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James Mills v. City of Covina, California, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-56343 · judgment April 24, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 15, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Does section 356 of the California Civil Procedure Code, which tolls a statute of limitations during any period that a plaintiff is legally prevented from taking action to protect his or her rights, apply during the period that a plaintiff’s claim is barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kevin Andrew Lipeles
Lipeles Law Group, APC

For respondent
Kevin Harold Louth
Manning & Kass Ellrod Ramirez Trester LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 15 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 25 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
  3. Sep 11 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents City of Covina, California et al. to respond filed.
  4. Aug 03 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 9, 2019)