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Marc Schenkel v. Xyngular Corporation, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 16-4193 · judgment May 15, 2018


Certiorari denied · January 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether a district court’s inherent authority to manage the disposition of cases, including by imposing sanctions on a party, does not extend to conduct that occurred before the litigation began. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kathleen Marie Sullivan
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

For respondent
Stephen Ernest Winston Hale
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A214

Proceedings

  1. Jan 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 28 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
  3. Nov 13 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Xyngular Corporation, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Nov 13 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Rudy Revak, Mary Julich, Steve Kole, Marc Walker, Bruce Jensen, Dan Murphy, Russell Fletcher, Jim Northrop, Robert Spangler, Symmetry Corporation, Global Ventures Management Services, LLC, Alytis, LLC, Global Ventures Partners to respond filed.
  5. Oct 10 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2018)
  6. Aug 27 2018
    Application (18A214) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until October 10, 2018.
  7. Aug 24 2018
    Application (18A214) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 10, 2018 to October 10, 2018, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.