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Father v. Maine Department of Health and Human Services, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, No. Yor-17-197 · judgment November 9, 2017

Certiorari denied · October 29, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joseph M. Baldacci
Law Office of Joseph M.Baldacci

For respondent
Meghan Kathleen Szylvian
Maine Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
18M1

Proceedings

  1. Oct 29 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 03 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
  3. Oct 01 2018
    Motion (18M1) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal Granted.
  4. Jul 03 2018
    MOTION (18M1) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  5. May 25 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Maine Department of Health and Human Services to respond filed.
  6. May 25 2018
    Motion (18M1) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal filed.
  7. Feb 06 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 13, 2018)