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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: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

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

For petitioner
Vaughn H. Standley

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, June 27, 2022 · Certiorari denied

Jun 27 2022
Petition DENIED.
Jun 07 2022
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
May 27 2022
Waiver of right of respondent Department of Energy to respond filed.
Main Document
May 02 2022
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 3, 2022)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service