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William S. Ritter v. John R. Tuttle, Warden, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 19-1171 · judgment June 5, 2019

Certiorari denied · February 24, 2020
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

Does the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution (Article IV, Section l) attach to an order of a New York Appellate Court that is res judicata as it applies to sealed documents bound by that order that were used at trial and sentencing of Appellant in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, knowing that Ford v. Ford, 371 U.S. 187 (1962) requires the Commonwealth of Penn­ sylvania to recognize a New York order as binding if a New York court would be bound by it?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
William S. Ritter Jr.

For respondent
Michael Rakaczewski
Monroe County District Attorneys Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 24 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 29 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
  3. Jan 14 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Monroe County District Attorney to respond filed.
  4. Oct 08 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 13, 2020)