Allan Douglas Wilson v. Department of State, et al.

Whether the D.C. Circuit's reliance on mootness doctrine to avoid addressing a case of first impression regarding temporary deprivation of citizenship rights constitutes an error that warrants this Court's review, especially where the petitioner has raised substantive constitutional and statutory claims for compensatory damages that remain viable despite the mootness of injunctive relief claims.

Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1782, which authorizes federal district courts to order a "person" to provide testimony dr produce documents "for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal," allows courts to order federal agencies to preserve and produce evidence through their representatives, or whether the federal government is categorically excluded from the statute's reach despite the absence of any textual distinction between the entity receiving a court order and the individuals who would ultimately provide testimony or evidence, thereby depriving American citizens of their constitutional right to due process when seeking evidence for use in foreign proceedings.