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Michael N. Thomas v. Raymond Anderson, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 15-2830 · judgment November 14, 2018
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the Seventh Circuit correctly held, in an acknowledged conflict with the Third Circuit, that a district court may deny a request for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to compel the appearance of a nonparty inmate as a witness at trial based only upon a consideration as to the inconvenience to the government of making that inmate available to testify and without regard to the importance of the potential witness’s testimony to the case at bar.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Clifford Warren Berlow
Jenner & Block LLP
For respondent
Jane Elinor Notz
Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois
Proceedings
- Nov 18 2019Petition DENIED.
- Oct 30 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
- Oct 28 2019Reply of petitioner Michael N. Thomas filed.
- Oct 14 2019Brief of respondents Raymond Anderson, et al. in opposition filed.
- Sep 19 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 15, 2019.
- Sep 16 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 30, 2019 to October 14, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 23 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 30, 2019.
- Aug 15 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 30, 2019 to September 30, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 31 2019Response Requested. (Due August 30, 2019)
- Jun 12 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
- Jun 04 2019Waiver of right of respondents Raymond Anderson, et al. to respond filed.
- May 13 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 14, 2019)
- Mar 29 2019Application (18A986) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until May 13, 2019.
- Mar 27 2019Application (18A986) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 11, 2019 to May 13, 2019, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.