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Robert Campo, et al. v. Department of Justice, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 20-2430, 20-2439 · judgment July 30, 2021
Certiorari denied · May 31, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).
Question presented
Whether, in adjudications under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), federal judges are free to flout and knowingly violate FOIA, federal rules of procedure and evidence, the U.S. Constitution and this Court’s precedent.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jack Revels Tucker Jordan
Jack Jordan
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- May 31 2022Petition DENIED.
- May 10 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
- May 04 2022Waiver of right of respondent Department of Justice, et al. to respond filed.
- Mar 31 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 4, 2022)
- Jan 27 2022Application (21A358) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until April 1, 2022.
- Jan 21 2022Application (21A358) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 31, 2022 to April 1, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.