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D. Dahne v. Thomas W. S. Richey

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-35032 · judgment April 25, 2018

Certiorari denied · May 13, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 11% cert probability (95% interval 8%–14%)

Before the decision, about 2.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Noah Guzzo Purcell
Office of the Attorney General

For respondent
Edward Addison Piper
Edward A. Piper, Attorney

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Argument & decision

Decided May 13, 2019.

Proceedings

  1. May 13 2019
    Petition DENIED. Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas and Justice Kavanaugh join, dissenting from denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
  2. May 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
  3. Apr 22 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
  4. Apr 15 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/18/2019.
  5. Mar 20 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
  6. Mar 18 2019
    Reply of petitioner D. Dahne filed.
  7. Feb 28 2019
    Brief of respondent Thomas Richey W.S. in opposition filed.
  8. Jan 14 2019
    Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed.
  9. Jan 08 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 28, 2019.
  10. Jan 03 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 14, 2019 to February 28, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. Dec 12 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2019)