loss-calculation restitution restitution-order sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness Was Mr. Mobley's sentence procedurally and substantively unreasonable
22-6463 Sherman Johnson, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction brady-violation certificate-of-appealability district-court-jurisdiction due-process eighth-circuit-court exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel title-28-usc-2253 title-28-usc-2255 Jurisdiction-to-address-non-adjudicated-claims
22-5712 Ramona I. Morgan v. Gloria Geither Tenth Circuit 2022-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction motion-to-vacate prosecutorial-discretion sentencing-review statutory-interpretation Should the United States Court of Appeals for the [oth Circuit have granted a Certificate of Appealability to the Petitioner Ramona Morgan?
22-5512 Maurice Diggins v. United States First Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-249 district-court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction public-interest public-interest-prosecution racially-motivated-assault substantial-justice thirteenth-amendment Does a United States district court have jurisdiction under the Thirteenth Amendment for a racially motivated assault prosecution under 18 USC Sec. 24…
22-208 Benoit Brookens v. LaRhonda Gamble, et al. District of Columbia 2022-09-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-regulation labor-management-reporting-and-disclosure-act labor-union-rights standing statutory-interpretation Whether the DC Circuit is bound by the Federal Regulation 29 CFR 458.1 interpreting 29 U.S.C. Sec. 411 concerning standards of conduct
22-105 Coinbase, Inc. v. Abraham Bielski Ninth Circuit 2022-08-03 Judgment Issued Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) appellate-jurisdiction arbitration-appeal circuit-split civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction federal-arbitration-act interlocutory-appeal motion-to-compel Does a non-frivolous appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration oust a district court's jurisdiction to proceed with litigation pending ap…
21-1450 Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S., aka Halkbank v. United States Second Circuit 2022-05-17 Judgment Issued Amici (9) 18-usc-3231 28-usc-1330 28-usc-1602-1611 criminal-prosecution district-court-jurisdiction foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunity sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether U.S. district courts may exercise subject-matter jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions against foreign sovereigns and their instrumentalitie…
21-1239 Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. v. Michelle Cochran Fifth Circuit 2022-03-11 Judgment Issued Amici (11)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-law-judge civil-procedure constitutional-challenge constitutional-law district-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction removal-provisions sec-administrative-proceeding securities-regulation separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction to hear a suit in which the respondent in an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission administrati…
21-7202 In Re Mohammed Kwaning 2022-02-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-procedure grand-jury habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct unlawful-imprisonment Whether petitioner is entitled to immediate discharge where the United States District Court tried and imprisoned petitioner for infamous crimes witho…
21-713 Victor P. Kearney v. Unsecured Creditors Committee, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-trustee district-court-jurisdiction due-process fiduciary-duty jurisdiction trust-law trustee-appointment When does a lower district court have the sole discretion to influence, lead, dictate, supersede, deny, or nullify the jurisdiction of the higher fede…
21-622 Susan Elaine Devine v. Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Limited, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure dismissal district-court-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction modification motion-modification protective-order rule-41 voluntary-dismissal Whether the voluntary dismissal of a plaintiff's suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1) permanently strips the district court of jurisdic…
21-5426 Stephen C. Shockley v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP cone-v-bell constitutional-claim constitutional-law district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus state-habeas state-relitigation state-relitigation-bar When a federal district court refuses to hear the due-process component of a state habeas claim because that claim was twice presented to the State an…
21-46 Joseph John Plany v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied Response Waived case-severance caseloads civil-procedure constitutional-violation district-court-jurisdiction due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-caseload jurisdiction standing Whether the District Court had jurisdiction over Mr. Plany's case?
