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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

  1. May 27 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 06 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
  3. May 05 2025
    Reply of petitioner Joseph A. Fortin filed. (Distributed)
  4. Apr 16 2025
    Brief of respondent Leland Dudek in opposition filed.
  5. Mar 17 2025
    Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
  6. Feb 27 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 16, 2025.
  7. Feb 26 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 17, 2025 to April 16, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Feb 11 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 17, 2025)
  9. Feb 11 2025
    Pursuant 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.