The U.S. Government withdrew its petition for a writ of mandamus at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”). On June 9, 2026, the Federal Circuit granted the Government’s request to withdraw the petition and dismissed
In the latest chapter of a long running saga, a panel of the DC Circuit today upheld the authority of then-Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to withdraw from plea agreements with three of the 9/11 defendants. The start of the
In the latest chapter of a long running saga, a panel of the DC Circuit today upheld the authority of then-Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to withdraw from plea agreements with three of the 9/11 defendants. The start of the
Earlier this week, a Sixth Circuit panel issued a notable ruling in In Re United States of America, No. 21-1318 (6th Cir. April 26, 2022) (available here). At issue was the behavior of a District Judge who was
In In re United States, No. 21-1318 (6th Cir. Apr. 26, 2022), the Sixth Circuit grants a writ of mandamus against a district court’s rejection of a plea bargain – and violation of Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 –
On Tuesday, in the most recent clash between the IRS and the tea-party groups that were allegedly targeted for enhanced scrutiny by the IRS, the Sixth Circuit denied the IRS’s writ of mandamus. In In re United States of America,