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Brady Smith v. Amanda Smith

Paid petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District, No. 5-16-0409 · judgment March 21, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 16, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the granting and extension of an Order of Protection without cause by disregarding case facts during divorce proceedings fails to protect a parent's relationship with a child and violates the due process of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution? Whether the restriction of parenting time due to a disregard and lack of consideration of all facts for determining parenting time violates the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Brady Smith

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 16 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 21 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/13/2018.
  3. Oct 16 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 8, 2018)