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WeConnect, Incorporated v. Brooks Goplin

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-1193 · judgment June 21, 2018

Certiorari denied · January 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether Federal Rules of Evidence 201, 901, and 902 and principles of due process forbid a district court to, sua sponte, take judicial notice of information presented on an unauthenticated website without notice to the parties or providing an opportunity to be heard.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
R. George Burnett
Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C.

For respondent
David Carlton Zoeller
Hawks Quindel, S.C.

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, January 7, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jan 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 05 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
  3. Nov 30 2018
    Reply of petitioner WeConnect, Incorporated filed.
  4. Nov 19 2018
    Brief of respondent Brooks Goplin in opposition filed.
  5. Oct 16 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2018)