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Edward Little, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Andre' Doguet, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-30159 · judgment June 21, 2023


Certiorari denied · February 20, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 14% cert probability (95% interval 10%–18%)

Before the decision, about 3.3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

Whether Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971), and its progeny require federal courts to abstain from adjudicating petitioner’s constitutional challenges to respondents’ pretrial detention of many thousands of presumptively innocent people. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Daniel Stephen Volchok
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

For respondent
Patrick Bayard McIntire
Oats & Marino

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Feb 20 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 17 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
  3. Jan 17 2024
    Reply of petitioner Edward Little filed. (Distributed)
  4. Jan 03 2024
    Brief of respondent Sheriff Mark Garber in opposition filed.
  5. Jan 03 2024
    Brief of respondents Andre' Doguet, et al. in opposition filed.
  6. Nov 14 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 3, 2024.
  7. Nov 13 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 4, 2023 to January 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Nov 02 2023
    Response Requested. (Due December 4, 2023)
  9. Nov 01 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
  10. Oct 23 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Andre' Doguet, et al. to respond filed.
  11. Oct 23 2023
    Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed.
  12. Oct 20 2023
    Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
  13. Sep 19 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2023)