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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: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

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

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, March 19, 2018 · Certiorari denied

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)