Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 2201(a) Supreme Court 351 U.S. 377, 395 365 U.S. 127 366 U.S. 316, 326 381 U.S. 657 495 U.S. 328, 334 506 U.S. 447, 458 508 U.S. 49 523 U.S. 740, 749 Circuit Courts 526 F.2d 1196, 1209 793 F.2d 990, 992-995 833 F.2d 183, 186 858 F.2d 1075, 1084 875 F.2d 1369, 1374 941 F.2d 864, 867 7 F.3d 856, 859 12 F.3d 155, 157 40 F.3d 1007, 1011 102 F.3d 1494, 1507-1518 102 F.3d 1524, 1538 114 F.3d 1467, 1475-1483 127 F.3d 1157, 1162 222 F.3d 1150, 1155 232 F.3d 719, 725 251 F.3d 1222, 1226 307 F.3d 915, 918 316 F.3d 51, 55 316 F.3d 886, 897 343 F.3d 1000, 1005-1008 350 F.3d 967, 977 397 F.3d 1183, 1189 400 F.3d 691, 693-694 431 F.3d 643, 654 437 F.3d 923, 929-938 443 F.3d 1050, 1062 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 331 F. Supp. 2d 1098