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Patrick J. Tobin v. City and County of San Francisco, California

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-17040 · judgment January 3, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019

Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

WHETHER THIS COURT HERE MUST EXERCISE ITS SUPERVISORY POWERS OVER LOWER FEDERAL COURTS UNDER RULE 10(a) TO KEEP THEM FROM ENCROACHING ON THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF THE STATES TO DEFINE THEIR OWN LAWS? pin'. iII

For petitioner
Patrick J. Tobin

For respondent
Ronald Patrick Flynn
Office of the City Attorney

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Oct 07 2019
Petition DENIED.
Jun 19 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
Jun 12 2019
Waiver of right of respondent City and County of San Francisco to respond filed.
May 02 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 10, 2019)