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George Pieczenik v. Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 16-3579 · judgment November 2, 2017


Certiorari denied · March 19, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether, in accordance with this Court's decision in Barlow v. Collins, 397 U.S. 159, 164 (1970) a tenant has standing to challenge an administrative consent order even though the tenant was not a party to the order because the order was entered into by his landlord and impacts his use of the property. Whether the determination of the time in which a defendant must respond to a summons and complaint is a judicial function or a ministerial function that may be delegated to the clerk's office of the district court. Whether a district court may, by local rule, delegate a judicial function to the clerk's office of the district court.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
George Pieczenik

For respondent
Matthew D. Knoblauch

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 19 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 28 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/16/2018.
  3. Feb 08 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Comm'r., NJ Dept. of Eviron. Protection, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jan 23 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 26, 2018)