In re: Grand Jury Investigation

Docket Number18-3052
Decision Date26 February 2019

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27 cases
  • Nw. Immigrant Rights Project v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Servs.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Columbia
    • October 8, 2020
    ... ... is not a case in which an organization simply diverted "resources to litigation or to investigation in anticipation of litigation"—a "self-inflicted budgetary choice that cannot qualify as an ... with the same authority that could be exercised by the officer for whom he acts," In re Grand Jury Investigation , 916 F.3d 1047, 1055 (D.C. Cir. 2019), but an acting official must take Page 43 ... ...
  • United States v. Stone
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Columbia
    • August 1, 2019
    ... ... BACKGROUND This case arises out of the investigation conducted by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III. On May 17, 2017, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ ... Id. ¶¶ (b)–(c). On January 24, 2019, a grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against defendant Roger Stone for obstructing a 394 ... ...
  • United States v. Hillie
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — District of Columbia Circuit
    • September 17, 2021
    ... ... Wilkins, Circuit Judge: 39 F.4th 677 A jury found Appellant Charles Hillie guilty of two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, under 18 ... first knowing what the statute covers"), and are therefore binding holdings, see In re Grand Jury Investigation , 916 F.3d 1047, 1053 (D.C. Cir. 2019). We are of course bound by this directly ... ...
  • United States v. Donziger
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit
    • June 22, 2022
    ... ... type of dispute and whose sole duty is to resolve that dispute—is an officer); In re Grand Jury Investigation , 916 F.3d 1047, 1052–53 (D.C. Cir. 2019) (holding that a special counsel is ... ...
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2 firm's commentaries
  • State AG-Private Atty Alliances Must Be Put To The Lucia Test
    • United States
    • Mondaq United States
    • July 21, 2020
    ...significant authority, rendering them "Officers of the United States" under Appointments Clause). 7 In re: Grand Jury Investigation, 916 F.3d 1047, 1052 (D.C. Cir. 2019) (holding special counsel investigating Russian interference with U.S. election was an inferior 8 Morris W. v. Saul , No. ......
  • USPTO Refusal To Accept Requests For Director Review Of Institution Decisions Not An Appointments Clause Violation
    • United States
    • Mondaq United States
    • September 1, 2022
    ...other circuit courts, including its own, that have uniformly rejected similar Appointments Clause challenges. Id.; In re Grand Jury Inv., 916 F.3d 1047 (D.C. Cir. 2019); Willy v. Administrative Rev. Bd., 423 F.3d 483, 491 (5th Cir. 2005); Varnadore v. Sec'y of Lab., 141 F.3d 625, 631-32 (6t......
3 books & journal articles
  • WHY ROBERT MUELLER'S APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL COUNSEL WAS UNLAWFUL.
    • United States
    • Notre Dame Law Review Vol. 95 No. 1, November 2019
    • November 1, 2019
    ...those subpoenas have been the subject of motions to quash. See In re Grand Jury Investigation, 315 F. Supp. 3d 602 (D.D.C. 2018), aff'd, 916 F.3d 1047 (D.C. Cir. 2019); United States v. Concord Mgmt. & Consulting LLC, 317 F. Supp. 3d 598 (D.D.C. (11.) Jesus Rodriguez & Beatrice Jin,......
  • Because They Are Lawyers First and Foremost: Ethics Rules and Other Strategies to Protect the Justice Department from a Faithless President
    • United States
    • University of Georgia School of Law Georgia Law Review (FC Access) No. 57-1, 2022
    • Invalid date
    ...government's Independent Counsel under the Ethics in Government Act to compel production of documents); In re Grand Jury Investigation, 916 F.3d 1047, 1049-51 (D.C. Cir. 2019) (affirming the lower court's finding of civil contempt for an individual's failure to produce documents requested b......
  • DISABILITY AS METAPHOR IN AMERICAN LAW.
    • United States
    • University of Pennsylvania Law Review Vol. 170 No. 7, July 2022
    • July 1, 2022
    ...by reason of recusal."); see also United States v. Colon-Munoz, 318 F.3d 348, 355 (1st Cir. 2003). (96) In re Grand Jury Investigation, 916 F.3d 1047, 1051 (D.C. Cir. (97) Attorney General Sessions worked on Donald Trump's presidential campaign. The Department of Justice regulations provide......