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 (from Petition)

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.

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

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
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent