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In Re Rayon Payne

Paid petition


Certiorari denied · January 20, 2026
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

  1. Whether supervisory intervention by this court is required where a district judge—structurally conflicted due to collegial involvement—assumed jurisdiction and issued orders in a case that directly implicates the constitutional validity of her own court, while the eleventh circuit, previously defied by the same district court, now lacks the institutional capacity to enforce its own mandate or provide appellate relief.

  2. Whether supervisory intervention is required where a district court, already in structural conflict, repeatedly violates due process and disregards eleventh circuit mandates—first by ignoring a tolling order in a § 1983 case, and now by exercising jurisdiction in a related § 1985(3) action despite unresolved constitutional challenges.

  3. Whether due process is violated when a district judge selectively rules on non-substantive motions—such as denying e-service and issuing standing orders—while ignoring threshold motions challenging venue and demanding disclosure, despite knowing her own judicial colleagues are named defendants.

  4. Whether the combined effect of structural conflict, judicial defiance of appellate orders, and statutory privacy barriers to personal service creates a constitutional impasse that entitles a pro se litigant to u.s. marshal service and mandates supervisory intervention by this court

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Rayon Payne

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 20 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 30 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
  3. Oct 23 2025
    Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due December 15, 2025)