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Robert Doyle v. Douglas Palmer, Clerk, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 19-939 · judgment December 16, 2019

Certiorari denied · June 22, 2020

Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Questions presented

Whether Congress may delegate, to the Judicial Branch, the power to enact federal-court baradmission requirements that Congress lacks the power to enact directly.
Whether a federal district court may, consistent with the First Amendment, force a bar applicant to associate with a member of the bar of that court and engage, with that member, in a significant amount of expressive conduct.
Whether a federal district court may, consistent with the First Amendment, force a bar applicant to waive his freedom of conscience.

For petitioner
Todd Charles Bank
Todd C. Bank; Todd C. Bank, Attorney at Law, P.C.

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Jun 22 2020
Petition DENIED.
Jun 02 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
Apr 15 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 20, 2020)