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Troy Kendrick, Jr. v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-30457 · judgment February 20, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
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

Whether the Court of Appeals’ repeated misapplication of the standard for issuing a certificate of appealability warrants another exercise of this Court’s supervisory power as in Buck v. Davis, 580 U.S. 100 (2017).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Sara Ann Johnson
Attorney At Law

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 24 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Jul 11 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
  4. May 20 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 1, 2024)