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Russell Thaw, et al. v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-15777 · judgment October 11, 2017

Certiorari denied · December 4, 2017
Pre-decision estimate: 12% cert probability (95% interval 8%–19%)

Before the decision, about 3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joseph Robert Giannini
Lawyers For Fair Reciprocal Admission

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jan 22 2018
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jan 03 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2018.
  3. Dec 28 2017
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Dec 04 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Nov 15 2017
    Letter received from counsel for petitioner. (Distributed)
  6. Nov 14 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017.
  7. Nov 03 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General to respond filed.
  8. Oct 18 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2017)