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Ashwani Sheoran v. Walmart Stores East, LP, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-2128 · judgment September 24, 2021

Certiorari denied · June 21, 2022

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 Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 requires the specific offending statements, if applicable, to be listed in the show cause order to satisfy proper notice requirements under the Due Process Clause.
Whether federal appellate courts can use the federal district courts’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 to discipline attorneys when the U. S. Supreme Court holds otherwise.
Whether the U. S. Supreme Court should reconcile the circuit split on how attorneys are disciplined at the federal appellate level to provide consistency and fairness across the circuits.

For petitioner
Ashwani Sheoran, RPh

For respondent
Benjamin Charles Mizer
Jones Day

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Jun 21 2022
Petition DENIED.
May 31 2022
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.
May 23 2022
Waiver of right of respondent Richard Lockard, MD to respond filed.
Main Document
Apr 26 2022
Waiver of right of respondents Wal-Mart Stores East, LP; Toi Walker; Alfred Rodriguez; Doug Henger to respond filed.
Main Document
Dec 23 2021
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 23, 2022)
Certificate of Word Count Petition Proof of Service