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Children's Hospital Los Angeles, et al. v. N. L., a Minor, By and Through his Guardian ad Litem, Jacqueline Arce

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-56019 · judgment February 15, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether a private hospital and medical group become “state actors” by examining a child, to assess for evidence of abuse, at the behest of government officials who took the child from parents’ custody pursuant to a state statute.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David Paul Pruett
Kelly, Trotter & Franzen

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by California Hospital Association and California Children's Hospital Association GRANTED.
  2. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Jul 18 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  4. Jul 05 2018
    Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by California Hospital Association and California Children's Hospital Association.
  5. May 31 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2018)