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Giorgi Rtskhiladze v. Department of Justice, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 21-5243 · judgment August 9, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
After deciding that the salacious Footnote 112 in the Mueller Report defamed Petitioner and remanding his equitable claim, the circuit court held that his Privacy Act damages claim was forfeited. Did Petitioner forfeit his claim for damages, where: (i) the damages issue was fully briefed in both lower courts, and (ii) the decision finds no support in the caselaw of the Court, the circuit court or any other federal appellate court?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jerome Anthony Madden
The Madden Law Group PLLC
For respondent
Sarah M. Harris
Acting Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- May 19 2025Rehearing DENIED.
- Apr 29 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
- Apr 18 2025Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Mar 24 2025Petition DENIED.
- Feb 26 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
- Feb 18 2025Waiver of right of respondent Federal Respondents to respond filed.
- Jan 14 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 18, 2025)