Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →

Nevada, et al. v. Donald Walden, Jr., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-15691 · judgment October 16, 2019

Certiorari denied · November 23, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

Whether a state remains immune from suit after voluntarily removing a federal claim to federal court when the state is immune from such claims in its own courts.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Heidi Jill Parry Stern
Office of the Nevada Attorney General

For respondent
Joshua D. Buck
Thierman Buck LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Nov 23 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 16 2020
    Reply of petitioners Nevada, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  3. Nov 04 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
  4. Oct 15 2020
    Brief of respondent Donald Walden, Jr., et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Sep 16 2020
    Response Requested. (Due October 16, 2020)
  6. Sep 02 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  7. Aug 27 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is denied. See Rule 30.2
  8. Aug 26 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 25, 2020 to August 26, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Aug 26 2020
    Brief of Donald Walden, Jr., et al. in opposition not accepted for filing. (August 27, 2020)
  10. Jun 23 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 25, 2020.
  11. Jun 16 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 26, 2020 to August 25, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  12. May 21 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 26, 2020)