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Vaughn Hoeflin Standley v. Department of Energy

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2021-2149 · judgment February 16, 2022


Certiorari denied · June 27, 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.

Question presented

Should not an agency’s Congressional budget justifications be considered compelling evidence of the agency’s belief?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Vaughn H. Standley

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 27 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 07 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
  3. May 27 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Department of Energy to respond filed.
  4. May 02 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 3, 2022)