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Christopher Colbert, et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 16-1362 · judgment March 14, 2017

Certiorari denied · January 8, 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
Kenneth N. Flaxman
Kenneth N Flaxman P.C.

For respondent
Frank Henry Bieszczat
Office of the Illinois Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 08 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 06 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
  3. Nov 17 2017
    Waiver of right of respondents Jack Tweedle, Darryl Johnson, Louis Hopkins to respond filed.
  4. Oct 26 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent City of Chicago and Russell Willingham to respond filed.
  5. Oct 18 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2017)