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Aaron Abadi v. Anthony Stephen Fauci, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 24-2365 · judgment July 8, 2025


Certiorari denied · April 6, 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 the Air Carrier Access Act, 49 U.S.C. § 41705 — which provides that “an air carrier may not discriminate” against qualified individuals with disabilities — creates an implied private right of action, where the lower courts have uniformly held otherwise by misreading this Court’s decision in Alexander v. Sandoval, 532 U.S. 275 (2001), and disregarding Cannon v. University of Chicago, 441 U.S. 677 (1979).

  2. Whether it is consistent with congressional intent and constitutional principles of access to justice for courts to hold that the Air Carrier Access Act both (a) provides no private or judicial remedy and (b) preempts all state and common-law causes of action, thereby leaving individuals with no enforceable right at all.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Aaron Abadi

For respondent
Bartholomew J Banino
Condon & Forsyth LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 06 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 17 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/2/2026.
  3. Mar 05 2026
    Waiver of right of respondents British Airways PLC, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Feb 25 2026
    Waiver of right of respondents American Airlines, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
  5. Sep 27 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 6, 2026)