No. 24-6448

Dennis Sheldon Brewer v. John Ratcliffe, Director, Central Intelligence Agency

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-court due-process judicial-precedent mandamus standing statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-03-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly disregarded established standing principles by dismissing a pleading sua sponte contrary to Supreme Court precedent

Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Shall this Court permit the courts of the fifth circuit to openly defy both this Court ’s mandates and statutes to establish their own circuit specific precedents which effectively override this Court and Congress for: a. Standing? The well-established principle of standing is afforded to all who have (i) injury in fact, (ii) can establish causation, and (iii) a statutory means of redress exists, as defined in FDA v. Hippocratic (2024) issued June 28,2024, as the fifth circuit was engaged in Medicine 602 US concurrent, overlapping, and openly defiant actions, wherein a fifth circuit district court disregarded those well-established bedrock principles of standing to dismiss sua sponte on June 6, 2024, one day after docketing, the petitioner ’s pleading (described at paragraph 11A below,

Docket Entries

2025-03-31
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2025.
2025-03-05
Waiver of right of respondent Ratcliffe, Dir., CIA to respond filed.
2025-01-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 5, 2025)

Attorneys

Dennis Sheldon Brewer
Dennis Sheldon Brewer — Petitioner
Dennis Sheldon Brewer — Petitioner
Ratcliffe, Dir., CIA
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent