· 12/12/2008
Oscarson v. Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms
Citations
- 550 F.3d 1
- 384 U.S. App. D.C. 1
- 21 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 589
- 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 25041
- 2008 WL 5191459
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the sentence was reasonable in part because it was well below the statutory maximum
- concluding that the Johnson principles “apply with equal force” to a claim of federal sovereign immunity
- noting that courts “endeavor, 3 within reasonable limits, to guard against the loss of pro se claims due to technical defects”
- noting the practice to “hold pro se pleadings to less demanding standards than those drafted by lawyers”
- \[D]enials of motions to dismiss are generally not reviewable.\
- qualified immunity is “entirely a judicial creation”
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Judges: Garland, Brown, Williams
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