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Satyasheel S. Korpe v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 25-4039 · judgment June 17, 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.

Questions presented

  1. Does the Sixth Amendment and Article III, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution, guarantee a defendant charged with Driving While Intoxicated the right to a jury trial even when he faces only up to six months imprisonment?

  2. Does the Sixth Amendment and Article III, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution, guarantee a defendant charged with Driving While Intoxicated the right to a jury trial when he faces up to six months imprisonment and standard probationary conditions, which include loss of his Second Amendment right for a year?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Chris Leibig
Law Office of Christopher Leibig

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

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. Sep 30 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Sep 15 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2025)