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