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Willie James Pye v. Shawn Emmons, Warden
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 18-12147 · judgment January 25, 2023
Before the decision, about 3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Questions presented
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Whether the Eleventh Circuit’s novel construction of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)—under which a state prisoner is ineligible for federal habeas relief even when the state court has “unreasonabl[y]” rejected his claim, id. § 2254(d)(1)- (2), so long as the federal court can provide some reasonable “justification” for the state court’s “reason” for denying relief—is inconsistent with the statutory text and in direct conflict with this Court’s decision in Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018).
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Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(1) applies when a state prisoner seeks federal habeas relief solely on the state-court evidentiary record.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Adam G. Unikowsky
Jenner & Block LLP
For respondent
Sabrina D. Graham
Senior Assistant Attorney General
Proceedings
- Oct 30 2023Petition DENIED.
- Oct 11 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
- Oct 11 2023Reply of petitioner Willie James Pye filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 25 2023Brief of respondent Shawn Emmons, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in opposition filed.
- Aug 04 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 25, 2023
- Aug 02 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 10, 2023 to September 25, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 07 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 10, 2023)
- May 15 2023Application (22A992) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 7, 2023.
- May 11 2023Application (22A992) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 7, 2023 to August 6, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.