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Boddie v. United States District Court for the District of Maryland

Updated Nov 12, 2026

In brief

Where it stands
Petition Pending

Awaiting an order on the petition

No decision timeline until the Court agrees to hear the case.

What it’s about
Beckie Boddie asks the Supreme Court to review whether a federal court in a Federal Trade Commission case may dispose of property and rewrite contracts belonging to someone who was not a party, without notice or a hearing, then bar that owner’s appeal because she was not a party in the trial court.
What's at stake
The unresolved issue is whether Boddie was owed notice and a hearing, and whether she can appeal orders affecting her property and contracts despite not being a party in the trial court.

Summary: written with AI from the case record.

What it's about

Her petition is pending and was distributed for a conference; that step is not a grant of Supreme Court review.

Section 13(b) of the FTC Act authorizes the Commission to seek injunctive relief, and Boddie disputes whether that provision allows the order she challenges.

Question presented

1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment is violated when, in an FTC enforcement action, a federal court disposes of a nonparty owner’s real property without notice or a hearing and then forecloses appellate review on the ground that the owner was not a party below? 2. Whether Section 13(b) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b), which authorizes the Commission to seek only injunctive relief, empowers a district court to enter a redress plan order that rewrites a nonparty owner’s private contracts and disposes of the nonparty’s real property?

What happens next

The petition was distributed for the Court's December 4, 2026 conference, but that does not mean the Court has agreed to hear it. The next step is a decision on whether to grant review; no argument or decision date is set.

Documents

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Key filings

Stored filings: 1View on supremecourt.gov

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Docket activity

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More questions

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What due-process issue does Boddie raise?
She asks whether a court may dispose of a nonparty owner's real property without notice or a hearing, then block an appeal because the owner was not a party in the trial court.
What does Boddie ask about Section 13(b)?
She asks whether the FTC's authority to seek injunctive relief permits a court to issue a redress plan that changes a nonparty owner's contracts and disposes of her real property.

Sources

Primary materials from the Court and the parties. Grounded in docket records and cited sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.

Checked Nov 12, 2026Methodology

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