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Luis J. Soto v. United States Postal Service
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2025-1275 · judgment December 2, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
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Whether the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause requires a federal agency, when issuing a final removal decision against a preference-eligible veteran, to provide express notice of all legally available post-termination appeal mechanisms.
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Whether a federal agency’s failure to provide such notice prevents the statutory period for seeking post-termination review from commencing. (b)(i). List of Parties The parts are as appear in the cover page: PETITIONER is LUIS J. SOTO (LUIS J. SOTO-SOTO, LUIS SOTO-SOTO and LUIS SOTO are this same part) and. RESPONDENT is UNITED SATES POSTAL SERVICE (b)(iii). Prior proceedings on court and agencies
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Adjudicative Proceedings before the USPS - Determination adopted by the agency-designated officer, MMOO Herminio Rivera, contained in Appendix VII, pages 130-148.
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Administrative Proceedings before the Administrative Judge on MSPB — Determination adopted by the AJ in case Soto v. United States Postal Service, No. NY-0752-23-0059-1-1, 2023 WL 4051636 (M.S.P.B. June 13, 2023) contained in Appendix X, pages 162-212.
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Determination of the MSPB Board- Case Soto v. United States Postal Service, No. NY-0752-23-0059-1-1, 2024 WL 4457970 (M.S.P.B. Oct. 9, 2024) contained in Appendix XII, pages 246-255. (4) Determination of the Federal Circuit -Case Soto v. USPS 2025-1275
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contained in Appendix I, pages 36-42. (c)l. Table of Content
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Luis J. Soto
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Sep 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 28 2026Waiver of right of respondent Federal Respondents to respond filed.
- Mar 13 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 18, 2026)