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Vickie Yates Brown Glisson, Secretary, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services v. D. O., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 16-5461 · judgment January 27, 2017

Certiorari denied · October 10, 2017
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–10%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner and a Sixth Circuit decision below.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Patrick Elwood
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

For respondent
Richard Frank Dawahare

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Linked docket
16A973

Proceedings

  1. Oct 10 2017
    Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondents GRANTED.
  2. Oct 10 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Oct 02 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2017.
  4. Sep 06 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/25/2017.
  5. Sep 05 2017
    Reply of petitioner Vickie Yates Brown Glisson, Secretary for the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services filed.
  6. Aug 23 2017
    Brief of respondents D. O., et al. in opposition filed.
  7. Aug 23 2017
    Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondents D. O., et al.
  8. Jul 26 2017
    Brief amici curiae of The States of Washington, et al. filed.
  9. Jul 19 2017
    Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 23, 2017.
  10. Jun 26 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2017)
  11. Apr 13 2017
    Application (16A973) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 26, 2017.
  12. Apr 12 2017
    Application (16A973) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 27, 2017 to June 26, 2017, submitted to Justice Kagan.