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Shirley L. Phelps-Roper v. Pete Ricketts, Governor of Nebraska, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 16-1902 · judgment August 11, 2017

Certiorari denied · November 27, 2017
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below and an Eighth Circuit decision below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Margie Jean Phelps

For respondent
James D. Smith
Nebraska Department of Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, November 27, 2017 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Nov 27 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 01 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2017.
  3. Oct 16 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent Todd Schmaderer, Chief of the City of Omaha Police Department to respond filed.
  4. Oct 02 2017
    Waiver of right of respondents Ricketts, Gov. of NE, et al. to respond filed.
  5. Sep 19 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2017)