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Steven Robert Johnson, et al. v. Ann L. Aiken, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of Oregon, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 25-725 · judgment October 24, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Can judicial immunity protect judges from violating the Supremacy Clause? *
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Can any federal court judge ignore,the, ,, Supremacy .Clause? , ; > a
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If an affidavit is in an exhibit, can it be sealed without. motion? .
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Can a federal judge ignore Statutes at Large? 7v
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Can a chief judge unilaterally grant judicial O'IT v immunity to a lower federal judge after it has 1 been lost? <-• -
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Can a judge use judicial immunity to cover for a & lower court judge that ignored the supremacy clause and acted in favor of the defendant that £** ignored the Attorney General? tpf i 4 7) Can a federal judge act as the defendant in a case I<- they are presiding over? ’x f*
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Steven Robert Johnson
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Aug 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jan 15 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2026)