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Lakshmi Arunachalam v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-72569 · judgment December 18, 2018


Dismissed · October 7, 2019

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Lakshmi Arunachalam

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
18A858

Proceedings

  1. Dec 09 2019
    JUDGMENT ISSUED.
  2. Nov 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
  3. Oct 22 2019
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 07 2019
    Because the Court lacks a quorum, 28 U. S. C. §1, and since the qualified Justices are of the opinion that the case cannot be heard and determined at the next Term of the Court, the judgment is affirmed under 28 U. S. C. §2109, which provides that under these circumstances "the court shall enter its order affirming the judgment of the court from which the case was brought for review with the same effect as upon affirmance by an equally divided court." Justice Thomas, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Alito, Justice Sotomayor and Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  5. Jul 05 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  6. Jun 21 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent UNITED STATES to respond filed.
  7. May 17 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 21, 2019)
  8. Feb 25 2019
    Application (18A858) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 17, 2019.
  9. Feb 11 2019
    Application (18A858) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 18, 2019 to May 17, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.