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James Paul Rogers v. Western Governors University

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 25-1470 · judgment December 12, 2025


Certiorari denied · May 18, 2026

Question presented

Whether the “puffery” doctrine permits an institution founded by nineteen State Governors to shield the systematic, algorithmic depletion of a disabled veteran’s Fifth Amendment-protected property interests, where such a rule creates an express circuit split with the Ninth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits regarding the materiality of recruitment inducements in federal benefits programs.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James Paul Rogers

For respondent
Dylan Bradley Carp
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 18 2026
    Supplemental brief of petitioner James Paul Rogers filed.
  2. May 18 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Apr 23 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
  4. Apr 16 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent W. Governors Univ. to respond filed.
  5. Mar 11 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 17, 2026)