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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: 6% cert probability (95% interval 3%–9%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a state or local-government petitioner, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

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

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)