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Jerome D. Lee, Stephen E. Brown-Bennett, and Taylor Lee & Associates LLC v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 19-14446 · judgment April 28, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
I. DID THE LOWER COURT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, SUA SPONTE, SET ASIDE THE PETITIONERS’ CONTRACTS, AND CONDUCT AN FEE INQUIRY INTO WHETHER OR NOT FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE TO BE RETURNED TO THE DEFENDANTS? II. ASSUMING ITS POST HOC APPLICABILITY, DID 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(f) AUTHORIZE THE LOWER COURTS TO, SUA SPONTE, COMPEL PETITIONERS TO SURRENDER “AVAILABLE FUNDS” UNDER THREAT OF CONTEMPT, WHEN THE COURT CREATED THE “AVAILABLE FUNDS” THROUGH A WRONGFUL SEIZURE WHERE NO CJA VOUCHERS WERE EVER FILED?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jerome Dwayne Lee
Taylor Lee & Associates LLC
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Nov 15 2021Petition DENIED.
- Oct 27 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
- Oct 22 2021Waiver of right of respondent United States Government to respond filed.
- Sep 27 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2021)