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Patricia Smith, et al. v. Hillary Rodham Clinton, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 17-5133 · judgment March 27, 2018

Certiorari denied · November 5, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–9%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a D.C. Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and counsel who has filed here before.

Questions presented

  1. Does the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“DC Circuit”) err by affirming the order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (“District Court”) substituting the United States as a Defendant for Respondent Hillary Clinton (“Ms. Clinton”)? App. 1-App. 14.

  2. Did the DC Circuit Err by affirming the order of the District Court dismissing Petitioners’ claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction or failure to state a claim? App. 1-App. 14.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Larry Elliot Klayman
Klayman Law Group, P.A.

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 05 2018
    Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Oct 17 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
  3. Oct 04 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents United States to respond filed.
  4. Aug 30 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 4, 2018)