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Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc., et al. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-5940 · judgment November 17, 2025
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a business petitioner, and counsel who has filed here before, and down for a business respondent.
Questions presented
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Whether a party seeking retrospective relief under Collins v. Yellen may prove causation through circumstantial evidence—or must produce direct evidence of presidential removal intent.
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Whether the stigma-plus doctrine requires the same government actor to impose both stigma and deprivation—or permits claims when the elements are sufficiently connected.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Barbara Bison Jacobson
Bison Jacobson Law Office
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Miscellaneous (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 23, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 04 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Feb 27 2026Waiver of right of respondent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to respond filed.
- Feb 17 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2026)