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Walter P. Vargo, Jr. v. D & M Tours, Inc., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-3380 · judgment December 31, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

The question presented in this appeal is whether 28 U.S.C. §1631 means what it says: that “when a court finds that there is a want of jurisdiction, the court shall, if it is in the interest of justice, transfer such action or appeal to any other court in which it could have been brought at the time it was first filed.”

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Irene Kafantaris Makridis
Makridis Law Firm, LLC

For respondent
Terese Marie Fennell
Seeley Savidge Ebert & Gourash

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 21 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 15 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent D&M Tours, Inc. and Roman to respond filed.
  4. Jun 28 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent William Stauffer and FedEx Corporation to respond filed.
  5. Jun 01 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 8, 2021)