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Richard Cornelius Jackson v. Department of Homeland Security
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2025-1614 · judgment November 13, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
Whether the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Federal Circuit erred in denying equitable tolling under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act where the agency’s failure to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests concealed evidence of its vi olation, thereby preventing the petitioner from effec tively pursuing his claim in violation of his right to due process.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Richard Cornelius Jackson
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Orders
Order list, April 20, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Order list, June 15, 2026 · Rehearing denied
Proceedings
- Jun 15 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- May 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
- May 15 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Apr 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 25 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Mar 19 2026Waiver of right of respondent DHS to respond filed.
- Feb 11 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 27, 2026)