ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Filing 15

ORDER of USCA as to 13 Notice of Appeal, filed by ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER ; USCA Case Number 12-5054. ORDERED that the motion for summary reversal be denied and the motion for summary affirmance be granted. (kb)

United States Court of Appeals
F OR T HE D ISTRICT OF C OLUMBIA C IRCUIT

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No. 12-5054

September Term 2011
1:12-cv-00206-ABJ
Filed On: March 5, 2012

Electronic Privacy Information Center,
Appellant
v.
Federal Trade Commission,
Appellee
BEFORE:

Henderson, Tatel, and Brown, Circuit Judges
ORDER

Upon consideration of the emergency motion for summary reversal and to
expedite case, and the opposition thereto; and the motion for summary affirmance, it is
ORDERED that the motion for summary reversal be denied and the motion for
summary affirmance be granted. The merits of the parties' positions are so clear as to
warrant summary action. See Taxpayers Watchdog, Inc. v. Stanley, 819 F.2d 294, 297
(D.C. Cir. 1987) (per curiam). The district court correctly dismissed appellant’s
complaint seeking to compel the Federal Trade Commission to enforce its Consent
Order. “[A]n agency’s decision not to prosecute or enforce . . . is a decision generally
committed to an agency’s absolute discretion.” Heckler v. Chaney, 470 U.S. 821, 831
(1985). Appellant has not shown that Congress “has provided guidelines for the agency
to follow in exercising its enforcement powers” and therefore has failed to rebut the
presumption that the Commission’s enforcement decision is not subject to judicial
review. Id. at 833.
Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk
is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution
of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R. App.
P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.
Per Curiam
FOR THE COURT:
Mark J. Langer, Clerk
BY:

/s/
Timothy A. Ralls
Deputy Clerk