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Thomas Daniel Rhodes v. Michelle Smith, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 18-3581 · judgment February 24, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 5, 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.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Samuel Thomas Lockner
Carlson, Caspers, Vandenburgh and Lindquist, P.A.

For respondent
Matthew G. Frank
Office of the Minnesota Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 26 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Aug 14 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Michelle Smith to respond filed.
  4. Jul 23 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 28, 2020)