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Abigail Simon v. Jeremy Howard, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 21-1405 · judgment January 26, 2022


Certiorari denied · May 31, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether this court should grant certiorari because the state trial court judge gave erroneous jury instructions on the critical actus reus element of the crime of criminal sexual conduct, and this court must clarify the proper scope and utility of jury instructions on the critical actus reus element of the crime charged.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Phillip Daniel Comorski

For respondent
Fadwa A. Hammoud
Michigan Department of Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

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 Jeremy Howard, Warden to respond filed.
  4. Apr 26 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 31, 2022)