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Brandi K. Stokes v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 18-50965 · judgment December 7, 2018

Certiorari denied · February 19, 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

Whether a United States Court of Appeals may rely upon the subject matter characterizations of a lower court to avoid jurisdiction to review a claim for Geneva Conventions protection?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Brandi Stokes

For respondent
Judith Gres DeBerry
Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel, State Ba

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 19 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 23 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
  3. Jan 07 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Commission for Lawyer Discipline to respond filed.
  4. Dec 22 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2019)