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Don Barnes, Sheriff, Orange County, California, et al. v. Melissa Ahlman, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 20-55568, 20-55668 · judgment December 10, 2021


Certiorari denied · May 31, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a state or local-government petitioner and a Ninth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Whether a preliminary injunction issued under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) and stayed by this Honorable Court shall evade appellate review due to the PLRA’s 90-day expiration provision.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Donald Kevin Dunn
c/o Orange County Counsel's Office

For respondent
David D. Cole
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation

Case

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, May 31, 2022 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. May 31 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 10 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
  3. May 04 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Melissa Ahlman, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Mar 04 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 16, 2022)