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Heidi E. Washington, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections v. James Harrison Fox, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 21-1694 · judgment June 26, 2023
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a state or local-government petitioner, a Sixth Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.
Question presented
Whether the Sixth Circuit failed to give adequate deference under Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709 (2005), to the Michigan Department of Corrections’ compelling interest in avoiding racial unrest and violence, and in doing so, adopted a least-restrictivemeans analysis that forced official recognition of a white supremacist religious organization that is seeking communal worship within prison walls.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ann Maurine Sherman
Michigan Department of Attorney General
For respondent
Daniel E. Manville
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Nov 20 2023Petition DENIED.
- Nov 01 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
- Oct 30 2023Waiver of right of respondents James H. Fox, et al. to respond filed.
- Sep 25 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 27, 2023)