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John Yearwood, et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-50321 · judgment May 29, 2020

Certiorari denied · January 11, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 4%–8%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Question presented

Whether the decision below denying the Petitioners’ standing to appeal the district court’s final judgment on their constitutional claims under the Administrative Procedure Act is in direct conflict with this Court’s decision in Forney v. Apfel, 524 U.S. 266 (1998), as well as decisions of four other courts of appeals.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Chance Dean Weldon
Texas Public Policy Foundation

For respondent
Jason Craig Rylander
Center for Biological Diversity

Case

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, January 11, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jan 11 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 09 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
  3. Nov 30 2020
    Waiver of right of respondents Department of Interior, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Oct 26 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 30, 2020)