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Raymond Rawson v. Robert Lee Stinson

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 13-3343, 13-3346, 13-3347 · judgment August 18, 2017

Certiorari denied · March 26, 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.

Question presented

Whether, under Johnson v. Jones, 515 U.S. 304 (1995), a federal court of appeals has jurisdiction over an appeal challenging the denial of qualified immunity that turns on disputed inferences drawn by the district court, rather than disputed facts.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
W. Patrick Sullivan
Siesennop & Sullivan, LLP

For respondent
Michael Kanovitz
Loevy and Loevy

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Related
Vide, 17-721, 17-749

Proceedings

  1. Mar 26 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 07 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/23/2018.
  3. Mar 02 2018
    Reply of petitioners Raymond Rawson and Lowell T. Johnson filed. VIDED.
  4. Feb 20 2018
    Brief of respondent Robert Stinson in opposition filed. VIDED.
  5. Jan 18 2018
    Response Requested. (Due February 20, 2018)
  6. Jan 10 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
  7. Nov 15 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 29, 2017)