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John Jones v. Lyudmyla Pyankovska
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 20-16294 · judgment April 18, 2023
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition and a Ninth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
Does the First Amendment to the United States Constitution’s protection of the right to petition the government extend to insulate an attorney, presenting to a court in a custody proceeding recordings made by one parent of private conversations of the other parent with their minor child, from liability under Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, 18 U.S.C. 2510, et seq., when the attorney did not have any involvement in the unlawful recording and the recordings are directly relevant to the determination of the child’s best interest in the custody proceeding?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John Mathew Naylor
Naylor & Braster
For respondent
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown Law Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic
Case
Subject area
First Amendment (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 30, 2023 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 30 2023Petition DENIED.
- Oct 11 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
- Oct 04 2023Waiver of right of respondent Lyudmyla Pyankovska to respond filed.
- Sep 29 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 2, 2023)