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D. A.. v. Portage County, Wisconsin

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District IV, No. 2021AP1683, 2021AP1685, 2021AP1686 · judgment March 24, 2022


Certiorari denied · January 9, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether a natural father is entitled to basic Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment Due Process during Wisconsin Children in Need of Protection or Services proceedings and, if so, whether it is a denial of basic Due Process to refuse his cross-examination impeaching a County’s witnesses against him.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Timothy Alan Provis
Attorney at Law

For respondent
Tiffany R. Wunderlin
Portage County Corporation Counsel

Case

Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, January 9, 2023 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jan 09 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 07 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
  3. Nov 21 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Portage County, Wisconsin to respond filed.
  4. Nov 01 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 5, 2022)