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John S. Barth v. Department of Justice, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 22-5338 · judgment July 7, 2023

Certiorari denied · December 11, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Do federal agencies have discretion to collude in racketeering crime?

  2. Do federal agencies have “sovereign immunity” in racketeering crime?

  3. Shall this Court exercise fortitude to implement Checks and Balances and enforce a code of conduct in government, or must it acquiesce in politically motivated abuses of office in the Executive and Judicial Branches?

  4. Does RICO provide for civil cases against agency racketeering?

  5. Shall this Court make writ of mandamus to empanel a grand jury to investigate the defendant agency factions and the original defendants?

  6. Shall this Court correct false statements about the Complaint and proceedings by the lower court and DOJ, intended to obstruct review?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John S. Barth

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 11 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 21 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
  3. Nov 13 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Department of Justice, et al. to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Oct 04 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 13, 2023)
    PetitionAppendix