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Christina Paylan v. Darrell Dirks, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 18-12971 · judgment February 17, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the standard for judicial recusal requires a second look with establishment of a strict uniform criteria whereby the largely relied upon discretionary case-by-case analysis standard is abandoned, given that the average American is increasingly concerned with lack of judicial accountability engrained into the American legal system?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Christina Paylan

For respondent
Christopher E. Brown
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Aug 09 2021
    Waiver of Brian Bishop, Mark Detrio, Russell Marcotrigiano, Kenneth Morman of right to respond not accepted for filing. (August 10, 2021)
  4. Aug 09 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent City of Tampa to respond filed.
  5. Aug 09 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Chad Chronister as Sheriff of Hillsborough County, Comanechi Devage, Timothy Allen, Kyle Robinson to respond filed.
  6. Aug 09 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Brian Bishop, Mark Detrio, Russell Marcotrigiano, Kenneth Morman to respond filed.
  7. Aug 09 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents Assistant State Attorney Chrisine Brown, et al. to respond filed.
  8. Jul 15 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 23, 2021)