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Territory of Guam, et al. v. Arnold Davis

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-15719 · judgment July 29, 2019


Certiorari denied · May 4, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

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Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael Francis Williams
Kirkland and Ellis LLP

For respondent
Lucas Cody Townsend
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
19A500

Proceedings

  1. May 04 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 15 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
  3. Apr 13 2020
    Reply of petitioners Guam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Mar 31 2020
    Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until April 15, 2020, granted.
  5. Mar 27 2020
    Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from April 1, 2020 to April 15, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  6. Mar 17 2020
    Brief of respondent Arnold Davis in opposition filed.
  7. Feb 03 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 20, 2020 to March 23, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Feb 03 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 23, 2020.
  9. Jan 21 2020
    Response Requested. (Due February 20, 2020)
  10. Jan 15 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
  11. Dec 31 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Arnold Davis to respond filed.
  12. Dec 26 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 30, 2020)
  13. Nov 06 2019
    Application (19A500) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 26, 2019.
  14. Oct 28 2019
    Application (19A500) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 27, 2019 to December 26, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.