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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


Certiorari denied · October 6, 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

  1. What constitutes a cognizable injury to establish standing in a federal court to challenge an unconstitutional law?

  2. 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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 30 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jul 23 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Kshama Sawant, et al. to respond filed.
  4. May 05 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 18, 2025)