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Tom Jensen v. Hannah Blumenstiel, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-17049 · judgment June 24, 2019

Certiorari denied · March 23, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Is a Bankruptcy Court judge absolutely immune from a complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief for denial of public access to the court? Should attorney disciplinary proceedings before a judge in a District or Bankruptcy Court be secret? Does the public have a right to submit reliable complaints of attorney misconduct to the district court, and does the court have a duty to duly consider them?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Tom Jensen

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 23 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 26 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
  3. Feb 18 2020
    Waiver of right of respondents Blumenstiel, Hannah, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jan 11 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 18, 2020)