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Roderic Rooks v. Shawn Brewer, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 18-1224 · judgment May 2, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 1, 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

I. WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD GRANT CERTIORARI BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ERRED IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY TO PERMIT AN APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT'S REJECTION, ON A MOTION UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2254, OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES FROM HIS STATE COURT CONVICTION.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Phillip Daniel Comorski

For respondent
Aaron David Lindstrom
Michigan Department of Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 05 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Aug 24 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Shawn Brewer, Warden to respond filed.
  4. Jul 31 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 4, 2018)