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Timothy S. Willbanks v. Missouri Department of Corrections

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Missouri, No. SC95395

Certiorari denied · October 2, 2017
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
Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic

For respondent
D. John Sauer
James Otis Law Group, LLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Oct 02 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 06 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/25/2017.
  3. Aug 31 2017
    Brief amici curiae of Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed.
  4. Aug 30 2017
    Reply of petitioner Timothy S. Willbanks filed.
  5. Aug 28 2017
    Brief amicus curiae of The Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center filed.
  6. Aug 28 2017
    Brief amicus curiae of Fair Punishment Project filed.
  7. Aug 22 2017
    Brief of respondent Missouri Department Of Corrections in opposition filed.
  8. Jul 28 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 1, 2017)