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Don Peterson, et al. v. Russ Jones, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-20130 · judgment April 6, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paul E. Nunu
Attorney at Law

For respondent
Seth Barrett Hopkins
Harris County Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 21 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 19 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Harris County, Texas to respond filed.
  4. Jul 07 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Russ Jones and Underwood, Jones & Scherrer, PLLC to respond filed.
  5. Jul 02 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 6, 2021)