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United States v. E. Jean Carroll, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 24-644 · judgment June 18, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
About 11.2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a petition citing more than ten dissents.
Question presented
Whether the court of appeals misconstrued the Westfall Act, 28 U.S.C. 2679, in rejecting the Attorney General’s certification that statements made by President Trump during his first term fell within the scope of his federal office for purposes of the Act.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Hashim M. Mooppan
Department of Justice
For respondent
Roberta A. Kaplan
Kaplan Martin LLP
Case
Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
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Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Sep 22 2026Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle filed.
- Aug 20 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 30, 2026.
- Aug 19 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 31, 2026 to October 30, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 28 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 31, 2026)