No. 25-338

Simon Ateba v. Karoline C. Leavitt, in Her Official Capacity as Press Secretary to the President of the United States, et al.

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2025-09-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: content-neutrality first-amendment judicial-review press-access speech-licensing viewpoint-discrimination
Latest Conference: 2025-11-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the existence of unbridled discretion in a speech-licensing regime is per se viewpoint discrimination or merely assessed for constitutional reasonableness.

2. Whether decisional deadlines in a speech-licensing regime are constitutionally required when the regime is content-neutral.

3. Whether the availability of inferior alternatives in a speech-licensing scheme—such as, here, the fact that a journalist may be able to obtain a day pass to access the Press Area—cures a violation of the unbridled discretion doctrine.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the existence of unbridled discretion in a speech-licensing regime constitutes per se viewpoint discrimination or is merely assessed for constitutional reasonableness

Docket Entries

2025-11-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-09-30
Waiver of right of respondent Leavitt, Karoline to respond filed.
2025-09-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2025)

Attorneys

Leavitt, Karoline
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Simon Ateba
Joshua Wallace DixonCenter for American Liberty, Petitioner