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24A683 Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2025-01-13 Presumed Complete due-process federal-agency first-amendment judicial-review jurisdictional-barriers suspension-clause Whether federal agency procedural limitations and jurisdictional barriers unconstitutionally impede a federal employee's meaningful access to judicial…
24-6174 David C. Lettieri v. Federal Marshals Sixth Circuit 2024-12-19 Denied IFP abuse-of-process access-to-courts bivens-action constitutional-rights federal-agency pro-se Whether a pro se litigant can be denied access to courts and file a Bivens action without knowing an officer's name
24-437 Oklahoma v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-10-18 GVR Amici (4)Relisted (2) abortion-regulation administrative-law federal-agency funding-condition spending-clause statutory-interpretation Whether a federal agency can impose funding conditions on states under the Spending Clause when the underlying statute is ambiguous
24-337 Nantucket Residents Against Turbines, et al. v. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, et al. First Circuit 2024-09-25 Denied Amici (2) best-available-science endangered-species federal-agency offshore-wind-energy section-7-analysis statutory-obligations Whether federal agencies can exclude known and available science regarding impacts on endangered species from their Section 7 analysis under the Endan…
24-125 Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied brady-disclosure brady-obligations conspiracy criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritoriality-jurisdiction federal-agencies federal-agency improvised-explosive-devices statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 844(f) and (n) apply extraterritorially to offenses committed abroad by non-U.S. persons, despite the statute's lack of any affirmat…
23-1286 Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc., et al. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor Ninth Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied Amici (2) attorneys-fees circuit-split equal-access-to-justice-act expert-evidence federal-agency judicial-review litigation-standards substantial-justification Whether the government's decision to take a case to trial is 'substantially justified' under the Equal-Access-to-Justice-Act when the government's cas…
23-7018 Julian Ash v. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights consolidation-of-cases constitutional-challenge due-process federal-agency government-oversight personnel-management title-v-exemption whistleblower-protection whistleblower-retaliation Should the Title V Exemption extended to the Federal Aviation Administration from the Office of Personnel Management be considered Unconstitutional?
23-6685 Willie Perry Woods v. Heather Ray, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights consent-decree constitutional-rights due-process evidence-rules federal-agency state-law statute-of-limitations Should certiorari be granted if the 4th USCA judgment conflicts with the USSG on whether state Statute Of Limitations (SOL) bars Fed agency adverse or…
23-6565 In Re Derrick Thompson 2024-01-25 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure duty-owed federal-agency federal-officer judicial-review mandamus standing statutory-duty writ-of-mandamus Should this court grant a writ of mandamus to compel a federal officer or agency to perform a duty owed to the plaintiff
23-6059 Michelle A. Ferrell v. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-agency federal-agency-bias judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigation retaliation standing whistleblower-protection Why did the Federal Circuit Court ignore Petitioner's MSPB case regarding her IRA
23-5501 May Chen v. Metropolitan Police Department, et al. District of Columbia 2023-08-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process eeoc-enforcement employment employment-discrimination federal-agency federal-agency-compliance regulatory-action standing Can federal agencies comply with EEOC's appeal decision and employment discrimination laws?
23-5107 Malcolm A. Jordan v. Jordan Fly Fourth Circuit 2023-07-14 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-challenge court-of-appeals criminal-law due-process federal-agency federal-jurisdiction sentencing standing statutory-interpretation writ-of-certiorari what-is-the-legislative-intent-of-18-usc-3553
22-7821 Joseph W. Peeples, lll v. United States District Court for the Western District of New York Second Circuit 2023-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure document-authentication due-process equal-protection evidence-verification federal-agency legal-process original-copy standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions
22-1175 Xiulu Ruan and John Patrick Couch v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Amici (3) agency-rulemaking controlled-substances-act criminal-conviction federal-agency felony-offense jury-instruction jury-instructions medical-practice prescription-authority statutory-interpretation Whether 21 C.F.R. § 13806.04(a) may replace the 'except as authorized' requirement in a Controlled Substances Act jury instruction, thereby permitting…
22-7664 Forest Mitchell Kirst v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-investigation congressional-intent criminal-procedure due-process federal-agency federal-jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1505 applies to accident investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), an agency that has no power to take en…
22-1116 Klamath Irrigation District v. United States Bureau of Reclamation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-15 Denied civil-procedure federal-agency federal-government native-american-tribes sovereign-immunity state-adjudication water-rights Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19 requires dismissal of an action challenging a federal agency's use of water subject to state-adjudicated wa…
22-1091 David Zook v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-05-09 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment administrative-subpoena civil-procedure due-process epa federal-agency official-curiosity reasonable-suspicion rule-6a Must the issuance and/or enforcement of an administrative subpoena (EPA) to a private individual be supported by something beyond 'official curiosity'…
22-6689 Andrew J. Johnston v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-agency federal-deposit-insurance-corporation foia-request freedom-of-information-act insurance-coverage separation-of-powers Whether the FDIC's denial of FOIA coverage for theft, robbery or embezzlement of the Byline Bank violates the separation of powers doctrine
22-508 John O. Green v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-371 conspiracy conspiracy-to-defraud criminal-law criminal-prosecution defraud-the-united-states federal-agency internal-revenue-service jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Whether a trial court in a conspiracy to defraud prosecution premised on 18 U.S.C. § 371 must instruct the trial jury about the functions of the agenc…
22-326 In Re Adam Bruzzese 2022-10-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure due-process employment employment-action federal-agency government-employment mandamus-writ property-rights Did the ATF deprive Bruzzese of his property without due process?
