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Charles T. Johnson v. Jenna Dickenson

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 18-12344 · judgment September 17, 2020


Certiorari denied · April 17, 2023
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 an Eleventh Circuit decision below.

Question presented

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Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ashley Conrad Keller
Keller Postman LLC

For respondent
Eric Alan Isaacson
Law Office of Eric Alan Isaacson

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences

Related
Vide, 22-517

Proceedings

  1. Apr 17 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 03 2023
    Supplemental brief of respondent Jenna Dickenson filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
  3. Mar 29 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
  4. Mar 28 2023
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Charles T. Johnson filed. (Distributed)
  5. Mar 13 2023
    Rescheduled.
  6. Mar 01 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
  7. Jan 18 2023
    Rescheduled.
  8. Jan 11 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
  9. Jan 10 2023
    Reply of petitioner Charles T. Johnson filed. (Distributed)
  10. Dec 30 2022
    Rescheduled.
  11. Dec 28 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.
  12. Dec 22 2022
    Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
  13. Dec 21 2022
    Brief of respondent Jenna Dickenson in opposition filed.
  14. Nov 22 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 21, 2022.
  15. Nov 12 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 25, 2022 to December 21, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  16. Oct 21 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 25, 2022)