Beginning Monday, October 28, 2024, security fencing will be installed around the National Courts Building and surrounding area. Access to the courthouse will only be available on H Street, N.W.
Please allow for additional time to pass through perimeter screening, in addition to the standard public entrance screening.
On Thursday, September 26, the Kara Farnandez Stoll American Inn of Court held a naming ceremony and its first inaugural meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Charles R. Jonas United States Courthouse. Approximately 60 members of the Inn attended the ceremony to honor Judge Stoll, including attorneys from law firms and local companies, as well as professors and law students from across the state.
Chief Judge Kimberly Moore, Judge Sharon Prost, and Judge Tiffany Cunningham of the Federal Circuit were also in attendance to present the official charter of the Kara Farnandez Stoll American Inn of Court to Judge Stoll. The Inn is a member of the Linn Inn Alliance.
Due to an extended maintenance window for the court’s electronic filing system (CM/ECF), the CM/ECF system will be unavailable from Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern) through Sunday, October 20, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. (Eastern). While the system may be available for intermittent accessing of documents, filers should not attempt to file any new documents with the court during this maintenance window.
Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore has appointed the following members to the Advisory Council for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Jeremiah Helm and Patrick Keane as new members, and Mel Bostwick and Goutam Patnaik as reappointed members. These appointments are for terms of three years and are effective October 1, 2024. The full announcement is available on the court’s website (pdf).
On Thursday, September 19, the Hon. Kimberly A. Moore, Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit, swore in Elizabeth Newsom and Daniel Volk as judges of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals. Chief Judge Moore administered the oath of office to Judge Newsom and Judge Volk at an investiture ceremony attended by the judges of the CBCA and in the presence of Judge Newsom’s and Judge Volk’s family.
On Monday, September 9, 2024, the Federal Circuit received a lunar sample from NASA collected by Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr, the first American in space in 1961, commander of the 1971 Apollo 14 lunar mission, and member of the Mercury Seven—the first group of American astronauts.
This 5-ounce fragment – originally a part of a larger 7.6-lb lunar sample – is nearly 4 billion years old; older than 99.9% of all Earth surface rocks. This sample was collected by astronauts Shepard and Edgar D. Mitchell during their second exploration of Weird Crater, in the Fra Mauro region of the lower lunar highlands.
Portions of the National Courts Building complex served as the original headquarters of NASA, where Shepard and the other members of the Mercury Seven were introduced to the public as part of a press conference in April 1959. This fragment, along with other space memorabilia, are on loan to the Federal Circuit from NASA and will soon be on display in the National Courts Building as part of its new Center for Innovation & Law opening in early 2025.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has approved updates to the 2024-2025 sessions calendar and adopted the new 2025-2026 sessions calendar. Both calendars are available on the court’s website.
Pursuant to Judge Newman’s request under Rule 23(b)(7) and pursuant to Rule 23(b)(8), the materials below are being released.
Prior documents in this matter can be found on the court’s website. Neither the Judicial Council, Special Committee, nor the court are providing any additional statements at this time.