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City of Kent, Washington v. Adrian Jacobo-Hernandez

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1, No. 81783-3-I · judgment October 25, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 3, 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 petition citing three to ten dissents.

Question presented

Whether the Excessive Fines Clause provides a livelihood preservation protection which can prevent the forfeiture of the instrumentality of a felony?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Bijan Thomas Hughes
City of Kent - Office of the City Attorney

For respondent
John Robert Carpenter
Federal Public Defender

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 22 2022
    Supplemental brief of petitioner City of Kent filed. (Distributed)
  3. Jun 29 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  4. Jun 27 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Adrian Jacobo-Hernandez to respond filed.
  5. May 25 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 27, 2022)