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Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Badar Khan Suri
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 25-1560 · judgment July 23, 2026
(petition-stage, structural)
About 18.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.
Question presented
The Immigration and Nationality Act strips district courts of jurisdiction over any claims by an alien “arising from” “any action taken or proceeding brought to remove an alien from the United States,” 8 U.S.C. 1252(b)(9), or “the decision or action” “to commence [such] proceedings,” 8 U.S.C. 1252(g), and instead makes a “petition for review filed with an appropriate court of appeals” the “sole and exclusive means for judicial review” of such claims, 8 U.S.C. 1252(a)(5). The question presented is whether, notwithstanding 8 U.S.C. 1252, an alien detained pending his removal proceedings may challenge that detention in a habeas petition based on claims that also go to the validity of his being removed.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
For respondent
Brett Max Kaufman
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
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Proceedings
- Oct 01 2026Motion of Badar Khan Suri for an extension of time submitted.
- Sep 21 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2026)