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Alfred Lam, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-16559 · judgment March 18, 2019
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
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Whether the federal court abused its discretion granting costs to Respondents-Defendants despite their unclean hands and without any consideration of the public interest?
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May a Federal Court ever grant a motion for relief from judgment under FRCP 59(b) in a case involving legal error?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Alfred Lam
For respondent
Boris Reznikov
Office of San Francisco City Attorney
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
19A5
Order
Order list, November 12, 2019 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Nov 12 2019Petition DENIED.
- Oct 23 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
- Oct 02 2019Waiver of right of respondents City and County of San Francisco, et al. to respond filed.
- Aug 15 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2019)
- Jun 28 2019Application (19A5) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 22, 2019.
- Jun 25 2019Application (19A5) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 18, 2019 to August 22, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.