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Willie Gipson v. Louisiana

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Louisiana, No. 2019-KH-01815 · judgment June 3, 2020

Dismissed · March 26, 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

Whether this Court’s decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, 140 S. Ct. 1390 (2020), applies to cases on state collateral review, where the State follows the retroactivity framework established in Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288 (1989).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Yaira S. Dubin
O'Melveny & Myers LLP

For respondent
Elizabeth Baker Murrill
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

Mar 26 2021
Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
Mar 10 2021
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
Mar 10 2021
Motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 46.2 filed.
Jan 27 2021
Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until March 10, 2021 granted.
Jan 25 2021
Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the case under Rule 15.5 from February 3, 2021 to March 10, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 19 2021
Brief of respondent State of Louisiana in opposition filed.
Nov 16 2020
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 19, 2021. See Rule 30.1.
Nov 13 2020
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 18, 2020 to January 18, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 19 2020
Response Requested. (Due November 18, 2020)
Oct 07 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
Oct 01 2020
Waiver of right of respondent State of Louisiana to respond filed.
Aug 27 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 1, 2020)