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James A. Simon v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 16-3101 · judgment March 30, 2017

Certiorari denied · October 10, 2017
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Patrick W. Blegen

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 10 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 13 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2017.
  3. Sep 07 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Aug 28 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 29, 2017)