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Rami A. Amer v. New Jersey

Paid petition · Supreme Court of New Jersey, No. A-9-22 · judgment July 3, 2023


Certiorari denied · February 26, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 12% cert probability (95% interval 8%–17%)

Before the decision, about 2.9× 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

  1. Whether a defendant is always “unable to stand trial” under Article VI(a) of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers while a pretrial motion is pending.

  2. Whether a defendant has been “brought to trial” within 180 days of his request for final disposition of charges under Article III(a) of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers at the point when jury selection begins. (I)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

For respondent
Jeremy Michael Feigenbaum
Office of the New Jersey Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Feb 26 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 07 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2024.
  3. Feb 07 2024
    Reply of petitioner Rami A. Amer filed. (Distributed)
  4. Jan 22 2024
    Brief of respondent New Jersey in opposition filed.
  5. Dec 12 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 22, 2024.
  6. Dec 11 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 21, 2023 to January 22, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Nov 21 2023
    Response Requested. (Due December 21, 2023)
  8. Nov 14 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
  9. Nov 03 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent New Jersey to respond filed.
  10. Sep 29 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 2, 2023)