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Shailendra Bhawnani, et al. v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 18-602 · judgment April 2, 2018

Certiorari denied · November 13, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Second Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

Whether the definition of “victim” under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act, 18 U.S.C. 3663A(a)(2), includes all victims directly and proximately harmed by the same scheme, conspiracy, or pattern as the offense of conviction.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ilana Hope Eisenstein
DLA Piper LLP (US)

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 13 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 24 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
  3. Oct 19 2018
    Reply of petitioners Shailendra Bhawnani, et al. filed.
  4. Oct 05 2018
    Brief of Federal Respondent in opposition filed.
  5. Aug 29 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 5, 2018.
  6. Aug 27 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 5, 2018 to October 5, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Aug 02 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 6, 2018 to September 5, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Aug 02 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 5, 2018.
  9. Jul 02 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 6, 2018)