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Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, et al. v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 25-1009 · judgment July 11, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
About 2.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for a D.C. Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).
Questions presented
CAPITAL CASE
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Whether a court of appeals has jurisdiction under the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), where the government has no statutory right to an interlocutory or final judgment appeal, to issue a writ of mandamus to review an interlocutory procedural order in a criminal case that does not have the effect of a dismissal.
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Whether a trial court’s procedural ruling in a criminal case may be enjoined by mandamus, where the court of appeals acknowledged that the trial court followed well-established and uncontested precedent.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michel Paradis
Steptoe LLP
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage
Linked docket
25M91
Proceedings
- Aug 26 2026Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Aug 03 2026Brief amicus curiae of Professor Stephen I. Vladeck filed.
- Aug 03 2026Brief amici curiae of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, et al. filed.
- Aug 03 2026Brief amicus curiae of Professor Claire O. Finkelstein filed.
- Jul 24 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 26, 2026.
- Jul 22 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 3, 2026 to August 26, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 29 2026Motion Granted. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
- Jun 10 2026Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
- Jun 05 2026Motion (25M91) of petitioners for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
- Jun 05 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 3, 2026)
- Apr 01 2026Application (25A1072) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 5, 2026.
- Mar 25 2026Application (25A1072) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 6, 2026 to June 5, 2026, submitted to The Chief Justice.