---
title: "Outline judicial-review grounds from the decision and the record"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/draft-a-judicial-review-grounds-outline-from-the-decision-and-the-record/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A31-T1-R2-US"
practice_area: "Administrative & Public Law"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Outline judicial-review grounds from the decision and the record

> List the agency action, the statute the decision cites, and the record pages that touch each ground in 5 U.S.C. § 706. Write no paragraph of the petition or the brief.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/draft-a-judicial-review-grounds-outline-from-the-decision-and-the-record/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Administrative & Public Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | List the agency action, the statute the decision cites, and the record pages that touch each ground in 5 U.S.C. § 706. Write no paragraph of the petition or the brief. |
| What the lawyer must review | You plead the case. Under § 706 the reviewing court decides relevant questions of law and shall compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed, and set aside action found to be arbitrary and capricious or otherwise not in accordance with law, contrary to constitutional right, in excess of statutory authority, without procedure required by law, unsupported by substantial evidence in a case under §§ 556 and 557 or another statutory on-the-record hearing, or unwarranted by the facts where the facts are tried de novo. Review is on the whole record, with the rule of prejudicial error. Rule 11 applies to the petition. Finality is § 704, not this section. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Draft a judicial-review grounds outline from the decision and the record](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/draft-a-judicial-review-grounds-outline-from-the-decision-and-the-record.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List the agency action, the statute the decision cites, and the record pages that touch each ground in 5 U.S.C. § 706. Write no paragraph of the petition or the brief.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- There is no Administrative Review Tribunal and no merits review of the Australian kind. The question is the statute and § 706.
- Many agency statutes replace the general limitation period. Open the organic statute before you file.

## Sources

- [5 U.S.C. § 706, Scope of review](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/706) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [5 U.S.C. § 704, Actions reviewable](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/704) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_11) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Letter before judicial review proceedings to a Commonwealth decision-maker (ADJR Act), with time-limit and genuine steps record](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/letter-before-judicial-review-proceedings.md) | Letter | Red | Pre-action letter to a Commonwealth agency identifying the decision, the errors alleged and the remedy sought, asking it to withdraw or remake the decision and preserve the record, with the ADJR… |
| [Judicial review grounds from the record](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/adjr-review-grounds-table.md) | Checklist | Red | A table of the grounds in the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) section 5, for a decision the principal has marked as one to which the Act applies. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*