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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
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
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
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- 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)