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Michael H. Vartanian v. State Bar of California, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-16084 · judgment December 11, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 5, 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

Is opposition to a violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) that turns upon a reasonable mistake of law, such as belief that an attempt to violate the ADA is prohibited under the ADA, protected conduct under the statute’s anti-retaliation provision, 42 U.S.C. § 12203 (a)?
Does Title II of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12132, which prohibits discrimination by public entities based on disability, constitute a valid exercise of Congress’s § 5 authority to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment, as it applies to the regulation of attorneys?
To comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2), must a complaint recite nonconclusory allegations asserting each of the facts, whose proof must be established to prevail at trial?

For petitioner
Randy Perry Baker
Randy Baker, Attorney at Law

For respondent
Robert G. Retana
The State Bar of California

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Oct 05 2020
Petition DENIED.
Jul 29 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Jul 09 2020
Waiver of right of respondent Northwestern California University School of Law to respond filed.
Jun 23 2020
Waiver of right of respondent The State Bar of California to respond filed.
Jun 18 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2020)