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Oklahoma v. Michael Eugene Spears
Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, No. F-2019-330 · judgment April 1, 2021
Certiorari denied · January 24, 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 McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Mithun Mansinghani
Solicitor General
For respondent
Zachary Charles Schauf
Jenner & Block, LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Jan 24 2022Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
- Jan 24 2022Petition DENIED.
- Jan 18 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
- Jan 10 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
- Dec 08 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
- Nov 10 2021Reply of petitioner Oklahoma filed.
- Nov 01 2021Brief of respondent Michael E. Spears in opposition filed.
- Nov 01 2021Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Michael E. Spears.
- Oct 28 2021Brief amicus curiae of Cherokee Nation filed.
- Oct 01 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 1, 2021.
- Sep 30 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2021 to November 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 22 2021Letter from counsel for petitioner filed.
- Aug 28 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 1, 2021)