State Vs. Eclectic Servs., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that if a plaintiff files a Section 1503 action beyond the five-year window, “the district court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to hear the claim”
• affirming dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and rejecting attempt to leverage 5 U.S.C. § 702’s general waiver of sovereign immunity for non-monetary suits “to seek the same relief for the same grievance provided for in § 1503(a
• “[C]ourts should construe statutes to avoid rendering language and requirements to be surplusage.”
• “But the person must bring the [§ 1503(a)] action ‘within five years after the final administrative denial of such right or privilege,’ otherwise the district court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to hear the claim.” (citation omitted) (quoting 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).