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Jeffery S. Musselman v. Department of the Army

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2016-2522 · judgment October 13, 2017

Certiorari denied · January 16, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 4%–12%)

Before the decision, about 1.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below and a Federal Circuit decision below.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Melissa Arbus Sherry
Latham & Watkins LLP

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

Jan 16 2018
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by National Treasury Employees Union GRANTED.
Jan 16 2018
Petition DENIED.
Jan 08 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
Jan 02 2018
Rescheduled.
Dec 21 2017
Reply of petitioner Jeffery S. Musselman filed. (Distributed)
Dec 20 2017
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
Dec 18 2017
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
Dec 15 2017
Brief of respondent Department of the Army in opposition filed.
Nov 17 2017
Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by National Treasury Employees Union.
Nov 13 2017
Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association filed. VIDED.
Nov 09 2017
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 15, 2017.
Oct 16 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 15, 2017)