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Carl Ellen Puckett, Jr., et ux. v. Ain Jeem, Inc., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-5282, 24-5537 · judgment February 11, 2025


Certiorari denied · December 15, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

United States Supreme court precedent has determined that a party affected by the appellate circuit decision of what they believe to be an improper judicial quorum has standing to challenge its validity Nguyen v. United States 539 U.S. 69; United States v. American-Foreign S.S. Corp., 363 U.S. 685 (1960) even prior to the consideration of the merits. -

  1. Whether in the absence of clear informed consent by President Biden for use of the auto pen for his signature on judicial nominations and commissions, including the Panel Judge Bloomkatz render them null and void and constitute an improper quorum?

  2. Whether President Biden’s delegated use of the auto pen for his signature must clearly be based upon informed consent and specifically identify the individual to which the duty is delegated as discussed in the Scalia and Rhinequist memorandum (Appendix H Vol I p. 64), and be properly documented and recorded in the Federal Registry in accordance with 3 U.S.C. 301, regarding judicial nominations and commissions to establish lawful validity, without which are void and therefore did the judge on the panel with the invalid nomination and commission through autopen use not in accordance with 3 U.S.C. 301 constitute and improper quorum?

  3. Whether the statutory executive branch

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Carl Puckett

For respondent
Kerry Steven Culpepper
Culpepper IP, LLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
25A89

Proceedings

  1. Aug 17 2026
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jul 23 2026
    DISTRIBUTED.
  3. Jan 08 2026
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Dec 15 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Nov 25 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
  6. Oct 22 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Axencis, Inc. to respond filed.
  7. Sep 16 2025
    Suggestion for recusal from petitioner received.
  8. Aug 28 2025
    Suggestion for recusal from petitioner received.
  9. Aug 23 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 10, 2025)
  10. Jul 23 2025
    Application (25A89) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until November 2, 2025.
  11. Jul 17 2025
    Application (25A89) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 3, 2025 to November 2, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.