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Michele Buckner, Warden v. Robert W. Allen

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Missouri, Southern District, No. SD35655 · judgment November 27, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 9% cert probability (95% interval 5%–16%)

Before the decision, about 2.2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a state or local-government petitioner, a circuit split argued in the petition, and counsel who has filed here before.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
D. John Sauer
James Otis Law Group, LLC

For respondent
Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A1227

Order
Order list, October 7, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 21 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Aug 19 2019
    Reply of petitioner Michele Buckner filed.
  4. Aug 02 2019
    Brief of respondent Robert W. Allen in opposition filed.
  5. Jul 03 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 19, 2019)
  6. May 29 2019
    Application (18A1227) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until July 3, 2019.
  7. May 24 2019
    Application (18A1227) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 3, 2019 to July 3, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
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