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Donald Lempar v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-50664 · judgment June 8, 2021


Certiorari denied · January 10, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether a habeas corpus petitioner who is subject only to sex offender registration requirements when he or she filed his or her petition is “in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court,” as required for jurisdiction in Federal District Court by 28 U.S.C. § 2254?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dante Eli Dominguez
Law Office of Dante Eli Dominguez

For respondent
Patrick Daniel Todd
Texas Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 10 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
  3. Nov 30 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division to respond filed.
  4. Nov 16 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, 2021)