NCLA Asks D.C. Circuit to Reinstate First Post-Jarkesy Suit Against SEC’s “Follow

Washington, DC, Sept. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed its opening brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reinstate its lawsuit challenging SEC’s illegitimate “follow-on” enforcement proceeding against our client Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Lemelson. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the case, erroneously holding it did not have jurisdiction to hear Lemelson’s claims that SEC is violating his Seventh Amendment jury-trial rights and is illegally trying to prosecute him a second time for the same alleged offenses. The district court incorrectly dismissed his other claims against SEC for failure to state a claim. NCLA urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reverse that decision