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Maria Saldana-Fountain v. United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 16-50384 · judgment June 1, 2017


Certiorari denied · May 21, 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 subject matter jurisdiction was properly invoked in tolling the statute of limitations in underlying claims based on fraudulent concealment, embezzlement, conversion and/or other nefarious activities. Whether a timely amended well-pled complaint and court record pleadings with attached evidence was sufficient to withstand dismissal under Rule 12(h)(6). Whether the District Court and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals deviated from acceptable judicial proceedings in this case that require this Court's supervisory power pursuant to Rule 10. Whether procedural and substantive Due Process as guaranteed by the United States Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment and Equal Rights Clause was denied in this case.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Maria Saldana-Fountain

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
17A549

Proceedings

  1. May 21 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 01 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/17/2018.
  3. Apr 20 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents United States, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jan 17 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 7, 2018)
  5. Nov 20 2017
    Application (17A549) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 19, 2018.
  6. Nov 01 2017
    Application (17A549) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 20, 2017 to January 19, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.