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Gregory Hanna v. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-1435 · judgment October 1, 2025


Certiorari denied · May 18, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the regulation provision in question under the Energy Reorganization Act is genuinely ambiguous in determining federal courts’ case law and interpretation or the Department of Labor’s case law and interpretation by and through the Administrative Review Board’s adjudication of claims under the Act.

  2. Although the Fourth Circuit purported to apply a separation of powers doctrinal standard to Petitioner’s appeal, relying on Hyatt v. Heckler, 807 F.2d 376, 379 (4th Cir. 1986). However, the Fourth Circuit is discharged to address and review whether the ARB erroneously applied its own law and standards for equitable tolling as to Appellant’s claims, dissimilar in its entirety from Hyatt.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert Scott Oswald
The Employment Law Group, PC

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 18 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 22 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
  3. Apr 03 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Global Nuclear Fuel Americas, LLC to respond filed.
  4. Mar 30 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Department of Labor to respond filed.
  5. Mar 02 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 6, 2026)