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Laurence Bonday v. Nalco Company LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 22-13546 · judgment July 10, 2025
Dismissed · April 16, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Under 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(4), may a court independently, and without deference to the arbitrator’s determination, decide what claims are presented in a party’s arbitral pleadings and filings?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Timothy Lanier Meyer
Duke University School of Law
For respondent
Valerie L. Hooker
Jackson Lewis, P.C.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 16 2026Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
- Apr 10 2026Agreement to dismiss the petition pursuant to Rule 46.1 filed by petitioner Laurence Bonday.
- Feb 04 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 14, 2026.
- Jan 29 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 13, 2026 to April 14, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 14 2026Response Requested. (Due February 13, 2026)
- Jan 07 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
- Dec 29 2025Waiver of right of respondent Nalco Company, LLC to respond filed.
- Nov 26 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2026)