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Lara Bush-Pensy v. Timothy Pflieger

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District III, No. 2018AP1794 · judgment September 17, 2019

Certiorari denied · November 2, 2020
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

Whether basic First Amendment and Due Process freedom of speech is infringed where a state court restrains a person's private email absent any evidence the e-mail content was unprotected speech intentionally sent.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Timothy Alan Provis
Attorney at Law

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 02 2020
    Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Oct 07 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
  3. Aug 11 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 21, 2020)