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Lawyers for Fair Reciprocal Admission v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 23-1154


Certiorari denied · November 6, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Third Circuit decision below and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

This Court in Siegel v. Fitzgerald, 142 S. Ct. 1770

  1. held because of the uniformity requirement similarly situated citizens in different states cannot be subjected to nonuniform access standards to the federal court. This Court in Students For Fair Admission v. Harvard, ___ U.S. ___ 2022, 20-1199, held “the student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual—not on the basis of race.” Slip p. 40. This Court in NIFLA v. Becerra, 138 S. Ct. 2361 (2018), held there is no such thing as professional speech, explicitly disapproving of appellate court decisions citing professional speech, and refusing to apply strict scrutiny—including the Third Circuit. Id. at 2371-72. Petitioner challenges the sacred cow. Petitioner challenges nonuniform United States District Court local rules that categorically block general admission privileges for experienced lawyers licensed in fortynine states based on state law and categorically bequest general admission to all novice forum state lawyers based on state law The question presented is:

  2. Has the Petitioner established good cause for this Court to issue a writ of certiorari before judgment because the nonuniform local rules directly contradict

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joseph Robert Giannini

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 06 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 18 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2023.
  3. Oct 16 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Sep 11 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due October 16, 2023)