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Teresita A. Canuto v. Department of Defense, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 17-5272 · judgment April 27, 2018

Certiorari denied · January 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 a foreign state's immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1604 extends to an individual for acts taken in the individual's former capacity as an acting official because the act apply on behalf of a foreign state. /

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Teresita A. Canuto

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Subject area
Economic Activity (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

Jan 07 2019
Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Dec 05 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
Nov 26 2018
Waiver of right of respondent Department of Defense, et al. to respond filed.
Aug 21 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 26, 2018)