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Haynes Timberland, Inc. v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 16-2414 · judgment April 17, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 3%–9%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a First Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a business petitioner.

Question presented

  1. Whether a defendant, by executing a pre-sentence waiver of the right to a direct appeal of his conviction and sentence, implicitly waives his right to collaterally attack his conviction.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dana Goldblatt
Dana

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 29 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Aug 20 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Aug 09 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 14, 2018)