Jury trials for agency penalties
Sligo Creek Center v. Department of Health and Human Services
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Sligo Creek Center, a Medicare-participating nursing home, challenges nearly $1.5 million in civil penalties imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services after it found infection-control violations.
- What's at stake
- The dispute leaves unresolved whether Sligo Creek was entitled to have its penalty case heard by a jury in federal court.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Fourth Circuit said the penalties implicated a jury-trial right but treated the new federal requirements as an exception allowing agency proceedings; Sligo Creek has asked the Supreme Court to review.
The dispute followed an investigation after positive tuberculosis tests at the nursing home. Administrative proceedings lasted nearly a decade before the Fourth Circuit ruled.
The Fourth Circuit said the penalties raised a jury-trial right but allowed agency proceedings because the government enforced new federal requirements with no equivalent in older judge-made law.
Question presented
1. Whether, under a proper application of Jarkesy, Sligo Creek was entitled to have its case decided by a jury in an Article III court. 2. Whether the Court should overrule Atlas Roofing.
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the case. Oral argument is not scheduled.
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More questions
- What questions does Sligo Creek ask the Supreme Court to consider?
- It asks whether, under Jarkesy, it was entitled to a jury trial in federal court and whether the Court should overturn Atlas Roofing.
Sources
Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.