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Jason P. Stinson v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 17-11412 · judgment May 1, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 7, 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.

Questions presented

Whether issuing a permanent injunction and an order to disgorge $949,000 against the owner of a tax preparation business under 26 U.S.C. § 7402 of the Internal Revenue Code violates due process when the amount of any illegally obtained monies was not introduced into evidence.
Whether a taxpayer’s testimony that the tax return was inaccurate and that the taxpayer did not provide the inaccurate information to the tax preparer proves the tax preparer’s intent to defraud.
Whether Stinson’s due process rights were violated when the district court refused to consider the evidence of alleged sanctionable litigation conduct.

For petitioner
John J. Pappas

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Oct 07 2019
Petition DENIED.
Jun 12 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
Jun 05 2019
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
May 23 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 27, 2019)