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United States, ex rel. Regie Salgado, et al. v. TruConnect, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-55721 · judgment December 22, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 12% cert probability (95% interval 8%–17%)

Before the decision, about 2.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

Whether a party’s own testimony can create a fact issue to defeat summary judgment when the testimony is uncorroborated and self-serving.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Brian P. Sanford
The Sanford Firm

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 12 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Apr 29 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 31, 2024)