The District of Columbia Circuit would retain the right to rule on that, but not on other aspects of a prisoner's case.

Minutes later, the government filed papers for a stay with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

The District of Columbia Circuit often cleaves along ideological lines.

The government appealed to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

They each appealed their convictions to the District of Columbia Circuit.

In a 2-to-1 decision, a panel of the District of Columbia Circuit court ruled those provisions unconstitutional.

The District of Columbia Circuit had, he said, at least tried to engage the legal scholarship on a difficult and important question.

Walton ruled that the cases be administratively closed (or stayed) until the District of Columbia Circuit resolves the issue of jurisdiction.

A seat on the District of Columbia Circuit would put her in the on-deck circle for a nomination to the Supreme Court.

In July 2005, the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Pollard's latest appeal.