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Peter Whyte v. Dan Winkleski, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 21-1268 · judgment May 19, 2022


Certiorari denied · January 9, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Whether a state court’s dismissal of a habeas petitioner’s claim under the U.S. Constitution for failure to plead sufficient “material facts” under a state pleading standard is a decision interwoven with federal law.

  2. Whether a state court satisfies the “plain statement” requirement of Harris v. Reed by invoking a state procedural rule without applying it, after adjudicating a habeas petitioner’s claim on the merits.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Monica Mark
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

For respondent
John Arthur Blimling
Wisconsin Department of Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 09 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 30 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
  3. Nov 23 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Dan Winkleski to respond filed.
  4. Nov 09 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2022)