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Grant Nyhammer v. Paula Basta, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Illinois Department on Aging

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Illinois, No. 128354 · judgment November 28, 2022


Certiorari denied · May 22, 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.

Questions presented

  1. List of Parties All parties are listed in the caption.1

  2. Corporate Disclosure Statement The Northwestern Illinois Area Agency on Aging (NIAAA) is a private Illinois nonprofit with no parent corporation or publicly held stock.

  3. Related Proceedings This case arises from the following proceedings: • Nyhammer v. Basta, 2022 IL 128354 (Ill. 2022) (final judgment entered January 23, 2023). • Nyhammer v. Basta, 2022 IL App (2d) 200460 (Ill. App. 2022) (final judgment entered March 2, 2022). • Nyhammer v. Basta, 2019-MR-1106 (17th Circ.

  4. (final judgment entered July 20, 2020). 1 NIAAA is part of the nationwide aging network. The number of Americans age 60 and older served by the Aging Network increased by 34% from 55.7 mil to 74.6 mil between 2009 and

  5. ACL, 2020 Profile of Older Americans, https://acl.gov/sites/default/files/aging%20and%20Disability%20 In%20America/2020Profileolderamericans.final_.pdf.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Grant Nyhammer

For respondent
Carson R. Griffis
Office of the Illinois Attorney General

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, May 22, 2023 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. May 22 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 02 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
  3. Apr 18 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Paula Basta to respond filed.
  4. Apr 04 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 11, 2023)