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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
Certiorari denied · November 12, 2019
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
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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
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.