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John Earl McFadden, Jr. v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 151813 · judgment December 21, 2016

Certiorari denied · October 10, 2017
Pre-decision estimate: 0% 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
Anatoly Smolkin
Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP

For respondent
Matthew Robert McGuire
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
16A1225

Proceedings

  1. Oct 10 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 13 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2017.
  3. Sep 01 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent Harold W. Clark, Dir., VA DOC to respond filed.
  4. Aug 21 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 22, 2017)
  5. Jun 15 2017
    Application (16A1225) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 21, 2017.
  6. Jun 13 2017
    Application (16A1225) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 22, 2017 to August 21, 2017, submitted to The Chief Justice.