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Teresita A. Canuto v. Troy Alexander, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 19-5186 · judgment January 30, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 5, 2020

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

Whether a foreign state’s immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1604 extends to an individual for acts taken in the individual’s former capacity as an acting official because the act apply on behalf of a foreign state.
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals and the District Court erred when it affirms the Motion for Summary Affirmance of Appellees Cirrus Asset Management, . Inc., Woodman-Sylvan Properties, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A. Appellees failed to conform to the rules of pleading. The District Court’s decision Memorandum Opinion and Order filed June 30, 2018 that granted the motion for summary affirmance of appellees was erroneous and contrary to rules because appellees failed to comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule ll’s pleading requirement.

For petitioner
Teresita A. Canuto

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Oct 05 2020
Petition DENIED.
Sep 02 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Aug 19 2020
Waiver of right of respondent Alexander, Troy, et al. to respond filed.
Jul 17 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 27, 2020)