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Al-Haroon B. Husain v. Patrick S. Layng

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 15-3308, 16-1254 · judgment August 8, 2017

Certiorari denied · February 20, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether permanent disbarment of an attorney, with no prior violations, for a violation that did not harm his clients, the court or benefit the attorney in any manner, was such a disproportional punishment that it shocks the conscience of a reasonable person and thus, violate substantive due process. Whether an attorney’s due process right is violated when a court finds him liable, without being charged, or having a fair opportunity to prepare for trial, and whether the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to rule on other violations.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Marina Tramontozzi

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Attorneys (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, February 20, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Feb 20 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 31 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
  3. Dec 06 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 12, 2018)