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Oklahoma v. Robert Eric Wadkins
Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, No. F-2018-790 · judgment January 20, 2022
Certiorari denied · October 11, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 32% cert probability (95% interval 23%–42%)
Before the decision, about 7.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a circuit split argued in the petition.
Question presented
What requirements must a criminal defendant satisfy to qualify as an “Indian” under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Mithun Mansinghani
Solicitor General
For respondent
Leonard Ritchie Powell
Jenner & Block LLP
Proceedings
- Oct 11 2022Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
- Oct 11 2022Petition DENIED.
- Oct 03 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
- Sep 21 2022Rescheduled.
- Sep 12 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
- Jun 29 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022.
- Jun 29 2022Rescheduled.
- Jun 21 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
- Jun 21 2022Rescheduled.
- Jun 13 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.
- Jun 13 2022Rescheduled.
- Jun 07 2022Rescheduled.
- May 25 2022Reply of petitioner Oklahoma filed. (Distributed)
- May 24 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
- May 10 2022Brief of respondent Robert E. Wadkins in opposition filed.
- May 10 2022Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Robert E. Wadkins.
- Apr 25 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 10, 2022.
- Apr 22 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 2, 2022 to May 10, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Apr 04 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 2, 2022.
- Apr 01 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 1, 2022 to May 2, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Feb 25 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 1, 2022)
- Jan 24 2022Application (21A355) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until February 25, 2022.
- Jan 20 2022Application (21A355) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 26, 2022 to February 25, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.