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Jeff Silvester, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 14-16840 · judgment December 14, 2016

Certiorari denied · February 20, 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.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Erik S. Jaffe
Schaerr | Jaffe LLP

For respondent
Jonathan Michael Eisenberg
AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Linked docket
16A1234

Argument & decision

Decided February 20, 2018.

Proceedings

  1. Jun 20 2018
    Record returned to the U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of California (2 boxes).
  2. Feb 20 2018
    Petition DENIED. Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
  3. Jan 31 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
  4. Jan 29 2018
    Record received from the U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of California (2 boxes).
  5. Jan 08 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
  6. Jan 08 2018
    Record Requested.
  7. Jan 08 2018
    Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the 9th Circuit. The record is electronic and available on PACER.
  8. Jan 04 2018
    Rescheduled.
  9. Dec 20 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
  10. Dec 20 2017
    Reply of petitioners Jeff Silvester, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  11. Dec 01 2017
    Brief of respondent Xavier Becerra in opposition filed.
  12. Oct 26 2017
    Brief amici curiae of Firearms Policy Foundation, et al. filed.
  13. Oct 26 2017
    Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
  14. Oct 24 2017
    Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 1, 2017.
  15. Oct 06 2017
    Brief amicus curiae of Crime Prevention Research Center filed.
  16. Sep 29 2017
    Response Requested. (Due October 30, 2017)
  17. Sep 27 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2017.
  18. Sep 15 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent Xavier Becerra to respond filed.
  19. Sep 01 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 6, 2017)
  20. Jun 19 2017
    Application (16A1234) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until September 1, 2017.
  21. Jun 15 2017
    Application (16A1234) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 3, 2017 to September 1, 2017, submitted to Justice Kennedy.