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Wayne Johnson for Congress, Inc., et al. v. Jeremy C. Hunt, dba Jeremy for Georgia, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 23-10460 · judgment February 7, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for an Eleventh Circuit decision below, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and a business petitioner.

Question presented

  1. Did the Eleventh Circuit err in affirming the dismissal of Petitioners’ suit due to the purported failure of Petitioners to comply with the heightened pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) in alleging the predicate acts of mail fraud and wire fraud?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael Devlin Cooper
Cooper Barton & Cooper, LLP

For respondent
Jeremy C. Hunt
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 18 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Jun 06 2024
    Waiver of right of respondents Fox News Network, LLC and Brian M. Kilmeade to respond filed.
  4. Jun 06 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Jeremy C. Hunt to respond filed.
  5. May 07 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 10, 2024)