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Ahmed Halim v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2019-1478 · judgment May 12, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 5, 2020
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

I What are the limits on due diligence? This question can be asked by each citizen in the United States. The Court of Appeals for the federal circuit extended the due diligence far Beyond reasonableness and said the petitioner should have the knowledge and experience of a real estate lawyer, all the experience the petitioner has was in Academia. II Do government officials act in good faith all the time? Any Citizen will be in disbelief.The court of appeals have long upheld the principle that government officials discharge their duties in good faith. Ill Can the government punish the petitioner for reasons Beyond his control? In this petition, the project in Meridian Mississippi where the petitioner was threatened to go to jail if he worked on the project due to stop order Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was aware about it. IV Can the government apply the same rules differently depending upon which state the project is located? In this petition, same rules were applied differently between projects in New York Mississippi and Ohio. V Does the government have the right to keep the petitioner cash money? The petitioner gave the government $3,617,000.00 cash on the promise that he would get it back.These are not taxes or loans. VI Can the Department of Housing and Urban Development bid kits considered valid agreements? These agreements were applied differently , in different states depending upon your property manager you can get 6 years or 12 years extension/

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ahmed Halim

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 26 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Aug 20 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Aug 10 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 14, 2020)