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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
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
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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.
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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.
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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.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ashwani Sheoran, RPh
For respondent
Benjamin Charles Mizer
Jones Day
Case
Subject area
Attorneys (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, June 21, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jun 21 2022Petition DENIED.
- May 31 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.
- May 23 2022Waiver of right of respondent Richard Lockard, MD to respond filed.
- Apr 26 2022Waiver of right of respondents Wal-Mart Stores East, LP; Toi Walker; Alfred Rodriguez; Doug Henger to respond filed.
- Dec 23 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 23, 2022)