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Raj K. Patel v. Trump Corporation, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 20-1706 · judgment October 9, 2020


Certiorari denied · June 14, 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

STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES I. Whether the Southern District Court of New York’s decision was arbitrary or unfair and violated Due Process, when denying Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(b)(1)(B) permissive intervention, especially per United States v. Local 638,347 F.Supp. 164,166 (S.D.N.Y. 1972). II. Whether rules 24(b)(1)(B) and 8(e) of the Fed. R. Civ. P. require the Southern District Court of New York to grant permissive intervention or require the Court of Appeals to overturn the Southern District Court of New York and grant permissive intervention. III. Whether the legal capacity of Donald J. Trump in the happenings of the main case and in the happenings of the intervention are shared common questions of law or fact for permissive intervention to be granted.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Raj K. Patel

For respondent
Joanna C. Hendon
Alston - Bird, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Aug 02 2021
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jul 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED.
  3. Jun 25 2021
    Request for recusal received from petitioner.
  4. Jun 15 2021
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  5. Jun 14 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  6. May 25 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/10/2021.
  7. May 14 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Trump Corporation, et al. to respond filed.
  8. Oct 13 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 28, 2021)