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Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Department of Justice, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 25-5458 · judgment March 24, 2026
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estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
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GVR risk 0%
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Can the Federal Government evade liability for al leged attempted murder, a modern-day lynching in a hospital, and human-rights violations against an American citizen by using the Federal Government’s power to influence court decisions and protect the Federal Bureau of Investigation from liability for an alleged terrorist act?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Harold Jean-Baptiste
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Aug 19 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jun 26 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 5, 2026)