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Ronald R. Shea v. Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 17-3078 · judgment August 16, 2018

Certiorari denied · February 19, 2019

Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether a prisoner's right to a telephone call is a necessary inference of the fundamental rights of bail and counsel under the Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Whether the right to file a criminal complaint is an integral part of right to petition the government for a redress of grievances under the First and Fourteenth Amendments? Whether a fundamental right can be reduced to a discretionary function without express written safeguards or guidelines? Whether a family unit may constitute an "enterprise" within the ambit of RICO.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ronald R. Shea

For respondent
Amy Lynn Silvestri
Silvestri Law Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Feb 19 2019
Petition DENIED.
Jan 30 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
Jan 10 2019
Waiver of right of respondent The Board of Trustees for the University of Illinois, Wendy Lowery to respond filed.
Jan 07 2019
Waiver of right of respondents Winnebago Sheriff's Office, et al. to respond filed.
Jan 02 2019
Waiver of right of respondents Carolyn Shea Koehler and Douglas Koehler to respond filed.
Dec 13 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2019)