D.C. Circuit

Briefs here.

D.C. Circuit Oral Argument in Mackinac Tribe v. Jewell

April 11, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Briefs here.

D.C. Circuit Rejects Seneca Member’s Challenge to PACT Act as Moot

April 6, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Gordon v. Lynch.

An excerpt:

Since Gordon faces only a remote risk of federal prosecution or civil penalties, and any further merits decision would not shield him from the effects of possible state or local lawsuits, the case is moot. We affirm the district court’s vacatur of the preliminary injunction for lack of jurisdiction, and we therefore do not reach the district court’s further conclusion that the case is prudentially moot.

Prior posts here and here.

D.C. Circuit Oral Argument Audio in Grand Ronde v. Jewell (Cowlitz)

March 21, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Briefs here.

D.C. Circuit Rejects Challenge to Keepseagle Settlement

March 7, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Keepseagle v. Vilsack.

An excerpt:

Appellant Timothy LaBatte, a class member in a class action against the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), seeks to intervene in that class action – despite the fact that the action was settled and closed – after his claim for compensation under the terms of the action’s settlement agreement was denied. We affirm the District Court’s determination that it lacked ancillary jurisdiction to hear Labatte’s challenge. We do so because LaBatte’s motion to intervene is unrelated to the underlying lawsuit and because the District Court was not required to hear LaBatte’s motion in order to effectuate its decrees.