Transam Trucking, Inc. v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

MORITZ, Circuit Judge.

The Administrative Orders Review Act, better known as the Hobbs Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2341-2351, grants the courts of appeals exclusive jurisdiction to set aside or determine the validity of certain “rules, regulations, or final orders” of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. In this case, TransAm Trucking, Inc. petitions for review of an email it received from FMCSA’s counsel expressing the agency’s refusal to issue TransAm a third amended compliance review report pursuant to the parties’ settlement agreement. We conclude that email was not a “final order”…