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Frederick M. Weber v. Ohio

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Ohio, No. 2019-0544 · judgment December 23, 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.

Question presented

What is the proper standard of constitutional review of a law that impacts the core value of the Second Amendment—possession and use of a firearm within the home?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stephen Ernest Palmer
Yavitch & Palmer Co., L.P.A.

For respondent
G. Ernie Ramos Jr.
G. Ernie Ramos, Jr., Attorney at Law

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 11 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 21 2021
    Brief of respondent State of Ohio in opposition filed.
  4. Jun 15 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 26, 2021.
  5. Jun 14 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 24, 2021 to July 26, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  6. May 21 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2021)