21-1546 Caroline S. Alasagas v. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Fourth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction court-procedures due-process federal-agency federal-rules legal-standing petition-for-rehearing standing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred in denying the Petitioner's request for justice under the law, contrary to the court's …
21-7949 John D. Horton v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure agency-action class-action due-process federal-agency federal-contractor federal-debt-garnishment garnishment notice notice-requirements statutory-interpretation Did the courts below improperly construe the notice requirement of 31 U.S.C. § 3720D(b)(2) and 31 C.F.R. § 285.11(e)(1)?
21-1213 Michael Broaden v. Department of Transportation Federal Circuit 2022-03-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 38-usc-4311 employment-rights federal-agencies federal-agency job-qualification job-qualifications military-discrimination military-status-discrimination national-importance uniformed-services-employment uniformed-services-employment-and-reemployment-rig veterans-protection Whether federal agencies can formulate job qualifications that violate military-status-discrimination laws or refuse to credit equivalent military exp…
21-781 NVS Technologies, Inc. v. Department of Homeland Security Federal Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied administrative-law consideration contract-law contract-termination due-process federal-agency funding-limitation good-faith good-faith-dealing government-contracts termination Can a federal agency refuse to allot available funds to an incrementally funded contract for any reason or no reason, and so terminate that contract, …
21-688 Neris Montilla, et al. v. Federal National Mortgage Association, et al. First Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied Amici (1) administrative-law conservatorship constitutional-claims due-process federal-agency federal-housing-and-finance-agency federal-national-mortgage-association mortgage-association state-actor Whether the Federal National Mortgage Association, when under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing and Finance Agency, is a state actor for purp…
21-620 Michael D. J. Eisenberg v. West Virginia Office of Disciplinary Counsel, et al. District of Columbia 2021-10-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-agency free-speech legal-representation standing state-regulation supremacy-clause younger-abstention Whether the Younger abstention doctrine applies
21-560 Dakota Access, LLC v. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, et al. District of Columbia 2021-10-18 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) agency-discretion civil-rights due-process environmental-impact environmental-impact-statement federal-agency judicial-review national-environmental-policy-act nepa pipeline-easement procedural-error standing Whether, under NEPA, an agency that carefully considers all criticisms of its environmental analysis must also 'resolve' those criticisms to the court…
20-1727 James David O'Brien v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-ruling civil-procedure federal-agency immunity legal-interpretation proffer-agreement subpoena testimony testimony-protection Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit err in deciding that a proponent of testimony pursuant to a proffer agreement is not lat…
20-8064 Derrick Grant v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault assault-statute criminal-law federal-agency federal-officer-employee federal-state-balance prison-employee statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether a private prison employee assisting federal marshals is covered under 18 U.S.C. § 1114
20-1487 Donna M. Gilbert, et al. v. RADM Michael D. Weahkee, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-04-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure contract-law due-process eligibility-requirements federal-agency federal-law non-profit non-profit-corporation standing Whether a federal agency is allowed to enter into a contract with a state non-profit corporation when the state non-profit corporation was established…
20-7622 Merle Denezpi v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-03-31 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP constitutional-provisions court-of-indian-offenses criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy federal-agency indian-law jurisdictional-issue procedural-history tribal-court ute-mountain-ute-agency Is the Court of Indian Offenses of Ute Mountain Ute Agency a federal agency such that Merle Denezpi's conviction in that court barred his subsequent p…
20-908 SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. M&T Bank, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) conservatorship federal-agency foreclosure foreclosure-bar property-rights quiet-title statute-of-limitations Whether the FHFA's structure violates separation-of-powers and whether its conservatorship of Fannie-Mae and Freddie-Mac must be set aside
20-907 SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights conservatorship due-process federal-agency federal-statute foreclosure property-interest quiet-title separation-of-powers standing takings Whether the FHFA's structure violates separation of powers and whether its conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must be set aside
