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Thomas Taffe, et al. v. First National Bank of Alaska

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Alaska, No. S-16854 · judgment September 27, 2019

Certiorari denied · May 18, 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

  1. Did a systemic bias against pro se litigants lead to the unconstitutional denial of Petitioners' right to a jury trial in this case? (a) Did the summary judgment granted by the Alaska Superior Court recklessly violate state and federal legal standards? (b) Did the Alaska Supreme Court fail to address the serious mistakes made by the Superior Court?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas Taffe

For respondent
Bruce Allyn Moore
Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 18 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 22 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
  3. Apr 17 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent First National Bank of Alaska to respond filed.
  4. Jan 27 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 8, 2020)