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Michael M. Sato v. Orange County Department of Education

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 15-56402 · judgment June 28, 2017

Certiorari denied · November 13, 2017
Pre-decision estimate: 2% 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
Douglas Alan Ames

For respondent
Jeffrey P. Thompson
Declues, Burkett & Thompson

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 13 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 24 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2017.
  3. Oct 11 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent Orange County DOE to respond filed.
  4. Sep 25 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 27, 2017)