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· 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

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

  • 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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