enforcement-action
12 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A827 | John A. Amster, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2026-01-22 | Application | administrative-interpretation dodd-frank enforcement-action objective-standard sec-regulations whistleblower-award | 1. This case presents an important question regarding whether the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is entitled to reinterpret its own regulati… | |
| 24-1189 | California Stem Cell Treatment Center, Inc., a California Corporation, et al. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-05-21 | Denied | Amici (3)Response WaivedRelisted (2) | drug-classification enforcement-action fda-regulation medical-law stem-cells surgical-procedure | Whether stem cells used in surgical procedures are 'drugs' subject to FDA regulation under the FDCA and whether the FDA had a lawful basis for its enf… |
| 24-790 | Laura Akahoshi, former Chief Compliance Officer v. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency | Ninth Circuit | 2025-01-24 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-law agency-review due-process enforcement-action judicial-review standing | Does the target of an OCC enforcement action have standing to petition for meaningful federal court review of agency orders where the final decision c… |
| 24-5712 | John Doe v. Securities and Exchange Commission | District of Columbia | 2024-10-07 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | administrative-procedures-act dodd-frank-act due-process enforcement-action judicial-review sec-whistleblower | Whether the SEC's denial of a whistleblower award violates the Dodd-Frank Act, Administrative Procedures Act, and due process clause in light of recen… |
| 23A899 | Manoranjan Rao v. Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. | District of Columbia | 2024-04-09 | Presumed Complete | administrative-procedure disclosure-requirements due-process enforcement-action sec-investigation whistleblower-award | Whether the SEC's denial of a whistleblower award based on claimed non-reliance on the whistleblower's tip violates due process when the agency refuse… | |
| 22-963 | John Doe v. Securities and Exchange Commission | Second Circuit | 2023-04-04 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-action criminal-conduct criminal-violation dodd-frank enforcement-action judicial-action pleaded-guilty sec-interpretation sentencing whistleblower whistleblower-award | Does Dodd-Frank's whistleblower award program exclude whistleblowers whose criminal conduct is only tangentially connected to the enforcement action (… |
| 22-6962 | Antonio Rosas-Ramirez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-03-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-procedure claim-processing-rule enforcement-action executive-branch immigration-law immigration-removal legislative-rule notice-to-appear statutory-requirement statutory-requirements | Whether a statutory requirement for initiation of an enforcement action is a claim-processing rule or constrains the government's statutory license |
| 22-368 | Victor Hong v. Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. | Second Circuit | 2022-10-19 | Denied | Response Waived | dodd-frank dodd-frank-act enforcement-action exchange-act monetary-sanctions sec securities-exchange-act securities-law securities-law-violation whistleblower whistleblower-incentive | What is an 'action' within the Exchange Act's securities whistleblower incentive program, 15 U.S.C. §78u-6(a)(1)? |
| 20-8434 | Robert L. Henning v. Michigan State Treasurer | Michigan | 2021-06-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | asset-seizure civil-procedure due-process enforcement-action jurisdiction jurisdictional-boundaries legal-jurisdiction michigan-court post-judgment-enforcement state-treasurer | Did the state treasurer violate jurisdictional boundaries by proceeding to seize petitioner's assets held in Minnesota without filing a post judgment … |
| 20-1758 | RD Legal Funding, LLC, et al. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, et al. | Second Circuit | 2021-06-16 | Denied | Response Waived | appellate-jurisdiction cfpb-enforcement cfpb-structure constitutional-structure enforcement-action jurisdiction ratification seila-law separation-of-powers standing | Whether ratification is an appropriate remedy for the violation identified in Seila Law |
| 19-7714 | Angelique de Maison v. Securities and Exchange Commission | Second Circuit | 2020-02-20 | GVR | Relisted (3)IFP | disgorgement enforcement-action equitable-relief liu-v-sec penalty securities-law standing supreme-court | Whether the Securities and Exchange Commission may seek and obtain disgorgement from a court as 'equitable relief' for a securities law violation even… |
| 19-432 | All American Check Cashing, Inc., et al. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Fifth Circuit | 2019-10-02 | Denied | Amici (1) | administrative-law agency-enforcement civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-defect consumer-financial-protection-bureau due-process enforcement-action meaningful-relief seila-law separation-of-powers standing unconstitutional-agency | Whether the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violates the separation of powers |