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Armin Abazari v. Department of Education, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-55854 · judgment May 13, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 5, 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.

Questions presented

A. 1. Whether the District Court must consider an opportunity to present objections under F.R.C.P. §72(b)(2) prior to a ruling on a dismissal of a Complaint.

  1. Whether the District Court must consider objections de novo under F.R.C.P. §72(b)(3) prior to a ruling on a dismissal of a Complaint.

  2. Whether the District Court Justice who acted in terminating Plaintiffs suit was neutral and detached.

  3. Whether Dr. Abazari’s Procedural Due Process rights under the 5th Amendment were violated by the District Court’s termination of Dr. Abazari’s entire action. B. Whether Dr. Abazari’s Equal Protection rights under the 5th Amendment were violated

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Armin Abazari

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 12 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Jul 22 2020
    Waiver of right of respondents U.S. Dept. of Education, et al. to respond filed.
  4. May 27 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2020)