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Justin Paul Dreiling v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2025-2155 · judgment April 15, 2026


Certiorari denied · October 5, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Questions presented

Can the People rely upon the plain language of the law to exercise their Constitutional Rights? Or must the People succumb to egregious precedents of this Court in error? This question is the true issue before this petition. No inferior court has disproven the fact that Dreiling has done nothing but follow the plain language of the law. He has been denied justice as the inferior courts were unwilling to follow the plain lan­ guage of the law over Supreme Court error. “If the Constitution ever perishes, it will be, when the Judi­ ciary shall have become feeble and inert, and either unwilling or unable to perform the solemn duties im­ posed upon it by the original structure of the Govern­ ment.” Story, A Familiar Exposition of the Consti­ tution of the United States, §305 (1840). The questions presented are:

  1. Do individual judges have the Constitutional authority and judicial power to follow the plain lan­ guage of the law, or is vertical stare decisis absolute regardless of egregious precedents?

  2. Did this Court exercise its will in United States v. Jones, 131 U. S. 1 (1889) instead of the plain lan­ guage of the law — the clear intent of Congress?

  3. Do Dreiling’s original claims satisfy the plain language of the Tucker Act, and if so, is he entitled to rely upon that plain language?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Justin Paul Dreiling

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Subject area
Judicial Power (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

  1. Oct 05 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 29 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  3. Jul 21 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jun 26 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 3, 2026)