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Gary S. Williky v. Securities and Exchange Commission

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 19-1243 · judgment November 8, 2019

Certiorari denied · June 8, 2020

Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals err in determining that the Trial Court did not abuse its discretion by awarding 2x civil penalties against Williky, a cooperating whistleblower who provided information used to help obtain guilty pleas and/or guilty verdicts against six other defendants?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Bryan C. Shartle
Sessions, Fishman, Nathan & Israel, L.L.C.

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

Jun 08 2020
Petition DENIED.
May 19 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020.
May 01 2020
Brief of respondent Securities and Exchange Commission in opposition filed.
Apr 01 2020
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 1, 2020.
Mar 31 2020
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 1, 2020 to May 1, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 02 2020
Response Requested. (Due April 1, 2020)
Feb 19 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
Feb 13 2020
Waiver of right of respondent Securities and Exchange Commission to respond filed.
Feb 06 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2020)