No. 25-663

Alan Headman v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process involuntary-servitude trial-by-jury unconstitutional-avoidance
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

IL CONSTITUTIONAL RIPENESS
Whether the Supreme Court, in this age of
equality, should consider gender-based servitude ripe for correction.

II. UNCONSTITUTIONAL AVOIDANCE
Whether a court of first instance's failure to
assemble a jury for Thirteenth Amendment
and 18 U.S.C. §1584 Sale into involuntary
servitude protection, once a demand for trial
by jury is made, establishes Unconstitutional Avoidance.

Ill. ADOPTING A JUDICIAL TEST
Whether the Supreme Court should require
the application of a judicial test for determining when color-of-law actors have used Unconstitutional Avoidance to violate a citizen's constitutional rights.

Iv. THE RIGHT TO A GRAND JURY
Whether victims have the right to demand a
grand jury when color-of-law actors are found
to have used Unconstitutional Avoidance to
violate the protection of 18 U.S.C. §1584
Sale into involuntary servitude "in any
way".

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court should require a judicial test for determining when color-of-law actors have used Unconstitutional Avoidance to violate a citizen's constitutional rights

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Petition DENIED.
2026-01-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-05
Waiver of right of respondent Judge Jerald Dean Fowler, II to respond filed.
2025-12-29
Waiver of Federal Parties of right to respond submitted.
2025-12-29
Waiver of right of respondent Federal Parties to respond filed.
2025-12-17
Waiver of right of respondent Teresa Welch to respond filed.
2025-08-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 7, 2026)

Attorneys

Alan Headman
Alan Headman — Petitioner
Federal Parties
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Judge Jerald Dean Fowler, II
Scot McDonald GraydonOffice of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent
Teresa Welch
J. Clifford PetersenUtah Attorney General's Office, Respondent