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Darru K. Hsu v. UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-15756 · judgment August 1, 2019


Certiorari denied · April 20, 2020
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

Question-1: Whether the Supreme Court should • grant the judgment for the violation of SEC Heitman Capital No Action Letter in UBS MAC wrap-fee investment contract using exculpatory hedge clause. Interlocutory review on this "controlling question of law" will bring the class action to finality. (See p. 14) Question-2: Whether the Court must determine that the falsified defense failed to acquire 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Jurisdiction and deprived the 9th Circuit of §1291 and §1292(a)(1) jurisdictions. This Court has established §1253 jurisdiction for these exceptions. The violation of the above SEC regulation was never adjudicated. The district court raised the falsified evidence for appellate review. (App. B) 28 U.S.C. 1254 cannot resurrect the jurisdictions voided by the self-incriminated defense. (See p. 9) Question-3: Whether the Court shall review the statutory violations under 15 U.S.C. § 29. This Court applied Expediting Act and Transfer Act for direct review. See Swift & Co. v. United States, 276 U.S. 311, 322 (1928) The 1st Circuit denied its appellate jurisdiction based on the Act,' while the 3rd Circuit overlooked the § 1292(a)(1) exception.2 Here, the 9th Circuit granted summery affirmance without jurisdiction. Upon challenge, the Circuit disclaimed its supervisory court jurisdiction. (See p. 12) I United States v. Cities Suc. Co.,410 F.2d 662, 1st Cir. (1969) 2 Unite. d States v. Ingersoll-Rand Co., 320 F.2d 509 (1963)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Darru K. Hsu

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 20 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 01 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
  3. Dec 11 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 16, 2020)