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Robert R. Snyder v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 21-55105 · judgment August 26, 2021


Certiorari denied · January 18, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

• Did the lower court’s incorrectly apply Christopher v. Harbury in its attempt justify the dismissal of Petitioner’s Active Interference claims? Does Harbury have any relevance to cases seeking prospective relief only? • Did the lower courts improperly apply Lewis v. Casey to Petitioner’s claims in the same manner? • Should the district court have ruled on the challenges as to the constitutionality of state regulations that appeared to run contrary to applicable Federal judicial decisions? • Did the Court of Appeals overlook procedural due process errors including but not limited to having combined an appealable dismissal Order with a nonappealable screening Order? • Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, did the Court of Appeals decision to uphold the district court’s determinations.., amount to an unjust legal error requiring Reversal? • Did the Court of Appeals improperly apply Hebbe v. Pliler’s plausibility standard for the first time on appeal?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert Snyder

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 18 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 29 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
  3. Nov 11 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 16, 2021)