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Richard Douglas Hackford v. Utah, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 15-4120 · judgment January 19, 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
Elizabeth A. Shaffer

For respondent
Stanford Edward Purser

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 02 2017
    Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Jul 19 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2017.
  3. Jul 12 2017
    Waiver of right of respondents Utah, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jul 03 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2017)