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Gordon Blake v. Martin Gamboa, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-16346 · judgment December 15, 2023


Certiorari denied · April 15, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Questions presented

  1. Whether Ex Post Facto protections were denied by the extension of the state statute of limitations by an unforeseeable judicial interpretation of a statutory term, and whether petitioner was denied Effective Assistance of Counsel by the lack of timely briefing related to counsel’s bar suspension.

  2. Whether the complaining witness’ failure to describe the alleged illegal conduct, or to make any reasonable approximation of the alleged dates, denied petitioner the constitutional right to Notice.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Charles Marchand Bonneau Jr.
Suite 400

For respondent
Michele Joette Swanson
California Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 15 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 27 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
  3. Mar 21 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Martin Gamboa, Warden to respond filed.
  4. Feb 28 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 1, 2024)