20-1716 Melvin Trent Walker v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-law declaratory-judgment discrimination-claims district-court-jurisdiction employee-definition employee-status punitive-damages standing title-vii Can the Governor of Pennsylvania and the Secretary of Transportation be considered 'employees' under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
20-1705 Renovo Services, LLC, et al. v. George Badeen, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-06-09 Denied amount-in-controversy class-action-fairness-act district-court-jurisdiction federal-procedure federalism-separation-of-powers removal-statute rules-enabling-act separation-of-powers statutory-deadline statutory-deadlines Whether a district court can extend the mandatory statutory deadline to file a motion for remand under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) without violating the const…
20-7123 Kenneth R. Heddlesten v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied IFP conviction-finality district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus haynes-v-kerner jurisdiction limitations-period pro-se pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation When was conviction final?
20-6920 Sean Moffitt v. United States Third Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jurisdiction legal-procedure post-conviction-relief subsequent-petition Does the district court have jurisdiction to entertain a lawfully filed, Subsequent Petition
20-800 Tracy Alan Barnett v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-12-14 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claims district-court district-court-jurisdiction federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-order habeas-corpus Are United States District Courts required to address and resolve all constitutional claims or issues raised in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Motion to satisfy t…
20-6394 Michael A. Hagar v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-judicial-power criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction protective-order sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act venue venue-limitations Question not identified
20-6074 Timothy Jarred Paige v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-charge criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation When charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), does the district court retain jurisdiction to charge an offense that is not a 'crime of violence' as …
20-6044 Luidgi Benjamin v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP character-evidence character-testimony criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process enticement evidentiary-admission judicial-discretion jury-instructions venue venue-challenge Should venue be proper where no elements of the crime occurred?
20-5778 David Davalos, Sr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rules district-court-jurisdiction federal-rules forfeiture forfeiture-order jurisdiction money-judgment notice-of-appeal time-limits Whether a district court exceeds its jurisdiction by entering a preliminary order of forfeiture and an order of money judgment beyond the time limits …
20-339 Jason Winer v. Coralys Negron, et al. Second Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure consumer-protection creditor-definition creditor-status de-facto-dealer district-court-jurisdiction state-law-claims Supplemental-jurisdiction unfair-trade-practices No question identified
20-5534 In Re Marcos Antonio Blancas 2020-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-3231 breach-of-agreement congress-powers congressional-powers district-court-jurisdiction government-agreement government-breach subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the government breaching an agreement resulted in the district court losing subject-matter-jurisdiction
19-1337 Todd Phillippi v. Humble Design, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure consent dismissal district-court-jurisdiction federal-civil-procedure federal-courts frcp-41 FRCP-60(b) judicial-consent jurisdiction legal-representative magistrate-authority prevailing-party rule-60b standing Whether the District Court and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals have created an exception to 28 USC 636 (c)
19-7874 Jackie Dewayne Andrews v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction federal-proceedings habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings integrity-of-proceedings judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-defect rule-60(b) rule-60b Does the district court have jurisdiction to consider a Rule 60(b) motion in habeas proceedings so long as the motion attacks, not the substance of th…
19-7573 Sean M. Donahue v. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor, et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts jobs-for-veterans-act standing statutory-enforcement statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-employment-rights veterans-preference-act void-for-vagueness What is the appropriate enforcement mechanism for 38 U.S.C. §4215?
19-7197 Darryl William Young v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery colloquy constitutional-law constitutional-question-of-procedural-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 criminal-procedure-rule-20 direct-appeal district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question-of-statutory-law federal-rules-criminal-procedure jurisdictional-venue overbroad-interpretation plea-agreement plea-validity procedural-requirements sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-law venue waiver Whether the district court had jurisdictional venue to accept the petitioner's plea agreement and sentence when the requirements of Federal Rules of C…
19-6708 Daniel Wert v. Ronnie R. Holt, Warden Third Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 actual-innocence administrative-remedy atypical-and-significant-hardship atypical-hardship civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction sandin-v-conners section-2241 standing Whether the district court had jurisdiction over the actual-innocence claim, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2241, even though no good time credit was t…
19-5486 Jarrell Williams v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-defendant constitutional-provisions criminal-prosecution district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-juvenile-delinquency-act ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction juvenile juvenile-delinquency juvenile-offenders rico rico-conspiracy Did the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act divest the district court of jurisdiction over the petitioner's prosecution?
