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Frank Oswald v. Nicholas Mauer, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 21-4218 · judgment June 28, 2022

Certiorari denied · October 31, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Does a Circuit Court’s denial of an application for a Certificate of Appealability based on the merits of the appeal, rather than on whether reasonable jurists could disagree on a petitioner’s constitutional claims, violate a petitioner’s constitutional right to due process?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ian N. Friedman
Friedman and Associates LLC

For respondent
Benjamin Michael Flowers
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 31 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 05 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
  3. Oct 03 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Nicholas Mauer, Summit County Adult Probation Officer, et al. to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Sep 26 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 31, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service