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Joshua Gregory Richardson v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 20-6143 · judgment September 8, 2020

Certiorari denied · April 19, 2021
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

  1. Whether Counsel's decision not to suppress evidence unlawfully seized from a traffic stop because a traffic citation was paid, then relying on that paid traffic citation not to investigate any further, violated the Sixth Amendment Right to effective assistance of counsel?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joshua Richardson

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 19 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 31 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
  3. Mar 29 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Dec 29 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 21, 2021)