19-5395 George Cleveland, III v. Jerry B. Adger Fourth Circuit 2019-07-30 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appeals case-and-controversy civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-of-appeals district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus procedural-limitations standing suspension-clause writ-of-habeas-corpus Whether Slack v. McDaniel requires the Court of Appeals to determine if a Habeas Corpus Petitioner's Appeal states a valid claim of the denial of a co…
19-5201 Kenneth Medenbach v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3561 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-authority district-court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction probation probation-term sentencing-authority statutory-interpretation substantial-rights supervised-release Did the District Court err in finding that it has authority under 18 USC §3561(a)(3) to impose a sentence of six months imprisonment and a 5 year term…
18-9103 Milton Thomas, Sr. v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1334 article-iii bankruptcy-court-jurisdiction bankruptcy-jurisdiction congressional-intent district-court-jurisdiction fraudulent-transfer non-core-proceeding non-core-proceedings stem-v-marshall stern-v-marshall Can the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals deny the Act of Congress conferring original and exclusive jurisdiction on the District Court of all civil procee…
18-8879 Olusola Arojojoye v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction jurisdiction restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation Does 18 USC §§3664(o) and USC §§3742 give the district court jurisdiction to review a sentence which the restitution was calculated in violation of th…
18-1196 In Re William Kinney, et ux. 2019-03-14 Denied 14th-amendment all-writs-act civil-rights district-court-discretion district-court-jurisdiction due-process equitable-tolling fair-debt-collection fdcpa fdcpa-claim federal-jurisdiction mandamus state-court-jurisdiction state-court-proceedings stay-of-proceedings title-42-claims Challenging dismissal of FDCPA and civil rights claims, seeking reinstatement and stay of state court proceedings
18-7949 In Re Reginald Watson 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2241-motion career-offender civil-rights criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2241 jurisdiction sentencing standard-of-review standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the District Court erred in dismissing Watson's 2241 motion for lack of jurisdiction?
18-7928 Gilbert Carrasco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP abney-rule appeal bail bail-denial criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction notice-of-appeal Was U.S. District Court, (S.D. Cal.) divested of jurisdiction because of Abney-rule
18-7908 Twila Haynes v. Walmart, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 7th-amendment civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-rules in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction legal-malpractice pro-se-litigation seventh-amendment standing Whether an in forma pauperis (IFP) status granted by one district court is transferable to another district court
18-758 Johnnie C. Ivy, III, et al. v. H. Thomas Moran, II Sixth Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied civil-procedure-due-process civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process life-insurance ownership-claims predeprivation-hearing property property-rights receivership standing vested-interest vested-interests viatical-investment Whether the District Court's refusal to provide Petitioners with a predeprivation hearing on their ownership claims deprived Petitioners of necessary …
18-6596 Matthew James Dury v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause district-court-jurisdiction document-processing due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech jurisdiction legal-filing procedural-due-process standing Whether the district court lacked jurisdiction under Article III, Section 8, Clause 3 to deny petitioner's challenge to the Interstate Commerce Act, r…
18-561 Orus Ashby Berkley, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Amici (1) 15-usc-717r administrative-review administrative-review-scheme agency-action agency-order congressional-delegation constitutional-challenge delegation-of-power district-court district-court-jurisdiction non-delegation-doctrine separation-of-powers Is a delegation of Congressional power an 'agency order' or 'agency action' such that a party wishing to challenge that delegation must file that chal…
18-501 Alim Adburahman, et al. v. Hyundai Motor America, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response Waived amendment appellate-procedure case-dismissal civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction docket-management final-order frcp-15 judicial-authority jurisdiction multidistrict-litigation procedural-conflict Does a U.S. District Court have the power to dismiss cases previously transferred to a Multidistrict litigation, interfering with the adjudication of …
18-5934 Deborah M. Wagner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-law criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process mandatory-victim-restitution-act mvra plea-agreement restitution restitution-order sentencing statutory-authority statutory-interpretation Whether the district court's restitution order was outside the statutory authority of the MVRA