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Sergey Pustelnik, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 21-453 · judgment June 15, 2022


Certiorari denied · February 21, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

Whether scienter alone may satisfy the tradition­ ally separate artificiality requirement to establish market manipulation?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Sergey Pustelnik

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, February 21, 2023 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Feb 21 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 25 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
  3. Jan 19 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent SEC to respond filed.
  4. Sep 13 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 10, 2023)