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Paul Steelman, Individually and as Trustee of the Steelman Asset Protection Trust, et al. v. Ernest Bock LLC

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-15466 · judgment August 3, 2023


Certiorari denied · January 8, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 14% cert probability (95% interval 9%–22%)

Before the decision, about 3.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, counsel with five or more prior petitions here, and a Ninth Circuit decision below, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

Frank M. Flansburg III Joel Tasca Emily A. Ellis Paul Ort Emily L. Dyer BALLARD SPAHR LLP BROWENSTEIN HYATT 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, FARBER SCHRECK LLP Suite 900 100 North Valley Park- Las Vegas, NV 89135 way, Suite 1600 Las Vegas, NV 89106 Attorneys for Christiania, (702) 802-2205 LLC, Christiania, LLC, Series A-Z, Competition InterAttorneys for Paul Steel- active, LLC, Keepsake, Inc., man, Maryann Steelman, Paul Steelman Design Paul Steelman as the trus- Group, Inc., Paul Steelman, tee of the Steelman Asset Ltd., SAPT Holdings, LLC, Protection Trust, Maryann Series B, SMMR, LLC, Steelman as the trustee of SMMR, LLC, Series A-Z, the Steelman Asset Protec- SSSSS, LLC, SSSSS, LLC, tion Trust, Paul Steelman Series B, Steelman Partas the trustee of the Paul ners, LLP C. Steelman and Maryann T. Steelman Revocable Jeff Luszeck Living Trust, Maryann Roberto Mario Campos Steelman as the trustee of SOLOMON DWIGGINS FREER the Paul C. Steelman and & STEADMAN LTD Maryann T. Steelman 9060 W. Cheyenne Avenue Revocable Living Trust, Las Vegas, NV 89129 Paul Steelman as the trustee of the Paul Steelman Attorneys for Aaron Squires Gaming Asset Protection and Matthew Mahaney Trust, Stephen Steelman, Suzanne Steelman Taylor, Jim Main as trustee of the Steelman Asset Protection Trust

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Anton Metlitsky
O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

For respondent
John F Palladino
Hankin Sandman Palladino Weintrob & Bell, P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 08 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 13 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
  3. Dec 13 2023
    Reply of petitioners Paul Steelman, Individually and as Trustee of the Steelman Asset Protection Trust, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Nov 27 2023
    Brief of respondent Ernest Bock LLC in opposition filed.
  5. Oct 13 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 27, 2023. See Rule 30.1.
  6. Oct 06 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 26, 2023 to November 25, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Sep 22 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 26, 2023)