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Joshua O. Thomas v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 20-3076 · judgment April 14, 2021


Certiorari denied · November 15, 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 district court and court of appeals have effectively abrogated this Court’s binding precedent for reviewing a motion for summary judgment— whether the evidence, considered in a light most favorable to the non-movant and with all justifiable inferences drawn in his favor, creates a genuine issue of material fact—by applying numerous tests and standards that obfuscate Petitioner’s ultimate burden and deprive him of the opportunity to make his case?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Alexander Louis Edelman
Edelman, Liesen & Myers, L.L.P.

For respondent
James R. Holland II
Fisher & Phillips, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 15 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 27 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
  3. Oct 26 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Farmers Insurance Exchange to respond filed.
  4. Oct 06 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2021)