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· 1/15/2010

Lovoi v. U.S. Department of Justice

Citations

  • 679 F. Supp. 2d 12
  • 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4277
  • 2010 WL 183543

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the court lacks authority to direct the Department of Justice to investigate claims of fraud
  • denying “call for a court-ordered investigation to be initiated by the Department of Justice,” construed as “a request for a writ of mandamus,” because “mandamus cannot be issued to compel discretionary acts like an executive agency’s decision to initiate an investigation”
  • court lacks authority to compel a Department of Justice investigation

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Judges: Richard J. Leon

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