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Kelly Heim v. BNSF Railway Company

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 15-3532 · judgment February 27, 2017

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
Matthew Hale Morgan
Nichols Kaster, PLLP

For respondent
Bryan Patrick Neal

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
16A1268

Proceedings

  1. Oct 02 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 16 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/25/2017.
  3. Aug 08 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent BNSF Railway Co. to respond filed.
  4. Aug 04 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 6, 2017)
  5. Jun 28 2017
    Application (16A1268) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until August 5, 2017.
  6. Jun 26 2017
    Application (16A1268) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 6, 2017 to August 5, 2017, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.