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Betty E. Smith, as Attorney-In-Fact for Paul C. Smith, Individually and on Behalf of the ERISA-Covered Plan v. HPR Clinic, LLC, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-3573 · judgment February 19, 2021


Certiorari denied · November 1, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Court should resolve the following question of first impression: Whether an expert appointed by agreement of the parties by a District Court under Federal Rule of Evidence 706 must employ methodology that is generally accepted within the relevant industry and comply with the Daubert qualitative standards?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Leo Patrick Ross

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 01 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 06 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
  3. Aug 20 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 24, 2021)