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In Re Lee Chatfield, et al.

Paid petition

Certiorari denied · March 25, 2019
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

Did the three-judge panel in the Eastern District of Michigan abuse its discretion when it denied the Congressional and Legislative Defendants-Intervenors’ Emergency Motion to Stay Trial pending resolution of two cases currently pending in this Court – Common Cause v. Rucho, 318 F. Supp. 3d 777, 799 (M.D.N.C. 2018), cert. granted, 138 S. Ct. 923 (2018) (No. 18-422) and Benisek v. Lamone, No. 1:13-cv-03233-JKB, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 190292 (D. Md. Nov. 7, 2018), cert. granted, 202 L.Ed.2d 510 (U.S. Jan. 4, 2019) (No. 18- 726), where i) the issues before the Court in Rucho and Benisek are applicable, instructive and dispositive to the present case, ii) trial in the instant case is set to begin on February 5, 2019, and iii) this Court has ordered expedited consideration of threshold jurisdictional issues in Rucho and Benisek that are dispositive to the instant case.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jason Brett Torchinsky
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC

For respondent
Joseph H. Yeager Jr.
Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A769

Proceedings

  1. Mar 25 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
  3. Feb 26 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents League of Women Voters of Michigan, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Feb 04 2019
    Response to application from respondents League of Women Voters of Michigan, et al. filed.
    Main DocumentProof of Service
  5. Feb 04 2019
    Response to application from respondent Michigan Secretary of State filed.
    Main DocumentProof of Service
  6. Feb 04 2019
    Reply of Lee Chatfield, et al. not accepted for filing. (February 04, 2019)
  7. Feb 04 2019
    Response to application from respondents Michigan Senate, et al. filed.
    Main DocumentProof of Service
  8. Feb 04 2019
    Letter of applicants Lee Chatfield, et al. received.
  9. Feb 04 2019
    Reply of applicants Lee Chatfield, et al. filed.
    ReplyProof of Service
  10. Feb 04 2019
    Application (18A769) denied by Justice Sotomayor.
  11. Feb 04 2019
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Voters Not Donors.
    Main DocumentProof of Service
  12. Feb 01 2019
    Response to application (18A769) requested by Justice Sotomayor, due Monday, February 4, 2019, by 11:00 a.m. ET.
  13. Jan 28 2019
    Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due February 27, 2019)
  14. Jan 25 2019
    Application (18A769) for a stay pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of mandamus, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
    Main DocumentOtherProof of Service