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Jacquelyn Miller v. Dylan Farris, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-55717 · judgment October 16, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
Whether dismissal of a claim based on an uncontroverted affidavit and explicit Notice of Estoppel by Acquiescence, served with lawful notice and opportunity to respond, without substantive judicial review of the affidavit's facts or the estoppel claim, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jacquelyn A. Miller
For respondent
Spencer E. Covert
Parker & Covert LLP
Case
Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
25A787
Order
Order list, June 29, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jun 29 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 09 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
- Jun 01 2026Waiver of right of respondent Dylan Farris, et al. to respond filed.
- Mar 07 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 15, 2026)
- Jan 08 2026Application (25A787) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 15, 2026.
- Jan 02 2026Application (25A787) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 14, 2026 to March 15, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.