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Gary Kirchhoff v. United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 19-1980 · judgment December 19, 2019

Certiorari denied · May 18, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the court erred in affirming the lower court’s decision that the statute of limitations was past for Gary Kirchhoff, M.D. to file a federal suit claiming that his rights were violated under 42 U.S.C.@1983 and the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

  2. Whether the United States military can revoke a doctor’s medical privileges forever because he was a whistleblower.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gary Kirchhoff

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, May 18, 2020 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. May 18 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 22 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
  3. Apr 20 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Mar 23 2020
    Waiver of right of respondents William S. Arimony and the Law Offices of William S. Arimony to respond filed.
  5. Mar 17 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 20, 2020)