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Clifton Merrill Parish v. Oklahoma, et al.

Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, No. PR-2021-366 · judgment August 12, 2021


Certiorari denied · January 10, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), applies retroactively to convictions that were final when McGirt was announced.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael R. Dreeben
O’Melveny & Myers LLP

For respondent
Mithun Mansinghani
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Jan 10 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
  3. Dec 08 2021
    Reply of petitioner Clifton Merrill Parish filed. (Distributed)
  4. Nov 22 2021
    Brief of respondent Oklahoma in opposition filed.
  5. Oct 27 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 22, 2021.
  6. Oct 26 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 29, 2021 to November 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Oct 26 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association filed.
  8. Sep 27 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 29, 2021)