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Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance, dba FedLoan Servicing v. Neil Silver

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-15664 · judgment December 13, 2017

Certiorari denied · October 1, 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 an amendment to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act that insulates parties collecting federal debts “impair rights a party possessed when he acted,” if applied to dismiss a lawsuit pending when the amendment was enacted, and therefore have impermissible retroactive effect under this Court’s Landgraf standard? 1099175.1

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Donald Edward Bradley
Musick, Peeler & Garrett, LLP

For respondent
Seyed Abbas Kazerounian
Kazerouni Law Group APC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Oct 01 2018
Petition DENIED.
Aug 01 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
Jul 16 2018
Brief of respondent Neil Silver in opposition filed.
Jun 13 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 16, 2018
Jun 12 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 14, 2018 to July 16, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 24 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 14, 2018)