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· 7/18/1986

Thomas W. Hill v. U.S. Air Force

Citations

  • 795 F.2d 1067
  • 254 U.S. App. D.C. 171
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 27072

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that section 1631 “directs a court to transfer an ‘action’ over which it lacks jurisdiction, rather than an individual claim”
  • holding district court did not abuse its discretion by declining to transfer claim when transfer was not requested
  • considering whether a district court abused its discretion by failing to transfer a ease under 28 U.S.C. § 1631 where the court lacked personal jurisdiction
  • “[N]othing in our disposition of this case prevents appellant from seeking to have his official agency records corrected.”
  • considering whether a district court lacking personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendant abused its discretion by failing to transfer a cause under § 1631 to a district court with personal jurisdiction
  • noting the Privacy Act’s administrative exhaustion requirement for amendment suits

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Judges: Scalia, Silberman, Wright, Senior'

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