No. 21-1259

Jay J. John v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: adversarial-system civil-procedure covid-19 covid-19-procedure district-court due-process judicial-inquiry judicial-neutrality legal-contention motion-standard standing
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Must a district court decide a motion based on those judicial inquiries framed by the movant and his adversaries by applying the legal contentions of the adverse parties to those facts the district court finds to exist based on the parties' presentations?

2. Whether structural aspects of our constitutional government required a district court to consider an attorney's contentions that he is entitled to withdraw from a case or obtain an indefinite continuance to respond to a Motion to Dismiss based on his State's emergency regulations applicable to COVID-19, his susceptibility to that infection, and his inability to competently represent his client without such a delay?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Must a district court decide a motion based on those judicial inquiries framed by the movant and his adversaries by applying the legal contentions of the adverse parties to those facts the district court finds to exist based on the parties' presentations?

Docket Entries

2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-03-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 15, 2022)
2022-01-10
Application (21A307) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 12, 2022.
2021-12-30
Application (21A307) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 11, 2022 to March 12, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Jay J. John
Scott Erik StafneStafne Law Advocacy & Consulting, Petitioner