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Alexander Dockery v. William Lee, Superintendent, Eastern Correctional Facility

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 21-2234 · judgment October 31, 2022


Certiorari denied · March 27, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 9% cert probability (95% interval 6%–13%)

Before the decision, about 2.2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Second Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

Is the federal habeas custody requirement met where a petitioner makes a constitutional challenge to a previously unchallenged conviction that was used to enhance the sentence the petitioner is currently serving if the failure to challenge the earlier conviction was through no fault of the petitioner?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Sharon Katz
Davis Polk & Wardwell

For respondent
Steven Chiajon Wu
New York County District Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 27 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 08 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
  3. Mar 02 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent William Lee to respond filed.
  4. Jan 30 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 3, 2023)