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Evangelos Souliotis v. Donald C. Darnell

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-1957 · judgment September 23, 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. Does the stare decisis authority of a court’s deci­ sion infringing on exclusive legislative power, permit that court’s decision to perpetuate and broadly apply that decision against Petitioner and all subsequent litigants?

  2. Does stare decisis require a court to uncritically and broadly apply against Petitioner that prior deci­ sion that unmistakably infringes upon the separation of powers, and upon the contract rights, agency, and self-determination of our citizenry - thereby under­ mining the right of millions of Americans to choose what they are, or are not, willing to agree to within a contract?

  3. At the core, should the broadly applied stare de­ cisis authority of the court be allowed to infringe on fundamental legislative power and thereby create a new class of contract law, a non-consensual contract?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Evangelos Souliotis

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 05 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  3. Feb 16 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 13, 2026)