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Jonathan Lee, et al. v. Poudre School District R-1
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 24-1254 · judgment April 22, 2025
Certiorari denied · October 14, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether a school district may discard the presumption that fit parents act in the best interests of their children and arrogate to itself the right to direct the care, custody, and control of their children.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gina Michele D'Andrea
America First Policy Institute
For respondent
Jonathan Patrick Fero
Semple, Farrington, Everall & Case, P.C.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage
Argument & decision
Decided October 14, 2025.
Proceedings
- Oct 14 2025Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch join, respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
- Oct 06 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
- Sep 10 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 22 2025Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
- Aug 22 2025Brief of respondent Poudre School District R-1 in opposition filed.
- Aug 22 2025Brief amici curiae of America's Frontline Doctors, et al. filed.
- Aug 22 2025Brief amici curiae of Liberty Counsel, et al. filed.
- Jul 21 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 22, 2025)