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Stephen Yagman v. Michael J. Colello

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-56911 · judgment May 18, 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

May a state anti-SLAPP statute be used to dismiss a claim in federal court, when its application is contrary to the Rules Enabling Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2072, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and 56, and Supreme Court precedent, established in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007), and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stephen Yagman
Yagman + Reichmann, LLP

For respondent
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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. Jan 03 2019
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Stephen Yagman filed. (Distributed)
  3. Dec 19 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
  4. Nov 01 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 5, 2018)