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Chinyere U. Nwoke v. Consulate of Nigeria

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-1622 · judgment July 2, 2018

Certiorari denied · February 19, 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 the practice of Respondent, CONSULATE OF NIGERIA, NY, that requires consulate officials to leave the New York Consulate office to advertise and conduct national passport issuing exercises in Chicago for extra cash-only fees, violates the Commercial Activity Exception to Sovereign Immunity under the FSJA of 28 U.S.C. § 1603 and 1605(à)(2)? Whether the FSIA grants the Respondent immunity when Respondent, after collecting payments and fingerprints from applicants, declares the Nigerian passports missing and irreplaceable? Whether Respondent's receipt and response to Petitioner's Complaint; and the district court's ruling that "the circumstances are sufficient to show proper service," conform to proper service under 28 U.S.C. § 1608?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Chinyere Nwoke

For respondent
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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, February 19, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Feb 19 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 09 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
  3. Sep 28 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 24, 2018)