No. 25-656

In Re Rayon Payne

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2025-12-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: due-process immigration-law judicial-review jurisdictional-conflict procedural-default supervisory-authority
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court should exercise supervisory authority to resolve a jurisdictional conflict between federal courts and address potential due process violations in an immigration case

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether this Court should exercise its supervisory authority under 28 U.S.C. §165 1(a) to resolve a structural conflict created when two federal courts —the D.C. District Court and the Middle District of Florida —asserted jurisdiction over the same 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b) matter simultaneously, resulting in irreconcilable orders and a breakdown in the lawful allocation of federal judicial power. 2. Whether the continued suppression of Petitioner ’s federal immigration A-File by DOJ, USCIS, and DHS —despite its central role in multiple proceedings across multiple courts —constitutes a structural due-process violation that no single lower court has the authority to remedy, thereby requiring this Court ’s intervention to preserve the integrity of the federal judicial process. 3. Whether the paralysis in the D.C. Circuit, caused by DO J’s procedural default, unresolved conflicts of interest, and the inter-court jurisdictional collision involving Petitioner ’s case, presents an exceptional circumstance warranting the issuance of a supervisory writ to restore judicial functionality and ensure access to appellate review.

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-11-28
Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due January 5, 2026)

Attorneys

Rayon Payne
Rayon Payne — Petitioner
Rayon Payne — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent