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Abel Daniel Hidalgo v. Arizona

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Arizona, No. CR-15-0049-AP · judgment March 15, 2017

Certiorari denied · March 19, 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
Neal Kumar Katyal
Milbank LLP

For respondent
Dominic Emil Draye
Greenberg Traurig LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 10 conferences

Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage

Linked docket
16A1185

Argument & decision

Decided March 19, 2018.

Proceedings

  1. Jul 13 2018
    Record returned to the Supreme Court of Arizona.
  2. Mar 19 2018
    Rescheduled.
  3. Mar 19 2018
    Petition DENIED Statement of Justice Breyer, with whom Justice Ginsburg, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan join, respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
  4. Mar 12 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/16/2018.
  5. Feb 26 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/2/2018.
  6. Feb 20 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2018.
  7. Feb 05 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
  8. Jan 16 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2018.
  9. Jan 08 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
  10. Dec 26 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
  11. Dec 11 2017
    Record received from Supreme Court of Arizona. (One envelope with sealed materials; the remainder of the record is electronic.)
  12. Dec 06 2017
    Record Requested.
  13. Dec 04 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2017.
  14. Nov 27 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017.
  15. Nov 13 2017
    Rescheduled.
  16. Nov 01 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2017.
  17. Oct 31 2017
    Reply of petitioner Abel Hidalgo filed.
  18. Oct 16 2017
    Brief of respondent Arizona in opposition filed.
  19. Sep 15 2017
    Brief amicus curiae of Amnesty International filed.
  20. Sep 15 2017
    Brief amici curiae of Former and Current Arizona Judges, Prosecutors, Defenders, Legislators and Others filed.
  21. Sep 15 2017
    Brief amicus curiae of Fair Punishment Project filed.
  22. Sep 15 2017
    Brief amici curiae of The Promise of Justice Initiative, et al. filed.
  23. Sep 08 2017
    Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 16, 2017.
  24. Aug 14 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2017)
  25. Jun 29 2017
    Application (16A1185) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until August 12, 2017.
  26. Jun 28 2017
    Application (16A1185) to extend further the time from July 14, 2017 to August 12, 2017, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
  27. Jun 06 2017
    Application (16A1185) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until July 14, 2017.
  28. May 30 2017
    Application (16A1185) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 13, 2017 to July 14, 2017, submitted to Justice Kennedy.