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William Leonard Pickard v. Department of Justice
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-15945 · judgment February 22, 2018
Before the decision, about 2.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.
Question presented
Whether an informant who is compelled to testify by the federal government in a public criminal trial (and who otherwise openly and notoriously discloses his work as an informant for the government) is a “confidential” source within the meaning of Exemption 7(D) of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(D).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David Lane Sobel
Law Office of David L. Sobel
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Case
Subject area
Privacy (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 1, 2018 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 01 2018Petition DENIED. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
- Jul 03 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
- Jun 25 2018Waiver of right of respondent Department of Justice to respond filed.
- May 23 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 25, 2018)