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Rafael Chikvashvili v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 16-4393 · judgment June 9, 2017

Certiorari denied · December 11, 2017
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
Nathan Lewin
Lewin & Lewin, LLP

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
17A79

Proceedings

  1. Dec 11 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 20 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2017.
  3. Nov 15 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Nov 15 2017
    Waiver of United States of right to respond not accepted for filing. (November 16, 2017)
  5. Nov 03 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2017)
  6. Jul 21 2017
    Application (17A79) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 6, 2017.
  7. Jul 13 2017
    Application (17A79) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 7, 2017 to November 6, 2017, submitted to The Chief Justice.