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Michael D. Smith v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 21-5371 · judgment November 15, 2021


Certiorari denied · March 28, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

Will the Eastern District of Kentucky be allowed to ignore our federal laws,Constitution and Bill of Rights and have a 5 week, mock trial on innocent people, filled with nothing but prosecutorial and judicial misconduct, forced the jury to vote guilty, after holding it for about 18 hours, after the grand jury returned a NO BILL OF INDICTMENT, the court had NO JURISDICTION OR AUTHORITY to touch anyone, and sentence innocent people to prison for 10 years, to cover it all up, and refuse to give me justice and vacate my case and conviction.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael Smith

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

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

  1. Mar 28 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 09 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
  3. Mar 07 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Feb 09 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 1, 2022)