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Joseph H. Martin v. Department of Homeland Security

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2019-1578 · judgment April 20, 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.

Question presented

Weather the 4th amendment to the constitution of the United States protects speech in my personally rented hotel room; my home for the period of rental time. Weather the United States Labor Management Relation Statute (5USC71) protects all Federal Bargaining Unit Employee Members speech during a Union meeting, including the speech of their Elected Union Officials. Weather the 1st amendment to the constitution of the United States protects opinionated speech in my personally rented hotel room; my home for the period of rental time. Weather the United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Violated its own long standing precedent setting case decisions that now requires this court to exercise its supervisory powers.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joseph H. Martin

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 26 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Aug 19 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Department of Homeland Security to respond filed.
  4. Jul 06 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 28, 2020)