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Clyde S. Bovat v. Vermont

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Vermont, No. 2018-362 · judgment November 8, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 19, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether a police officer can access “semiprivate” areas within a home’s curtilage to conduct an investigation without a warrant. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kirti Datla
Earthjustice

For respondent
Erica Albin Marthage
Bennington County State's Attorney

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Linked docket
19A952

Argument & decision

Decided October 19, 2020.

Proceedings

  1. Oct 19 2020
    Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Gorsuch, with whom Justice Sotomayor and Justice Kagan join, respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
  2. Oct 13 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
  3. Oct 05 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
  4. Jul 22 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  5. Jul 22 2020
    Reply of petitioner Clyde S. Bovat filed. (Distributed)
  6. Jul 06 2020
    Brief of respondent Vermont in opposition filed.
  7. Jun 19 2020
    Brief amici curiae of The Rutherford Institute and Restore The Fourth, Inc. filed.
  8. Jun 19 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of National Association for Public Defense filed.
  9. Jun 17 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
  10. Jun 12 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 10, 2020.
  11. Jun 11 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 19, 2020 to July 10, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  12. May 18 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 19, 2020)
  13. Feb 27 2020
    Application (19A952) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until May 18, 2020.
  14. Feb 26 2020
    Application (19A952) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 18, 2020 to May 17, 2020, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.
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