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Pui-Kwong Chan, et al. v. Baizhen Yang, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2016-1214 · judgment January 27, 2017

Certiorari denied · January 8, 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.

For petitioner
Albert Wai-Kit Chan
Law Office of Albert Wai-Kit Chan, PLLC

For respondent
Leah Ward Sears
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Linked docket
16A1209

Proceedings

Feb 26 2018
Rehearing DENIED.
Feb 07 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2018.
Feb 01 2018
Petition for Rehearing filed.
Jan 08 2018
Petition DENIED.
Dec 06 2017
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
Dec 01 2017
Reply of petitioners Pui-Kwong Chan, et al. filed.
Dec 01 2017
Motion to Revoke Interference of Pui-Kwong Chan , et al. not accepted for filing. (December 06, 2017)
Nov 17 2017
Brief of respondents Baizhen Yang, et al. in opposition filed.
Oct 18 2017
Response Requested. (Due November 17, 2017)
Oct 11 2017
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2017.
Sep 27 2017
Waiver of right of respondents Baizhen Yang, et al. to respond filed.
Aug 25 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 28, 2017)
Jul 24 2017
Application (16A1209) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 25, 2017.
Jul 17 2017
Application (16A1209) to extend further the time from July 28, 2017 to August 27, 2017, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Jun 12 2017
Application (16A1209) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 28, 2017.
Jun 06 2017
Application (16A1209) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 28, 2017 to July 28, 2017, submitted to The Chief Justice.