Wyatt v. Syrian Arab Republic
Petition for certiorari denied on April 25, 2016
Issue: (1) Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s requirement that a default judgment against a foreign state be served on that state in a specified manner (28 U.S.C. § 1608(e)) is merely hortatory, and noncompliance without any consequence, when the judgment creditors rely on any enforcement mechanism other than 28 U.S.C. § 1610(a) or (b); and (2) whether a district court retains jurisdiction, after the proper and timely filing of a notice of appeal, to enter an order under 28 U.S.C. § 2042 authorizing funds deposited into the district court’s registry to be withdrawn in favor of one of the parties to the appeal in resolution of the very issue being debated on appeal.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Dec 17 2015 | Application (15A662) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 28, 2015 to February 26, 2016, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| Dec 18 2015 | Response to application from respondent Francis Gates, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Olin Eugene "Jack" Armstrong, et al. filed. |
| Dec 22 2015 | Application (15A662) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 26, 2016. |
| Feb 26 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 31, 2016) |
| Mar 23 2016 | Brief of respondents Francis Gates, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Olin Eugene Armstrong, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Apr 4 2016 | Reply of petitioners Mary Nell Wyatt, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Ronald E. Wyatt, et al. filed. |
| Apr 6 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 22, 2016. |
| Apr 25 2016 | Petition DENIED. |
