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Theresa Jones, et al. v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-55234 · judgment August 9, 2018

Certiorari denied · May 20, 2019

Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

Should the Feres doctrine be revisited and limited to the legislative purpose underlining the Federal Tort Claims Act, such that a negligence action for the death of U.S. military servicemembers can be brought against the United States in certain instances?

For petitioner
Brian Joseph Lawler
Pilot Law, P.C.

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

May 20 2019
Petition DENIED. Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari: I dissent for the reasons set out in Daniel v. United States, 587 U. S. ___ (2019) (Thomas, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari).
May 13 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
May 08 2019
Rescheduled.
Apr 17 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
Apr 01 2019
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
Feb 25 2019
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 1, 2019.
Feb 22 2019
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 28, 2019 to April 1, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 09 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 28, 2019)