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Elile Adams v. Raymond G. Dodge, Jr., Chief Judge, Tribal Court of the Nooksack, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 21-35490 · judgment February 15, 2022


Certiorari denied · June 21, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 5%–11%)

Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Questions presented

  1. Whether federal plaintiffs seeking to challenge their non-federal prosecution on the basis of bad faith face a heightened pleading standard.

  2. Whether actions taken by the clerk of a non-federal court to impede review of a habeas petition obviate the petitioner’s need to further exhaust remedies in that court.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gabriel S. Galanda
Galanda Broadman, PLLC

For respondent
Charles N. Hurt Jr.
Nooksack Indian Tribe

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, June 21, 2022 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jun 21 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 31 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.
  3. May 27 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Betty Leathers, Deanna Francis, the Nooksack Indian Tribe, and the Nooksack Tribal Court to respond filed.
  4. May 23 2022
    Waiver of right of respondents Raymond G. Dodge, Jr., et al. to respond filed.
  5. May 13 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 16, 2022)