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Rafi Wali McCall v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-50201 · judgment October 21, 2021
Certiorari denied · May 2, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–9%)
Before the decision, about 1.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).
Question presented
Does the United States Constitution prohibit a judge from revoking supervised release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583 based on a judicial finding that the released individual committed a new “crime” that previously was tried to a jury and resulted in acquittal?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Mark G. Parenti
Parenti Law PLLC
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- May 02 2022Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
- Apr 13 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
- Apr 08 2022Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Apr 04 2022Motion (21M101) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorarti with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
- Mar 16 2022MOTION (21M101) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
- Mar 11 2022Motion (21M101) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
- Mar 11 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 4, 2022)
- Dec 30 2021Application (21A280) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 20, 2022.
- Dec 22 2021Application (21A280) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 19, 2022 to March 20, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.