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Rod Blagojevich v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 16-3254 · judgment April 21, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 16, 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
Kevin K. Russell
Russell & Woofter LLC

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage

Linked docket
17A129

Proceedings

Apr 16 2018
Petition DENIED.
Mar 28 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/13/2018.
Mar 27 2018
Reply of petitioner Rod Blagojevich filed.
Mar 09 2018
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Jan 25 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 2, 2018 to March 9, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 25 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 9, 2018.
Jan 04 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 2, 2018.
Jan 03 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 3, 2018 to February 2, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 04 2017
Brief amicus curiae of Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Dec 04 2017
Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
Dec 04 2017
Brief amicus curiae of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law filed.
Dec 04 2017
Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Elected Officials, et al. filed.
Nov 30 2017
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 4, 2017 to January 3, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Nov 30 2017
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 3, 2018.
Nov 14 2017
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Rod Blagojevich.
Nov 02 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 4, 2017)
Aug 01 2017
Application (17A129) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until November 2, 2017.
Jul 25 2017
Application (17A129) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 3, 2017 to November 2, 2017, submitted to Justice Kagan.