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Joseph Cecil Vandevere v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 20-4326 · judgment June 4, 2021


Certiorari denied · December 6, 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.

Questions presented

  1. WHETHER THE SPEECH AT ISSUE HEREIN IS ENTITLED TO SPECIAL PROTECTION BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A MATTER OF PUBLIC CONCERN?

  2. WHETHER THE SPEECH AT ISSUE HEREIN IS A “TRUE THREAT”?

  3. WHETHER THE CONDITIONAL NATURE OF THE SPEECH AT ISSUE HEREIN RENDERS IT PROTECTED SPEECH?

  4. WHETHER THE SPEECH AT ISSUE HEREIN IS PROTECTED “POLITICAL HYBERPOLE”?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andrew Brady Banzhoff
Devereux & Banzhoff PLLC

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 06 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 16 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
  3. Nov 08 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
  4. Nov 01 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 3, 2021)