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Curtis Solomon v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 22-11488 · judgment May 15, 2025
Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026
Question presented
Whether the Eleventh Circuit’s recent iteration of its “prior panel precedent rule”—which requires rigid adherence to prior circuit precedent, even if the prior precedent indisputably did not apply a new “mode of analysis” dictated by an intervening decision of this Court—contravenes well settled principles of vertical stare decisis, and denies Eleventh Circuit defendants their statutory right to appeal and due process of law, in conflict with the approach of other circuits.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Brenda Greenberg Bryn
Federal Public Defender
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 11 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Nov 18 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Nov 06 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 12, 2025)
- Sep 16 2025Application (25A299) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 6, 2025.
- Sep 11 2025Application (25A299) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 7, 2025 to November 6, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.