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James Michael Murphy v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-35614 · judgment December 3, 2018

Certiorari denied · April 15, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

Is a second defamation lawsuit precluded by res judicata after dismissal of the first lawsuit, where key information about additional, later, widespread defamatory statements is withheld from the plaintiff during the first lawsuit?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Marianne Guenevere Dugan

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 15 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 20 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
  3. Mar 12 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Mar 04 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 5, 2019)