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Avinesh Kumar, Individually and as Guardian of the Estate and Next Friend of C. K., a Minor, et al. v. Republic of Sudan

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 16-2267, 16-2269, 16-2271, 16-2272, 16-2273, 16-2275, 16-2276, 16-2280, 16-2281, 16-2282, 16-2283, 16-2284, 16-2285, 16-2286, 16-2287, 16-2288, 16-2289, 16-2290, 16-2365 · judgment January 19, 2018

Certiorari denied · April 1, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 21% cert probability (95% interval 14%–31%)

Before the decision, about 5.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Question presented

Whether a service packet is “addressed and dispatched * * * to the head of the ministry of foreign affairs” of a foreign state, as required by 28 U.S.C. 1608(a)(3), when the service packet is sent by registered mail to the head of the ministry of foreign affairs of the foreign state at the state’s embassy in the United States. (I)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

For respondent
Christopher M. Curran
White & Case LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Apr 01 2019
    Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Mar 27 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
  3. Jun 18 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.
  4. May 29 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.
  5. May 01 2018
    Rescheduled.
  6. Apr 24 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/10/2018.
  7. Apr 09 2018
    Brief of respondent Republic of Sudan filed.
  8. Mar 09 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2018)