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Robert S. Carlborg v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2024-1339 · judgment November 4, 2024


Certiorari denied · June 23, 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 petitioner was deprived of the property interest right in his military retirement under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when the court of appeals, without comment or analysis, did not follow stare decisis and apply binding precedent when affirming the trial court decision.

  2. Whether petitioner was deprived of the property interest right in his military retirement under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment when the court of appeals did not consider petitioner’s arguments as the court’s decisional path is not found in its opinion. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert S. Carlborg

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. Jul 15 2025
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Jun 23 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jun 03 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
  6. May 27 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  7. Apr 22 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 30, 2025)