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Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 25-5056 · judgment October 1, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 5, 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.

Questions presented

  1. Whether, contrary to the decision of the D.C. Circuit in Ashbourne v. Hansberry, 894 F.3d 298, 302 (D.C. Cir. 2018), a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp., 349 U.S. 322 (1955) remains good law insofar as it holds that, if the District Court dismissed Petitioner’s lawsuit with prejudice without fully finding both the material facts of the case and the legal standards that were applicable to these material facts of the case, and if the Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the District Court, the doctrine of Res Judicata or Claim Preclusion doesn’t apply to Petitioner’s subsequent litigation, and the Petitioner is entitled to proceed with all claims in a subsequent litigation.

  2. Whether a definition of a “final” judgment that the U.S. Supreme Court described for the purpose for an Appeal in Parr v. United States, 351 U.S. 513 (1956) is the same for the purpose of the Res Judicata or Claim Preclusion doctrine. Deciding in Parr v. United States, 351 U.S. 513 (1956), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a Judgment is “final” only when the District Court fully evaluates both the material facts of the case and the legal arguments, so there is nothing to add.

  3. If, after the end of the underlying litigation, the Petitioner discovered new material facts of the case and new legal arguments that were hidden

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva

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

Linked docket
26A37

Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 16 2026
    Application (26A37) denied by The Chief Justice.
  3. Jul 02 2026
    Application (26A37) for an injunction, submitted to The Chief Justice.
  4. Jun 24 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  5. Jun 16 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States, et al. to respond filed.
  6. Mar 05 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 29, 2026)