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Joseph A. Fortin v. Leland Dudek, Acting Commissioner of Social Security
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-1528 · judgment August 12, 2024
Certiorari denied · May 27, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman
Subbaraman PLLC
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- May 27 2025Petition DENIED.
- May 06 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
- May 05 2025Reply of petitioner Joseph A. Fortin filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 16 2025Brief of respondent Leland Dudek in opposition filed.
- Mar 17 2025Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
- Feb 27 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 16, 2025.
- Feb 26 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 17, 2025 to April 16, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Feb 11 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 17, 2025)
- Feb 11 2025Pursuant to Rule 34.6 and Paragraph 9 of the Guidelines for the Submission of Documents to the Supreme Court's Electronic Filing System, filings in this case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court's electronic filing system.