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Felisa Tunac, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Randy Tunac, Deceased v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-15021 · judgment July 30, 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

  1. Whether the court below erroneously held that its jurisdiction was limited by the Veterans' Judicial Review Act to negligence claims against Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare employees?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Felisa Tunac

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

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
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Oct 26 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 30, 2018)