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Deborah Katz Pueschel v. Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Transportation, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 18-5330 · judgment April 14, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 13, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

Does the rule in U.S. Civil Service Comm’n v. Nat’l Ass’n of Letter Carriers, 413 U.S. 548 (1973), that the First Amendment does not prevent the federal government from significantly restricting the ability of federal employees to run for public office, permit the government to impose such restrictions on former employees who receive disability benefits?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
George M. Chuzi
Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, P.C.

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 13 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 23 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
  3. Sep 18 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Chao, Elaine to respond filed.
  4. Sep 10 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 16, 2020)