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Robert Earl Butts v. Eric Sellers, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 15-15691 · judgment March 9, 2017

Certiorari denied · January 22, 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
Joshua Christopher Toll
King & Spalding LLP

For respondent
Patricia Beth Burton
State Law Department

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
17A31

Proceedings

  1. Jan 22 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 10 2018
    Reply of petitioner Robert Earl Butts filed. (Distributed)
  3. Jan 03 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2018.
  4. Dec 18 2017
    Brief of respondent Eric Sellers, Warden in opposition filed.
  5. Oct 17 2017
    Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 18, 2017.
  6. Sep 29 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 3, 2017)
  7. Jul 05 2017
    Application (17A31) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 29, 2017.
  8. Jun 30 2017
    Application (17A31) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 31, 2017 to September 29, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas.