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Angela Pieper, et al. v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 16-2035 · judgment October 20, 2017

Certiorari denied · May 21, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Does the Discretionary Function Exception to the Federal Torts Claim Act extend beyond policy decisions and protect non-policy actions?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Christopher T. Nace
Paulson & Nace, PLLC

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 21 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 01 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/17/2018.
  3. Apr 19 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Mar 16 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 19, 2018)