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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: 2% cert probability

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

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

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)