Court Opinion

ID: 9460620
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 21:56:06.344557+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:36:42.642634
License: Public Domain

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM:
Appellant’s Petition for Rehearing urges as two additional bases for District Court jurisdiction 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(a)(2) and 1361. Reliance on the “Tucker Act,” § 1346(a)(2), is misplaced. That Act applies only to suits for money damages while appellant seeks equitable relief. See, e. g., Wells v. United States, 280 F.2d 275 (CA9, 1960); Clay v. United States, 93 U.S. App.D.C. 119, 210 F.2d 686 (CADC, 1953), cert. denied, 347 U.S. 927, 74 S.Ct. 530, 98 L.Ed. 1080 (1954); Bower v. United States, 347 F.Supp. 1252 (W.D.Pa.1972). Assuming without deciding that § 1361 mandamus jurisdiction is potentially available, those factors found in the original opinion to preclude exercise of equitable or supervisory jurisdiction also make mandamus relief inappropriate.