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Lina Noland, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-3757 · judgment November 24, 2025


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estimated cert probability
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Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether, after AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Rai­ mondo, the Federal Trade Commission may preserve an ex parte Section 13(b) asset freeze and receivership and obtain a revenue-based, multi-million-dollar mon­ etary judgment through civil contempt where the judgment functions as restitution or disgorgement, is not tied to identified sustained losses, and the only rule-violation damages awarded under Section 19 were $6,829.

  2. Whether the Seventh Amendment and due pro­ cess permit a federal agency to obtain a $7,306,873.14 revenue-based monetary sanction, labeled civil com­ pensatory contempt, through a bench proceeding where the sanction operates as a legal money judg­ ment rather than compensation for proven individu­ alized losses and where the ex parte freeze impaired Petitioners' ability to fund and preserve a jury defense.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Lina Noland

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
25A1124

Proceedings

  1. Jul 22 2026
    Supplemental brief of petitioners Lina Noland, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  2. Jul 15 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  3. Jul 07 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Federal Trade Commision to respond filed.
  4. Jun 01 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 22, 2026)
  5. Apr 13 2026
    Application (25A1124) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 1, 2026.
  6. Mar 28 2026
    Application (25A1124) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 2, 2026 to June 1, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.