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Rubicon Real Estate Holdings, LLC, et al. v. City of Pontiac, Michigan, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 25-1631 · judgment June 18, 2026


3%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
At the Nov 6 conference: granted 0.13% · GVR 0.06% · relisted 7.3% · denied 93%
Granted ever, conference-stage estimate: 1.3%

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

Question presented

Whether a grant of a writ of certiorari is warranted where decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denies significant constitutional property rights. Whether a grant of a writ of certiorari is warranted where the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit conflicts with wellestablished principles regarding claims for denial of rights to procedural due process. Whether a grant of a writ of certiorari is warranted where the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit conflicts with wellestablished principles regarding claims for denial of rights to substantive due process. Whether a grant of a writ of certiorari is warranted where the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit conflicts with wellestablished principles regarding takings claims. Whether a grant of a writ of certiorari is warranted where the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit conflicts with wellestablished principles regarding First Amendment retaliation claims.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Cindy Rhodes Victor
The Victor Firm PLLC

For respondent
Michael Thomas Berger
Rosati Schultz Joppich & Amtsbuecher, P.C.

Case

Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 14 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2026.
  2. Oct 09 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Pontiac, MI, et al. to respond filed.
  3. Sep 14 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 16, 2026)