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Oklahoma v. Stewart Wayne Coffman

Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, No. F-2018-1268 · judgment August 26, 2021


GVR'd · June 30, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Questions presented

  1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country.

  2. 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 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Aug 01 2022
    JUDGMENT ISSUED
  2. Aug 01 2022
    MANDATE ISSUED
  3. Jun 30 2022
    Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
  4. Jun 30 2022
    Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U. S. ___ (2022).
  5. Jun 29 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022.
  6. Feb 02 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
  7. Jan 18 2022
    Brief of respondent Stewart W. Coffman in opposition filed.
  8. Jan 18 2022
    Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Stewart W. Coffman.
  9. Dec 27 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 18, 2022. See Rule 30.1.
  10. Dec 23 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 27, 2021 to January 17, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. Dec 22 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma filed.
  12. Nov 20 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2021)