United States Federal Circuit

In a case involving a suit, purportedly under the Tucker Act, by a former bankruptcy judge alleging that the denial of his reappointment as a bankruptcy judge was in violation of his due process rights and certain regulations, the government's petition for a writ of mandamus from certain rulings of the Court of Federal Claims is granted where the court should not have exercised jurisdiction over the suit and the requirements for the writ of mandamus were met.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/11/2006
• Published 09/11/2006

Judges

• SCHALL, Circuit Judge., Before SCHALL, GAJARSA, and PROST, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gregory G. Katsas, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for petitioner.   With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Sharon Swingle, and Robert M. Loeb, Attorneys, Appellate Staff.


• For Appellees:
  
• Cletus P. Lyman, Lyman & Ash, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, argued for respondent.