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Jonathan Apodaca, et al. v. Rick Raemisch, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 15-1454 · judgment July 25, 2017

Certiorari denied · October 9, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 3%–10%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a petition citing three to ten dissents, and a Tenth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Whether clearly established Eighth Amendment law permits prison officials to permanently deprive a prisoner in solitary confinement of outdoor exercise without a security rationale.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Daniel M. Greenfield
MacArthur Justice Center

For respondent
Glenn Evans Roper
Pacific Legal Foundation

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Linked docket
17A651

Argument & decision

Decided October 9, 2018.

Proceedings

  1. Oct 09 2018
    Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion -- also in No. 17-1289). Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Oct 01 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
  3. Sep 18 2018
    Rescheduled.
  4. Jul 11 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  5. Jul 10 2018
    Reply of petitioners Jonathan Apodaca, et al. filed. VIDED.
  6. Jun 22 2018
    Brief of respondents Rick Raemisch, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
  7. Apr 06 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 22, 2018.
  8. Apr 04 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 27, 2018 to June 22, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Mar 28 2018
    Response Requested. (Due April 27, 2018)
  10. Mar 21 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/13/2018.
  11. Mar 15 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Rick Raemisch, et al. to respond filed.
  12. Mar 09 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 12, 2018)
  13. Dec 19 2017
    Application (17A651) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 9, 2018.
  14. Dec 15 2017
    Application (17A651) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 8, 2018 to March 9, 2018, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
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