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David Hegland, et al. v. Nicola T. Hanna

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-56401 · judgment March 25, 2020


Certiorari denied · January 11, 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.

Questions presented

  1. Do American Citizens have the right to petition their government for the redress of their grievances?

  2. Is the federal grand jury an arm of that government?

  3. Do Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judges have the right to rewrite Acts of Congress and their own case law?

  4. Are American Citizens entitled to know who actually authored the decision(s) in their case(s)?

  5. Should this Court address its own prior mistake in Linda R.S. v. Richard D., 410 U.S. 614, 619, 93 S.Ct. 1146, 35 L.Ed.2d 536 (1973).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David Hegland

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 11 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 09 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
  3. Oct 16 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 23, 2020)