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Damien Deshawn Pugh v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-5190 · judgment October 24, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025

Questions presented

This petition involves three questions of exceptional importance:

  1. Why does social security applicants have to endure unnecessary subjection of politics and opinions that never derive from the medical facts presented for an applicants case?

  2. 42 US. Code § 1382 is part of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program that was implemented to safeguard retired and tenured Us federal, state and county employees, is it enough?

  3. The United States is divided into the bipartisan parties of Republic and Democratic. Are we protected fro either party’s reform policies?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Damien D. Deshawn Pugh

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Dec 10 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  3. Oct 15 2025
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jul 03 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  6. Jul 01 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Bisignano, Comm'r, Social Sec. to respond filed.
  7. Jun 02 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 7, 2025)