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Domino’s Pizza, LLC v. Edmond Carmona, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 21-55009 · judgment July 21, 2023


Certiorari denied · April 22, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 10% cert probability (95% interval 7%–13%)

Before the decision, about 2.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a business petitioner.

Question presented

Whether local delivery drivers—i.e., workers who make in-state deliveries of goods in response to instate orders, and play no role in transporting those goods across borders—are nevertheless “engaged in foreign or interstate commerce” for purposes of Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act? (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Courtney Gilligan Saleski
DLA Piper LLP

For respondent
Aashish Y. Desai
Desai Law Firm, P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Apr 22 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 15 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
  3. Jan 03 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2024.
  4. Jan 03 2024
    Reply of petitioner Domino’s Pizza, LLC filed. (Distributed)
  5. Dec 20 2023
    Brief of respondents Edmond Carmona, et al. in opposition filed.
  6. Nov 15 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 8, 2024.
  7. Nov 14 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 7, 2023 to January 8, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Nov 07 2023
    Response Requested. (Due December 7, 2023)
  9. Nov 01 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
  10. Oct 26 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Edmond Carmona, et al. to respond filed.
  11. Oct 19 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 22, 2023)