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
19-1162 Addison Thompson v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-claim administrative-settlement civil-rights copyright-act copyright-law due-process exhaustion-of-claims federal-agency federal-government federal-statute sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation vara visual-artists-rights-act Whether the USA/USPS is immune from violating an artist's exclusive rights under the Copyright Act
19-1134 Lonny E. Baley, et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-03-17 Denied Amici (6) endangered-species-act federal-agency federal-reserved-water-rights fifth-amendment mccarran-amendment reclamation-act state-law state-water-law tribal-rights water-rights Whether federal agency regulatory action under the Endangered Species Act can constitute the adjudication and administration of water rights for triba…
19-830 Effex Capital, LLC, et al. v. National Futures Association, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-01-03 Denied Response Waived commodities-exchange-act federal-agency federal-preemption implied-conflict-preemption implied-preemption national-futures-association obstacle-preemption regulatory-obstacle self-regulatory-organization state-law-tort state-law-tort-claims Whether the Seventh Circuit wrongly expanded the doctrine of implied conflict preemption
19-512 Anthony Robinson v. Department of Education Fourth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied Relisted (3) civil-procedure civil-suit consumer-protection fair-credit-reporting-act federal-agency federal-government-liability sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation statutory-liability Whether the Fair Credit Reporting Act authorizes consumers to file civil suits against federal governmental agencies under 15 U.S.C. § 1681n and §1681…
19-337 Regents of the University of Minnesota v. LSI Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2019-09-12 Denied Amici (3) administrative-proceeding civil-procedure federal-agency federal-circuit inter-partes-review patent patent-validity sovereign-immunity state-university university Whether the inter partes review proceedings brought by private respondents against the University of Minnesota in this case are barred by sovereign im…
18-1537 Youras Ziankovich v. Colorado Colorado 2019-06-13 Denied Response Waived choice-of-law civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceeding due-process federal-agency federal-agency-practice federal-preemption free-speech interstate-practice legal-ethics license-suspension preemption professional-conduct professional-misconduct standing state-licensing supremacy-clause Whether Colorado violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by suspending his New York law license for alleged violations of Colorado's professio…
18-1348 Orion Insurance Group, et al. v. Washington State Office of Minority & Women's Business Enterprises, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied Response Waived arbitrary-and-capricious burden-shifting-test deference disadvantaged-business-enterprise discrimination-law federal-agency federal-agency-deference federal-program full-faith-and-credit minority-certification minority-group-membership state-agency state-agency-determination state-program vagueness Whether a federal agency should give full faith and credit or extreme deference to a state agency's prior determination of minority group membership
18-1239 Havasupai Tribe v. Heather C. Provencio, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Response Waived consultation-requirement cultural-resources cultural-significance federal-agency federal-agency-consultation historic-preservation indian-tribes national-historic-preservation-act ongoing-project ongoing-project-supervision project-mitigation section-106 Whether the National Historic Preservation Act imposes a continuing obligation on federal agencies to engage in consultation when an agency maintains …
18-488 In Re Pamela Denise Idlett 2018-10-16 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-law-judge civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-determination due-process federal-agency judicial-misconduct material-evidence social-security social-security-disability social-security-policy standing Whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) gives verbal acknowledgement in his federal hearing to a known disabil…
18-439 Peter Janangelo v. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Ninth Circuit 2018-10-05 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure federal-agency federal-agency-discretion foia-exemptions foia-request freedom-of-information-act glomar-response in-camera-review information-disclosure judicial-discretion national-security vaughn-index Whether the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration can invoke the 'Glomar Response' to deny a FOIA request, and under what circumstances th…
18-435 LabMD, Inc. v. Tiversa, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-05 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-agency fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court government-fraud hazel-atlas intentional-misrepresentation judicial-procedure mens-rea rule-60 rule-60(d)(3) standing wilful-blindness Whether a judgment obtained by fraud on a court must be set aside