Whether plaintiffs injured abroad by federal actors may sue in a U.S. court under diversity jurisdiction and foreign tort law, notwithstanding that the FTCA is the exclusive remedy where the FTCA applies, compare 28 U.S.C. § 2679(b), (d) (FTCA is the exclusive remedy) with id. § 2680 (entire FTCA does not apply when an FTCA exemption applies); Simmons v. Himmelreich, 578 U.S. 621, 627-29 (2016); and
Whether the United States District Court for the District of Columbia retained its power to create or recognize torts against federal officers under the Act of Feb. 27, 1801, § 5, 2 Stat. 103, 106, after Congress created the local quasi-state court system in the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970.
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari