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Christa Gail Pike v. Gloria Gross, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 16-5854 · judgment August 22, 2019


Certiorari denied · June 8, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a Sixth Circuit decision below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

  • Admitted in the District of Columbia and admission pending in California.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Elaine Janet Goldenberg
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

For respondent
Richard Davison Douglas
State of Tennessee Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Linked docket
19A642

Proceedings

  1. Jun 08 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 19 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020.
  3. May 18 2020
    Reply of petitioner Christa Gail Pike filed.
  4. Apr 02 2020
    Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from April 15, 2020 to May 19, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  5. Apr 02 2020
    Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari until May 19, 2020, granted.
  6. Mar 26 2020
    Brief amici curiae of National Association for Public Defense, et al. filed.
  7. Mar 26 2020
    Brief of respondent Gloria Gross in opposition filed.
  8. Feb 21 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 26, 2020)
  9. Dec 17 2019
    Application (19A642) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until February 24, 2020.
  10. Dec 06 2019
    Application (19A642) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 25, 2019 to February 23, 2020, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.