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John Gavette v. United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-1557 · judgment January 28, 2025


Certiorari denied · November 10, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether a district court may compel arbitration and dismiss a federal disability discrimination lawsuit at the pleading stage, without permitting any discovery, based upon a purportedly electronically accepted arbitration clause, where the plaintiff contests the existence of an agreement under applicable state contract law and plaintiffs have a Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gwen-Marie Davis
GDH Law Firm

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 10 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 08 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
  3. Jun 16 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 24, 2025)