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Douglas K. Smith v. Eric Terry
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 22-50764 · judgment March 8, 2023
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and counsel who has filed here before.
Question presented
Whether the Circuit Court’s March 8, 2023 denial of a second motion for thirty-day extension of time to file appellant brief, and resultant dismissal of appeal, was abuse of discretion.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Steven H. Jesser
Attorney at Law, P.C
For respondent
Misty Ann Segura
Spencer Frane, LLP
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 2, 2023 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 02 2023Petition DENIED.
- Jul 12 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
- Jun 29 2023Waiver of right of respondent Eric Terry, Trustee to respond filed.
- Jun 05 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 10, 2023)