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In Re Bahig F. Bishay

Paid petition


Certiorari denied · January 8, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

May a U.S. circuit concede its [dis]qualification to adjudicate matters naming the Petitioner; after the majority of its judges in regular active service so published in writing, then ardently refuse to transfer the action to another qualified] circuit for impartial adjudication of civil-rights claims presented? If the answer is to the negative, in that a circuit may not so act, should this Court exercise its supervisory authority to grant mandamus relief under the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a); Rule 20 of the Rules of the U.S. Supreme Court; and Article III, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Bahig F. Bishay

For respondent
Katherine Brady Dirks
Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 08 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 29 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
  3. Nov 20 2023
    Waiver of right of respondents Clifford G. Anderson, Daniel M. Rabinovitz, John K. Wells to respond filed.
  4. Oct 27 2023
    Waiver of right of respondents Hon. Michael Ricciuti, et al. to respond filed.
  5. Oct 20 2023
    Waiver of right of respondents Catherine J. Savoie, David J. Reier, Nicholas J. Nesgos, Arent Fox LLP f/k/a Posternak Blankstein & Lund, and The Hamilton Company to respond filed.
  6. Sep 26 2023
    Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due November 16, 2023)