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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
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
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
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Aug 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jan 15 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2026)