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Van R. Irion v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 25-5874 · judgment April 29, 2026

estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)

Rule 10: dissent below

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

Question presented

Can a Trial Judge Serve as Sole Accuser, Presiding Judge, Sole Ultimate Fact-Finder, and Sentencing Judge, Regarding Out-of-Court Facts?
Can a Trial Judge Add Eleven New Factual Accusations and Assert Five New Disciplinary Authorities Based Upon the Forced Disclosure of Privileged Documents and Defendant’s Involuntary Deposition Testimony?
Can the District Court and the Circuit Court Completely Ignore Undisputed Exculpatory Evidence?
Can a District Judge Rule on the Truthfulness of Facts Alleged in a 28 U.S.C. §144 Affidavit of Disqualification?
Can a Circuit Court Refuse to Allow Oral Argument Properly and Timely Demanded by an Attorney on Review of Five-Year Suspension?

For petitioner
Van Rencelliere Irion
Law Office of Van R. Irion

For respondent
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Conference history
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Jul 28 2026
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 4, 2026)
Petition Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count