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Jack Jordan v. Department of Labor, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 20-3402, 20-3404 · judgment November 5, 2021


Certiorari denied · June 13, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether, in adjudications under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), federal judges are free to flout and knowingly violate (and help administrative judges flout and knowingly violate) the APA, the U.S. Constitution and this Court’s precedent.

  2. Whether agency sanctions for exercising the freedom of speech to criticize agency employees or the right to petition for redress of grievances against agency employees must be subjected to strict scrutiny and supported by clear and convincing evidence of each material fact.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jack Revels Tucker Jordan
Jack Jordan

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 13 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 24 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
  3. May 16 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Department of Labor to respond filed.
  4. Apr 08 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 16, 2022)