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Pulak Barua v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District, No. 08-20-00045-CV · judgment August 20, 2021


Certiorari denied · February 21, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

The administrative law judge entered a default judgment against Petitioner, who had not received notice of the hearing. The notice of the hearing was mailed to the wrong address. Did the notice given to Petitioner violate his Due Process rights?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Davidson Nation

For respondent
Priscilla M. Hubenak
TX Attorney General's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
22A60

Proceedings

  1. Feb 21 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 11 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
  3. Jan 04 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to respond filed.
  4. Sep 19 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2023)
  5. Jul 25 2022
    Application (22A60) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until September 19, 2022.
  6. Jul 19 2022
    Application (22A60) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 21, 2022 to September 19, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.