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Thomas Clayton Steres v. Kevin Curran, Warden, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 21-15675 · judgment November 9, 2021
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and counsel who has filed here before, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Questions presented
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Whether Thomas Steres received ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment?
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Whether the search of Mr. Steres’ cell phone was illegal under the Fourth Amendment?
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Whether the Ninth Circuit’s denial of a Certificate of Appealability was unreasonable where Mr. Steres demonstrated a substantial showing of the denial of a Constitutional right?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Anders V. Rosenquist
Rosenquist & Associates
For respondent
Amy S. Pignatella Cain
Arizona Attorney General's Office
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 28, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 28 2022Petition DENIED.
- Mar 09 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
- Mar 07 2022Waiver of right of respondent Kevin Curran, Warden to respond filed.
- Feb 05 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 10, 2022)