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Anthony Italo Provitola, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 20-12615 · judgment June 11, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 12, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether the United States Circuit Courts of Appeal have the power to override federal statutory appellate rules with their decision to render unappealable a lower court’s erroneous denial of a motion for summary judgment in an appeal from final judgment?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Anthony Italo Provitola

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 12 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 22 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
  3. Sep 20 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent CIR to respond filed.
  4. Sep 08 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2021)