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In Re Rayon Payne

Paid petition


Certiorari denied · January 12, 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 this Court should exercise its supervisory authority under 28 U.S.C. §1651(a) to resolve a structural conflict created when two federal courts—the D.C. District Court and the Middle District of Florida—asserted jurisdiction over the same 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b) matter simultaneously, resulting in irreconcilable orders and a breakdown in the lawful allocation of federal judicial power.

  2. Whether the continued suppression of Petitioner’s federal immigration A-File by DOJ, USCIS, and DHS—despite its central role in multiple proceedings across multiple courts—constitutes a structural due-process violation that no single lower court has the authority to remedy, thereby requiring this Court’s intervention to preserve the integrity of the federal judicial process.

  3. Whether the paralysis in the D.C. Circuit, caused by DOJ’s procedural default, unresolved conflicts of interest, and the inter-court jurisdictional collision involving Petitioner’s case, presents an exceptional circumstance warranting the issuance of a supervisory writ to restore judicial functionality and ensure access to appellate review.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Rayon Payne

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 16 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  3. Dec 11 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Nov 28 2025
    Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due January 5, 2026)