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Richard L. Lambert v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 17-5324 · judgment October 4, 2017


Certiorari denied · June 11, 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 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in holding that a Designated Agency Ethics Official, who is government attorney, owes no duty of care to a former agency employee in providing legal counsel to the former employee? Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in holding that the statute of limitations for Bivens claims is determined by the statute of limitations from the state where the claim was filed rather than the state in which the cause of action arose?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Richard L. Lambert

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 11 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 22 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/7/2018.
  3. May 11 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Mar 30 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 11, 2018)