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Abhijit Bagal v. Kshama Sawant, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-1488 · judgment January 21, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
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What constitutes a cognizable injury to establish standing in a federal court to challenge an unconstitutional law?
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Whether a geographical connection to the unconstitutional law need to be demonstrated sufficiently for standing to establish a claim?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Abhijit Bagal
For respondent
Kerala Thie Cowart
Seattle City Attorney's Office
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 6, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jul 30 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jul 23 2025Waiver of right of respondent Kshama Sawant, et al. to respond filed.
- May 05 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 18, 2025)