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Andrew C. Najda v. Nikolaos J. Paterakis

Paid petition · Appeals Court of Massachusetts, No. 16-P-1068 · judgment March 21, 2018


Certiorari denied · April 1, 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

When a state affords a right of appeal, does a state supreme court denying appellate review, before it, to parties that raise an error of law that is manifestly erroneous state supreme court precedent deny these parties equal protection of the law and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment because they do not receive a meaningful opportunity to be heard on appeal?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andrew C. Najda

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
18A314

Proceedings

  1. Jun 10 2019
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. May 21 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
  3. Apr 26 2019
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Apr 01 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Mar 13 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
  6. Nov 24 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 27, 2019)
  7. Sep 26 2018
    Application (18A314) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until November 26, 2018.
  8. Sep 22 2018
    Application (18A314) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 27, 2018 to November 26, 2018, submitted to Justice Breyer.