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Palani Karupaiyan v. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 25-2981 · judgment December 8, 2025
Certiorari denied · May 18, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
Petitioner prayed 18 reliefs which were as Common-law Writ of Certiorari so the questions were part of three test conditions requirement of the Writs.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Palani Karupaiyan
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, May 18, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- May 18 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
- Apr 08 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States District Court for the District of New Jersey to respond filed.
- Dec 12 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 29, 2026)