--- title: "United States v. Alam" citation: "960 F.3d 831 (6th Cir. 2020)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA6-ALAM-960-F3D-831" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_sixth_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca6" official_url: "https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/20a0171p-06.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA6-ALAM-960-F3D-831/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # United States v. Alam ## Holdings used - The filing prerequisite is nonjurisdictional but mandatory when timely invoked; no pandemic or futility exception applied, and a premature motion is dismissed without prejudice. ## Material limitation Binding only in the Sixth Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official published opinion reviewed. Waiver and forfeiture remain possible; pandemic-specific discussion is not adopted as a merits rule. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 960 F.3d 831 (6th Cir. 2020), 960 F.3d 832–36: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR6-004` ## Used in - [Sixth Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/sixth-circuit.md)