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Sergei Vinkov v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 21-70559 · judgment March 11, 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 the District Court abused its discretion retaining jurisdiction over the Declaratory Judgment Act (28 USC § 2201(a)) in the insurance dispute, if: a) the Insurer failed to allege that it incurred defense costs in the amount of $75,000 (diversity amount) or more in the Underlying Action to invoke the federal jurisdiction under 28 USC § 13322 b) the Insurer failed to allege pure secular claims to satisfy the specific and actual controversy requirement under Article III of US Constitution and Establishment Clause of First Amendment?"
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Whether the petition must be summarily disposed in the light of Fulton v. Philadelphia, 593 U. S. (2021)?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Sergei Vinkov
For respondent
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Case
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, October 12, 2021 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 12 2021Petition DENIED.
- Sep 22 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
- Aug 04 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 10, 2021)