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In Re Bryant Moore

Paid petition

Certiorari denied · March 1, 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.

Question presented

Whether this Court should use its discretion through 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a) and governing law of Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co., 322 U.S. 238 (1944) to provide relief, including default judg­ ment, vacating lower court decisions (including legal fees and costs), which both affirmed summary judg­ ment and concluded that defendants did not commit fraud on the court?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Bryant Moore

For respondent
Robert H. Rotstein
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 01 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 10 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.
  3. Jan 22 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Real Parties-in-Interest Lightstorm Entertainment, Inc., James Cameron, and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation to respond filed.
  4. Dec 22 2020
    Petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition filed. (Response due February 1, 2021)