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Paul Tanaka v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-50233 · judgment August 31, 2017

Certiorari denied · December 4, 2017
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

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

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Charles M Sevilla

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 04 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 08 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017.
  3. Nov 01 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Oct 24 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 27, 2017)