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Kevin Snodgrass, Jr. v. S. L. Messer, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 17-6360 · judgment August 1, 2017

Certiorari denied · March 5, 2018
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
David Michael Shapiro
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center

For respondent
Trevor Stephen Cox
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Mar 05 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 14 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/2/2018.
  3. Feb 12 2018
    Reply of petitioner Kevin Snodgrass, Jr. filed.
  4. Jan 29 2018
    Brief of respondents S. L. Messer, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Dec 21 2017
    Brief amicus curiae of Prisoners' Rights Groups filed.
  6. Dec 21 2017
    Amicus brief of Prisoners' Rights Groups not accepted for filing. (December 21, 2017)
  7. Dec 05 2017
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 29, 2018.
  8. Nov 28 2017
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 27, 2017 to January 29, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Nov 27 2017
    Response Requested. (Due December 27, 2017)
  10. Nov 20 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2017.
  11. Nov 07 2017
    Waiver of right of respondents S. L. Messer, et al. to respond filed.
  12. Oct 27 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 30, 2017)