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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


Certiorari denied · March 23, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. 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.

  2. 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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 04 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
  3. Feb 27 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to respond filed.
  4. Feb 17 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2026)