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Ruth Ann Conde Cheesman, et vir v. Tabitha A. Snyder

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-35310 · judgment July 26, 2024


Certiorari denied · April 7, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Did Tabitha Snyder abrogate the Cheesmans’ Fourteenth Amendment right to family association when she subjected their children to investigatory, medical examinations, when she lacked any reasonable concern of dissipating evidence or any urgent medical problem requiring immediate medical attention?

  2. Is Tabitha Snyder entitled to qualified immunity after subjecting the Cheesmans’ children to investigatory, medical examinations, without notifying the children’s parents or obtaining their consent or judicial approval? CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Petitioners are natural persons with no parent companies and no outstanding stock. LIST OF RELATED PROCEEDINGS • Cheesman v. Snyder, No. 1:18-cv-03013-SAB, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Judgment entered on February 3, 2023. (ECF no. 177.)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert Franklin Greer II
Etter, McMahon, P.C.

For respondent
Peter Benjamin Gonick
Attorney General of Washington

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 07 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 19 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/4/2025.
  3. Mar 13 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Tabitha A. Snyder to respond filed.
  4. Dec 03 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 13, 2025)