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Bruce Westbrooks, Warden v. Andrew Lee Thomas, Jr.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 15-5399 · judgment February 24, 2017

Certiorari denied · October 30, 2017
Pre-decision estimate: 2% 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
Jennifer L. Smith

For respondent
Robert Louis Hutton
Glankler Brown PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
17A50

Proceedings

  1. Oct 30 2017
    Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
  2. Oct 30 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Oct 04 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2017.
  4. Sep 14 2017
    Brief of respondent Andrew Lee Thomas, Jr. in opposition filed.
  5. Sep 14 2017
    Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Andrew Lee Thomas, Jr.
  6. Aug 17 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 25, 2017)
  7. Jul 10 2017
    Application (17A50) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 17, 2017.
  8. Jul 06 2017
    Application (17A50) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 18, 2017 to August 17, 2017, submitted to Justice Kagan.