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Scuderia Development, LLC, et al. v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-50080, 22-50081, 22-50082, 22-50103 · judgment July 31, 2024
Certiorari denied · January 13, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the district court’s refusal to ask defense-requested voir dire questions intended to identify existing anti-Asian and Chinese political, ethnic, and racial bias of members of the jury venire panel, and the Ninth Circuit’s affirmance of that refusal, denied Petitioners a fair trial.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert F. Ruyak
Larson LLP
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 13 2025Petition DENIED.
- Dec 18 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
- Dec 13 2024Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
- Dec 05 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 8, 2025)