U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Eric Harnett v. CDC
August 25, 2026
Summary
The Court affirmed dismissal of the complaint because the New Jersey defendants were protected by Eleventh Amendment immunity and the federal defendants were protected by sovereign immunity. It held that the District Court's later dismissal order supplied a final judgment sufficient for appellate jurisdiction even if the initial notice of appeal was premature. The Court also concluded that Harnett failed to identify a congressional waiver of federal immunity and forfeited waiver theories not raised below.