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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: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
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
Subject area
Federalism (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, May 3, 2021 · Certiorari denied
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)