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Blessing Nwosu v. 1600 West Loop South, L.L.C., et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 25-20079 · judgment December 12, 2025
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here and a Fifth Circuit decision below, and down for a business respondent.
Question presented
Whether an African American restaurant patron who was singled out and had a wool shawl forcibly placed on her without warning or consent while an entire restaurant of similarly- or more casuallydressed non-Black patrons sat undisturbed is barred from recovering under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 merely because she had the grace and composure to stay in the restaurant on behalf of her friend.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Randall Lee Kallinen
Kallinen Law PLLC
For respondent
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Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
25A1173
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jul 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Apr 24 2026Application (25A1173) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 23, 2026.
- Apr 13 2026Application (25A1173) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 23, 2026 to May 26, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.
- Apr 13 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 1, 2026)