Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →

Justicia Rizzo v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-5957 · judgment October 7, 2024


Certiorari denied · May 27, 2025
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 the Petitioner, JUSTICIA RIZZO is entitled to Default Judgement.

  2. Whether Eastern District Court Judge, David L. Bunning abused discretion when he stated the summons was incorrect.

  3. Whether Eastern District Court, abused discretion when claiming the Petitioner could not serve the Defendant through the mail S she is a party to the civil action.

  4. Whether the Eastern District Court was responsible to have the Defendant served by the US Marshalls.

  5. Whether the Eastern District Court, abused discretion when denying the Petitioner’s motion to enter the MSPB Final Order and The EEOC APPEAL Decision.

  6. Whether the District Court ERRED when denying an extension pursuant to Federal Rules Civil Procedure FRCP (4)

  7. Whether the District Court Judge abused discretion when he contemporaneously ruled in favor of the Defendant absent a response to the courts.

  8. Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ERRED, when they failed to REMAND the case back to District Court, for remedy of service rather than upholding the dismissal.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Justicia Rizzo

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Aug 18 2025
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jul 24 2025
    DISTRIBUTED.
  3. Jun 22 2025
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. May 27 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  5. May 06 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
  6. Jan 06 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 21, 2025)