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Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, et al. v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Minnesota, No. A19-1994 · judgment June 1, 2020

Certiorari denied · February 22, 2021

Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here and a circuit split argued in the petition, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

In the context of Minnesota's taxpayer-funded, stateadministered, and binding presidential nomination primary election, are Minnesota Statues repugnant to the First and Fourteenth Amendments when their operation fails to present all party-chosen candidates from appearing on the ballot in the same manner?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Erick G. Kaardal
Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson P.A.

For respondent
Angela Behrens
Minnesota Attorney General's Office

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Order
Order list, February 22, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Feb 22 2021
Petition DENIED.
Jan 27 2021
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
Jan 26 2021
Reply of petitioners Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 13 2021
Brief of respondent Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon in opposition filed. (Distributed)
Dec 14 2020
Response Requested. (Due January 13, 2021)
Dec 09 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Nov 17 2020
Waiver of right of respondent Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon to respond filed.
Oct 28 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)