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In Re Shiva Akula
Paid petition
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
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Does the law demand that the district court judges of the United States District Court for the East ern District of Louisiana are obligated to disclose their financial holdings and conflicts of interest?
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Should this Court have stayed the case upon the prior January 2023 application, until U.S.D.J. Africk had disclosed ALL his financial holdings and conflicts of interest?
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Should this Court have transferred the case out of the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis trict of Louisiana upon the prior January 2023 peti tion?
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Should U.S.D.J. Africk’s conflicted state render null and void all orders, judgments and verdicts en tered in the case?
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Should U.S.D.J. Africk’s conflicted state render ‘un-safe’ the November 6, 2023, conviction of Peti tioner, Dr. Shiva Akula?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Shiva Akula
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 04 2024Petition DENIED.
- Feb 14 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
- Feb 08 2024Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jan 25 2024Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due February 28, 2024)