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John Does 1-10 v. Debra Haaland, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 19-6347 · judgment September 3, 2020


Certiorari denied · April 5, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a Sixth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Is election to Congress a license to libel anyone, anywhere, anytime, even when the libel is not in response to a press inquiry, does not concern pending legislation, does not occur in the halls of Congress, and concerns private citizens, minor children, from a jurisdiction neither member of Congress represents?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert Edward Barnes
Barnes law

For respondent
Marc Erik Elias
Elias Law Group LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 05 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 16 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
  3. Mar 08 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Senator Elizabeth Warren to respond filed.
  4. Feb 01 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 8, 2021)