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Travis Hawkins v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 18-10577-G · judgment September 19, 2018

Certiorari denied · March 4, 2019
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

I. WHETHER AN OBJECTION IS REQUIRED TO PRESERVE APPELLATE REVIEW FOR AN ALLEGED PUBLIC TRIAL VIOLATION. II. WHETHER A FEDERAL COURT CAN RELY UPON A STATE COURT DECISION, WHICH DENIED RELIEF WITH THE ABSENCE OF AN OPINION, TO DENY A FEDERAL HABEAS PETITIONER RELIEF.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David Walter Collins
David W. Collins

For respondent
Trisha Meggs Pate
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, March 4, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Mar 04 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 13 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
  3. Feb 08 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Mark Inch to respond filed.
  4. Feb 01 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2019)