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Josephenie Robertson v. Republic of Nicaragua, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-17156 · judgment April 17, 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

Whether the Petitioner was deprived of an independent, neutral, and impartial tribunal in violation of the First and Sixth Amendments under the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution? Whether the Petitioner's right to self-representation and the assistance of counsel were denied under the capacities of individual and class action, in violation of the Sixth Amendment under the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution? Whether there are deprivations of the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution by the lower courts applying the Political Question Doctrine to dismiss the Petitioner's complaint? Whether there are deprivations of the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution by the lower courts failing to cite reasons on appeal to seek relief and remedy?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Josephenie E. Robertson

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 01 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 13 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
  3. Nov 30 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 28, 2019)