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Salam S. Zora v. Thomas Winn, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 17-1132 · judgment September 5, 2017

Certiorari denied · June 11, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

The question presented in this case is: Whether, in light of Smith v. Phillips, 455 U.S. 209 (1982), the doctrine of implied bias still exists and what the appropriate remedy is where there is juror bias during the body of a criminal trial (not during voir dire or jury deliberation).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mayer Morganroth
Morganroth & Morganroth, PLLC

For respondent
Aaron David Lindstrom
Michigan Department of Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 11 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 22 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/7/2018.
  3. May 10 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Warden Winn to respond filed.
  4. Apr 09 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 11, 2018)