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Robert Butts v. William Sperfslage, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 20-1602 · judgment December 16, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Rockne Cole

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 07 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. May 17 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 21, 2021)