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Harold R. Stanley, et al. v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 19-5047 · judgment April 5, 2019


Certiorari denied · June 10, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Question 1. In Re: DCCoA 19-5047 When a United States judge refuses for multiple months to adjudicate a Rule 59(e) Motion setting forth his acts of misconduct in support of the institutionalized executive branch (IRS) record falsification program, can Circuits impose a duty on litigants to prove such refusal, standing alone, (in derogation of the contextual acts allegedly committed by the officer), is itself supposedly "egregious or unreasonable", before the litigants can secure mandamus relief? Question 2. In Re: DCCoA 19-5047 Can litigants present their case to appellate courts by citing documents stored on the "PACER System", thus obviating need to produce outmoded, expensive, paper-based, comb-bound "records on appeal"? Question 3. In Re: DCCoA 19-5041 When appellants withdraw appeals and seek return of the filing fee before any adjudication is performed, can Circuits impose a burden to prove "circumstances warrant [] a refund"?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Harold R. Stanley

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 10 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 21 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
  3. May 10 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent UNITED STATES to respond filed.
  4. Apr 29 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 6, 2019)