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Louisiana v. Tazin Ardell Hill

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Louisiana, No. 2020-KA-00323 · judgment October 20, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 10% cert probability (95% interval 7%–14%)

Before the decision, about 2.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

  1. May a State require convicted sex offenders to obtain and carry a state identification bearing the words “sex offender” without facially violating the First Amendment’s prohibition on compelled speech?

  2. Does a convicted sex offender have a First Amendment right not to be prosecuted for fraudulently altering a state identification card after scratching off a statutorily required sexoffender designation?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Elizabeth Baker Murrill
Office of the Attorney General

For respondent
Richard John Bourke
Louisiana Capital Assistance Center

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
  2. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Aug 25 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  4. Aug 25 2021
    Reply of petitioner Louisiana filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  5. Aug 11 2021
    Brief of respondent Tazin Ardell Hill in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  6. Aug 11 2021
    Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Tazin A. Hill.
    Main DocumentProof of Service
  7. Jun 28 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 11, 2021 (twenty-eight day extension).
  8. Jun 25 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 14, 2021 to August 11, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  9. Jun 14 2021
    Brief amici curiae of State of Oklahoma, et al. filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  10. May 25 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 14, 2021.
  11. May 24 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 14, 2021 to July 14, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  12. May 10 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 14, 2021)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service