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ARGUMENT
THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF
CERTIORARI SHOULD BE DENIED
As provided by this Court’s rules, a petition for a writ of
certiorari will be granted only for compelling reasons. While
not exclusive, the following factors are relevant to this
Court’s consideration of whether to grant review on a writ
of certiorari:
(a) a United Sates court of appeals has entered a
decision in conflict with the
decision of another
United States court of appeals on the
same
important matter; has decided an
important federal
question in a way that conflicts with
a decision
by a state court of last resort; or
has so far departed
from the accepted and usual course of
judicial
proceedings, or sanctioned such a
departure by a
lower court, as to call for an
exercise of this
Court’s supervisory power;
(b) a state court of last resort has decided an
important federal question in a way
that conflicts
with the decision of another state
court of last
resort or of a United States court of
appeals;
(c) a state court or a United States court of appeals
has decided an important question of
federal law
that has not been, but should be, settled
by this
Court, or has decided an important federal
question in a way that conflicts with
relevant
decisions of this Court.
Sup. Ct. R. 10.
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