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Lance Dillard, aka Double v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 15-3343 · judgment March 12, 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

Whether the judicial controls utilized in a criminal trial were so constitutionally inadequate to deter or prevent jurors from accessing prejudicial publicity via the Internet, such that Petitioner’s right to a fair trial was not properly or adequately safeguarded?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John S. Skilton
Perkins Coie LLP

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 25 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Jul 17 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jul 09 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 9, 2018)