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Gavin B. Davis v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-55741 · judgment July 19, 2018


Certiorari denied · February 25, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

A priori, whether Plaintiff-Appellant's Due Process rights under the 5th and 141h Amendments were abridged and subjugated in the Ninth Circuit Court's Dispositive Order (ECF 10, November 6, 2018), in denying the PlaintiffAppellant's request to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP, ECF 5), without the opportunity to file an Opening Brief and Excerpts of Record, or opportunity to pay the filing fee (ECF 3, 10), indicating, in their opinion, alone, that the litigation was "frivolous," which is disputed, itself requiring Due Process. Secondarily, whether the federal courts have Jurisdiction under FRAP 21(c) Special Writ for Political Asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1481(a)(2), a derivative of the Expatriation Act of 1868 (the United States has always implicitly denied the doctrine of perpetual allegiance through its naturalization laws, providing federal statutory standing); and, with federal authority under FRCP 57 Court Decree, in such Rule's own authority with federal statutory standing thereof relying on 28 U.S.C. § 2201, for the Creation of such Remedy, in so moving. (generally, USDC SD Cal, 18-810, Doc. 9, Petition, pg. 12, ¶; see also, Id., Jurisdiction, pg. 12, ¶ 13; and, Notice of Appeal, Doc. 12, pg. 1-2, each in the Appendix). Finally, once establishing federal jurisdiction, as set forth with the district court; and, each of: (i) subjugated by the Ninth Circuit (ECF 10) denying the Petitioner Due Process, as

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gavin B. Davis

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 25 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
  3. Jan 28 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Nov 14 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2019)