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Rakesh Dhingra v. Charles Esposito, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-16774 · judgment March 25, 2024


Certiorari denied · November 4, 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

The Appeals Court affirmed the dismissal of Petitioner’s civil complaint for violations of his US constitutional civil rights. The civil complaint alleged that federal officials had engaged in perjury and fabrication of evidence at the Honorable Armstrong Court’s 2002 jury trial — and that they did so after taking an oath for stating the truth, besides their own federal agency oath “as an officer of the United States” to support the Constitution of the United States of America. The question presented is: Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in affirming the civil district court’s dismissal of petitioner’s civil complaint without the civil court conducting fact-findings, or providing “intelligent” reasoning for appellate court’s review?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Rakesh Dhingra

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 04 2024
    Petition DENIED. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Oct 16 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
  3. Aug 27 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 30, 2024)