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Neris Montilla, et al. v. Federal National Mortgage Association, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 20-1673 · judgment June 8, 2021


Certiorari denied · March 21, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a First Circuit decision below and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Federal National Mortgage Association, when under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing and Finance Agency, is a state actor for purposes of constitutional claims.

  2. Whether the Federal Housing and Finance Agency, when acting as conservator for the Federal National Mortgage Association, is a state actor for purposes of constitutional claims.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gerard V. Mantese
Mantese Honigman, PC

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Mar 21 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 23 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
  3. Feb 22 2022
    Reply of petitioners Neris Montilla, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Feb 09 2022
    Brief of respondents United States, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Dec 27 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 9, 2022.
  6. Dec 22 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 10, 2022 to February 9, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Dec 09 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Virginia Poverty Law Center, et al. filed.
  8. Nov 24 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 10, 2022.
  9. Nov 23 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 9, 2021 to January 10, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Nov 05 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 9, 2021)