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Kishore Kumar Kavuru v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-7568 · judgment June 17, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability (COA) by holding that no jurist of reason would find the petitioner’s constitutional claim debatable, when another panel of the same court had found the identical constitutional claim “debatable among jurists of reason” in United States v. Prasad, No. 23- 1968 (CA9 Aug. 26, 2024).
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Whether the Ninth Circuit violated the mandate rule and equal protection principles by foreclosing appellate review to Mr. Kavuru while permitting similarly situated defendants, Mr. Prasad and Ms. Patnaik, to proceed with their materially indistinguishable appeals raising the exact constitutional materiality question under 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a). See United States v. Patnaik, 125 F.4th 1223 (CA9 2025).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kishore Kumar Kavuru
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 11 2026Supplemental brief of petitioner Kishore Kumar Kavuru filed. (Distributed)
- Feb 25 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Feb 20 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 08 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 19, 2026)