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Teresita A. Canuto v. Department of Justice, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 24-5068 · judgment June 20, 2024


Certiorari denied · January 13, 2025
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. Whether the Circuit Judges of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit namely Judge Katsas, Judge Rao and Judge Childs erred when in their response as shown in the Order dated June 20, 2024 did not accept the Petitioner’s attempts to correct the improper defendants name case caption in Case # l:22-cv-03538-DLF that has two (2) defend­ ants e.g. United States Department of Justice, et al. (United States Department of Justice and United States Attorney’s Office). Petitioner’s complaint filed at the district court on November 16, 2022 has one (1) defendant e.g. United States Department of Justice. Defendant doesn’t match.

  2. Whether the Circuit Judges namely Judge Katsas, Judge Rao and Judge Childs made an error when the circuit judges changed the defendants name case caption of Case #l:22-cv-03538-DLF e.g. United States Department of Justice, et al. And instead the circuit judges used two (2) types of improper defendants name case captions e.g. (1) United States Department of Justice and United States Attorney’s Office; (2) Department of Justice, et al. in the trial of Case No. 24-5068. Petitioner’s complaint filed at the district court on November 16, 2022 has one (1) defendant e.g. United States Department of Justice. Defendant doesn’t match.

  3. Whether the District Court Judge Dabney L. Friedrich erred when Judge Friedrich failed to detect the specially coded key that is when detected activates the jurisdiction of the district court. The security of the district court immobilizer is also integrated into the system, the step deterrent system. This step deterrent system disable the district court. The step to turns the

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Teresita A. Canuto

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 13 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 04 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
  3. Dec 02 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Dept. of Justice, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Oct 09 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2024)