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Heon Seok Lee v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-1687, 18-1950 · judgment August 21, 2019

Certiorari denied · February 24, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

whether federal court has jurisdiction to determine that (1) a municipality is a customer of its sub-vendor, and (2) a municipality sub-awards federal funds to its sub-vendor through its payment for the goods to its contractor.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Heon Seok Lee

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, February 24, 2020 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Feb 24 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 29 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
  3. Jan 23 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Nov 22 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 18, 2020)