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Kelli Ward v. Constance Jackson, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Arizona, No. CV-20-0343-AP/EL · judgment December 8, 2020


Certiorari denied · February 22, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 12% cert probability (95% interval 7%–19%)

Before the decision, about 2.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

I. Does the Electoral Count Act (inclusive of 3 U.S.C. § 5, the “safe harbor” statute) impose unconstitutional deadlines on state courts’ final determination of disputes over presidential electors? II. Was Petitioner denied due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, where because of the “deadlines” found in the Electoral Count Act (inclusive of 3 U.S.C. §§ 5, 7), the trial court allowed only two days to discover and inspect the ballots in a presidential-electors race in which over three million votes were cast?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Douglas Wilenchik
Wilenchik & Bartness, P.C.

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 22 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 27 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
  3. Jan 11 2021
    Motion to expedite consideration filed by petitioner DENIED.
  4. Dec 11 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2021)
  5. Dec 11 2020
    Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioner.