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James R. Zuegel v. Marco Garcia, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-17021 · judgment March 8, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 9% cert probability (95% interval 6%–12%)

Before the decision, about 2.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

Does this Court’s opinion in Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1 (1998), permit an individual, who has completed his probation, to pursue a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil rights action establishing the unconstitutionality of his conviction?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Violet Elizabeth Grayson
Attorney at Law

For respondent
Angela Louise Killian
Kaufman Dolowich, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 21 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Aug 07 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Marco Garcia, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jul 03 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 8, 2024)