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Andre Hoskins v. United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-35880 · judgment August 17, 2017


Certiorari denied · October 1, 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

We hold that the Ninth Circuit Court reinvented Copyright Law obscure of Copyright Law, and reshaped Copyright Law and took away Petitioner copyright challenge protocols in the Copyright 1909 Act to decide a question of Copyright Law based on an entirely separate federal issue of importance to public interest. Therefore leaving the federal question, does the Petitioner has a legal right to challenge against infringement in the Copyright 1976 statutory law, when the Court lack statutory standing to void a copyright challenge? The actions of the Ninth Circuit has created unbalance in Supreme Court decisions such as Star Athietica, L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc., 580 U.S. (2017), and circuit splits on Copyright Law. The Copyright issues of infringement are grounded in this Supreme Court decision and the very Federal Tort Claim "equitable tolling" grounded in Supreme Court decision Wong v. United States, 575 U.S. (2015). "Fraud is upon the Court" and "willful blindness" has caused harm to a lawful copyright holder that challenges infringement when overt acts of "fraud upon the court" through the Telecommunication Act contributed to the theft and infringements in the defiance of Supreme Court authority, and Seventh Amendment protections for a Copyright owner (Right to jury trial.); "Is there a private cause of action regarding the Telecommunication Act?"

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andre Hoskins

For respondent
Timothy Robert Beyer
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Dec 03 2018
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 07 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
  3. Oct 18 2018
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jul 11 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  6. Jun 25 2018
    Rescheduled. Petition was distributed in error. See Rule 15.5.
  7. Jun 25 2018
    Brief of respondents Port of Seattle, et al. in opposition filed.
  8. Jun 25 2018
    Brief of respondents Qwest Communications International, Inc. and CenturyLink, Inc. in opposition filed.
  9. Jun 20 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  10. Jun 15 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents United States, et al. to respond filed.
  11. Apr 09 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 25, 2018)