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Antoine Douglass Johnson v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-3676 · judgment January 28, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
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.

Question presented

I. Did the inferior courts err: 1) by failing to apply, or 2) by misapplying, settled Article III standing rules to factual jurisdictional objections allowing expansion of the record? II. Is a use or disclosure “order of a court of competent jurisdiction granted after application showing good cause” (42 U.S.C. § 290dd-2(b)(2)(C)), a prerequisite to suit; and, does its absence debar prosecution under 28 U.S.C. § 547(1)? III. The Defendant is a beneficiary of the Confidentiality of records statute (42 U.S.C. § 290dd-2); and, its rules (42 C.F.R. Part 2). Does compelled disclosure or use of sensitive, substance use disorder records, withstand exacting scrutiny in this case? r

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Antoine Douglass Johnson

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Subject area
Privacy (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 6, 2025 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 23 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jul 16 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Apr 16 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2025)