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David Louis Whitehead v. Netflix, Inc., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-55905 · judgment December 10, 2020

Certiorari denied · May 17, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

JOHN DOES, 1-10; MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT LLC; WALT DISNEY COMPANY; VIACOM; MARVEL STUDIOS LLC; BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC; PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC.; SONY HOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC.; MGM, INC.; LIONSGATES HOME ENTERTAINMENT; COMCAST; CBS, INC; JP MORGAN; BANK OF AMERICA; VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ; CIRQUE DU SOLEIL; AMAZON STUDIO; AMAZON BOOKS; DOES, UNNAMED RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHER, UNNAMED COLONY CAPITAL; UNNAMED DEWAYNE WICKHAM; UNNAMED TYLER PERRY; UNNAMED TOM CRUISE AND PAULA WAGNER; JOHN DOES 1-15

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David Louis Whitehead

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 17 2021
    Petition DENIED. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Apr 21 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
  3. Jan 29 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 5, 2021)