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Daniel Kristof Lak v. California, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-56613 · judgment June 5, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether a state can be shielded from suit in federal court via 11th Amendment immunity in actions brought pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act when (i) Congress has clearly abrogated state immunity, (ii) when Section 5 of the 14th Amendment limits the state’s immunity, (iii) when a private right of action arises under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, (iv) the state has consented to suit, and (v) the state has voluntarily invoked the jurisdiction of the federal courts for suits brought under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act?
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Whether a Plaintiff has complied with Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure when Plaintiffs original complaint, although complex and voluminous, is otherwise presented in a simple and plausible manner?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel Kristof Lak
For respondent
William L. Haluck
Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson and Haluck, LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- May 03 2021Petition DENIED.
- Apr 14 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
- Mar 17 2021Waiver of right of respondent The County of Orange to respond filed.
- Mar 17 2021Waiver of right of respondents Orange County Department of Child Support Services, et al. to respond filed.
- Mar 16 2021Waiver of The County of Orange of right to respond not accepted for filing. (March 16, 2021)
- Feb 16 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2021)