Opinions

Opinions & Orders – November 7, 2025

This morning, the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential opinions and three Rule 36 judgments. All three opinions come in pro se appeals. Two come in appeals of decisions of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and one comes in an appeal of a decision of the Court of Federal Claims. Here are introductions to the opinions and links to the Rule 36 judgments.

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Opinions

Opinions & Orders – December 11, 2024

Late yesterday the Federal Circuit released five nonprecedential orders. One denies a petition for a writ of mandamus, one transfers a case, two dismiss appeals, and one grants an agreed motion to remand a case. Today the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential opinions and eight nonprecedential orders. Two of the opinions affirm decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, while the third affirms a decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. One of the orders denies a petition, four transfer appeals, one dismisses an appeal, one denies a petition for a writ of mandamus, and one grants an agreed motion to remand a case. Here are the introductions to the opinions and the orders denying petitions for writs of mandamus, along with links to the transfers, dismissals, and agreed remands. This month’s motions panel had a busy couple of days!

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