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Rebecca Dikes, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Shawn C. Dikes v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-35487 · judgment July 9, 2020

Certiorari denied · February 22, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 5%–10%)

Before the decision, about 1.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

  1. Whether a District Court’s decision to implement a new causation standard in a federal tort case after the Petitioner presented all her evidence constituted a violation of Petitioner’s Due Process rights.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Alexandra Crisanthi Siskopoulos
Siskopoulos Law Firm, LLP

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, February 22, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Feb 22 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 20 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
  3. Jan 07 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
  4. Dec 02 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 8, 2021)